The Pensacola journal., December 24, 1919, Page 3, Image 3

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Letters to; HisUiildren
TDJTED BY
'joscph Puck Lin ttisnoi
In leaving the fnited States for
lis trip to Panama, President Roose
velt shattered a tradition of the "White
flouse. He was the first president to
eave this country while in office; the
first to enter a foreign country; the
irs-t to visit a dependency of the
'nited States. At this time, he was
better than in the times of Drake and
Nelson; and morally and jn physical
surroundings the advantage is in
finitely in our favor.
It , was delightful to have you two
or three days at Washington. Blessed
old fellow, you had a pretty hard
time in college this fall; but it can't
be helped,.; Ted ; as one grows older
CHIPLEY PLANS
HOME-COMING
..utting forward his simplified spell-i neipea,. Ted;
ins ideas, "in the fact of much oppo- omer ana the sweet keep coming
In fact, Tneoaore itooseveit ) f" omy ming to do is to
sition.
- .' CTxfM n 1 t 1- . ... . -
in h fl ttmfired most to causes & " uedr il to IllllCh as little a a
'n which he was certain to encounter Pssible under the punishment, and to
irieorous antagonism. The Editor. feeP Pegging steadily away until the
Names of the Guns.
On Board tJ. S. S. Louisiana;
Sunday, Nov. 11, 1906.
BLESSED ARCHIE:
I wish you were along with us, for
you would thoroughly enjoy everything
3i this ship. We have had three days
if perfect weather, While this great
luck turns.
(To Be Continued.) - .
(Copyright 1919. Charles Scribner's
Sons.)
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP.
So it behooves every woman to keep
her skin smooth, clear and beautiful
which may be done by using
battleship with her. two convoys, ? -
Chlpley is to have quite a unique
celebration day, Tuesday December .30.
All the white soldiers, sailors and ma
rines and all the old veterans and
Spanish war veterans have been in
vited to participate. A parade formed
under officers of each war, from gen
erals, to captains, and. led by the Fort
Barrancas band is to start the day's
program at 10:30 a. m. The parade
will be followed by a band concert and
speaking at the high school building
Among the speakers, ; will be Lieut. J.
Mason Duglas, who after an unusual
record for time and service. in the late
war, a severe wound received during
the Meuse-Argonne campaign and his
reception of American,-" French and
Italian decorations,: has returned home.
After the program at the school, there
is to be a barbecue dinner on the
school 'grounds followed by a basket
ball game and a band concert. The
day is to be quite completely given to
the celebration and, to- cap the climax,
there will be free movies at the Alvin
theatre from noon until 4:00 p. m.
. All the war 'veterans have been asked
to wear their, uniforms if possible, and
the affair should be distinctly pic
turesque. , ,
COMES TO .WEDDING h
MARRIES THE BRIDE
Chlpley, Dec. 22. A mild sensation
was created In the city this morning
when it . was learned that Miss Gladys
Pratt and Roy Blackburn had gone. to
Geneva, Alabama, during the night and
and married. ,". "
" -...
Miss Pratt was to be' married on
Christmas day to Grady Berdishaw of
Dothan, Alabama, and elaborate pre
parations were being made for a
church wedding. The wedding guests
had been asked, invitations circulated
and 4he license secured. Flowers had
been ordered for the occasion and the
minister ' of one - of : the . Dothan
churches requested to be present to
solemnize the marriage. :
Mr. Blackburn, formerly in the navy,
was in New York and learning of his
;reat armored cruisers, Tennessee and
Washfngton, have steamed steadily in
rolumn ahead southward through calm
seas until now we are in the tropics.
They are three as splendid ships of
their class as there are afloat, save 1
only the English dreadnaught. The
Louisiana now nas ner gun-sights and
everything is all in good shape. for her
to begin practice of the duties which
will make her crew as fit for man-of-war's
work as the crew of any one of
our other first-class battleships. The
men are such splendid-looking fellows,
Americans of the best type, young, ac,
tive, vigorous, with lots of intelligence
I was much amused, at the names of !
the seven-inch guns, which : include j
Victor, Invincible, Peacemaker, togeth
er with Skiddoo, and also one called
Tedd and one called the Big Stick.
Reflections on the Way.
On Board U. S. S. Louisiana.
DEAR KERMIT: - - - .
So far this trip has been a great
success, and I think mother has really
enjoyed it. As for me, I of course
feel a little bored, but I .have brought
on a great variety of books, and, am
at this moment reading Milton's prose
works, "Tacitus," and a German novel
called "Jorn Uhl." Mother and I walk
briskly up and down the deck together,
or else sit aft under the awning, or in
the after cabin and read; and I also
spend a good deal of time on the for
ward bridge, and of course have gone
over the ship to inspect it with the
captain. It is a splendid thing to See
one of these men-of-war, and it does
really make one proud of one's coun
try. Both the officers and the enlist
ed men are as fine a set as one could
wish to see.
It is a beautiful sight, these three
great warships standing southward in
ciose column, and almost as beautiful
at night when we see not only the lights
but the loom through the darkness of
the ships astern. . .We are now in the
tropics and I have thought a good deal
ot the time over eight years ago when
1 was sailing to Santiago in the fleet
of warships and transports. It seems
a strange thing to think of my now
being president, going td visit the
work of the Panama Canal which I
have made possible.
Mother, very pretty and dainty In
white summer clothes, came up on
Saturday morning to see inspection
and review, or whatever they call it,
of th men. I usually spend half an
hour on deck before mother is dressed.
Then we breakfast together alone;
have also taken lunch alone, but at
dinner have two or three officers to
dine with us. Doctor Rixey is along
and is a perfect dear, as always.
Events Since Columbus' Discovery.
The fourth day out was in some re
spects the most interesting. All the
forenoon we had Cuba on our right
and most of the forenoon and part of
the afternoon Hayti on our left; and
in each case green, jungly shores and
bod mountains two great, beautiful,
venomous tropio islands. These are
Mstoric seas and mother and I have
kept thinking of all that has happened
in them since Columbus landed at
San Salvador (which we also saw),
tha Spanish explorers, the buccaneers.
the English and Dutch sea-dogs and
adventurers, the great English and
French fleets, the desperate fighting,
the triumphs, the pestilence, of all the
turbulence, the splendor and the wick
edness, and the hot, evil, riotous life
of the old planters and slave-owners,
Spanish, French, English and Dutch;
their extermination of the Indians arid
bringing In of negro slaves, the de
cay of most of the islands, the turn
ing of Hayti into a land of savage
negroes, who have reverted to -oodoo-ism
and cannibalism ; the effort we
are now making to bring Cuba . and
Porto Rico forward.
Today is calm and, beautiful, as all
the days have been on our trip. We
have just sighted the highest land of
Psjiama. ahead of us, and We shall be
anchor by 2 o'clock this afternoon;
Just a little less than six " days from
tie time we left Washington.
Pride in America.
On Board U. S. S. Louisiana,
Nov. 14.
DEAR TED:
I am very glad to have take,n this
top, although as usual I am bored by
the sea. Everything has been smooth
a possible, and it has - been lovely
having mother along. It gives me
great pride In America to be aboard
lWs great battleship and to see not
only the material perfection of . the
ship herself in engines, guns and all
arrangements, but the fine quality of
the officers and crew. Have you ever
read Smollett's novel, I think "Roder
ick Random" or "Humphrey Clinker,"
a which the hero goes to sea? It
Sives me an awful idea of what a
boating hell of filth, disease, tyranny
E""d cruelty , a warship was in those
dys. Xow every arrangement is as
c'ean and healthful as possible. The
asen can bathe and do bathe as often
as cleanliness requires. Their" fare is
fxesiient and they are as self-respect -mS
a set as can be imagined. I am no
Sreat believer in the superiority of
t;nes past; and I have no question
-fiat the officers and men of our, navy
ov,- are in point of fighting capacity
girl's arrangements to marry, hurried
home. Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn are
prominent young . people of the city
and their friends are much elated over
the ,marriageso . much so, :that the
HiifiinAcsa mTi i-sfr! a nipD niircA to
present them with a handsome. set of
furniture, v
WAR HERO, RETURNED
FOR HOLIDAY SEASON
Raymond J. Merrltt, one of the
heroes of the war arrived in Pensa
cola yesterday to spend the Christmas
holidays at tha' home of his; parents.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Powell, of 420 W.
Government-st., after an absence of
four 'years. ,
Mr. Merritt ' has been - decorated
seven times for heroism in action. He
first enlisted in the British army and
later joined the Royal Flying corps.
During his service he was wounded
97 times. -
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