New-York tribune., 1922-07-16
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why FISH lcaOe home
BY Eyre Powell

Hello you Dudes; hotO do you do?
It's been long time since aoe'Ue seen you.
Oh Tue like TO sec yon smile,
And We hike to sing to you.
Hslo! gou Dudes; hoaU do you do?"
ETAVE you ever been dude? If you
III have you'll remember the happy
n time when your gear jammer rolled
you up before a big, rustic camp
h1dng, and while the pack rats scurried
With the baggage you were greeted with this
paan Of welcome by flock Of pretty savages
from their roost atop a high log.
But if you have never been dude you'll
probably not understand what all the forego-
ing is about; for the language is pure Yellow
stonese, and in it dude" means a traveller
through the great playground, which this year
Is celebrating its golden anniversary.
savage" generically speaking, is any one
who works there but in actual use of Yellow
stonese more minute cassifcations are made.
Inc "gear-jammer" is the driver Ct your big
yeio" bus the pack rat'' is one of the college
00ys who work as porters, and when you
speak Of savage you usually are referring
" one Of that merry band which has become
as celsorated in the Yellowstone as Old Faith
'@ ltsef-the college girls who earn books
sia tuition during the summer as guides, wait
'esses and tent girls in the Yellowstone camps
'na VINO keep the great wonderland lively
WIN their songs, plays and adventures.
One Is happy and self-reliant creature,
'ae savage, and the best type of American
sil. 81 ohooid you chance to go up to help old
'sao"stone celebrate it's fftieth year as q
assohal ~ park you'll meet her on every hand.
cue Il sing you in, she'll feed you. Your tent
- Samp Will be spotless and neat under her
''paoie hands, and when you hike she'll tell
.'~ "ha1 makes the geysers gyse and intro
sSSe you to the bears. She'll sing you the
sSAas y Yellowstone songs around the camp
-s at night, and if you look credulous. relate
,ae or two of the weird and wonderful Vel
.s"''0he yarns invented particularly for dude
consumption.
1ua IN her leisure hours you'll find her
ss~aere. s.s. She'll be climbing or hiking or
s' holding fish-fry by the river or
'nmai1ow roast on the mountain side, ad-
ssssar'ng everywhere, and then turning up
- 'sa ~, as daisy to take up her camp duties
q. Asp stage a dance or an entertainment for
3s parks guests
.,s s' girls! And when you are told that
D. s a. all the applications that pour in only
:, :. uiss six thousand are considered, and out
s,.m ss number four hundred-odd girls are
ss.s selected, then you commence to realize
s -, picked, genuinely representative group
,a,.A ! Ms BEST young American, womanhood the
0n.s really are. And when you find Chi
ma sa Irom Vassar serving your hot cakes
h. Aappa Epsilon from California show
v. sou the geysers or falls you begin to
q an she TACT that here are representatives
s.,.s sAeges and national sororities from every
ss,a0n ~ Of the country.
f... I've savages' summer commences at Salt
rrit.ss IVY when the Savage Special" real
na.s pulls out of the station and heads
a. 1of west Yellowstone early in June. 1t
,so.n = unusual train. Old acquaintances being
t;ea ~. and all the old park yarns being
WI % new girls keep things in gale Of