The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-04-04
A Washington Letter.
From a Belfast Girl.
To The Republican journal,
RolfoSt Maine

My Dear Editor: Though the thought
fulness of my parents, l am able to read
the "good old Republican Journal every
Monday night when l get home from
work, and can tell you it certainly does
look good to me. | am able to keep in
close touch with my friends that have
in Belfast, and certainly enjoy it. Seems
as great big letter to me telling me
everything of interest. l also want to
say that l think it has been very enter
tanning lately, with news and things of
interest. l should very much dislike to
miss it for week. And | am not the
only one who reads it, for my roommate,
Marion Knowlton, who is also from Bel
fast, sits down and reads it from begin
ming to end, and we don't even leave out
the advertisements.
This prompted me to think perhaps
some of my friends in Belfast might like
to know little of the news of the Bel
fast girls in Washington. While we are
not all in the same house but are all over
the city and some of us out in the suburbs,
we see each other occasionally, on the
street, in the stores or on an elevator 60
ing up or down, in the stores, or at some
of the public buildings which are very
interesting and which we visit frequent
ly. 1t certainly seems good to see face
from Belfast for we are so far apart that
it is only occasionally that we meet, there
being some 10000 girls here, working for
the government. Mr.. Quimby who was
on business trip to Washington month
or so ago, did not forget his Belfast
friends down here and came to see Marion
and me on Sunday
The weather, generally, here is getting
I warmer and seems about like the first of
June at home, some days, in fact, most
every day for the past two weeks. It
seems as if spring were we'll under way.
the grass is green, the trees are budded
and will soon have leaves on them, in
fact, some of them have now Certainly
it is beautiful city to live in, having
many beautiful parks, streets and build
ings 1t is a duty every person owes
himself to come to Washington and see
the Capital of our country Although at
the time of the present emergency,
would not advise anyone to come unless
they are coming to edo their bit, for all
the houses, hotels and places of shelter
are well taken up by the government en-
ployees, and there are more coming every
day. However, we don't mind living in
close quarters for our patriotic feelings
prompt us to think and know that this
can not be helped if we are to assist, in
our small way, in the successful prosecu-
ton of the war. Every precaution is
taken by landladies, hotel managers and
boarding house mistresses to keep e, cry
thing in sanitary and healthful condi-
ton, and the government sets the ex-
ample in sanitation in its buildings where
we work, giving us clean, light rooms
and all personal things for use, such as
towels, soap and drinking glasses. All
the girls seem very much satisfied with
the living here and are enjoying life and
the work very much. tbs very different
WORK to the most of us from any we have
ever done before but proves to be very in
teresting. If they were not satisfied
am sure they would never admit it and
their patriotic feelings would prompt
them to make it their business to be sat
isfied and edo their bit" for the work
must be done and there are not now any
where near enough girls here We think
Belfast is quite well represented, but