The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1904-02-27
IN THE FAR NORTHWEST.
D. L. Slinserland Writes Entertainsly Of Things
at Seattle, Washington.

pleasant to learn the whereabouts of
those who were one time prominent
in our associations IN our little quiet
Laclede. A letter in BLADE of re-
cent date, from friend Brunemer, of
Washington D. G. made mention of
names that awakened pleasant memo
ries of the time long past. Faces and
scenes half-forgotten were made to
pass before the mind in sweet review.
We turn awhile, the flight of Time
and live over again the fragments of
old discarded calendars:s
We, too, here in far distant Seattle
city have found new associations with
old Lacledians who will be remember
ed by some Of Laclede's earlier citi-
zens. A daughter of P. D. Schrock
who was once a worthy Lacledian,
Stella, now Mrs. Patterson, and
once Miss Hattie Bean, who was an
interesting factor of the young peoples
society along in the latter half of the
COS, and now the wife of one Judge
Simmonds, are among our associates
here. Stella Is still little, 1.-THE and
rosy, now a music teacher and mother
of a bright lad of about ten years.
Mrs. Simmonds is the mother of two
sons, now in business here, and a
daughter who is fine musician and
a vocalist, a graduate of the Boston
Conservatory Of Music. We also
have the pleasure of ofexchanging visits
with TWO of the Seward girls, now
Mrs. Clara Whitman and Mrs. Flora
Harvey Of Tacoma. Ross Nagle,
of near Brookfeld, and a family are
near neighbors. Olive Nagle is now
in Yokohama, Japan. This city is
eminently cosmopolis, and every ma
tion and people on earth is represent
ed. There are very many Orientials
here, Japs, Chinaman and Syrians
especially. Opia Reed says the Japs
are so numerous on account of the
"Japanese Current" During the
war now in progress the japanese
current will be reversed as many of
the Japs are about to go home to
help whip the ponderous and insolent
Russians. The Japs, tho small in
statue, are generally sturdy, active
fellows and make very good citizens.
Some are wealthy, or we'll to do, and
can carry on business enterprises
with success. They are good workers
and faithful in the duties they have
to perform. They are often employed
as walters or cooks in public places
or private homes. They readily &C
cept the customs of society and often
we see young men dressed in the very
top notch of fashion. We find them
in nearly all our city schools, with
several in the High School and we'll
towards the first in their classes.
There are always many strangers
in Seattle, Tourists, travellers, fortune
seekers and adventures of every kind.
Hotels, restaurants and boarding
houses are numerous and we'll patron
lied. Travel, to and from Alaska is
immense, not owing to the Artic cur
rent, altogether, but rather to a con-
current tendency in humanity to Sc
cure all the currency possible at any
venture. Hence the tide of travel
from this time on for a time, will be
northward, caused by the attractions
of newly found gold fields and coal
finds, fir forests and fisheries, salmon
and seals, logging and numbering, etc.
Soon the steamers will be unable to
accommodate all who seek passage, all
anxious to reach their destination by
the time spring opens the rivers and
lakes of the far north. Next fall the
tide will turn in this direction, the
many with much experience and little
currency, the few with gold dust and