Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-25

Washington for the purpose OF COM
ul.tins her education and the educa-
ton OF the younger children. She said |
hat she spoke Filipino. Spanish. |
French and English, while her father |
SPOKE only Filipino and Spanish-no;
very good with English. She seemed
10 ieci very much hunt at the COM
mon American idea that the Filipinos
ar" savages. explaining that the peo-
pIe over there are just like they are
here. highly civilized in the larger
centers Of population with some sav-
ages in the far off islands, just "a il
USED 10 b. with the American Indians.
Snc said that Aguinaldo had gone out
of politics and was devoting him.
s.If 10 literary pursuits. that many
Eilipinos are volunteering for service
against the Germans and that there
was pIid,. in America and the Ameri-
can cause. Thcy appeared to be very
much pleased at being subjects OF
interest. and were exceedingly courte-
Gus throughout the interview.
We spent several hours each in the
cor.oran Art Gallery, the Smith
sunian Institution and the Pan Amer
lean building: but | shall not go into
details as TO these for lack OF space.
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the "k;lipse." or White House park.
the play ground of the Washingtoni-
ans. over between the White House
and the Washington monument. The
"t,lips,." is a great field of five or six
acres in the center of what IL known
as the executive grounds, some thr-
ty-fivc acres in extent. There were
thousands of people on the grounds.
some listening to a marine band and
others watching several games of
football between departmental teams
The ElipSc is delightful spot. sur
! yundcd by drivrwayS passing
through lanes of trees, and although
i,Icrr are frequent signs OF warning
= :ainst trcspassing. nobody pays any
: ;tcntion to such. But with ii all, the
l.lISr is covered with beautiful
Irprt of green.
They are selling war stamps every
Where i'm Washington. on the streets.
~ the Hobbies OF the hotels and pub
l;r buildings. the union station and
:'nuSt everywhere. They have gone
~ il on an elaborate scale. All along
ruusylvania avenue and other i'm
Inrtant streets are unique booths in
The form of gigantic high explosive
SHELLS. They are circular in form
bout four feet in diameter and ten or
twelve feet high. The nose OF the
shcll is painted black and the base
* striped with American COlors. W.
=. =. is the sign that explains the
.ncnnin@ of these booths. There are
probably hundreds Of them and each
one of them is presided over by two or
three ladies who do not fail to urge the
purchase of thrift and war savings
stamps on all plsscrs by. In most
cases when they ask you to buy war
stamps, you've either got TO buy or
@ivc Il good reason why not. told
a man that ! had bought" "isuy
snm" morc." he replied. 81 have al
ready bought all ] can pay for and
then some" replied. All right. then,
get others to buy" hr persisted.
You've got to pay for things to eat
in Washington. Generally they are
prOfitccring on Hoovcrism. They give
lou small portions of everything and
charge big prices. Ham and eggs,
Office and bread for two cost Sl.20 AZ
- chid's restaurant. Before the war
the price would have been about 20
cents. At one place we got two or
RS of Yankee bean SOUP" two or
d.rs of soft shell crabs. two orders of
sliced tomatoes. two orders of celery
and two cups OF coffee for $l.G0
Bread was furnished without charge
That was reasonable. At most places
however, the idea seems to br to
make 'cm pay for it,"
Coming down from Washington
Saturday night | met young Tenant
from Chester, n sailor boy who went
down on the President Lincoln ,tor,,
pcdocd 10y the Germans in mid-oce r.
's HYssx. ::scnsv-o19 Q@Sars s Sit}l I8f wS:S'
ne Co., Mfghc navy shortly after the
ma quit. He is very bright
young rciIow and is now an engineers
ycoman. quite an important and dis
tinctive position attained by lands
man in such short time. He told Of
his experiences on the torpcdOed ship.
how he WAS thrown into the water.
how n" held TO II raft and how his leg
waS bruised when the raft struck up
against Il boat in the rough sea. He
told how III" struggling boys in the
water were fighting mad and not
scared bit. how q number Of them
wcr" drowned and how all Of them
wcr" expecting to be- shot by the
Germans out of pure wantonncsS.
hut his enthusiasm was something
wonderful He said he wished the
war was over: but he could not think
of turning loose until the Germans
are whipped ont of their boots. which
event. IN. said. will as surely come to
pass as the rising and setting of the
sun. He is wonderfully proud of the
United States navy. insisting that II
is far superior to the British navy.
man for man. ship for ship. navy for
navy. or any other old way. He SAYS
tn" American and British sailors can
not get along with each other even a
little hit except at the business OF
i!=hting Germans. He would not be
understood as saying that they hate
each other or anything of that kind:
l'ut if YOU put them on shore leave
together. they are sure to fight. He
gave the impression that IL was
because the British made the Amcri-
cans tired 10y their boastcd supre
macy. while the American has not
got the slightest doubt OF his own su-
pcriority over any of them There Is
no friction between the Americans
ana the French. and maybe il is be-
cause the French actually believe that
IN" Americans are superior to any
other people on earth and do NOT
mind saying so. Young Tennant has
about fifteen days TO spend with his
father down a few miles south of
Chester. and then he will be assigned
To another ship. Asked rs to how
america is getting along with shin
hlildinG. he is at once stirred to n
high pitch OF enthusiasm, and no de-
clarcs. Why. man we are lust cover.
ing the ocean"
The train on which We camc hack
from Washington killed a white man
IN North Charlotte early Sunday morn
ing. II was not known who he was
The trainmcn covered the body with
newspapers while they went into
town and reported the circumstance,
10 the authorities. But il must moi hc
understood that they were indifrcr.
cnt. On the contrary. the conductor
engineer. fircmen and all the othnrs
seemed to be very deeply moved d,
the tragedy. The unfortunate mar
whoever he was. had attemutcd IN
cross the track in front Of the or.
zinc.
NJ dawn this morning, saws an .s-
socnted Press dispatch OF Er,Ia,.