Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-10
MISS LUCY STARTLING
AGAIN WRITES FROM SIAM
Tells Of The Christmas Festivities In That Far Away Asiatc
Kingdom.

} A happy New Year to you!
wonder IL it is as cold in KY. as it j
in Siam just now? We have had a
degrees for several mornings, which
, is pretty cold for a country will
houses made Of bamboo lattice. anC
no fire-plsces. Yesterday was the
kings birthday. so we gave holi
day yesterday and today. | have
been living in the kitchen, with q
fire in the stove. However, there
is no glass in our windows, so we
have to leave them open. to get any
light. This is the dry season. and
we have dense fogs. instead of rain.
This morning, the fog didn't lift un-
til half past ten. In the morning.
you can hear the water dripping like
rain. Taylors say they have never
known such cold weather since they
have heen in this country. / hope it
won't last long, as 80 few of the peo-
pie have half enough clothes; and
the school children almost freeze.
Peoples are on the river. and we
wonder how they are standing il; |
shouldn't like to be in their place.
They will be here in a couple of
weeks, and the Beaches have moved
out of their houses into the one va
Gated by Hartzell. It's rather hard |
on them. as the latter is very poor
house. and not we'll built. the floors
are rotting everywhere.
Thursday afternoon, they had |
sports in honor Of the kings birth
day. We all went, and took the pu-
pills along. They we're very glad of
the fun, though when asked the rea.
son of the festivities. no one knew,
even the teachers. The king is only
q name to conjure by, up here. The
men were invited to dinner that
night, with the theater afterwards,
DR.. Taylor took his overcoat along,
it was so cold, but DR.. Beach didn't
take his, and was so cold he could |
hardly eat any supper. They had to |
stay through the first act of the play |
and got home at twelve o'clock. |
After supper, DR.. B sent home for |
his overcoat, but by the time it got |
there he was so cold. he couldn't get |
warmed up again, he was miserable
all evening. Last night they were
invited to the same sort of thing,
but got home at eleven. | suppose
the play went on until two o'clock {
IN the morning. The ladies have
heir dinner next week with a play j
afterward. and am sincerely hop
ng that the weather may moderate t
before that time. as | haven thing
comfortable. that would be suitable q
o wear in the evening. This is the t
My affair of the whole year where G
ne needs fancy clothes; and it will I
'e too bad if can't wear my evening s
ress. I
The girls have made them a nd [
ar garden this year. which is prov /
ng very productive. All the seeds i
we're given to US, so it cost US moth @
ng except the fence around it. We /
ave been saving about ten cents a
ly since the vegetables came in. l Ia
hink next year, we may try it on a
anger scale. / wasn't sure how it
would turn out this year, 80 didn't
'ut any money into it. We have a
inc matron, and she attends to it.
couldn't make it pay, if ! had to
lire the labor. They have also
tarted a little garden in the back |.
art of my yard. Some onions were
tolen from the garden on the river
'snk. Il wonder we, ever got any
hing out Of it) 80 they are planting
ONE late vegetables where they can I
,e better guarded.
am also working up our weaving
his term. We have now three {
ooms going. and am hoping to find
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