Part-1
THE LADIES OF THE LAKE
I
At the of hundred thousand ladies to and possibly in the of equal franchise, the in that and little region in Alaska by the Ylanqui River and the Thunder Mountains were now being named after women.
It was a thought. Already exquisite, of water, gem-set among the peaks, for cloud and eagle, a for the moon as to the of stars, had been labelled.
Already there was Lake Amelia Jones, Lake Sadie Dingleheimer, Lake Maggie McFadden, and Lake Mrs. Gladys Doolittle Batt.
I to see these under the of their newly added beauty.
Imagine, therefore, my and when I the from my and chief, Professor Farrago, from the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, he had been in to and upon the identity of a very small bird to be a of that and almost creature, the two-toed titmouse, Mustitta duototus, to be scientifically exact, as I to be.
The in question was as follows:
To Percy Smith, B.S., D.F., etc., etc., Curator, Department of Anthropology, Administration Building, Bronx Park, N.Y.
My Dear Mr. Smith:
Several very and ladies, by the Government in having a number of in Alaska named after them, have to make a to that region, by a to upon the named after them individually.
They upon the points:
1st. Are the of the in that clear for a lady to do her by? In that event, the will not itself with looking-glasses.
2nd. Are there any hotels? (You need say, no. I have to to them that it is, for the most part, an wilderness, but they upon from you.)
3rd. If there are hotels, is there also water to be had? (You may tell them that there is of water.)
4th. What are the amusements? (You may them that there is of bathing, boating, fishing, and an of trees. Also, excellent mountain-climbing to be had in the vicinity. You need not mention the of "Hunt the Flea" or "Dodge the Skeeter.")
I am not by nature cruel, Mr. Smith, but when these ladies me that they had to that and without being or with by any of my sex, for one and moment I they would. Because in that event none of them would come back.
However, in my and more prevailed. I pointed out to them the of their undertaking, the of an region, the of and support.
My and were, I admit, by a to this as a vehicle for the of scientific data.
As soon as I of it I the plan of attaching two members of our Bronx Park scientific staff to the expedition—you, and Mr. Brown.
But no sooner did these ladies of it than they the with indignation.
Now, the as follows: These ladies don't want any man in the expedition; but they have at last that they've got to take a or two. And there are no in Alaska.
Therefore, the and of such an opportunity to and report upon this unknown region at somebody else's expense, I that you and Brown meet these ladies at Lake Mrs. Susan W. Pillsbury, which on the of the region to be explored; that you, without actually yourselves too horribly, to them the that you are the promised provided for them by a and Government; and that you take these ladies about and let them at their in the named after them; and that, while the lasts, you make such observations, notes, reports, and of the and of the region as your opportunities may permit.
No time is to be lost. If, at Lake Susan W. Pillsbury, you regular these ladies, you will these to go away and you yourselves will then the guides. I know of no other way for you to this region, as all our available at Bronx Park have already been in painting to line the of the mammalia, and also in the present in search of the polka-dotted boom-bock, which is to the Lake Niggerplug.
My most and you. Bless you!
Farrago.
