Dewey and the battle of
Manila Bay! We did not applaud. It was too far off and too unreal. But
we women wept.
As we drove through the streets of New York I said to the people who
came to meet me, "For Heaven's sake, what are all these flags out for?
Is it Washington's birthday? I have lost count of time!"
My cousin looked at me pityingly.
"My poor child," she said, "I am glad you have come back to God's
country, where you can learn something. We have a war on!"
I gave a gasp. That shows how unreal the war seemed to me over there.
I never saw so many flags as I saw in Jersey City and New York. I was
horrified to find Chicago, nay, even my own house, lacking in that
respect.
But I am proud to relate that two hours after my return--directly I
had done kissing Billy, in fact--the largest flag on the whole street
was floating from my study window.
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