The Republican journal., 1915-11-04
The Montana D. A. r.
Meeting of the State Chapter in Helena.
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Guested to do so, allowing you as much
time as you wish to dress, and so it hap
pened that the alarm clock and the tele-
phone bell combined, ringing almost
simultaneously, reused me up in good
season. My cab Third avenue is be-
ing paved, so they don't send the taxis
up here just now also picked up Mrs.
Lynn, our vice regent, who was the substi-
tute tor Mrs. Martin, the regent, and We
found Miss Kirk, the other delegate, at
the station. We got seats together and
rather enjoyed watching daylight slowly
steal up in the east, shortly followed by
the sun. Breakfast was an attractive
thought, and shortly after the first call
we went to the diner-and an N. P.
diner is very nice place to be. They
still feature their ''great, big baked po-
tato" that brought them fame, and have
added great, big baked apple that is
proving very popular. The butter, cream,
and eggs all come from the model N. P.
farm in Washington, where they also
make their own special sausages, etc.
About 9 o'clock we reached Helena,
and there found three members of our
hostess Chapter waiting for US with their
cars. We were costly tucked in and driven
to the Placer, which has the rep" of
being one of the two best hotels in the
State, dividing the honors with the Rain
bow at Great Falls. We were shown
to our comfortable rooms and donned
our wraps for an auto ride with our State
Secretary, Mrs. Prescott of Helena, as
guide We enjoyed the trip about town
very much-the hills reminding me OF
New England, and the narrow main
street of a bit of Boston. Although
comparatively near neighbors, Bozeman
and Helena are very different in appear
ance, Bozeman being much more typi-
caly western as to topography and archi-
lecture.
The Butte delegates were expected
about 10 and while our hostesses went to
meet them we had few moments to
visit some of the book stores in quest of
another of the Peter Rabbit series to
add to Billie's growing collection. APP
parentlv there was but one in town, and
luckily that was one of the Cnes desired.
When the Butte delegation arrived we
were glad to meet severa! who had been
in Bozeman year ago, including Mrs.
Clinton II Moore, eX-State regent, Mrs.
A. j. Keith, the State historian, Mrs. c.
W. Blackburn, the vice regent, and Mrs.
j. w. Scott of Armstead, and to make
several new acquaintance. The autos
were again in waiting to take US to the
State capitol, recently remodeled, and
there we enjoyed particularly the mural
decorations, especially those by Paxton
depicting scenes in the journey of Lewis
and Clark, and one wonderful canvas in
the House by Russell, depicting the
meeting between the white men OF the
exploring party and the Blackfeet In
dams at the two forks of the jefferson.
No other artist, it is said, can get the
blue haze of this Land of the Shining
Mountains" that especially distinguishes
the work of this famous Montana artist
The mountain ashes, their leaves shaded
from gold to deepest bronze, with their
brilliant berries, made splashes of color on
the capitol grounds succeeding the lilacs,
and the variety of summer flowers that
had been recently touched by Jack Frost
We were again tucked comfortably into
the waiting autos and given delightful
ride through Helena's newer residen
tial districts, and cut the fine road known
as the lower boulevard to BroadWater,
the resort now closed, whose natatorium
is most popular during the summer
The large hotel, where many social
several years, to the regret of Helena
people. We also went short distance
on the Rimini road-leading to that busy
mining camp twenty miles from Helena,
where W. A. Clark has large interests,
and came back to town via the upper
boulevard, new road winding in and
out on the side of the hills AMI affording
a wonderful view of Helena and the
whole Prickley Pear valley and its sur
rounding mountain ranges.
We were left at the pleasant home of
our State Regent, Mrs. E. A. Merely,
where delicious luncheon was served, a
number of the hostess chapter being in
attendance. The dainty place cards,
decora tons of flowers and foliage, as
well as the delicious menu, combined to
make it very pleasant occasion. One
of the ladies at the small table-Mrs.
Strasburger, the regent of Silverlow
Chapter of Butte CHANGED to be an old
friend of Mrs Guyer, mother-in-law OF
Elana Chase Guyer. She was surprised
and delighted to learn that Raymond
Guyer was in Idaho, although she knew
that the hotel had been reopened. At
ter luncheon a short walk led US to the
home of Mrs Conway. where the after
noon business session was held. 1t was
a charming house, filled with heirlooms-
a most unusual collection for this coun
try. The business session was full of
iptorovt If WAS decided to continue a