The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-11-12

pressure is required. People living on.
the slopes of the many hills that rise
from the level of the city, on the con-
trary, have their water supply cut off
for several hours each day. Il meant
to finish the sentence Just before this
by adding that in consequence of our
location we have never had the water
cut off from this Hotel for longer
than one hour in the afternoon.) And
yet, in the face of a real scarcity of
water in some of the poor districts,
the city goes on literally watering its
parks and boulevards, and washing
the Avenida from end to end every
night.
We occupy strategic position how
ever, in the matter of facilities for
bathing, as the drought cannot effect
the sea level. Certainly not so long
as it continues to rain in floods around
Bahia and .Maccio.) Henry and went
down for a plunge this morning and
we had the most glorious sport jump
ing up with the incoming swells which
were higher than usual. Of course
the swells here in the harbor are new
er so high as to compare with those
on the coast of the open sea. Leme,
which is a residence district on the
shore on the other side of the prom
ontory which confines the harbor (the
Promontory spectacularly headed by
the Sugar Loaf as seen in all the
views of Rio harbor) fronts wide
sandy beach pounded by a tremendous
surf. 1t looks as if it would be de-
lirous joy to dive into those breakers
and never see them without yearn-
ing to try it. l shall never try it how
ever, because it is very evidently too
dangerous to be risked considering
what the undertow must be. l assure
you all that Henry and l, in our sea-
bathing, are as determined as you
could wish us to be to confine our
selves to the safe excitement of the
harbor, and shall resist to the end the
fascination of those wicked breakers
out at Leme.
In tiny house in Leme (pronounc-
ed "Lemmy') just city square from
the beach live two acquaintance of
ours, young English couple, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carpenter. The husband is the
head of the teaching department of
Rio Y. M. C. A. Tin Portuguese, Asso-
ciaco Christa de Mocos.) He teaches
English himself and has under him
several teachers of other languages.
Portuguese, chiefly, but besides that
German and French. 1t is at the Y
M. C. A., as I believe l have said be-
fore, that Henry and l are pursuing
our none too encouraging efforts in
the study of the native speech.
For several weeks the Carpenters
and we have been exchanging hos
FATALITIES regularly every Wednesday
afternoon. One weeks we go there
and partake of the English national
beverage, tea, and the next week, or
Wednesday, they come to us and we
exercise the little collection Of tea
things that Henry bought for just
such purposes. when we realized
that with the exception of the Pratts
and they are part English, all the
couples that we know are English, we
could do no less than equip ourselves
for the customary form of entertain.
ment.) We lend them books and they
do the same for us. This last week
when we went to their house Mrs
Carpenter presented me with a cake
she had baked for us, because, she
said, she knew we were not in pos.
ition to make such a thing ourselves
was particularly delighted for there
was Henry's birthday just two days
off and I hadn't known how l coulG
furnish cake for the festive occasion
We kept the gift cake fresh by wrap.
ping it first in tissue paper, and ther
in several layers of newspaper; anG
when Friday, the thirty-frst dawneo
made chocolate frosting in the chat.
ing dish and frosted it. 1t was q
small loaf cake, baked in the narrow
size Of bread tin. To make it two
layer cake sliced it through the mid.
die and put frosting in between.
Henry and I were vaccinated last
week as there has been something OF
a smallpox scare here. The city main
tains several dispensaries where the
public can be vaccinated free OF
charge, and all are urged to avail
themselves of the service. To abso-
lutely compel the people to be vaccin-
ated the government does not dare,
as a compulsory measure of that ma
ture once caused a riot here among
the ignorant masses. A number of
people whom we know here at the ho-
tel had gone to the dispensary near
est this location, and he recommend
ed highly, and we decided to go there.
The perfect cleanliness and efficient
management we observed there re-
fiected the highest credit on the city
Board of Health. The place is most
democratic. When we went in to the
first waiting room we found about
half Of the chairs occupied by colored
people. When we came out after hav-
ing received the requisite knife
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