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Show Iowa Is "Out Where the West Begins" TUTEKCEn. CAL. Three New York AVI Kirg hve Wnlked all the way from Oothnm to Yosemlte National park Frances Nabut, Gladys Kerr and "IMIUe" Druss. And they nre going to walk back, after they have strolled about a bit and seen several of the Isationui parks. "The funniest thing on this whole trip was ourselves when we started out from New York," said Miss Druss. "When we left we were wearing tweed skirts and laundered blouses und low shoes and silk stockings. We had umbrellas um-brellas nnd silk handlings. Take n look at me now !" One look was proof that their education edu-cation In the life of the out-of-doors had been reasonably thorough and complete. Sensible trousers long ago had replaced the cumbersome skirt nnd flannel shirts hart taken the place of both blouses anil umbrella. The low shoes had given way to 16-Inch hiking shoes worn over thick wool stockings. "As long ns we were In the East we ncountered many who looked at us askance," sultl Miss Nabut. "They thought that three women who walked around the country n ust be crazy or robbers; they didn't know which. As soon as we got Into the West, the attitude at-titude changed. The West begins at Iowa." Grusshopiiers In Wyoming three Inches long, they swar It snakes In Montana, five men who hnve tempestuously tempes-tuously proposed marriage and life on homestead 00 miles from a railroad, rail-road, a band of gypsies who followed them for three days causing terror of kidnaping these were other adventures adven-tures of the less rtlens.mt vnrletv which |
