The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-05-08

nights a week for over tire
months, and of course we looke'
forward to the event. DR.. McCon
nell chartered a bus from TIL
Eastman bus company, as Their
were twenty-six of us to go. w
each paid four dollars, and DR.. Nc
Cornell paid the bus compan.
S100 and paid our hotel bill ant
registration fee. All the expense,
we had besides the S4 was wha
we ate. II was very nice having
our own bus, Tor we could keel
together, keep our baggage to
gether, and, moreover, have a way
to get about the city of Charlottes
vile without hiring taxis or tax
ing street cars, as part of the con
tract with the bus company slip
ulated that the driver was to take
us everywhere we were to go. The
bus was big and comfortable; and
the driver, I'm sure, was the best
on the road; moreover, he was
very handsome-so they seemed to
have equipped us ideally.
Sunrise in Virginia
We left Radford at four o'clock
in the morning; the bus rumbled
along through the dark like a big
dragon eating up the highways.
We all sang and screeched and
made as much noise as a bunch
of "wimmenfolks" usually do. 1t
began to be light about the time
we reached Roanoke. The big
mountains came shouldering up
out of the pale mist, their black
slopes just breaking into ripples
of palest green. Spring had flung
a shimmering veil over the weep
ing willows, and their green tres
ses rippled down like water fall
ing from tall fountains. The sea-
son was earlier on the other side
of the Ridge. Pear and cherry
blossoms cleaned, a froth Of
white, from woods and roadsides;
peach trees were visions Of pink
loneliness; Towering ounce was
a daring red; gray apple bOughs
were budding; and the pastures
were the same rich emerald as
the waving wheat. AS the dawn
light grew brighter, WI watched
for the sun, and of a sudden, as
we came round a hill, we saw it,
big and round as the fullest moon,
and a lovely rose color through
the mist; I have never seen 1t
look like that before! 1t grew
more orange as 1t rose higher, and
presently we forgot it in watching
the landscape.
We ate breakfast at an excel
place in Lynchburg; then we
had about forty miles Of detour,
rs the highway is being repaired.
But the detour was not bad; we
lad firm faith in Il good driver,
and best of all, the road took us
light through the grounds of
Sweet Briar college, which we had
lot been expecting to see. Sweet
is probably the most exclus-
We school in Virginia; only girls
hose parents are wealthy and of
he right social standing go there.
he buildings and surroundings
re beautiful. | am told the equip
lent and advantages are the best
honey can buy. The college is
eep in the heart of a forest of
reat oaks and pines; it owns a
900 acre farm, so the girls have ;
Il kinds OF lovely places for their :
orseback riding etc. !
We reached Charlottesville a.
out 1920 and went directly to ;
lie University, to the open air !.
mphitheater for a rehearsal of 9
Mass; this was the only re- :
with all the singers pre- /
mt. 1t was hot as could be out =
ere, but DR.. Noble (the director, 7
man from New York; "a so ),
reet and good-humored that he y
d every body else cheerful too
a little while. despite the sun b
rned noses, squinted eyes, and y
ed feet flor we stood to sing, L
d it took an hour and a half). :,
.hearsal over, We went to find },
Q hotel to which we had been :,
signed-and what a place! 1t ~
IS the Lewis and Clark Hotel !,
d l shall never think as much
those two men again. The town
s full, and our reservations had ;,
en- late appS1ently; at any rate -
was an old rickety building. un- =,
I'd for sometime, in which we 81
.yed; of course the Chamber of !
mmerce put a responsible wo-
in charge. ordered her to stay
all night, and kept two police "
n on the block that night. on
count of fire hazard, and we o
re really safe; but It was so diff &
anf from what ne nod nyn0pf -