Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-07-26

Lettor From Mrs. r. Welinger-
Paul, Former Missouri
Valley Girl.
No. 4 Middleton Row,
Calcutta, India,
June 2, 1917.
My Dear Mrs. Hennessey:
Well, am home at last. Ar
rived a week ago yesterday. I
certainly had grand welcome
from Mr.. Paul's sister and all his
old friends. 1t took us long
enough to get here, as we could
not get passenger boat up. to
Calcutta, because there are so few
up here now, and the ac-
weren't fit for us
to travel in, so we got hold of
big cargo boat, and Mr.. Paul
gave the captain big check to
let us have his cabin, just below
the bridge. The captain 5. cabins
are always the finest on the ship:
a large room with five windows
and two doors, and a fine private
deck all around for our own use,
and food specially ordered by us.
1t was the most comfortable way
we could possibly OF Travelled, and
lovely weather all the way except
one day it was kind of hot, as the
wind was following us, and the
captain turned the ship around
and let the breeze blow through
her, and cooled it off. they did
everything to make us comfort
able. 1t was Il siX-dayS' trip. so
all together we have been ON the
water forty-eight days. and by the
sad sea waves six months. as the
hotels we stopped at ever since
we left Omaha We're on the sea-
Frisco, Vancouver, Yokohoma and
Colombo, and it has done me q lot
of good, inhaling the ozone
breeZes, for all This time. | am
getting quite fat. | certainly was
surprised TO see Mr.. Paul's lovely
home when we got here. | never
saw such a beautiful home i'm the
states. | am going To try and
describe it to you, but | am afraid
| cannot do it justice, as YOU
know | never was an expert at
descriptive writing, but here
goes: We drove i'm through a
heavy pair of gates, into a large
garden, covered with plenty of
flowers all around, through there
under a large covered porch way,
called portico out here, which is
full OF palms and other tropical
plants. Then we got out of the
carriage, and went up a few wide
stone steps into Il fine marble en-
trance hall, With lovely marble
statues, and more palms in large
brass vases. and from there Up a
wide staircase to the upper floor.
with another big landing hall,
leading into a large drawing
room, off from which are our liy-
ing rooms One is Il he'd room, and
next is Mr.. Paul's dressing room
and bath room, and opposite the
bed room is my dressing room and
bath room, and next my dressing
room is Mr.. Paul's library. |
can't describe the beautiful fur
nlture IN these rooms, and beau
tltul pictures, statues. and china
vases. AT the end of the drawing
room Is Il covered ycranda over
locking the garden, surrounded
by beautiful big trees. many in
flower. which keep the sun off of
1T, and it is furnished up lovely.
with a lot of palms, ferns and
easy chairs. And below the
drawing room on the ground
floor is the dining room, with six
beautiful dark carved mahogany
buffcts, and side boards around a
beautiful dinner table, which op-
ems out for thirty people, and
carved mahogany chairs and cut
glass, china and silver galore.
The dining room is about thirty
feet long and about twenty feet
VIDE, so YOU can imagine what a
beautiful sight it is. Beyond the
DING room is the breakfast
room, opening right onto the gar
den, and with pretty green ten
mis- lawn on each side. And on
either side of the dining room are
two rooms, one for Mrs. Mahney
GOT Omaha), one for the house
keeper, and two spare rooms,
each with its own bath and hot
and cold water layed in all over
the house, and sanitary like we
have in the states. Our meals are
all served in courses. and the
cooking fine. | wish YOU could
be here for a meal and see for
yourself. The. cook has been in
the family for about forty years,
and most of the servants twenty
years, and know just what TO do.
You can imagine how funny it
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