The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-09-18
~ rapsT IMPRESSIONS OF COLO
- RADIO.
By MRS. A. c. cRUCE.
!. Hour Letters.-seeoDd Letter.


II Springs and Manitou, to the
-;cbt of the electric railroad, going
mt nv friends began to point out
- me the largest rocks had ever
seen. lying around promiscuously,
n many grotesque and odd shapes.
Rut when l began to grow enthu-
s;sstic and say: did you ever see
ANYTHING like it," they kindly in
formed me that l would have to re-
strain myself, as this was only a
''bintn of the many wonders to be
soen in the Garden of the Gods.
Co ouieted down, and on the first
dav / found it convenient paid IS
oents for a seat in a hack, where
EIGHT other people were seated for
like journey, and started on a
to,ir of this famous garden, "
where nothing grows but huge
niles of rocks and whose only nose
oay is the sweet-scented mountain
wind. The rocks, from some un-
known cause, in the far distant
nast-possibly when the earth was
without form and void'-haye
heen turned and twisted into many
curious shapes. The driver (who
was also our guide) took great
Measure in giving us the names of
the differently shaped rocks and of
kindly supplying Us from his own
vivid Imagination when ours
failed us. We passed through the
baggage room" where the rocks
looked like huge trunks piled up.
We reminded the guide that the
trunks were minus straps, locks and
KEYS. but he 'bridled up" imme-
diately and, being very loyal to
his state and nothing daunted,
said: You don't expect a rock to
look exactly like trunk, do you! >
He next pointed out the frog
stools and center table"-huge
rocks with large heads and small
waists, showing that some mighty
force had worn them away between
the top and the ground: perhaps q
great maelstrOm when the Garden
of the Gods was painless sea and
the waters were assuaging. This
time we readily admitted the re-
semblance, and our guide smiled
probably well pleased to find thai
our imaginative faculties were no
wholly wanting and that he would
have an easier task making us t
understand than he thought h,
would. After passing many Othe,
sights in the way of rocks, entirel.
too numerous to mention, we came
to the famous balance rock, ,
with its hundreds of tons of weight
balanced on almost a mere pivot
The sensation that it will tOppl'
over and crush YOU is almost ire
sistable. But in spite of this w
mounted the children on burro
and, seating ourselves at the bas'
Of the rock, had our pictures taken
All of us had the sun grlns, TO
the dust was blowing and the SUI
was shining, and the picture MAJ
didn't care how we looked, just 81
he got his money. So the pictur
is a failure so far as we are con
cerned; the rock is all right. Th
rocks of divers and wonderful
shapes in this garden" are lie
gion; so we cannot mention then
all. Mother Grundy." Puncl
and Judy and the Baby" and tn
Seal and Lion" are worthy o
mention, and the gateway to tn
Garden of the Gods is truly a mag
nifcent sight.
From there we go to Glen Eyrie
beautiful place at the foot of tn
mountains patterned after an oil
English estate, with its keeper
lodge overgrown with ivy; its rus
tic bridges and shady bypaths
looking for all the world as if the.
were made for lovers to stroll IN
its trout pool in the deep, darl