CEHBates_Dec1918_004g

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she heard you had been
"over the top" three times, and
that a cable had been re-
ceived from you recently.

New York certainly was the
wild play where the news
came about signing the
armistice. Suppose you
know we had two celebrations
once after a false report
and then just a few days
later when the true report
was published. The second
was like any New Years
celebration in S.F., but the
first was more unique
in its spontaneity and
spirit. I'm certainly glad
that as long as I couldn't
go overseas as I would
like to have done, to do en-
tertainment work, that I was