The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-07

Legion of Honor at Memorial Hail.
The Legion is made up of veteran Of
Ulcers of the Civil war and their sons
and the sons of deceased Civil war
officers. Major, General Wood is one
of the speakers on that program.
Frank Grimes, who is now in
France as field clerk in the foreign
army service, has written his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Grimes, describ-
ing some of his experiences abroad.
The following is from one of his
letters:
had a French bath yesterday
Also one a few days ago, but am not
sure If | told you about it or not
Their tubs are about twice as short
as ours, and also twice as deep, and
you almost have to tread water in them.
l surely needed it, and if l don't get to
laundry woman pretty soon, 1 am
going to have to invest in some new
underwear, as haven't had any
laundry done since l left the States
In regard to the bath, 1 saw rope
by the tub. and wanted another towel,
so rang the bell, and a French maiden
came in and proceeded to wash my
back much to my surprise. 1t re-
minded me of many years ago when
that old colored maid who worked for
us gave me a bath when you were
away from home. | was embarrassed
and Ramply, one of my companions,
next to me, refused to ring the bell
and they had lots of fun with me
about it. and said that was the custom
of the French bath houses.
/ must be in every night promptly
at 10, and if we are out a minute
later, we must sign up, and report to
the commanding officer the next day
for a lacking up as they term it.
1t is worse when l was kid and Dad
made me toe the mark. but believe
me, 1 am in before the hour and gem
orally asleep before taps. There is
about fifty in my room and we all
have separate hunks. but only straw
to sleep on and no pillow, so at first
could not sleep well, as they made
so much racket, and it sounds like a
brass ba- when some of the fat
(censored) get started to snoring, but
l sleep well now.
4 X X
Mrs d. w. Mulvane and Mrs.
Arthur Capper will leave next week
for Washington. D. c., to attend the
national conference of the woman's
committee Council of Defense. Mrs.
Mulvane, as chairman for this state.
will be a member of the conference,
which is to be made up of the nation
al com mittee officials and the chair
men of the state branch committees.
On The first day, Monday, May 10,
the conference will be opened by
Doctor Shaw and there will be short
addresses by Mr.. Clifford. director of
council of national defense, the secre-
tary of the treasury, secretary of agri-
culture and secretary of labor. In the
afternoon there will be registration
and reports on organization. In the
evening a recs ption will be given to
the visiting representatives of the
woman's committee at the home of
Mrs Stanley Mccormick, 1855 Massa-
chusetts avenue, n. w.
On Tuesday there will be papers
ard discussions on women in indus
try. child welfare, maintenance of ex-
listing social service agencies In the
afternoon President and Mrs. Wilson
will receive the visiting representa-
| tiVes of the woman's committee at the
! White House at o'clock. Later in the
afternoon there will be papers and
discussions on educational propaganda
and news department. In the evening
there will be addresses by the secre-
tary of war. and a representative Of
the ambassador of France. the Bel
gian minister and DIR. Anna Howard
| Shaw.
The program for Wednesday morn
ing will be made up Of addresses or
the liberty loan, health and recrea-
ton. home and foreign relief The
Wednesday afternoon session will be