Milford chronicle., 1911-11-24


or pleasure grounds in the park.
1t must be remembered that Kan
sas City is a city of 25O,OOO inhabi
tants, and that it has 4SS miles o
beautiful boulevards and handsome
ly laid out streets, and that this parl
is a splendid point for the manl
beautiful drives to end with. Ii
Kansas City are the greatest mea
packing houses which draw millions
of wealth to its business centre, anC
the people Of Kansas City sure dc
know how to have a real active life
whether they get any more out of ii
than we do down in our little dia-
mond state Of Delaware, my briei
experience here is not sufficient for
me to use in comparison.
Another day we all took trolley
and rode over the viaduct which
joins Kansas City, Missouri, with
Kansas City, Kansas. We crossed
the Missouri River ana the Kaw
River in this trip, and as the waters
were low at this season of the year,
they appeared very insignificant !;
but l noticed on either side of these
rivers are high embankments of
earth, which are built there in order
to prevent the rivers in freshet sea-
son, in the spring Of the year, from
Overhowing the low lands behind
! them.
There is a vast difference between
Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas
City, Kansas. The former is the very
centre Of business and life, while the
latter seems to be at a standstill. !
There were few people on the streets, |
the stores were second rate, and in
fact business gave the appearance of /
being dead. | have been told that
part of the reason for this is because
in Kansas City, Mo, there is a high
license regulation of the liquor trade,
and in Kansas the sale of liquor is
prohibited hence the sporting ele-
ment goes to the former place across
the river ana spends its money there.
The next places we visited were
Sheffield and Beaumont. which are
really suburbs of Kansas CITY. From
Beaumont We went to Mt. Washing
ton, and as we had quite little wait
for the car we walked through the
silent city of the dead but GENE
terles while necessary, are not places ,
Of very much attraction to me.
Our visit was next to Indepen- :
lence; a small but very well kept
and pretty town 1t is laid out in G
square with the court house and !
public buildings in the centre. and h
t IS here that Judge Powell, a former e
Oelawarean, presides. Judge Powell
las relatives and many friends living !.
II Harrington, Delaware. g
We expect to go up to Fort Leven- a
worth, Kansas, next Monday whether V
is cold or not. The thermometer n
las been down to s above zero here, L
nd we girls found out that we could
ot wear thin-soled shoes and seer n
ucker stockings in this part of the
'orld, and so | have invested in S
air OF heavy tan shoes and warm
tocklngs but not until after getting
pair of frosted feet. which had to P'
e treated with snow and ice before +, =,
le trouble was ended. T. r.
l am not going to tell you of the nc
reat convention halls or the mag
lficent stores Of Kansas City, for W,
)u know as much or more about an
lem than | could write. m
We expect to leave here for Tex IN
kama, Arkansas, on Thursday next. Sd @
here we will visit Lucy, and after WI WI
few short trips to Texas and over re-
to the Indian Territory, we will
IN our faces towards home. where RI
e hope to be in time to prepare for
e holiday festivities. We will Co
obably return by way of st Louis
I'd Memphis, Tennessee. 1t will
risky to go by way of Galveston FIR
New Orleans by the sea route at OF
is season. pa
/ have only twenty dollars left of on on
y money, so you had better send Sn, Str
2 fifty five or sixty dollars to Tex
kama to get back home with. | of
ink have done real well to spread the
: cash out so far don't you?
have received the Chronicle each
ek, except the last one. | hope J
mas cold is better and with love mia
all the family and friends. | am lar
ur loving daughter for
PAULINE TOWNSEND. 10
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