The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-02
King, Queen and a Duke
As Claude Durgee's Guests

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with the upper class, have ours pre-
Sented to us.
Secretaries There by Hundreds.
Inc work in the United Kingdom
is growing with leaps and bounds,
Out cannot tell you much about it
In detail as | have been kept so busy
with my own place. We now have
more than 500 secretaries and in
France they run into the thousands
and still more are coming The hard
part Is to think that we shall be kept
mere for at least a year and a half
alter the war ceases to take care of
our boys until we can get them home.
linen will be the letting down time
and it will be much harder than at
present l have nothing but praise
for the English, although they do
move slowly; for the way in which
they have taken our boys in and
tried to make them feel at home
Hardly day passes that we do not
get requests from hor . that they
want to entertain from Two to twenty
men and we can get fine theatre
tickets for them in any number and
at any time. In other words the
freedom OF the city of London is
ours Many requests come inviting
the men out TO beautiful country
houses to play tennis and golf
Fears He Will BE Spoiled.
There are no less than twelve
clubs about here that have given US
free membership to all their priYi-
leges. When l return | fear that |
VIII be rather spoiled after having
been made fuss over all these
months This week ! am to dine with
The bishop of London and the lord
mayor of London has presented me
with a beautiful silk Union Jack and
wishes to have me call on him at
any time | find convenient. We can
go to the houses of parliament and
listen to any important debates that
may take place. / am enjoying my
work immensely and would be con-
tent to stay here for some time if l
had my family with me and there
was a change in the rationing system.
l have lost twenty pounds in weight,
but I feel in tune all the time. ! am
enclosing a little article which ap-
peared in one of the papers over
here, concerning the Inn. l also en-
close a plan of the building and a
description of the hot water heating
system. Things are going on in the
city as usual. Nearly every day is a
flower or flag day when you are
stopped on every corner and asked
to part with your pennies for charity.
1t is all right and l greatly admire
the wonderful work and the sacrifice
which the young girls and women are
making in our fight for freedom.
A Little Bit of Heaven.
ut nearly breaks ones heart to be
near a station when the Red Cross
trains come in and see the people
anxiously looking for relatives or
friends and to be near the hospitals
and to watch the people standing in
Queues waiting their time to go in
and see some loved one or friend to
take him flowers and comforts. Then
to go to the parks and see the hun
dreds of conValescent soldiers! They
are all dressed in a hospital uniform
blue overall suits-all nations of
the allies are represented and when
you talk to them there is a happy
spirit with them and they all seem
glad that they have done their bit
although they may be crippled for
life l can tell you there is nothing
like these things to buck me up"
and to put myself far in the back
ground and to be thankful that l can
have a part in helping to bring "a
little bit of heaven into some OF their
lives.
81 could write pages about the in.
teresting events and experiences
have had in the city, but I must close.
Has Wish for keokuk.
"I do not forget you people at
home who are making it possible for
me to be here and / hope that this
fall, Keokuk will do herself proud In
the big Red Triangle drive. Several
men from here are going back to help
in it."