The Ordway new era., 1922-03-31
Miss Strever Writes
From South America
2S2 Camacua. lc1oreS
BuenOa Aires.
February 90, 1922.


February 90, 1922.
Oeai folk all:
Well, | have arrived at my new
home, and as they are not going to
work me for the first couple Of days
so that | may get rested up. | Will
start my next letter. | hope you
are writing all along so that | will
have some mail not SO very far in
the future. The New Era arrived
this morning and was mighty glad
to get 1t even ii il IL out of date
We got into Bueuos Aires about
900 yesterday morning and l really
was not so very anxious to get OF.
Miss Ritchie of the Y. w. c. A. was
down to the boat to meet us as
our girls live out so far and as the
Y always meets the boats anyway, ii
would save them an early trip. Ber-
nice had some packing to do as she
got a good many steamer packages
and was having a time to find some
place to put them, so she did not get
thru till about 1890 or after. We
did not know that there were any
rules about the custom house so we
discovered too late that they closed
from 1890 to l :00 for their "siesta.'
or MONDAY rest. They told us we
might stay on the boat till 100
when someone would come back to
get us thru the custom house. About
AS we heard the anchors sudden-
ly pulled in and found that the ship
had sudden orders to move across
the harbor to make room for "a
British ship to pull up to the dock.
If We stayed on, we would have to
get little boat to pull up to take
us and our suitcases back to the dock
so we rushed frantically to our rooms
and with the room boy and the deck
steward laden with baggage. we
rushed down the gang plank just be-
fore it was taken OIL. We sat down
on bench in front OF the custom
house with our baggage piled around
us and we certainly looked as tho
we had just come from 4 foreign
shore. We were sorry not to have
our kodaks out but it was most too
shady to get Il picture. anyway. AS
we sat there Bernice wondered if
she could have happened to leave
anything in the cabin and just then
the room boy rushed down the deck
with her steamer rug which had
slipped down behind the bed. The
ship had just started to move but was
not far so he threw it down over the
edge and she caught it. The Captain
was up on the bridge and he certain
ly made fun OF us. We sat there and
watched it move away. waving to all
that We knew.
At ZOO Miss Rubright and Miss
Mary from the school came down to
get lis thru the custom house. AL
though wn had about five boxes. four
trunks, and several suit cases and
packages to be opened and You may
imagine what job that would be.
Miss Rubright was acquainted with
the man that examined our baggage
so we got thru in fine shape and did
not have to pay duty on anything.
They looked at nearly everything,
tho. and oh, how my neat packing
did suffer. They had picnic over
II all the time and guess Miss Rub
right had as big one as they. but
it all being Spanish ! could not ap-
preciate It, They got them all
packed again, (after fashion) and
got drayman who got them out here
last night which they say is very
mick work here. Bernice's were
Rosario this morning at 7:O0, after
staying here all night. After we had
gone To the bank and gotten some
money changed, and Bernice went to
send some kilograms. Miss Rubrikht
and / came out to the school. 1t is
about as minutes ride on the sub
way, or an hour on the surface car
so Il is quite ways from the main
part of the city.
The building in which the mission
aries live also has number OF DORM.
tory rooms for the boarding schooi
girls. The building is old but we
have most wonderful garden with
trees and flowers. Roses. asters, ger
aniums, and a good many other How
ers are blooming now and there was
lovely vase of pink roses ON my
dresser when came. l have moi
had any instructions as to my work
yet for Conference is still In session