Evening journal., 1906-08-29
GIRLS WERE GLAD
TO REACH HOME
Thirty-TwO Kentucky Bellies
Pleased TO Reach America
Again
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-Thirty-two
Kentucky bellies who were sent abroad
by Colonel Henry wattersons Louis
vire newspaper arrived here ON Mon
day on the Red Star line steamship
Finland All professed themselves de-
lighted with the trip and "reckoned"
they were glad TO be home with an ar
dor that rivaled the hot weather.
Excuse the unconventionnlity," said
"a man with "a camera. hut this group
is too good to miss as he stepped up
10 the young women. who were array
ed in nnery-which may have been
picked up at Paris summer sales-for
treasures from these tempting shops
don't have to be laid up in heaven but
can be worn right now. as one of the
bellies expressed it.
The Blue Grass maids. however.
didn't want TO be taken for pictures
of them that have been caught on their
travels would seem TO Justify Harry
Lehrs hatred OF camera fiends.
IF one could only be assured of the
happy expression she would not mind
being taken unawares," said one of the
girls who has found out to her sorrow
sons and constantly wounds the van-
ny OF women.
I'VE We're simply hesieged with
cameras" said one of its victims who
was trying to fight shy Of the lens.
"They took us going through the art
galleries. I'm the morgue. and pretty
nearly everywhere we went i'm Paris
Someone snapped me i'm the Eifel
To I I,fr
thought Of him, and. my! IL was
.Aereel / looked like a comic valen-
.tinev
The fair Kentucky travellers seemed
.in excellent hvalth and apparently had
laid IN an eNtrarsupply of good humor
There was not the slightest trouble
during the entire trip, each Of the
thirty-two asserted so vehementlv that
several of the hearers entertained rea-
sonabe doubts that all could have
gone as smoothly as described.
Had Rhilosophic Motto.
What we don't know won't hurt
us was our motto" said a Southern
maid whose dark eyes changed with
every thought eve girls were out for
fun and I tell YOU we had Il. No one
really got engaged ON the trim. but they
might have the girls made a hit
evorvwhore"
Miss Celeste Kosure remarked that
the report thata Belgian prince was
encaged. 10 one of the party. Miss Mary
.Gear was an invention of the press
rOf course Cupid plovo' an imnort-
amt part during the f~'~ " ne added.
FOR what would thir'. women do
during forty davs W. the little
fellow2 There was q prince ON board.
but he didn't get any es eeial respect
hecanse his name was Prince. lie
didn't know wheihcr he was prime
or heegar by the time we got through
wi'h HIM"
"T don't think IL would he fair to saw
what think Of paris" said Miss Ko-
suro. as she expiained that the party
had dome" tho French capital IN two
Savs. "hut thev did treat rs we'll J
don't like Frerchmen-thev always try
70 iirt at the first opportunity French
men are roaterialistic and selfish. and
n viii end IN the downfall IT tho
French nation" She then told of n
nartv piven for them where there were
thirtv-two men provided Some were
nice and some-well. thev would nroh-
ffNlN ~" hNtfNN ~ iiif fNpuiNffll fNAdAtN'
she said as moor white trash"
Prefers American Men.
"Nren abroad took us as Joke" she
continued "There are no men In the
world like the American men--they
understand us. though Engiishmen are
nice want 10 say right here that
Fnglishmer aren't dull and stupid AZ
all We found them ready for a good
time.
French women can't compare with
those over here. Something always
snoils them for me- II nothing else.
its fheir feet" end she looked down
"omplacentlv at two small tan shoes.
"I couldn't find a shoe IN all Europe TO
suit me"
All the Young women had manv stor-
les 10 tell about what they had done
and seen. aud seemed TO feel thct only
superlativos fitted tho case. The only
trouble was as little boy expressed
g. "they couldn't go everywhere Mt
once"