The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-09

mission from headquarters to remain
until morning. So when the office
force came down the next morning
they had a hearty reception awaiting
them. OF course, the man In whose
office it was held was the last one to
arrive and even then was in no state
of mind to think fast enough to ex-
plain lust how it WAS" very satisfac-
torily.
I know Juicy bit" which would
almost break up a certain crowd in
this town, but those who told it to me
are very considerable of the feelings
of others and won't let me say a word
about it, much to the regret Of
Mrs. Matthew Weightman, jr., of
1868 Fillmore street. has received a
letter from her son, Frank w. O'Reil-
ly, written in France on October IL.
Mr.. O'Rielly. belongs to the medical
detachment of the 1873 machine gun
battalion of the Thirty-sixth division.
A part of the letter follows:
at has been exactly eighteen days
since my last letter and I have no
doubt that you are wondering what
the trouble is. Would certainly have
written If 1 could, but we have either
been on the move or over the top, and
I haven't had a chance We are back
for a rest just at present and Ill try
and write you real often now. This
going over the top is some experience,
believe me, and I'll never forget the
| things I've seen and the way I've felt
these last few days. Our division re-
ceived their first baptism of fire the
| night we came into this sector. We
came along a road that the Huns were
Smelling. The whistling of a big shell
is a weird sound and bothers me g
great deal more than the actual ex-
perience of the bursting. These las
few days have been filled with new
events every minute and this division
sure did chase the boche many a mile
From all the news we gather it seems
that the H ans were being soundly
licked on all the fronts. 1 hope It'll
| all true and We finish this up in 9
hurry. During some of our drive VIZ
| had some miSerably cold rainy wealth
err and at this writing your pamperet
son has had the pleasure of sleeping
in muddy shell holes. with only al
| overcoat between himself and the sky
| This experience certainly gives
man a different view. of life and VIVA
it means. When we all return we will
have some wonderful tales to tell. 4
few nights ago we were up near tn,
front line about p. m. when WI
| hSdio Tic dHCApSCleu Gall l1dI mai
had come. 1t was strange scene t.
see the eager, anxious faces crowdinl
in a circle around a camp fire, wher,
an officer was calling out the name
in downpour of rain. I received
big bunch and read them by the ligh
of candle under shelter half.
Wonder when Bud will come owe
here. He has had some long sieg
of training and imagine they will b,
sending him along any day now"
| 4 \ 4
A flag with a unique military his
tory took an active part in the spon
taneous parade of Thursday afternoon
It was attached to a car driven b,
Mrs. w. H. Eastman, of 1414 Topek;
avenue. This flag was made by Mrs
Eastman's mother, Mrs. A. NJ. F1ory
and was carried by Col. A. M. F1ory'
regiment, which was from Indiana
during four years of the Civil war. 1
was dirty. tattered and most of tn
holes visible were made by bullet
from the southern armies.
Colonel Flory was captured witt
part OF his regiment and sent to
military prison at Tyler, Texas, bu
the flag was sent back to his wife
who carried it many years ago in
celebration similar to Thursdays a
the time General Lee surrendered t
General Grant. The old flag wa
brought out and hung at the time G
the Spanish-American war and agai
at the entrance of the United States i
. the world conflict. Yesterday it wa
, out again with all the younger Ameri
can flags, and a scattered showing G
Belgian. French and British flags t
, help celebrate thes report of the en-
: OF the war against Germany.
4 X
, There is one lone man at Holbroo
, hall on the Washburn campus whic
is quarantined away from the rest {
the College Hill since the influenz
=. epidemic. Almost all the girls Twin
at Holbrook< have remained on tn
campus and are amusing themselve
and each other while they are SHIT
off from the rest of the world. Dea
and Mrs. Bredin are also living at Ho
brook since the quarantine. The 9th
E er night the girls at the hall were hay
ing a party and Dean Bredin was nj
: invited. Some one asked him whs
, he was going to do all the evening an
l thinking every one was familiar wit
Dinty in Bringing Up Father" h
replied, why, I'll go over to Dinty's
: Later in the evening one of the CIR
n answered an inquiry at the door fl
e Dean Bredin. She said, HE isn't in
e In answer to the question from tt
s man as to where he might find tt
Y dean. she replied, HE said he was e
4 ing over to Dinty's, I don't kno
n where that is" The man looking
= ignorant of the personnel of Dinty,
q departed in silence and waited Ill
! til he found Dean Bredin the next da
a before he thoroly enjoyed the joke.
4 =
: The Woman's club is to hold 1
meetings this year at the Elks clu
The first regular meeting of the yes
'ThnTSdav inO ut =.