The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1915-07-08

CiilS walker mas Decn given us
for publication.
This has been az glorious trip
and we are now at San Francisco,
the largest, most amazing city in
the West. We have revelled and
danced, dined and sung and drunk
in picturesque scenery clear across
the continent. The trip has been
one endless successi of happy
incidents. We have been enter
tanned everywhere and nothing
has seemed too good for us:
The bail given in our honor to-
night is said to be the most elab-
orate San Francisco has ever seen.
1t was held in the Manx Hotel in
honor of the Universal National
Beauties. The large dance hall
was crowded with pretty girls and
women and just before the grand
march nineteen Blackfeet Indians,
from the Montana Reservation
marched upon the floor. Chief
Three Bears 103 years old, led
a native dance that brought per-
feet storm cf applause. The
group of Indians, clad in their
native dress, with blankets and
long head pieces, were Introduced
to each of the sixty girlwinners of
this trip. The first to shake hands
with the line of braves was Miss
Ruth Purcell, of Washington, ID.
c., who had been chosen as the
most beautiful girl in America.
This ball was the climax to one of
the greatest days the party has
spent since leaving Chicago.
The few days prior to our ar
rival in San Francisco included
journeys to Mt. Tamalpais and
Muir woods, situated just north of
the entrance to the Golden Gate.
Altho' not the highest mountain
peak IN the world the view is un-
surpassed by any Other mountain
peak in America.
Tomorrow we will spend at the
Worlds Fair. We have been on
this trip since June 5th, when we
left Chicago. Hundreds Of peo-
pie gathered at the station to wit
ness our departure. a brass band
played topical airs and we all,
crowded on the observation plat
form to sing lusty goodbye to
the lovable people Beneath the
train shed.
On the Sunday afternoon prior to
our departure we We're given an
automobile trip over the city and
we created riot wherever our
long line of autos stopped.
The special train is most lux
urious-everything is provided for
our comfort and pleasure and we
are the jolliest, best natured crowd
you ever saw. Several Victrolas
with 10000 records furnished
music all the way and we danced
continually in the parlor and OBJ
servation cars. There have been
no accidents-no sickness moth
ing to mar our trip.
In Kansas City we had parade
and sight seeing trip. Huge
crowds greeted us at the station
and speech of welcome was de-
livered to us by Mayor Jost. We
also stopped in Topeka and had
an automobile parade there. At
Manitou, Dodge City and Denver
the society women gave us a beau
tiful entertainment.
| will have TO wait until / come
home to tell you of Williams
Canyon in Arizona. Words are
too feeble things when stacked up
against the beauties of the Grand
Canyon.
At Las Vegas we were enter
tanned by 90 bachelors, with whom
We took breakfast, and We're in
tro6uced to our first Mexican
scenery. At Albuqurquc we were
carried through a typ cal Indian
village and we're introduced to In
dian home life.
From San Francisco we go to
Universal City, where the famous
Universal pictures are made. We
are all very eager over this trip
as we will be in several pictures.
Twenty thousand persons were
gathered at the railroad station at
Los Angeles when the Universal
Beauty train pulled into the sta
tion. A deputation of Universal
City officials was on hand to re-
ceive MS and the Mayor of Los
Angeles presented us with the
Seys to the city. Then followed
theSparade through the streets to
the Clarke Hotel, Jed by the COW
boys and cowgirls of the Univer-
sal ranch. In the evening we at
tended party at the Orpheum
and then midnight lunch at the
cafe.
Fully twenty thousand people
were assembled to watch the Sc
lection of the Queen Of Beauty at
Universal City, which was held
in an open air theatre, built es-
lpeeially for the occasion. The
! iudcee sat on q raised daiS and che