The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-11-06
THAT MONTPELIER VISIT.

Thai MIN ITELIEn SloAl.
When the Press club met at Mont
pelier last August, the editor OF
Echoes was the recipient of courte-
sizes extended by the club women OF
that town that are unrecorded to the
present date. The reason for such
seeming hardness Is not from lack
of appreciation as one might suppose,
but because 1t was then vacation
time, and even though we wrote
ever SO eloQuently about 1t, our club
women were having their season of
club duty and would not read. Then
came the rush Of important fedora
ton meets that filled our time, our
mind and our page, SO this morning
while waiting for copy Of the state
addresses and resolutions at the same
time realizing the telephone demand
for club copy must be met by 3
o'clock, we are telling you OF the de-
lightful visit. We had written that
we would like to shake hands and
know personally the club women, but
we did not expect to be met at the
train by Mrs. Hunter and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Whitman, neither OF whom
we had met before, and taken up to-
the retsful Hunter home for a little
club chat the very first thing. Mrs..
Redman stopped us on the way and
called, 1--WE are expecting Mr.. Trego
and you over for dinner tonight.
After dinner we went over to the
bright new club rooms upstairs In the
bank building. We found a good
representation Of all three OF the
federated clubs Of the town present,
and much to our surprise, was called
upon for club speech, which all OF
our acquaintaices and friends know,
is a special feature with us. It sud
denly came to mind that in younger
days, when dare was advanced,
some companions would exclalm,
s.sOh, she is game all right, she'll do
IT." and did the best we could, re-
solving that we would go home and
practice on our home club until we
should cultivate free expression of
the club work we had In mind. We
found the club women very charit-
able for our shortcomings, however.
1T is such source of qualification to
have club rooms all ones very own,
and these are so new and fresh an
added interest is felt in obtaining
pretty furnishings They already
had a new piano, chairs and some
rugs, also some window hangings
and pictures, ii memory serves prop
erly. The back room contains the
free travelling and town libraries and
reading table, which lend cosy
home-like charm to 1t all The next
morning walk was taken uptown
to see the granite shaft the clubs
erected to mark the old Oregon trail
of Ezra Meeker The trip to Bear
Lake, was a pleasure, but this deals
with clubs only and while We found
Paris an ideal inland town and Fish
Haven restful lakeside resort, we
saw need of v |. S. organization at
each place There was banquet
when we returned to Montpelier and
a reception at Mrs. Hunters home
afterwards by the clubs Banquets
are usually tardy and this was no ex-
ception, therefore we were late at the
Hunter home, hut the cordial club
welcome had increased In flavor be-
cause of time it had been kept In
waiting and we had merry time.
Waiting hostesses had kept things
humorously lively by impersonating
we'll known society women of Wash
ington and other social centers, and
by their ease and freedom of adapta-
bility of social customs, proved their
familiarity with good social form. The
clubs of Montpelier had much to Of
fer us, but we came away impressed
with the opportune time and manner
in which it was offered.
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