Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1905-07-27

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dry as powder for several month
| This is a great state for fire insur
ance companies to operate in. Blu
ii would seem to me that the rat
would necessarily be higher than i,
| most states.
Some of the good ". c. T. L
| women Of Marble Hill would prob
ably like to know something ofth
organization here IN NJ W. colony
Soon after we arrived here II
July Mrs. Wallace hunted around
and found a little band OF ''strug
Cling sisters" About the first meet
she attended. being short of materi
al, they elected her secretary and
in October she was elected Il dele,
gate to the state convention. which
she attended. The president of the
local UNION here found out that
Mrs. Wallace had had little expc-
rlcnce in medal contest work; so
that feature was introduced and
three contests have been held and
another class IS in preparation.
Mrs. Hartford of Oregon, one OF the
national lecturers, has lately been
here and spent several days and
worked up some little interest IN
the order. The president Of the
Corning union has lately moved
away, so ''Elijah's mantle' has fall
en- on Mrs. Wallace. Another mem
ber has taken the place of secretary.
[ would say in the language OF.
"Samantha,' ! am writing this '.un-
bcknowns' to Mrs. w, and it may
be that | viii get into trouble over
it. There are plenty Of able, edU-
Gated church women here to carry
on reform work, but most of them
prefer to employ their talent in
"club work" There is the May
wood Women's CluD," with their
clubhouse; the "TEes-
day Club;' the "Scattercd Club"
&c. SO they have nearly ''cIubbed"
the W. c. T. L. to death. Not long
since the Presbyterian minister here
gave some of his people quite a re-
buke along that line and as his
wife attends the club and don't at
tend the meetings Of the union, she
came for a share Of the rebuke.
Not long since the residents Of
NJ. W. colony that formerly lived
at Hancock, n. Y, held plcnlc
near Corning. [ asked one Of them
later how many Of the former resi-
dents of Hancock were at the pic
nic; he said he did not know, as he
did not attend. But he informed
me there were Sc HancOckers IN
colony. \ good turn
out from one town. There are lots
of New Workers from other parts Of
the state. There are not many
Missourians i'll this colony; at least
| have met but few. But there are
a great many Missouri people in
California who came here years
ago, some IN 1S49 and '5O-during
the great gold excitement.
Women riding "astridcn' Won
der what the good, precise grand
mothers Of our land think Of the
''modern, tomboyish" style ofriding
astride. Only yesterday a very
popular young lady, an elocutionist,
was at our house. When she went
to leave 1 offered my service to
assist her on her pony, which was
declined. ! noticed what ! took to
be Il mans saddle on the pony and
of her if that was her sad
die. She answered me rather sar-
castically, that it was. ''Nhosc else
would it be| She unhitched the
pony, mounted and rode away like
u ''sure enough" man. I must con
fess that | have some scruples
against women riding in this man
ner. | have frequently noticed
girls from II to Is, riding astridc
here, but this is the first, ''grown
woman" | had noticed.
R0ses-I have never been any
where where roses grow and bloom
in such great profusion as here in
California. Some of them bloom
almost the entire year outdoors; but
in April they bloom most profuscly.
II ere on Fig Lane" near our home
there is rose hedge along the road
side several hundred feet long that
has been covered with its various
colorcd flowers for several weeks.
Near this is a History cottage the
whole gable-cnd of which is covered
by Il white climbing rose, with
of blooms on it. The
are so mild here that rose
vines grow to be very large and arc
seldom, If ever damaged by the cold.