Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1919-03-12


GLIDER BOY WRITES
FRO ven. CONN.,
New Conn,
March 8. 1919.
Willmar Itbnne,
Dear NE L&Ipon::
S sIf tho Edit6e Wtllspermit shall send
. few lines thru ia Hum of the
Tribune
First wish to send q word OF greet
ings to my many friends Sd Kandiyohi
county and thanks to those who fav-
ored me with letters and uteature]
while across in France, but which /,
however, unf0 ftnnate4y never receiv.
ed. due either to the inefnciency Of;
the mail service or my frequent moves
and indefinite stays "a: any certain;
place: .s7.5 i. i 3ss.
Then, too, am happy to say that
Notwithstanding the fact that !;
am still sojourning. dating back from
the signing of the arulistice and not
during the most Of my stay ii France
as might be Inferred by the Tribune's
news item report Of my return to the
%. s. AZ at hospital. am feeling
good and am very much alive, and
really am inclined to believe that
Uncle Sam r. over jealous about his
boys. and rather particular about
minor and trtfling ailments. Be that
as It may, and tho I would rather be
in that beautiful little city In central
Mfnnesota, which has grown fonder
then ever by absence from it, I am
enjoying life in, the east the best my
luxurious salary OF the private class
rank viii allow. !. - !. : y -.
Have. inst finished reading back
numbers Of each issue of the Tribune
that had been saved for me since the
time I lett the States last August, and
which has been forwarded to me here.
dare say have never been more
engrossed in reading then when scan.
| ming the pages OF, these copies. It
was with dismay, however, how !
observed the chronicles of SO many
that had passed away. The reaper
Of death It seems did not confine its
dominion Of toll to the battle fields
Of Europe but went into the homes
of our land with merciless heart
Surely the year of 1918 shall long be
remembered. =,
1t was pleasing though, = to
notice that the Tribune is still
fighting as of yore for the rights OF
the common people as. against that
Of the special privileged class and
is not afraid to take issue even the
| at times it almost looks as it, is futile
to. fight for that which is right. which
elections frequently indicate. Motto
| ed also that the Tribune is maintain
/ ing its high standard as an up.to- date
i newspaper even to its comic depart
/ ment, the . Incubator" Have a men
tai picture. Of the artist editor Of TN
Incubator interviewing would be-
i weather prophets and Great Northern
station committee, etc: A little humo]
is relishedr by the best Of us. Keel
it up -. 49,
Politics were apparently as keen al
ever before in Minnesota last election
and Randy" had her battles, too
Tho the writer was absent it is obvi
Gus that the: 4th,, ward survived, thu
ordeals of the fray without much dit
ficulty. What might have been, tho
Will always remain, a enigma 90
Many. versions and opinions o
France has been given and while NJ
two probably agree, yet in general /
is agreed that as q country she Il
many years behind that of ours IL
4 every respect Her outstanding char
actertistics can be briefly, summed VI
in q few words-wine, women, rain ant
mud. While We scribe can only spea]
with authority on the two latter sub
jects, and can vouch for its true ez
istence in the fullest sense of tn
word, yet he will agree the othe
issues in question did abound.
Was glad to hear that my friend
Emil Aspaas had arrived safely hom
and to read of his experiences MOI
iced that he also had travelled "de
luxe" cover there" in cars with tn
script on 40 s"h' ommes or 8 cheyaux
| (4Oe men or g horses).z We have I
vivid 2recollectionr of three days joul
ney in this particular kind of convey
ance. -. -. -.
Our home coming on the president
ship, the George Washington was a.
enjoyable voyage and tho the sea wa
rough it only added to the pleasure O
the trip 49,
sThesreception that was accorded u
| during our Two weeks stay IN NeN
York City; will always remain a pleas
ant memory to us. The New Yorker
literally give us~a millionaire's time
+ A word about New Haven and
shall close my rambling letter. Thi
city has q population eof about 1900
Eofg which 60, 1000 are Italians and !
located on the Long Island Sound
!. Fit is quite a manufacturing center
Among it's factories is that of tn
Winchester Arms Co. whose product
are well known to all spprtsmer
New Haven is, probably, best known
however, as the home of the sYal
University whose campus and spat
: Eious buildings are located in the ceI
trail part of the city. ::
May add the weather here is yer
nice, no Snow Whatsoever
With sincere greetings, am,
Il e-"t~ - Respectfully,
=. >:Albina Wahlstrand. =
STR AIGHf F0RWARD