The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1921-05-13
Miss Hulda Bryan
Writes From India

Ga bryan writes as follows; We
have good news here in Bombay
from the land Of Persia. DR.. Do,
dd of the West Persia mission is
here on his way to the States 70
lurlough. The Rursa Bagdad
railway is again in operation. I,
me this meant little or nothing,
but to tn initiated it meant
great deal, We can go to Persii
now just as fast as we can leave
Bombay, for we don't have to wait
over in Busra for river boats. l
Is only about a days run to Bag
dad and from there they think We
can get motor trucks and reacl
Hamadan in about three days
That will mean that we reach Han
adam about two weeks after we
leave Bombay. Quite diheren
from the eight weeks caravan
trip! We haven't any of us sue
ceeded in getting passage yet
The boats run irregularly, but
nearly every week, but they are
small and some of them very slow
Yesterday we had a wonderful
time-a real, sure enough picnic
Florence, Harriet and | left tn,
Y. w. c. A. about two o'clock and
took street car for the Congre
gational mission. The street cars
are very mall and run very slow.
ly. They stop occasionally, but il
Is scarcely necessary as people car
jump on and off quite easily any
way. 1 want to get picture
the one showing the motor mar
The motor men wear khaki suit
and khaki turbans with lonl
end hanging down the back. The
fare is only an Anna" 1.-TWO cent
and it took us nearly an hour
reach our destination. At tn
mission are three other girls fo
Persia and we six with several
the Congregational missionar.e
started for the beach. We girl
went in an Overland Ian auto rid
surely seemed a treat. Lots
them here, but we haven't ha
many rides. Others went b,
train. After about an hours ride
we reached beautiful spot on tn
beach. 1t was grove of Cocoa
nut palms and smooth stretcl
of sandy beach. 1t was late enou
gh that they said the sun woulC
not hurt us and they had brought
bathing suits for Us. We hadn't
more shelter than the car for
dressing room, but the native'
strolling around knew nothing o
modcsty so We hustled into on
suits and oh, but the water felt
good. 1t was very warm and very
salty. The waves were large an(
we had good fun in them. We
could 60 quite far out as the slo
pc was so gradual, but it was toe
rough for swimming. A Congre
gational missionary came home
with us in the train, the Others
going back in the car. 1t was ON
first ride on an Indian train. We
travelled second class. They say
very few people travel first and
many of the missionaries travel
European third which is just the
same price as Indian third but
the compartments are reserved
for Europeans or Angio-lndians
Second class fare is half Of frs
and three times that Of third, s,
travelling here can be quite ccono
mical. Cur ride took about az
hour and the second class fare
was only nine "Annas" about Il
cents Of our money. The cars are
divided into compartments-Euro-
rean fashion, two long seats fac
ing across the car and a door al
each end They don't take VI
tickets at all, but you give them
up as you pass out the gate. See
ms to me a person could get out
of a second class compartment
and hand in a third class ticket,
but reckon they watch you. On
the way home we stopped at Olive
Lodge and then came back on the
street cars so we were late foi
our eight O'clock su pper and ter
ribly dirty and dishevelled unit
dy" as the English girls say, but
our servant is very nice even VIII
en- we are sometimes late. The
Parsi girls have been in all the
afternoon. They wanted to know
which part Of the States we came
from and we hadn't realized our
selves what a representative gro
up we were. Florence from New
York, Harriet from Illinois and ]
from South Dakota. Yesterday
we heard joke. A missionary in
a small town in India wanted TO
cable to New York iCty. The
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