The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1918-12-05

railroads. Nearly all the guards at
the crossings are women instead of
men, and then on east Mr.. Baughman
says the war spirit prevailed. In ev-
cry town and particularly New York,
signs such as these were prominent:
Don't stop saving food" "Keep
them fit to fight" "Give to the boys
who give their lives to you" "Give
keep the boys happy" "Help to
help the fighters fight" make the
boys feel that the home folks are
thinking of them" "Give-Back up
the huts that back up the boys"
"Give-Give till you feel happy"
At the large towns all trains are
met by women canteen workers who
had hot coffee, sandwiches and apples
for the soldiers. At many places
there were large canteen homes near
the tracks.
In New York Mr.. Baughman saw
over thousand soldiers who had just
landed from over the seas. All were
wounded and were being transferred
to recuperation camps. He went to
see the show entitled "Daddies,"
written by John l.. Hobble, which has
been making such a successful run
in the theaters there for the last few
months. 1t requires fifteen people to
put on the play in four acts. Mr..
Hobble is making a name for him
self as a writer of comedies. On
several hundred double decked BUSES
on Fifth avenue this sign was noted
"Help the Fatherless Children of
France. See Daddies, Lyceum The
atre, Thursday afternoon, November
26. The entire proceeds to be given
to the children's fund"
Now that the war is over more
than 10000 people have applied fol
passports to go to the battle-scarec
lands, but no visitors are wanted il
Europe at this time.
Mr. Baughman expected to bring
home with him some war souvenirs
but there were few to be secured il
New York and he was compelled t.
be contented with seeing some ship
building and the big camoufaged wal
ships, thirty-four of them of al
classes, in the New York harbor. One
of the ships was of cement which hac
just arrived from England.
What to do with the aeroplanes has
been decided by the postal depart.
ment and hundreds of them will be
employed in carrying first-class mail
Five transcontinenta routes are be-
ing planned, and Liberal should be
identified on one of them.
At Washington, D. c., Mr.. Baugh-
man met four Seward county people
Mrs. Roy Harrison and her mother,
Mrs. Lusk. Mrs. Harrison is assist
ant in the attorney-general's Office
Mrs. Mark Perrin of the adjutant
generals Office and Miss Jessie Jor-
dan. They all claim to like Wash
ington and appear to believe that the
work there would continue for sew
eral months. Mark Perrin arrived in
France last July and hopes to return
soon.
Mr.. Baughman returned home by
the way of Atlanta, Ga; Shreveport,
Fort Worth and Forgan, travelling
$500 miles in twelve days. Travel
is heavy at this time and at most
terminals military police look after
the soldier passengers who display
their discharges, passes or furloughs.
He passed many large soldier camps,
saw thousands of army trucks, hun
dreds of aeroplanes. Many of the
munitioA plants have been changed
to the business conducted before the
war, but there will be no slow down
in the program for the construction
of ships.
What to do with the soldiers re-
turning may be problem in the East,
but here it means more prosperity as
we need the boys to do the work in
the West.