The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1923-11-02
Interesting Letter From Persia
By Miss Huldah Bryan


The following letter from HUI
dah Bryan written In Hamadan.
Persia August 18th, reached Inter
ior the first week in October.
had whole week in Daulabad
for | did not get back until Mon,
day. The ten days | spent there l
did no studying so OF courne en-
joyed the rest thoroughly. DO
you wonder what | did? Well.
there are calling hours from be-
fore breakfast till after, supper
so we called and received callers.
| was surprised how many people
remembered from last year. VI
course knowing the boarding
school girls so we'll makes it easy
to connect relationships. That Is
could be. For if a man has three
or four wives. and if the wives
have had more than one husband,
ather difficult to remember what
rather Difficult to remember what
relationship exist among their de,
sccndents. Aside from callers and
calling | read seven books, four
were novels and three were longer
nd deeper; a lot Of paper and ma
azine articles, also some BalZac
short stories and some poetry
Tried again to like Browning, but
as usual failed to work up much
enthusiasm. Guess I'm not high
brow enough. | had a most de,
ightful vacation in Dalutabad
md if anyone wants one would
certainly recommend the Zoecklerss
who live there. We had intended
returning Saturday for George
wanted repairs on the Ford before
tarting to Teheran for the annual
meeting, but Mary's patient 1.-THE
,ne she stayed with so many
lights and didn't expect to live,
Vas recovering and Mary wanted
% stay a couple of days longer TO
,e sure she was out, OF dance
liss Jones, the Zoecklers and !
are the four in Hamadan whose
furloueh comes due in 1926, so we
damned part of it. First an It'll,
1erary that would cover most OF
the world for our route to the
states. Then we decided that any
me who wished to join our party
,ad to have two qualifications,
irst to be good sport and second
Rock fiend. When we reach
New York we shall have just three
oncerns-f first and foremost at
end good movie. second. buy
new hats to replace our five year
)ld ones, and last to eat all we can
It a chop suey house. In TACT that
,ur tastes all coincide to exactly
show what a congenlal party we
shall be. Miss Jones and | Thought
m quite a brilliant and original
Jan, You know at present there
\ Board ruling that missionaries
ave to be voted on by he Mission
before they go on furlough as to
whether or not they come back.
Miss Jones and | agreed that we
would not come back unless the
votes were unanimous ana alSo
1 that we would vote against each
other and hen say we couldn.
come back, | was so proud OF TINS
clever idea that | was, tellln% Geo
roe of it and he asked "Whv does
Mt Miss Jones want to come
back" | remarked that he didn't
show much interest as to whether
7 wanted to come back, and he re-
oiled that he guessed there was nc
danger Of my not reurninG. This
little incident | relate Just to show
Won that | evidently give the I'M
,yession of being rather happy
lcre.
Monday morning we fell on the
road persian cxpression) to Han
,dan. Mr.. and Mrs. Zoeckler, Mis-
Zones, Frances, the ayah and !. W,
were packed in considerably tight
er than we were going. there tel
laws before and thus the tops o
Dur heads were more comfortable
and | have no doubt the roof o
he Ford was. too. | hit 1T onl'
pnce on the way back. A this i
rather an indirect description o
Persian roads and they are no
really as bad as they might be. W.
had only one blow Out--]ust tn
same record as on the trip down
We reached the hospital cOmpOun'
lust at noon and found them pre-
naring for funeral and n part
fol the AFTERNOON and evening. II
tell YOU about the funeral first a
it took place first. Do YOU remem
{ ber my telling about DR.. Gohl, tn
Swiss dentist, who vas here las
: fall and was taken sick with tn
y small poX. He returned thi
, spring later than he had mtcndc
) on account Of the Illness ofhis III
| tie daughter. VINO was nearly
: year old. Finally he came on an
!, his wife waited until the baby wa
4 better able to stand the bourne
a and she arrived lust before | LET
for Daulatabad. The baby BEGAN
S very i'll and they were unable I
broke up over their loss. She is
Catholic, but her husband is Pro
estant and wanted the missoinarit
f to have charge of the funeral. A
the Americans were there, ar
i. some of the men from the Englis
l. community. 1t was held in II
a Funks parlor. They had begu