The Mountaineer 43 



EASTERN IMPRESSIONS OF THE MOUNTAIN- 

 EERS. 



Katherine Reed. 



When this native of Chicago was asked to give her 

 impressions of the Mountaineers' camp in Moraine 

 Park, Mt. Rainier, as those of an eastern member, she 

 had a moment of reluctance. In the windy city she 

 was always accounted western without challenge. In 

 Washington, D. C, her adopted home for seven years, 

 she has more than once been charitably accounted for 

 with, 



"But, then, you're from the west, you know!" 



It is not to be disputed, however, that whatever her 

 location geographical, her true place among the Moun- 

 taineers is with the Che-cha-kos. This was proclaimed 

 oflScially by the outing committee in the baggage car, 

 "north of the King Street station," as they sat in con- 

 ference upon the easterner's dunnage bag weighing a 

 fatal fifty pounds. It was finally allowed to go through 

 as a concession to its owner's newness, not to say raw- 

 ness and distance from home. But with appropriate 

 irony it was ordered packed alongside that of the presi- 

 dent of the society, whose dunnage, as befitted an ex- 

 pert, was as much under weight as the new-comer's was 

 over. 



This first impression made in the Mountaineers by 

 the eastern member was not half so exciting as that 

 made by them upon her. It came over the telephone, 

 Thursday, July 17, from some unknown headquarters: 



"Your dunnage must be ready in forty minutes or 

 it will not be taken to Fairfax." 



