The Penn's Grove record., 1919-04-25

Schumann-Heink, Louise Homer and
Freida Hempel from the metropolitan
Opera House to sing for them and they
have heard John Mccormick. Keith
sends his best vaudeville acts. Then
they have their own shows and a dance
every week. Everything is being done
for their comfort.
Many want to get back home but
they are not being detained unneces-
sarily. l had a talk with Captain
Lambkin. one of the army surgeons,
and he told me that it was difficult to
convince some of the boys of the great
benefit they were deriving from the
days they are spending at Walter
Reed, particularly those who are re-
ceiving vocational training. Many of
he cases require time for prope treat
nent. The man does not realize this
though and thinks because he appar-
emily feels all right he should be dis
charged. Therefore do not worry
about him.
| recently ran into George Towson,
who used to be the bank messenger
for the Arthur McMullen Company in
he old works office at the D. o. D..
He was one of the several thousand
employees who were laid off in the
War Risk Bureau when Congress failed
% appropriate money for his depart
rent, as it failed to do so for many
,thers. Young Williams, who was clas-
sifcation clerk in the same office call
ID me UP last week and said that he
read in the Record of my address. He
5 with the Bureau of Medical Supplies
in the War Department. 1t certainly
made me him of the good old days
/ spent in Penns Grove to hear from
each Of them.
I wish some Of my old friends could
have seen me riding around with the Red
cross Motor Corps during the clothing
drive for the refugees in Europe. The
irst day | was out with Mrs. c.. D.
3arter. the wife of the Representative
from Oklahoma. She is the command
ing officer of the District Chapter
corps and we visited twenty police and
IRE stations. which acted as collection
1erots. I enjoyed making the %acquaint-
anee of the police captains, for you
know you never can tell when you may
need them. Ask Harbeson, he knows.
Washington did nobly in that drive,
going over the top by 10000 pounds.
The other day 1 ran into ex-Presi-
lent IdII ana ny d sing uldI NoliSlNchSC
it was on H STREET, directly opposite the
White House. He was walking along,
alone and unnnoticed, until 1 greeted
him. He looked much better than when
1 had last seen him but Shove the
strain of his work on the various cam
paigns in which he had been interested.
He told me he was on his way down
South to spend a few days to rest and
play golf.
Then 1 renewed my old newspaper
friendliness with Edward N. Hurley,
the Chairman of the United States
Shipping Board, and sat in at one of
his conferences with the press. He is
back in town now, after a physical
breakdown. due to his work
in behalf of an American Merchant
Marine fleet that will put us back on
the seas.
Ray T. Baker, Director of the Mint,
who married Mrs. Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt, the second, has written me.
inviting me to call upon him, which l
propose doing shortly. I used to work
on the Oakland. Cal, Tribune, which
| Rays father owned. Ray worked in
the county court house there.
Washington is an expensive place to
live in. For the benefit of Dean War
ner, Happy" Evans, speedy Miller.
''Scoot" Alsbrook, Norman Hand. Lieu
tenant Handsome" McNulty Cf he is
still there) and my old chum, "Adonls
Wells, at the D.. o., D., let me give
them a tip. If they want to be real
bon vivants in a bone dry town they
can do it with the aid of a pretty girl
(there are hundreds of 'em here) and
this is for Dean Warner CRememoer
the Ritz Carlton), a bank roll.
This was my afternoon off, so l
thought I would see how it felt to be
of the doree. I think that
is high brow talk for a swell guy,
so l met her at the New Willard, the
hotel of Washington. One of those
hat check bandits took my hat and
stick and we entered the main dining
saloon as if we had lived there all our
lives. She did, rather. l entered with
q feeling of "Abondon hope all ye
who enter here"
We were tremendously ushered to a
COSY little table built for two and at
once began to get chummy with the
menu. The first thing that caught my
eve was white Rose Cocktail" and my
. heart ledDeQ, Dul IL sun 80
nuisation when the SNUG faced garcon'
who obsequiously bent over my
shoulder. informed me that it was con-
sidered de rigeur to start luncheoh
with one. so we had two-one apiece
If looked like a Bronx" when 1t nm
ally appeared, but there the resem-
blance ended. y cherry was edged on
the rim of the glass. Did you ever
taste good orangeade? You nave the
answer: and they get 80 Indian heads
for their skill in camoufagfng that
beverage. / thought if that cocktall
was a 'disappointer" 1 would try a
clam one, so we had two-one apiece
Now. l have seen small clans, but the
ones that were served me today at
W~ashington's best hostelry made a PIN
head look like the tlantic ocean. II
Dave English ever handed them to a
customer he would be out of business
the next day.
Cream de Tomato soup was the
niece de resistance in the noise line
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