Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-04-10
written to his mother, Mrs. C. A. Mil
bred and follows:
naor Mother.

oot SSiAA1kAAiAN - AIN q VIZ
glad to get it, / also got the box of
candy that you and Helen made for
me and it sure was fine.
l wrote you sometime ago that | was
going TO take a little trip and | just
got back yesterday morning and sure
ly had n fine trip and enjoyed every
Part of it. One week ago today March
8th l started on my leave and got six
days. Two other boys from here in
the office were with me and we three
together made it nice as one of the
boys knew some people that lived in
Washington so We stayed there one
night and two days. Of course there
must have been some attraction for
US to stay that long. Yes, we had
three nice rebel girls as the Southern
girls are called here or anyone from
the South. We landed in Washington
Saturday night and it sure was rain
ing that night but the next day being
Sunday it cleared up so it was a pref
ty good day after all. VIZ went out to
these peoples house and had Sunday
dinner and that afternoon we went to
the Congressional Library, and it is
one of the most beautiful buildings
there is. 1t sure is beautiful and is
considered the prettiest one in Wash
ington. Sunday night we wen to a
good show. Monday morning we
started out early in the morning and
it sure was a wonderful day so we had
good luck taking pictures. We went
up in Washington's monument and
visited many ofthe other buildings of
interest. We.went out to the Zoo in
the afternoon and had a great time.
| got to see the White House but could
not enter it as visitors were not adj
mitted at that time.
caHed up Joyce last Sunday morn
ing and told her that l would be over
to spend Monday evening with her so
1 left the other boys about five o'clock
and caught a train ove to College
Park, Maryland which is about eight
miles from Washington and is also a
very beautiful little place. There IS a
livery large College of Agriculture 10
Gated there and her husband is a
Chemist there. Joyce seemed glad to
see me and looked just as she did when
she visited us in Missouri. She thought
that | was as fat as l was thin faced
when she saw me last. | met her hus-
band and he sure is one fine fellow and
appears to be about thirty-two OR
three years of age. His home is in
Oklahoma and Joyce met him while
he was teaching in Manhattan, Kan
sas. She said that Uncle George want
ed her and her husband to come out
West and go on a ranch but she didn't
want to as she thought she would
have to work too hard, but | believe
that herhusband could manage a ranch
| alright. She is crazy to go back
home on a visit and they are intend
ing to go West to live. Joyce had
some little chickens and they were
the first that l have seen this year.
Tuesday morning Joyce and l walked
up to the College and viewed it, and
| went back to Washington at ten
O'Clock and there met the other boy.
| Joyce wanted to know how every one
was at home and they might stop and
make you a visit when they go back
| West. She is one fine girl and he is
one fine man, just ordinary people and
not "stuck up at all" While | was
out at Joyce's house I saw where the
air planes light that carry mail from
Washington to New York, the field
being only a short distance from her
house.
l arrived bac kin Washington Mt
ten-thirty Tuesday morning and we
then went through the Capitol, We had
a guide to take us through and show
US all the points of interest, it must
have taken us about an hour and a
half to go through. l got a package
of cards of the capital and sent them
to you. After seeing the capital we
left Washington at four o'clock Tues
day afternoon and went to Philadel-
phia, while on our trip we got to see
the country of Delaware and Maryland
and it is very rough but beautiful. We
wanted to spend a day in Baltimore,
Maryland but did not have time
enough. Everyone says that is such
a good city and I want to visit it some
time. We arrived in Philadelphia
Tuesday evening and that night went
to a good show and the next morning,
Wednesday, being a fine day we went
out to Fairmont Park, the largest and
most beautiful park in the city, there
we run across two more of those good
old Southern girls from Tennessee who
were there visiting the city so we had
company. the rest of the day apd that
afternoon we went over to the zoo and
looked at the animals just as though
were still children. Wednesday
we boys went to the finest theat- ,
re in Philadelphia and saw a goodshow :
and it didn't cost US a cent as we were
given tickets by the Red Cross ladies. s
sure doesn't cost a man in uniform +
very much to take trips as we ride for :
one cent a mile and then the cities are
full of Service Clubs for the uniform E
men and there a person can get a good '
meal for thirty cents and a good bed I
thirty-ive cents and then they gen. Y
orally have tickets to the best shows +
the cities and pass them out to the V
Boys land in these big cities all the G
places of interest are free to US boys
civilians have to pay. a
We left Philadelphia at ten O'Clock S
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