Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-19

not lived in Durango, but | have |
''hefted'' the measure of her hospi- |
tality. None of the Clin Dwellings |
association will fail to remember the |
occasion when a party of 2G anthro- |
biologists of the American association |
for the advancement of science and |
cliff dwellers tas you call us) went
journeying to cliff houses of Mesa |
Verde TO be met at the Durango sta
tion by Mesdames Camp and Free
man representing the club women OF
Durangoj and We're entertained at
reception in beautiful Durango
home. choicest Navajo blankets tap
estrying its walls and making back
ground for the white robed hostesses.
and flowers and delicacies of tne re
Ireshment table. ! am thus specific.
for, as good George Herbert says:
Particulars ever touch and awake
more than generals"
| Durango's invitation has been pend
| ing five years. Take thought before
you for the second time refuse the
prayer Of the great Southwest for re
| cognition from the Colorado fedora
tion. The invitation as it comes to
YOU now, is a triple one. a trio of in
vitations. The first is from Durango
from the board of trade; yon will re
member the kilograms and letters pre-
scented at the time of the federation
meeting in Denver last autumn. guar
anteeing all required for the success
ful conduct of the state convention.
To this, the body of club women in
Durango have graciously added their
invitation in letters of cordial wei
come. Mr.. Dick oxford, of the cham
ber of commerce. furthermore agreed
that he would transport such dele
gates as wished to take the cliff dwell
ings trip. from Mancos station to the
cliff ruins of Mesa Verde. by wagon
or on horseback. Have no fear, ladies
We shall appoint a committee of in
spection and no bucking bronchOs or
Texas mustangs will be able to elude
its vigilance! The third invitation
comes from the Colorado ClIn Dwell
ngs association. Pueblo's god daugh-
ter. We desire 10 welcome you in the
very courts of the cliff palace; to
|
grounds" to proffer you barbecue
at Mesa Verde. that table land of rar-
est natural beauty and chronological
interest. Not a mere mans barbe-
cue, all vulgar hot meat and cnunks
of bread. but one with feminine frills
: and Attic sauce We shall take up
basketfuls that remain to entertain
| F,p
The Colorado Cliff Dwellings associa
tion neither asks You for travelling
library nor a scholarship. We only
ask the privilege of entertaining sou.
We proffer You a travelling library in
deed and truth, which will forever en-
rich your literary stores, and a perpet-
ual scholarship in a grove OF Aca-
deme. in the Southwest. There is
perhaps no national society whose
work is so little understood as that
of the Cliff Dwellings association. ow-
ing to political complications; we
have suffered from his misconception
and lack of knowledge. Come and
, see our undertaking for yourselves.
About the transportation. We are
, now offered by the d. x r. G. s15
rate, round trip, including Mancos.
Rico. Montrose, Telluride stops II de-
sired. | was introduced at Iowa uni
yersity last winter as the woman who
coaxed 26 passes out of railways for
ti0 scientists. and / believe we can
get an even better rate. The fedora
tion at Cripple Creek decreed that
sunbonnets and overalls were the con
yentional garb for trip TO the cliff
dwellings In this sartorial solution
of the expense problem success is as
sured.
Ladies, you may easily make the
expenses of the trip by eliminating
new gowns and aris hats Why. if
YOU just knew all that this meeting
meant. you would put IN overalls in
Denver, and like John Browns soul.
90 marching on" to the cliff dwell
ngs. Some have asked, Can we 90
another time?" 1 do not know. Du.
ransos invitation has been pending
for years, and is now renewed Is
the invitation likely to survive your
refusal? The association will be pc.
| lthlidllN Slau 10 welcome the teder
alton, but it may he expedient to
make our trip when we have with
ms representatives of our New York
Chapter of 30, Mrs. Whitney. regent.
and Mrs Donald Mclean our New
York vice regent and president gen
eral of the d. A. r.. whose 10000
daughters are engaged in the work
of preserving monuments as a body.
They may be with MS in the autumn
Now is the accepted time.
Perhaps there is a little danger In
accustomed places and accustomed
programs Do not say It iAssfar" to
Durango! Each part of the circum.
ference of circle is equldistant from
the center-like the posy in an old
ring:
SO as the instance grows more wide
We tread loves circle year by year.
We're nearer on the other side.
The further we are sundered here"
Members of the federation. you
. . know 81