The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-08-15

my certificate. IL ] had not been
vaccinated she would have done it.
right on the spot Then ] consulted
another lady about my papers. She
then sent me to Capt. Somebody,
who looked up my application and
asked me few questions said Huh"
and thought it queer that | should
make 90 in typewriting without any
Office experience. He sent me to a
girl who did something and told me
to wait there for the officers to give
me the oath. which was done present
ly. Then she gave me a pass to Ord
nance Building, E. 1st wing, LIST floor,
ETC., etc. Here Lieutenant or some
thing looked at my papers and sent
me to girl who said it was so near
4:30. I'd better just come the next
day, so I went back to the Union
Station and phoned to Mrs. Trussell,
the lady l met on the train. She
said to just come right out, SO got
my suitcases, got my directions from
the policeman--by the way they are
the kindest, most human persons l
ever met, and just think of the thous-
ands Of greenhorns they have to di-
rect. I came out to Mrs. Trussell's.
Her husband had just gotten home.
He is q street car conductor. Her
nephew, Bernard Richardson, a boy
20 years old, was also there. He
lives with them. l hadn't been there
an hour till felt like had known
them always. tell you they are
the finest people l ever knew--not
very old, around 80, should say,
have been married IL years and are
still sweethearts. l don't know why
such wonderful ucx should be mine
when you hear of so many girls hav-
ing such hard time when they first
come. Why, they just treat me like
/ was one Of the family. have met
several nice girls, friends of Mrs.
Trussell. II she only had room /
would stay here all the time, but her
two upper stories are full up and
she has only one bed room down
stairs. l am sleeping in the parlor
on the duofold. She doesn't charge
high rent for her rooms, SO there's
not much chance Of any of her room
ers leaving, but I've been hoping
something would happen to one of
them-no bad luck Of course. have
several nice places in view.
In the afternoon of the next day,
I went back to report again. / went
to one girl who sent me to another,
who gave me some instructions and
| papers to fill out and sent me to an
other, who gave me my pass. They
sent me to the third floor to Lieut..
Col. Peck. 1t was the wrong Peck.
He sent me back to the second floor.
found him out, talked to the girl
| there awhile, she took me to Lieut..
Giroux.. Well, he took me and in
troduced me to Miss Deal, under
| whom work. She is the dearest lit
tie woman. just love her. She
4, said she was so glad / came as they
needed a typist so much. She intro
duced me to several of the girls in
that section, talked about the work
some, and said I could come back
the next morning, which did, and
have done and will continue to do as
long as / am able. am crazy about
my work and the place and people
/ and every single thing. Now don't
think for a minute that am putting
any Of it on, for l am not. My
work has all been typewiiting
SO far, but not all the same thing.
| ! work in the Gage Section Engin-
eering division, E. Ordnance build
ing. There are big ordnance build
ings right new, built like the build
ings at the fair. 1t is just grand
working for Uncle Sam. He isn't
you-everyone is SO free, but we
sure turn off the work. go to work
at nine and get off at twelve thirty
to one o'clock for lunch, then get of
at four-thirty in the evening. We
all get off at one o'clock on Satur-
days, and don't work the rest of the
day. Yesterday I went with some
girl friends from Kansas. We went
out to the zoo. 1t is beautiful place
acres and acres, and every kind Of
animal and bird that you ever heard
Of, and a good many that l never
heard Of. We want to go some.
where every Saturday; it costs to
little. ! got acquainted with one
girl who has lived here all her life,
and has never been to Mt. Vernon.
The White House and grounds are q
beautiful place. 60 by there every
morning and evening. You couldn't
begin to imagine the number Of peo-
pie there are on the streets after
4:30. The San Francisco fair doesn't
equal it in my mind. There are lot:
Of soldiers and sailors-hundreds Of
them on the streets all the time. 81
many officers; lots of foreign officers
Some Of them sure look queer. AL
the government buildings are guard
ed night and day. I'll bet some o,
those old boys get mighty tired walk
ing all the time. They get to Sc,