Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-09-04

conquered. .OT IIlOTG COIIGClIy
perhaps she captivated. This is the
final chapter in the saga of the
visit to America this summer of
Paula van der Linden, who has
just returned to the Netherlands,
her native heath, debarking from
the S. S, Maasdam in Rotterdam
on September l.
In retrospect, Paula arrived in
early July and sailed for home on
August % after approximately six
weeks with her pen Pals" men,
bers of the Bridgettes club with
whom she had been in correspon-
dence for more than 10 years.
In her homeland, Paula is a tea
cher of retarded children and with
the decision to come over, express
ed hope that she might catch up
with some new ideas to take back
with her. When she was taken to
Ohio State University (she had
corresponded with some of the fa-
Guilty before coming over) there
seemed to be no course on the sum-
rffcr agenda that would exactly fit
her need, so ''the Powers that Be"
who were contacted, went all out
to help wangle some kind of or
ientation for her and came up with
an observation stint that was Sim
ply super" for her wants. In or
der to get this it was necessary to
reverse the schedule that had been
set up preparatory to her coming
but this in nowiSe hindered her
program and she sailed for home
exceedingly happy and very CRATE
full for all the marvellous attention
that had been accorded her and
pretty thoroughly indoctrinated in
many of the things that had puz-
zled her through her constant and
devoted perusal for long time of
THE Mad Press" before her arri-
val on the American scene.
Then came the Western Inter-
lude." In early August Paula had
her first brush with plane and
left for Red Lodge, Montana to be
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. John l..
HutZel, who had sent her a ticket
to come out for visit. Here again
was thrill after thrill, for her hosts
had planned stay for her that
was jam-packed with the best the
West had to offer The Hutzel
home is not far distant from Yel-
lowstone National Park so an over
night two-dsy stay had been ar
ranged as celebration for the
honor guests August 9 birthday.
Then there was a week end at
Thermopolis, jaunt of about 200
miles SO that she might see some
famous Indians in their native hab-
itat present a fabulous pageant
The Gift of the Water" 1t was an
extremely fascinating depletion of
tribal music, dances and other rit-
ual in full colorful' regalia and
splendor. Then there was a visit
to Jackson Hole, Grand Teton Ma
tional Forest in Wyoming and 9TH
er scenic grandeur in that area.
By way of special entertainment
there was square dance, some
thing entirely new to the guest
from across the Atlantic. A rodeo
and fair a. Billings rounded out
this never~to-be-forgotten phase of
the great American adventure
There vas one other event on
the HutZel's calendar for their
guest: tea given by friend who
was a member of the Red Lodge
Business and Professional Women's
Club. The London Business and
Professional Women's Club became
in Paula's' visit early in
the plan and was the means of in
the National Federation
to such an extent that very nice
grant" from the Federation's
World Friendship Fund" was
proffered to her.
1t was most regrettable that
summer is the time when Business
and Professional Women's Clubs
operations so there was
not much chance for Paula, who
was herself a member of a club
in Holland, to see sister clubs in
action. So the Red Lodge tea where
she met some members of that or