The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-08-31


Chief of which IL the lack Of exciting
adventure. such as seems to strew
your pathway.
Here society - in 4 state OF dolce
far niente. and while it Is rather nice
to be lazy and happy GO lucky. the
stuff that dreams are made OF does
not work UP satisfactorily into q
breezy lettef-the kind you seem to
demand.
But il things are quiet, have some
bits OF social gossip to tell you about
people in whom know you are par
ticularly interested.
Maude Fernald Keyes is here with
her two boys and her old friends have
been SO glad to have her with them
again. II: has been nine years since
she has visited here. and the death
OF her husband, Commander Raymond
S. Keyes came as q great shock to
US here. IL well as to those who knew
and ,cyed him 80 well In Philadelphia
The fact that she is in bereavement has
OF course made her visit home quieter
than it. would otherwise would have
been. though great number Of In
formal attentions have been shown
her.
You know Commander Keyes died
last January at Newport News while
on the golf links On the very day
of his death he had been given the
rank OF captain. He was. you know.
commanding the vestal at the time,
the ship that did such wonderful re-
pair work for the navy, and had made
two very valuable inventions. one =
device for handling depth bombs on
the submarine chasers and the other
in connection with the coalins Of the
ship. Later we shall reproduce ~
sketch OF Commander Keyes. which
has just been published. with stories
OF ten other prominent Americans In
the same volume, President Wilson
and one J.. Pierpont Morgan, and a
number OF others don't recall.
Mrs. Reyes and children have been
in Los Angeles with her mother and
father-in-law. Judge and Mrs. E. D.
Galbratth. spending nearly three
months in their beautiful home. At
the time of their arrival in Los An
geIes, I noted an excellent photo
-ravure OF Maude and her two. sons.
aged eleven and six, in the Examiner.
She has been very closely associated
in navy relief work in Philadelphia
and the Examiner carried q very In
teresting story about her work, with
mention OF her distinguished hus-
band.
While in Los Angeles she was Joined
by her brother and his wife. Lieuten-
ant ana Mrs. H. NJ. Fernald. You re-
member Hayes. of course. and Will
take the same pride that we all dol
in his splendid war record. Lieuten-
ant Fernald is now with the motor |
corps at Washington. |
He was thirteen months in service in
France, where he won the Croix de |
Guerre.
Mrs Keyes since the declaration Of
hostilities, and especially since the |
death Of her husband. has been abb |
sorbed in navy relief work, though
she has found some time to write |
for the Philadelphia North Americana
and the Army and Navy Journal. |
social affairs or notes oil
interest of the navy people, OF whom |
she has been one for so many years.
Mrs. Fernald has a bright style of
writing, but most of her time is de-
voted to the relief work. about which
she is very enthusiastic. She says |
that one of the chief things they do |
is to tide the sailor over the time
when the b1uejackets are discharged
and when their compensation is re-
ceived. Frequently. she tells us. they |
make from six hundred to thousand
dollars on one party. and in June they
gave one big entertainment at which |
they cleared $1,000; they have card
parties and dances, and all OF the
society women In the city are inter-
ested. either In getting up or partici-
patfng in the parties. Mrs. Ed
who has one OF the hand
soonest homes In Philadelphia, and
has turned over her home to the
workers, who have an entertainment
in her great ballroom at least once
q month. The men are given the help
without any strings attached to 1t,
and when they get their compensation
are not expected to repay. which II
call the real thing In appreciation for
patriotic service. don't you?
Mrs. Keyes and SONS, John and Ray
mond, are leaving in n few days for
Philadelphia, accompanied by Mrs
Frank Taylor and Frances, Maude's
oldest boy. win probably go to school
in Philadelphia. Frances win go on
to Lawrenceville to prepare for
Princeton or Cornell, and possibly
young Raymond Keyes win return
with his aunt and spend the winter
here, as at his age school problems
are very simple.
There are lots Of things that occur
to me to write you. now that am
started. but think you win be par
ticularly interested in news OF Eliza
hail, fyroual1 Che ..a@ t<ov. sv,ov.H9u q