The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-24
Fall
Is "Surprised"


the national parks in their untouched
wildness are a priceless heritage of
the American people, to be used and
not abused, to be conserved from
commercial exploitation and passed
on unframed TO future generations.
Hence the surprise party, as token
of appreciation and of loyal cO-opera-
ton.
The Interior department people In
sisted upon making their affair quite
exclusive and staged it in the secre-
tary's office. They did, however, In
wife Mrs. Fall. SO the secretary found
himself surrounded by n sort of family
party, assembled in honor Of the SIX
| tieth anniversary of his birth. In the
| party were First Assistant Secretary
Finney, Director Mather of the ma
tionaI park service, and heads of the
dozen or more bureaus of the depart
nfent.
This official family was headed by
five young women of the national park
service who personified five of the ma
tional parks inspected by the secre-
tary: Miss Isabelle Story, in green,
Yosemite; Miss Beatrice Ward, In
blue, Crater Lake; Miss Leila Price,
in lavender. Mount Rainier; Miss
Nav Schnurr, in yellow, Yellowstone
Miss Bertha Miltenberg, in red
Rocky Mountain. Among them they
carried five dozen chrysanthemums
one for each of the years which the
secretary carries as lightly as did the
girls the blossoms.
, Yosemite.
! Miss Yosemite. taking on airs be
cause the secretary visited her frs
: on his trip, presented her blossoms
and said this nice little bit of verse:
We bring thee greeting on thy natal da
From all those glorious regions In IN
West.
Our Nations Parks, where you, mos
| | welcome guest,
Have watched the people of a Natio
| play.
| Have seen the Joy which each succeedin
day
| Has brought to visitors who, seekin
rest,
II Have found as we'll that God is man
fest
| Where nature undefled still holds he
sway.
The mighty rock that stands as sentine
| O'er-shadowing the trees beneath 1
n The rushing roar of waters as they ia
" With rainbow tinted spray. all. all imp
II The thoughts Of man to turn to Deit
This is the message from Yosemite.
4 Crater Lake.
Il Miss Crater Lake, fittingly in blu
had this to say in rhyme:
In far-off Oregon there lies
A lake of wondrous hue.
Not even cloudless summer skies
K, Are such cerulean blue.
:, In wildly contrasting shades,
~ Its blood-red walls rise clear,
Id A gorgeous ring of palisades
IT, Buttressed and bold and sheer.
-, Although YOU Travelled many a mile,
III This stirring trip to take.
I'm sure you found II worth your VII
al To visit Crater Lake.
TO Mount Rainier.
~ Miss Mount Rainier was also strO
20 on description and verse. Here's
al A. piece:
=. Among the mountains Of the West
VI Those mighty granite masses,
A. n I.~wwA ~ hos
lst Its majesty surpasses.
ell
= A crown Of everlasting white
BY day in sunlight cleaning.
-eu A spectral crown when seen at night.
ew While all the world lies dreaming.
And through the snow, in contrast II
The trees grow tall and slender.
the Its meadows quite beyond compare.
oro = Where flowers bloom in splendor.
the And every spot affords view
ceS That satisfies the hunger.
ent I'm sure IL you come back. that you
,aw VIII feel a whole lot younger.
YER Yellowstone.
all Miss Yellowstone had so much
say about the Oldest and biggest
IN the national parks that she wisely
hat jected poetry for prose:
his From all the mountains and the val
oT Yellowstone, / bring you greeting
From the mighty river and the
VI whose beauty Is as yet untouched by
ow- vandal hand of commercialism. b
VOol you greeting.
en- And from the mamrnoIn ~, not ~. .Ies
iop- crags and the Eagles nest. and the
Vate vons and the water falls, and from
that Elk and the Buffalo. the Brown