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% tastern Clackamas News Entered a t the postoflice in Estaoada, Oregon, as second-class mad. Published every Thursday at Estacada, Oregon UPTON H. CURBS Editor and Manager. SU BSCRIPTION % One y e a r Six months . Thursday, Thursday, October 16 1919 EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS Page Four ItA T K S . . . . $1.50 . .75 Oct. 16. 1919 Mt. C hapter O. E. S. G ets In terestin g L etter New York City, 541 W. 1211 St., S e p t e m b e r 5, 11* 1 !>. My d e a r f r i e n d s of M o u n ta i n C h a p t e r : M o th e r a n d 1 would like to d r o p In a nd s p e n d th e e v e n in g with you. I th in k we could easily i m a g i n e t h is y e a r we hav e been a wa y a d r e a m . T h e s u m m e r lias been a very p lea sa nt one. Exeept tor ¡1 few u n c o m f o r t a b l e d ay s ol g r e a t h u m i d i t y we ha ve n ot suffered t r o m th e heat. We h a v e wished we might s h a r e s o m e of th e rain we did n o t need with o u r beloved Ore g on forests. W h e n we we nt to th e c o u n t r y we f o u n d e v e r y t h i n g so l u x u r i a n t l y gr ee n a n d g r o w ing so r a n k l y t h a t a f t e r a while it wait a l m o s t op pressive. Until a f t e r s u m m e r school I was k e p t very busy. Can you i m a g i n e o ne school h a v in g ten t h o u s a n d stu - <11 .its? So m e of t h e facu lty g a v e a r ec e pt io n to s t u d e n t s fro m o t h e r l a u d s to which fifty A m e r i c a n s t u d e n t s w er e invited. I was one of th e f o r t u n a t e o n e s to rece ive an i n v i t a tion. T h e r e wer e people f r o m t w e n ty-seven diffe rent c o u n tr i e s , e v e ry o n e we could t h i n k of except F r a n c e a n d , of c our se , ( ¡e r m a n y . T h e y ga v e us ¡1 p r o g r a m of music c h a r a c t e r i s tic of s ev era l c o u n t r i e s t h a t was most in te r e s t in g . School over, we set o u t to ha v e ju st as good a ti m e as we cou ld for t w o weeks. One day we visited th e h o u s e t h a t was W a s h i n g t o n ’s h e a d q u a r t e r s d u r i n g the R e v o l u t i o n a r y W a r . It is a p e rfe ctl y c h a r m i n g old place with t h e old f o u r - p o s t e r bed t h a t L a f a y e t te slept in, man y relics of W a s h i n g t o n a n d t h e war, sa ti n b r oc a d e dress worn by M ad am J u n e niel, its one ti m e o w n e r , at N a p o l e o n ’s court ball, old tim e f u r n i t u r e , c h i n a , etc. A n o t h e r day we took a forty-five mile trip up th e Hu d s o n . Every foot of til»' r i \ c r h un k is rich witli his t o ri c m emories. Her* a decisive b a t tle was won f ro m t h e British, t h e r e Hie spy \ 1 dre was c a p t u r e d while on Ills way to receive f ro m Benedict .Ar nold tile b e tr a y al of West Point, we stoo d on th e \i ry spot. l Tp th e r i v e r we sailed close u n d e r t h e nose of St o ny Point w he r e flu* British bad a fort they said c ould not possibly be captured But th e Yan ks , led by Mad A n th o ny W a y n e, did it just (lie sit me. At B e a r M o u n ta in we cli mbed a steet» m o u n t a i n , cross» d a b e a u ti fu l * c a n y o n bx bridge, cli mb ed a l i t 11 ** m o r e at su d d e n ly cattle upon a most b e a u ti fu l lake, culled Hessian l ak e b ec au se tit»' H e s s ia n s once c a m p e d he re. We a te o u r lunch on th e m o u n t a i n side a nd as I gazed on (lie sc e n e before me. 1 had to a c k n o w l e d g e th a t even Ore go n h a s n' t a m o nopoly on all the b e a u ti fu l spots. Auntie d a y \ \ . spent 1 uong t h e scones o f the ■•l. eyetid el S l e e p ) Hol l o w ” . We xvent out to T .rrx town by electric car, w a lk e d out t o th e old Mutch c h u r c h a n d r a m b l e d In its g r a v e y a r d a m o n g q u a in t ( r u m b l i n g ston es , ittatix of t h e m in scribed in Hutch We tried to find K a t r i n a YantasHcl's but it xvas evidently o n e of th o se too ba d ly w o rn to he read. T h e n we crossed t h e brook a n d at noon a te (»nr lu n c h on th e lovely slope s of Sleepx Hollow, \ f t e r lu n c h xv«' walk ed back t h r e e miles ;o W a s h i n gt o n I r v i n g ’s h o m e, Su uu vs id e. We p a s se d many e s ta t e s , w o n d e r fu l places such as y o u' v e rend of, acre s of w o n d e r t u l lawns, i : r «ut t r i e s a n d h o u s e s l i k e palaces. Th e y do no» nd- ■ i»iit e v e ry b o d y to S u u n y s i d e b u t we h a d a c a r d f r o m Mrs. I rv i n g telling us to rin g Hie bell at t h e g a t e t h r e e ti m e s a n d t h e g a r d n e r would a d m i t * us. T h e bell w a s n ’t easy to find t o r it i s n ’t m e a n t to be co ns pic uou s. W h e n we f o u n d it we r a n g in vain. I g u e s s it was t h e g a r d n e r ’s no t-a t- h o m e day. So we w e n t d o w n a n d «¡it on t h e s h o r e s of t h e T a p p a n Zee a n d felt just as h a pp y fo r we k n e w from pictures h ow Suunyside look ed an y w a y . T h e H u d s o n a t th is point s p r e a d s o u t so wide t h a t th e old Dut ch s e t t l e r s called it a sea. I cou ld u n d e r s t a n d ho w m u c h t h e y m u s t h a v e loved it. Qui te a d i ff e re n t va c at io n t r e a t w a s th e a f t e r n o o n . We w'ent d o w n to see He le n K e l l e r ’s p i c t u r e of h e r life in wh ic h sh e h e r s e l f a p p e a r s . It is a w o n d e r f u l movie. A f t e r th e s h o w we w e n t d o w n to G r e e n w i c h Village for su p p e r. No, t h e r e a r e no s h a d y lan e s w i t h b a r e f o o t boys d r i v ing h o m e t h e cows in t h i s village, n o r c o t t a g e s with bo we rs of h o n e y s u c k le o r roses e i t h e r . I t ’s j u s t a q u a i n t old p a r t of t h e city w h e r e s t r u g g l i n g a u t h o r s , poets, a r t i s t s a n d m a n y f o r e i g n e r s live. W e a t e in a q u e e r lit tle i n n c all ed “ T h r e e Steps Mown” , very d iff e re nt f r o m t h e s t y l ish r e s t a u r a n t s u p t o w n . T h e food wa s u n u s u a l l y delicious. T h e n we walked through streets sw arm ing wi th l;fe which s e e m e d to t r a n s p o r t us f a r o v e r s e a s so di ff e re n t wer e t h e faces, b u i ld i n g s a n d scenes. Bac k at W a s h i n g t o n S q u a r e we m o u n t e d to t h e top of a bus a n d ro de h o m e t h r o u g h t h e d u s k , u n d e r th e g r e a t Ar ch of T r i u m p h , up F i f t h A ve nue , wh o se s h o p w i n d o w s a r e a lw a y s a g r a n d sh ow, a c ro s s t h e e n d of C e n t r a l B a r k , g l o w i n g in e m e r a l d f r e s h n e s s a n d ov e r to R i v e r s i d e Drive w h e r e we passe d s o m e of t lie finest m a n s i o n s in t h e city. C h a r l e s S c h w a b ’s is said to be t h e most e x pe n si ve in A m e ri c a. 'O n o u r left wre look do w n , a c ro ss t h e lovely p a r k t h a t follo ws t h e edge of t h e r i v e r a t t h e t w i n k l i n g lig ht s on th e m a s t s of t h e b a tt le s h i p s , ( m o s t l y s u b m a r i n e c h a s e r s now t h a t yo u a r e h a v i n g a call f r o m t h e big fleet,) r i d i n g on t h e g r a y H u d s o n . At G r a n t ’s t o m b we cl i m b e d do w n with a sigli of r e g r e t t h a t o u r ride was en d e d . W i t h o u t d o u b t it is th e m o s t b e a u t i f u l d r iv e in t h e wor ld . O u r h a p p i e s t d a y was s p e n t in t h e s u m m e r h o m e of o u r f r i e n d s w h o s e two little gi rls a r e very de v o te d to me. W h e n s u m m e r c o me s all New Y o r k e r s who c a n possibly afford it d e s e r t t h e eity. An d w h a t lovely s u m m e r h o m e s they have. T h i s one, like o t h e r s 1 h a v e seen , s e e m e d to me p e rf e c tly ideal. When winter come s t h e y sh ut t h e m up a n d c o m e iu to city a p a r t m e n t s . D o e s n ’t it s e em a s h a m e t h a t s u c h lovely places to be h a p p y in, s h o u l d be us ed only t h r e e m o n t h s in t h e y e a r ? T h e s e txvo wee ks be fore college o p e n s a n d tny k i n d e r g a r t e n be gin s I h a v e c h a r g e of t h e R i v e rd a l e l ib r a ry . It is a cozy lit tle b u i ld i n g in as b e a u tiful a place as you ca n im a g in e . M o th e r goes o u t with m e since 1 do not» close till 9 : 3 0 a n d tlieu m u s t xvulk a m ile t h r o u g h s h a d y l a n e s to th e e n d of t h e s u b w a y whic h b r i n g s me into tow n. I a lw a y s c o m e h o m e w i t h an a r m f u l of wild flowers g l e a n e d it: o u r wa lk s d u r i n g my l u n c h hour along the charm ing country r o a d s o r in t h e woods. J u s t now t h e g o h h u i ro d a n d a s t e r s a r e lovely. I ho p e t h a t to e ach of y o u the s u m m e r h as b r o u g h t a h a p p y m e m ory. You xx ill a l w a y s be very d e a r to us. May M o u n t a i n C h a p t e r h a v e a w i n t e r full of ric hness. M o t h e r j o in s m e in most lo ving wishes, Si nc ere lv you rs, EVA W ASH . Former president Taft has once more done a public service in his latest utterance on the causes of industrial unrest. 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