Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-05-16
Miss Starting Writes Entertain
ingIy Of Her Experiences
In Asia.
WORK IN MISSION FIELD.
The PonderOsa Tomato Has
Found His Way To That
Country.

L OhiChk hAoAt 1tsOSt VeNs NCt ava
have been type-writing all even
ing. getting up stuff for the next
edition of the Laos News" so it is
now past nine O'Clock, but must at
least make beginning on letter.
for | won't have much time tomor :
row. Such a nice big mail came this
week, some island mail. and from
home. and big lot of magazines
and papers. A very attractive little
pamphlet came to me. a mission
study book for Juniors, written by
Miss Waters. with whom | CORE
spond. 1t is called Our work in
far-away lands" and has something
about Laos and myself in it.
Miss Crowther sent me banker
chief in her letter land Mary Sheehan
a lovely Battenburg jabot. The lat
ter is doing M. w. c. A. extension
work in Hamilton, Ohio. The offer
came to her after she had entered
school for the year. and she felt that
she could not refuse it. She gave
most interesting account of her
work among the working girls of
the city. She writes that Lois D. is
making good" as | was sure she
would.
We had the Collinses and Mr..
Yates in to supper last night. and l
found Mrs. c. most pleasant wo-
man. She weighs 2l2 pounds: and
Marie, if anything, is shorter than /.
and weighs ISL. The natives can't
get over their size. One rarely sees
a fat person among them. and they
dent consider it mark OF beauty,
by any means. Most of the women
out here are small. so they are not
used to anything like the C-s.
We can hardly hope to keep the
news of the Lakawn fire from those
who lost in it, for they will have to
buy everything for housekeeping,
while they are at home. II they
didn't know about it until their re-
turn, they would have to live year
without furniture, etc. Then, the
fact that they are at home, will make
it easier for them to get fixed up
again, for their friends will help
them more than if they merely wrote
home Of their loss.
My new suit is lovely. Thank you
so much for getting it for me | will
get lots of good out of it. | am very
proud of my picture. and think the
frame lovely, the girls all wanted to
see it, and some of them thought it
was Marie Collins (she is %, SO pro
coed to get vain don't think |
ever saw a better picture. Many
thanks for the letter paper. was
very glad to get it. but don't send
any more, for can get all the paper
| want out here--none that like as
well as the "Karo," but it will do.
/ used muffin recipe last night
from nv cookbook, and they we're
fine. We had beaten biscuit also.
and made a salad of canned apples,
and nuts, with salad dressing. that
was delicious. So if all that work
doesn't capture Mr.. Yates heart. |
give il up. We have been having
most miserable light bread lately. so
| told Miss Buck | thought we had
better give it up for a while. |
think the cool weather has some.
thing to do with it. for our man
usually makes good bread.
The 'Ponderosa" tomatoes are
C ming in. and Mrs. McGilvary is
carried away with them. We have
had several she sent US, and they
did taste like home. sure enough.
They are quite as large as those we
have at home. and perfect shape. |
don't think anyone ever saw any
thing like them out here. She was
disappointed that they came so late.
though. for she planted them early.
hoping they would be in time for
Annual meeting. So next summer.
] wish you would send me few
eed of that early Cushion" tomato.
or any early variety that you can
recommend.
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