The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-01-06
Greatest Reception in History
Giuen Wilson, Writes Sergt. Major
Marlowe Kluter, Stationed in Paris

The reception given President Will
son on his arrival in France is des,
cribed in an interesting manner by
Sergeant-Major Marlowe Kluter, in a
letter to his parents, dated Dec. Is.
kluter is now stationed with the board
of contracts and adjusters in Paris.
The letter follows:
Dearest Mother and Father
We'll, we had some big day yes
terday when President and Mrs. Will
son arrived. At seven-thirty in the
morning the streets were crowded,
waiting to see the president of the
United States, who was to arrive at
ten o'clock. Chairs, ladders, carts
and stands were even built for peo-
pie to stand on. Promptly at ten
o'clock the president and party ar
rived and they Immediately started
to salute him with the firing of can
non. | got a fine look at President
Wilson, President Poincare (France)
General Bliss, General Pershing, Mr..
Lansing. Mrs. Wilson and daughter,
Mrs. Poincare and many other prom
inent people of today. Such a re-
ception was never known in the his
his grandma was out and nearly
crazy. The carriages carrying Pres-
dent Wilson and one CARRYING Mrs.
Wilson was loaded with flower de-
signs and as they passed by the
French threw flowers to the carriages.
l can't begin to describe it to you.
President Wilson and also Mrs, Will
! son had smile from ear to ear.
| Yesterday aftorpoon Eorl Ly;,1or
and myself went to Luna Park and
had good time roller skating. Last
night | went to the 'Y" and saw sew
eral reels of moving pictures. AS it was
only nine O'Clock, l decided to walk
down to my room. l walked down
the Champs-E lysees to the Place de
| Concorde and it was a beautiful sight.
Inc avenue was a straight as a die
and all along the sides were the arch
lights and the taxi cabs were buzzing
up and down. How | wished Won
could have been with me for / know
you would have enjoyed it, Like the
day, last night was dandy, plenty
warm enough to go without an over
| coat. The city was all decorated I'D
with the American, French and Brit
ish flags. Near the Place de Con-
! corde was an immense sign hung clear
across the street; Vive Wilson, and
1T sure did sparkle some. Then there
were American flags made of electric
lights. AS | came to Boulevard Ital-
ians, where | live, | didn't think
would ever get thru. My such a Jam,
street and sidewalk. The people were
marching up and down, carrying
American flags, throwing confetti. try
ing to get American soldiers caps as
souvenirs and acting as if they had
just got out of lunatic asylum. Some
were playing ring around Rosie. 9TH
ers beating a drum, blowing a horn or
something like that Some locked
hands and in snake fashion would
push through the crowd. Jut before
| went into my hotel | heard some
thing rumbling down the street and
| waited for it. 1t was one of the
many German cannon that was CAP
tured during the war and on it were
bunch OF men, women and kids, they
pulled this down the street and had
the time of their lives. l went to bed
at eleven o'clock and the vrowd looked
like it was getting larger instead of
smaller, how long they carried on /
don't know for | went right to sleep
| must cut this short for want to go
to church with Ohio Cochran this
morning and it is now nine O'Clock.
MARLOWE.
Sunday, Dec. Is, 1918, $50 D. m.
l just got back from a wonderful
sightseeing trip to Versailles, pro-
nounced "Ver 81. But first must tell |
you about this morning l got up this
morning at Z o'clock, went down to
the office, and Ook a good hot bath,
and after writing the first page of
this letter | went to get Ohio Cochran
TO go to an American church. When l /
saw Cochran he told me that President !
Wilson was going to this church also I
think it is wonderful that such busy !
man as he is, and after having such
tiresome trip across the ocean and
a hard busy day yesterday, for him to |
go to church the first Sunday he is in
France. Well, we went to church at
10 o'clock; it doesn't start until II. |
but we wanted to get good seat and |
We did TOO. We hadn't been in but
about five minutes when in comes Ed. !
crawford, Richmond man that | /
Know who used to be paying teller at
the Second National bank and who |
mas given me the money for the f.
and N. many times. He is now in the |
Y. M. c. A. work. At 80 sharp in /
came President Wilson and his wife I
Ihey OF course had place reserved |
TOT him. and what do you think, your |
son sat right across the aisle from I
MN and | had some good looks at |