Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-04-24

bathing pool at the Washington hotel,
but although l watched eagerly at
both these places / failed to see any
face light up, any forehead wrinkles
disappear. They went through their
reception, or their swim, with the
same dead Indifference.
Our eighteen days in Cristobal were
an enforced vacation for us, although
Rev. Williams did preach some five
or six times. So we were free to en-
joy ourselves-and we visited the mar
velous Gatun locks, about which vol
umes may be written, but of which
the thrill may not be felt until one
stands and watches the mighty ocean
vessels lifted and lowered. We were
entertained at the Gatun clubhouse by
some friends who were formerly in
Santiago, Chile. By means of gov
eminent launch, at the invitation OF
one of our friends, we visited the Isle
of Coco, where the United States has
a submarine and an aeroplane base.
This gave us the opportunity Of ex-
aiming the aeroplanes and subma-
rines closely and Of having some pic
lures taken while ON board of them.
In government brakes" (auto trucks)
we were taken out TO visit the reser-
voirs that supply Colon and Cristobal
with pure drinking water. A lovely
tropical home is here, with mango
trees and cocoanut palms. thousands
of rose bushes in bloom, and acres of
other flowers.
We attended the annual Washing
tons birthday picnic of the Cristobal
Union church, picnic where some
four hundred American children
seemed to enjoy the day in spite of
the almost intolerable heat. We were
invited to tea at the American con-
sul's, tomeet the Uurugauyan consul
general on his way to Denmark. Ev-
cry day that it was possible to do so
we joined the rollicking bathers at
4 in the afternoon, in the Washington
hotel pool If one must be detained
somewhere, l should advise him to
choose the Zone!
Ard tte~o &c more reasc-s than
one for such a choice. The govern
ment manages everyth ng, and does
SO we'll by tie Americans living there
that living is not only pleasurable
and hcalthful, but cheap as well. For
some things that we bought in the
commissary we paid less than half
what we had paid for the same thing
in Baraboo. Good butter Imported,
of course) has not sold above fifty-fve
cents a pound on the Zone, we were
told. ALI school children are taken
to and from the American school on
tie ira n, free, or are collected in autos
and conveyed to the building. The
Y. M. c. A. offers free show every
night to such as care to attend. One
OF the best restaurants that we ever
ate in gives good meals for from 20
to so cents. We were entertained al
the American Bible House in Cristo
bal, where the legacy that built the
house reserves one complete floor free
Of charge for the use of missionaries
Of whatever board. Eleven mission
aries were occupying these rooms
when we were there, all struggling &c
get to their respective feles, or to e.
to the states for their furlough, al
visiting the various steamship com
panies every day, in hopes Of securing
some sailing.
The Spanish carnival was on IL
Panama City. and the West Indian
(negro) carnival was in full swing IT
Colon. Although the lengthy article:
written in each daily in praise Of the
respective queens" chosen to LEAD
these carniyals were, in our opinion
the sallies of the silly; still the carni
val seemed 10 possess a certain dig
nifty. The pageants were gorgeous
and interesting, the nightly court ball:
were ascribed in the papers as "daz
zling," brilliant" It was all yer!
different from carnival time here II
South America, where men and WON
en-, dressed as animals, roam tbs
streets in groups until late at night
making night hideous with imitation:
: of the animals they represent, b.
blowing on horns, by shrilling an(
screaming. Carnival time becomes
thing grotesque and repulsive here
and is not in favor with the best PEG
pie.
MAUDE NEWELL WILLIAMS.
THIRD LETTER
ApaTtado 100. BaranQuilla,