The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-05-11
Pensacola. Fla.

Pensacola, Fla.
Dear polly:
am afraid this is to be terribly
duh letter. That is. 1t viii not have
very much in it about society in Pensa-
cola. For in the first place, all the
women and girls have literally been
working like mad to put the Victory loan
over the top. and of course I have been
helping all I possibly could.
Now / want to say to you. Polly. that
and she wrote to one OF the men on
The Journal about the wonderful drive
the women have made in Manhattan,
that the women of Pensacola have done
wonders Child. we have raised about
half of Escambia counts quota That
is what we have done. down here in
pensacola. And / am sure the. New York
women did not come UP to that mark
Tell sem about u.s. Root Tor your home
cItyI
The loveliest social afafir of the week,
and one in which there was lots of social
interest, was the dance with which Mr.
and Mrs. w. S. Keyser entertained for
their guest, Ella Vaughn Patterson, at
their home, The Moorings, on the bay
shore. Miss Patterson is from New YORK,
by the way. You know how lovely the
Keyser home isl think the interior de-
cidediy one of the most artistic in the
south. and the lower floor lends itself
so readily to decoration. Quantities OF
with ported plants and ferns. and salad
and ice courses were served. There were
about sixty-fiVe guests, and the dance
was certainly one OF the most delightful
ever enjoyed.
Polly, 1 have funny and very delight
full experience the other day. on the
train, going over to Mobile, and I must
tell you about il. A woman caEae in
ana sat down In the seat with NE. and
she locked terribly put out about some-
thing After q waile size said: II have
the lower berth
Very well. raadarDe' ] said. ''yo5, may
have the lower and the upper both. 1
am going to get eff at Mobile
She was sties. Tor 3. while and Their
she began to tsiA about Pensacola. Polly.
YOU may not believe it. but she did not
like Pensacola. s;lia is the only person 1
ever met in my life who had stayed in
Pensacola for any length of time, without
getting Pensacola sand in their shoes.
Yor know If you get pensacola sand In
your shoes ys.Ss simply have to come back
again. Yon nifty be sure that 1 told her
a fey things She Jia not like very much
before, / had finiscGd with Ter. For one
thing I asked her why she had stayed
80 long, il she did LYt l:l5e it. For, mind
YOU. size had been in Pensacola all
winter
After while. at ray imitation. she
changed her seat---slss was riding back
Ward-and sat in the seat with me. Aad
she leaned over and said to me: do
you mind If / tell yoI Ily troubles
FOLLY, really. I had felt rather blue, and
! did not want to hear anybodys trou-
bles. 7 felt just like saying: 1 have
troubles of my own. But I said: why,
certainly. Everybody tells me their
troubles. and I don | see why you should
not tell me yours
Then size leane;r over and whispered
in ms car: Il have cat in the bag
gage carr
Now, wasn't that delicious? roared
and so did she! And we Immediately
struck up a friendship. and she acknowl-
edged that perhaps she did have a wee
hit Of Pensac cola sand in her shoes. She
worried a lot about the cat. but be-
tween times we talked, I'D 1 found thai
she IS an artist who has a big studio in
the west and is a most delightful person.
GU would he kindred spirits.
There isn't much news.
MIR. and Mrs. A. NJ. Avery have rs
their guests their son and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. George Peagler, of Montgomery.
You know Mrs. Peagler was Marion
Avery
News from Mr.. and Mrs. William Les
ter Baldwin. of whose wedding 1 wrote
know the Baldwin Piney wedding was q
social event of several weeks ago.
Ida Mallory, who recently returned
from service with the Red Cross in
france, is now in New Orleans, where
she viii resume the practice of her
profession. She is wonderful nurse ana
had some most interesting experience
while in France. You know she is grand