Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-06-27
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SSsA5 s"'' SuCoStf w O5atloO q i ull-
ming ride out of Omaha oyer. the
Rock Isiand, to Chicago, but my
love waxed warm for that pike af@
ter riding the Pennsylvania TO
New York City. We were in Chic
ago about 3 hours and l only got
to see about s square blocks, but
| had already seen about all OF
Eit,3;so I didn't worry. On the PEN
snsylvania. I found twelve sailors
from Frisco, going to Brooklyn,
and from them got many valuable
hints and it made things easier
for me later on. saw Indianapo-
MS, Columbus, Ohio; Pittsburg,
Pennsylyania with Philadelphia,
and Trenton. NJ. I guess may
have had an hour. and a half in
each town. Then came New York
City, where we were a day. 1t
pleased my widest dreams, and /
am going to see more of it before
/ kick in.
BY the rest of the country a
New Yorker is supposed to be
egostical and bigoted. He is--we
have coolies of them here, but they
have a right to be, for they have
a world Of their own. Everything
and anything they want is theirs.
And it's the best, from shows, and
music, down to baseball and mo-
ney. They even have a few good
looking women, although the spe-
Gle. is quite rare in the East, es-
specially around Rhode Island. In
Jersey City and Wechawken / saw
more box cars and engines than
the Northwestern owns, as far. as
my eye could see was box cars and
sWitchmen wrestling with them.
came over to New York, took in a
show "Cohal's Grand" and was a
guest of Col. Vanderbuilt over
night. An excellent man he be, and
very hospitable. Next day we all
got aboard Fall River boat to
comee back to Newport and there
l saw more boats, liners and bat
tie ships than I presumed there
were in the world, and / saw the
Atlantic for the first time, and
Uncle Sans sweetheart. the
Statute of Liberty a statute of
which everyone has heard, too
large maybe for it's location for
it is of tremendous, size, but ii
has an awful hold upon Ameri-
cans. A fellow can't look at that
dame with the torch of liberty in
her hand, without feeling thrill
of pride. Is it any wonder they
ship all our soldiers out past her,
and our battleships from Brook
Ign, always take farewell look al
her before going away? The
French sculptor who made it
surely realized the sentiment OF
America for it is life giving and
a killer of the blues. Liberty is
the word all right, a side kick OF
Democracy--that's what we are
after right now, and that's the
reason why I with most couple
million more are over here away
from home working. for $35 pei
month when shoes are Z bucks a
pair. See if it isn't going to take
that dame to show up Kaiser Will
lie and his gang. We rolled and we
pitched in that tub named after
one of Longfellow's famous char
acters, in miles Standish," Pris-
ella. We blew into Newport al
4 a. m. An officer met us at the
dock, about 500 had gathered al
about that time, and when heard
his very first command, 1 knew
Bill Johnson was bound to exper-
fence a change in his life. We
marched to the Island and took ar
examination again, stood up ane
listened to a lecture for 3 hours
marched in and had our new
clothes thrown at US. Some fiji
and some didn't but if they were
too large we were told that they
would shrink and if they were tot
small they would stretch. Is il
any wonder, have not sent {
picture home? l am still waiting
for the stretching and shrinking
process to be finished up. But a.
soon as ] get the necessary spon-
dulix Iii get William II. in a sui
on post card and send about
Of them around Mo. Valley.
We were in detention two days
and then went to training regi-
ment: Here is where they mould
a citizen from the clay; they have
turned him into.a sailor. Some
one has said, Feminine SyInpa-
thy, is on the cement which
moulds mems actions into thu
prescription of common cause
But in one case without a doub
it is love of country that turn!
a free thinking, liberty-born civil
Liam into an obedient, efficien
"gob."
Never will l forget the frs
dav They drilInd ne 11nti1 I ua,