SINN FEIN FAILS TO HOWL DOWN SIR PHILIP GIBBS
Police Restore Order After Hubbub in Carnegie Hall at First Lecture. GROANS, HISSES AND BOOS Speaker Calmly Watches Fighting the Gallery and Then Goes on Talking. BRITAIN EUROPE'S HOPE He Declares Breaking Up of the Empire Would Lead to Anarchy and Misery.
Sinn Fein sympathizers who hung over the gallery rails popped up unexpectedly in aisles and even shouted from vantage points on the main floor of Carnegie Hall last night did their best to break up a lecture by Sir Philip Gibbs, the British war correspondent, on "What America Means to the World." They failed. There were regular intervals of uproar and one good fist fight.
Hotel Langwell
John H. Causer
Elmira, N.Y.
[Thursday] Feb. 17, 1921
My darling:
Your letter written yesterday was waiting for me when I reached here at 8:30. I can’t get a room so think I’ll take a late train for Troy, Pa. Have been in Westfield Pa. today and have not had a good day and my week has been verry poor so far.
I am sorry to hear that you have a hard cold. I don’t see how you get such hard colds right at home where you can take care of yourself and dope up. If you were out in all kinds of weather and spending bout every night in a strange bed it would not be surprising.
I hope you are feeling better today. Guess you have relieved my mind alright stating that Mr. Crumb is preparing to move. It’s very nice of Mr. ad Mrs. Lloyd to ask us down but they ought not to do it. I cant get home until Sunday a.m. on that 10 o’clock train if I xxx try to get Victory week. It doesn’t look favorable at all tonight.
I don’t see how I’ve made out two sets of papers for the same animals. I can’t make up my mind where to go for tomorrow and Saturday to get much business.
Take care of yourself and get well quick. You know what you said in your Bulletin article about getting sick. Guess you have not kept dry feet.
Your loving,
John
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John has excellent handwriting. However, in some instances, I cant decipher it. If I can't, I simply mark the spot with "xxx"s to signify thank the word isn't decipherable.
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