Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-07-27

the old mission bells. These are
erected by the "Native Suns and
Daughters OF the Golden West"
OF course, the auto roads over the
mountains into this valley are a
fright. The ascent is so steep (also
the descent) and the turns so sharp
that it doesn't seem as though an
auto could make such short turn.
l could write more, but feel that this
is far too long, and will prove wear
iness to the flesh to read.
However, [ feel that | ought not
to close without saying a word about
wonderful Camp Curry where [ am
staying.
1t is a hotel camp on the American
plan, which relieves its guests of the
inconvenience connected with Or
dinary camp life. 1t is situated just
below Glacier Point, which towers
above the camp-an almost perpen-
dicular wall $3.50 feet. That sheer
granite wall has a peculiar fascina-
tion for me, and more than ever now
that | have been to the top of it and
seen the wonderful view it commands.
The tents are of various sizes, with
board floors and burlap carpets, and
are supplied with iron beds, excellent
bed springs and floss mattresses,
dressers, wash stands, chairs, as
completely as a hotel room. After
you have been there day or two and
sampled the cuisine ana met Mr.. and
Mrs. Curry, and enjoyed the enter
tainment provided for the guests
around the huge camp fire every
evening, you do not wonder that
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guests in 1899 to 1904 in 1914. 1t now
has capacity for 1000 For the en-
tertainment of it's guests, it has
tennis, croquet, swimming, dancing,
pool. billiards, Switchboard and horse
shoes. A fine orchestra provides
music for evening entertainments
and dancing.
This is camp with personality.
Mr.. Curry is unique character-tall,
brOad-shouldered, hearty, genial, with
voice like fog horn, he makes an
ideal landlord. His stentOrian tones
can be heard all over the camp and
clear up to Glacier Point. He shakes
the hand of each departing guest, and
shouts 'farewell'' at the departing
auto-load that you will never forget.
He and his gentle, refined wife are
cOllege-bred people, being graduates
of the same class. Nearly every even
ing after the orchestra has done
playing on the office veranda near
the camp fire, and gone to furnish
music at the dancing pavilion, Mr..
Curry gives an interesting lecture on
the big trees and the theories of the
geological formation of Yosemite
Valley to the hundreds who remain
/ to hear him.
Most of the help is from colleges
and universities and a fine lot of
young people they are. A rare spirit
of democracy prevails here. No one
gives you the ''stony stare" or "icy
mitt." Everybody talks to his neigh
bor at table or elsewhere without
the formality of an introduction.
! All seem to instinctively recognize
the brotherhood of man and the
fatherhOod of God"
If an experience of this kind will
not make "cosmopoluse," as Kip
ling puts it, of one, then nothing
could.
But l fear l weary you. However,
| these may be the last notes" ! shall
infiict on you. After | reach Frisco,
| expect my time will be so taken up
attending the Fair and sightseeing
that there will be no time nor energy
for writing. But if can, l will send
you something. Sincerely,
HARRIET A. WHITEHEAD, D. o.