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BLESSED KERMIT: The last weeks' travel I have really enjoyed. E BLESSED KERMIT THE LAST WEEK'S TRAVEL I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED
ave seen most of the girls riding astride, and most of the grown-up women. I must say I think it very much better for the horses' backs. I think by the time that you are an old lady the side-saddle will almost have vanished--I am sure I hope so. I have forgotten whether you like the side-saddle or not. It was very interesting going through New Mexico and seeing the strange old civilization of the desert, and next day the Grand Canyon of Arizona, wonderful and beautiful beyond description. I could have sat and looked at it for days. It is a tremendous chasm, a mile deep and several miles wide, the cliffs carved into battlements, amphitheatres, towers and pinnacles, and the coloring wonderful, red and yellow and gray and green. Then we went through the desert, passed across the Sierras and came into this semi-tropical country of southern California, with palms and orange groves and olive orchards and immense quantities of flowers. TREASURES FOR THE CHILDREN Del Monte, Cal., May 10, 1903. FIC I HAVE SEEN MOST OF THE GIRLS RIDING ASTRIDE AND MOST OF THE GROWN UP WOMEN I MUST SAY I THINK IT VERY MUCH BETTER FOR THE HORSES BACKS I THINK BY THE TIME THAT YOU ARE AN OLD LADY THE SIDE SADDLE WILL ALMOST HAVE VANISHED I AM SURE I HOPE SO I HAVE FORGOTTEN WHETHER YOU LIKE THE SIDE SADDLE OR NOT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING GOING THROUGH NEW MEXICO AND SEEING THE STRANGE OLD CIVILIZATION OF THE DESERT AND NEXT DAY THE GRAND CANYON OF ARIZONA WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL BEYOND DESCRIPTION I COULD HAVE SAT AND LOOKED AT IT FOR DAYS IT IS A TREMENDOUS CHASM A MILE DEEP AND SEVERAL MILES WIDE THE CLIFFS CARVED INTO BATTLEMENTS AMPHITHEATRES TOWERS AND PINNACLES AND THE COLORING WONDERFUL RED AND YELLOW AND GRAY AND GREEN THEN WE WENT THROUGH THE DESERT PASSED ACROSS THE SIERRAS AND CAME INTO THE SEMI TROPICAL COUNTRY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH PALMS AND ORANGE GROVES AND OLIVE ORCHARDS AND IMMENSE QUANTITIES OF FLOWERS TREASURES FOR THE CHILDREN DELMONTE CALIFORNIA MAY TENTH NINETEEN O THRE
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