The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-01-23
SAUK CENTRE BOY PLAYS IN
BAND AT HEAD OF PRESI.
DENTS PARADE IN LONDON

Mrs. J. r. Hall received very In
teresting letter from her son, Edwin,
who is member of the Navy band
now uuartered in London. The letter
was written Christmas day, and the
lad is having some fine experiences.
The band of which he is member
had the honor of leading the
parade in honor of President Wilson's
visit to King George. The letter fol-
lows:
g"a London, December 25, 1918.
Dear Mother and Ali:
This is one great day in London.
Everything is closed up just like on
Sunday. | went to midnight mass at
St. Paul's Cathedral and it is a wonder
full place.
The Red Cross gave us our dinner
and supper and it certainly was fine
too. admire the Red Cross and will
help them in any way l can. They
do everything they can for you and
that is more than any of the other
. organizations do. 1 don't want to
mention who they are but I'll tell you
when l come back.
Well | feel better now for | just
had some turkey and plum pudding.
Pm so full l cal, hardly walk. All of
our boys are up at the dance. Last
night it was for soldiers and tonight
it is for sailors.
Was cut at hospital yesterday and
played for wounded boys. They had a
big Christmas tree and dinner. There
were bunch of coons there and
when we played the Ozark Town
Shutters Ball" they went wild. We
played at the Naval hospital last
night, and tomorrow I'll have the
honor of playing for President Will
son and escorting him to the Kings
palace. That will be one of the great
est events we have played for. I'll
save one of the London papers. I
have one now but won't send it for
fear it will get lost. 49,.
have been out sight seeing most
of my spare time and l have seen
some wonderful places. The most in
teresting place is the Tower of Lon
don. In one place there is church
and undar-that are the graves of peo-
pie that were beheaded in the prison.
The big block and axe are still there.
In another place they have the crown
of diamonds, also Queen Elizabeth's
crown with great big ruby on top.
There are swords of gold and silver
and the sheaves are all set in dia-
monds. .-.. .... 81
l went across the London bridge,
and through the Low Courts, also the
Parliament buildings and West Min
lister Abbey. In the court yard of
st. Pauis Cathedral saw the grave
of Oliver Goldsmith. Other tombs
date back as far as the fifteenth
century. t.. l.-.: - a.-s~
| have been through Tefalger
Square and saw Admiral Nelson's
monument; also one of King Charles.
Down little further is Piccadilly and
then Lester Square. I went through
Pal Mall and saw all the captured
German guns. At the end of Pal
Mall is the statute of Queen Eliza
beth. "The .Kaiser's grandmother"
The old sun of a gun unveiled the
statue thirteen years ago and then
said a prayer hoping England would
never be at war with Germany. The
old devil was all prepared for war
then.
The deutschland" the big German
submarine is up here in the Thames
river and l went all through it the
other day. l also saw one of the
many buildings that were bombed in
the air raids. This one was the John
Bull" building, a newspaper estab-
hshnaent. The bomb come through a
skylight and went clean to the base
ment before it exploded.
That is nothing compared to the