The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-09-03
Lassies, Back From Current
River, Bemoan Lack of
EarmuffS.
THEY HAD TO COOK
JUST TO KEEP WARM
Young Women Dressed For
Summer, But Met Fall Then
Winter Blasts.

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dinarily endured only in winter time,
combined with first-hand and init
mate acquaintance with a flood, the
five young society girls, their chap
erone and young men accompanying
them, all campers from Cape Girar-
deaU, who were marOoned on the Cur
rent River, finally made a getaway
by boat, and with one exception, now
are at their homes.
The girls this week end are busy re-
covering from the miniature winter
they went through and telling the
story of their escapade to their
| friends.
The members of the party We're
guests of Clint Murray, postmaster at
Doniphan, who obtained the use of a
club house near Doniphan on the Cur
rent River for the exclusive use of his
party for last week.
Those who We're in the party are:
Miss Ruth Glenn, Miss Rose Leming,
Miss Mary Griffith, Miss Barrett and
Miss Marie Weber, with an aunt of
Miss Griffith's as chaperone In adj
| ditiOn to Murray, the men We're: Dr.
F. D. Rhodes, l.. l.. Albert and Will
liam Leming.
Russell Dearmont was to join the
party during the week of their pro
posed stay in the club house, but could
not go till the heavy storm set in last
week and then was barred from max
ing the club house on account of high
water, heavy rain and an extremely
dangerous passage on the river.
Dearmont learned by telephone that
the members of the party, who went
camping, expecting to fish, swim and
hunt, were having an excellent time
indoors during the storm.
Subsequently, when going home
time arrived, the members of the en-
campment found the swollen waters
of the Current River dangerous for an
attempted trip by boat to Doniphan.
The boat was the only means of
egress.
At first it was a lovely lark to be
marooned. There was lots to eat, they
could dance, have music and play
cards as pastime.
However, the lodge in which they
were quartered is situated we'll up on
the side of bluff, in place where
the wind gets a fair chance.
1t will be remembered by everyone
in the Cape, likewise, that following
the end of the storm last week which
did so much flood damage, the weather
was exceedingly cool. 1t was dOubly
or trebly so in Doniphan on the Cur
rent River.
The men had gone into camp with
their suitcases packed with summer
flannels, sporting shirts that open at
the throat, allowing plenty of room for
air to circulate They hadn't estimated
that sweaters and overcoats might be
in order.
The girls-they prepared for the
summer camp with untold quantities
of white lawn dresses, thin peek-a-bOO
waists. short sleeves and low necks-
everything was calculated to enjoy
Just moderately cool weather. None
of these wintry chinchila coats.
They even had determined to let
fashion go hang for while and left
their summer furs at home.
As the chill blasts swung down
around the bends in the Current River
and whistled about their lodge and
winter" set in for good, the men
closed up as best they could with
summer club house, and early in the
morning whistled on their nails to
warm up.
The girls got out in their lawn dress
es and begged the men to allow them
to swing the axe for part of the time
in chopping the wood.
As a rule on a picnic women don't
like to "hang over a cook stove" be-
cause it smacks of the drudgery of life
in town. But the good old cook stove
was the most popular place in the en-
campment-it was the warmest job in
the camp and all We'd for job as cook.
The bathing suits were not used at
all.
Eventually "spring" set in. The men
no longer had to scamper shivering
about in their white cool flannels The
waters of the flood receded and the
party was able to embark for Doni-
phan.
Miss Marie Weber stopped at Pop
lar Bluff to visit friends there and the
rest came right home.