Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-06-10
Miss LaVentia Promo Writes of
Evidences of the Mexican Revo-
luton at Calexico
TEACHES CHILDREN WHOSE
HOME Is In OLD CAPITAL
Better a Little House in Peace,
Than a Big One in a Revolu--
ton Says Pupil

Mrs. w. Fl. Promo, who resides
near the fair ground, has received two
| interesting letters from her daughter,
Miss LaVentia Promo, who has been
teaching the past winter at Calexico,
| California. Men were killed only for
| ty miles away and there has been
much excitement in the village. Con-
corning her experiences she, among
other things, says:
| Sunday Morning
| Mothers Day
Dearest Nanny in the World:
| Just got your letter written my
birthday, it surely seemed like a visit
with you. I didn't know until last
night that today was Mothers Day, or
II should have sent you some flowers.
Hope you'll take the will for the deed,
j I'm so sorry I didn't know about it in
time.
/ I was walked up THIS morning IN a
new way. / dreamed I was at home
and Lila was shaking me to wake me,
when I realized that the whole house
! was rocking, and the bed was rafting
against the wall was what wakened
me. This earthquake wasn't bad,
j however; it amused rather than
frightened me, and the two little ones
that came soon after weren't at all
bad We've been expecting them for a
couple of weeks now. Last fall the
town rocked all night long once, but
there wasn't any damage done. The
quakes came from Black Butte, an
active volcano about twenty miles
away, in Mexico We had little shock
last winter in S D., but not to
amount to anything. I could almost
wish for some excitement, but it does
not look as though I'd have it,
Pupils Are Mexican Children
/ Our art and manual training and
domestic science exhibit was Friday.
It was a splendid exhibit; every child
in the city was represented. We had
music and refreshments and a very
good time. I had some interesting
chats with the parents of some of my
Mexican children though usually
with the pupils as interpreter! | did
not trust my Spanish in talking to
people who reel it off like lightning.
All the teachers from Mexicali came
some of the Calexico teachers speak
Spanish. They seem to be lovely
people; they played and sang delight
fully.
[ Hot Weather Recently
Just three more weeks and I'll be
back in San Diego. am glad that so
many of my pupils will spend the
summer in South Dakota. No one
thinks of staying here during June,
July and August. We have had some
Wisconsin's hottest summer days, but
it is such dry windy heat I have
not felt very bad yet. Every once in
awhile the wind changes and we gath
er ocean breeze that cools things for
a day Or two. Today is lovely, but all
IdSC week was pretty pad.
I suppose the folks back home
thinks I've forgotten them, but I've
been terribly busy with the exhibit,
and from now on I'll be swamped with
final reports, promotion cards, report
cards, etc. Just tell the folks I think
of them often and appreciate their
letters though I don't have time to
answer.
Second Letter
Got your letter yesterday and surely
was glad to hear from you. Every
thing went fine all last week. The
weather was cool for here, so [ didn't
mind the heat, but today was pretty
hot. I wouldn't wonder if the next
two weeks would be scorching, but
. luckily that's all I'll have here, so
guess can stand that much.
/ About the Revolution
| | suppose you have read about the
revolution. 1t is affecting Baja, Cali
fornia, too but there isn't any danger
Seven men were killed about 40 miles
from here, and the rebels were march
ing this way, but we haven't seen any
thing of them yet Governor Cantu is
i a Carranza man, so suppose Obregon
will want to put one of his friends in
Cantu's place. Last Thursday Cantu
brought $4,000 of the Mexicali pub
lie funds over to Calexico for safe
keeping, and he himself has gone to
! live with the soldiers at the barracks
for safety. You see Mexicali is the
capital of Lower Cal, SO the rebels
naturally want to get that. / was
going to Mexicali yesterday with Mrs.
Mckee, my art supervisor, and Mr.
Carson, but Friday night they would
not give me passport. We were
going to try again Saturday morning,
but Mr. Carson had to work, so we're
going next week if it's safe. So far
there's no danger Of course. The U. S.
cavalry is patrolling the border and