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of her own collection, but in showing them all 
of Colorado’s exhibit. She was proud of its 
magnificent scenery, delightful climate, and won- 
derful resources, and was always happy to find 
those who were interested in learning about them. 
Many friends were thus formed and many tokens 
of esteem were received, both from persons in 
her own country and from visitors from abroad. 
Not the least among these, nor the most lightly 
prized, was a beautiful rifle, presented by those 
associated with her in the same building as an 
expression of their appreciation of what she had 
done “ to make the Kansas and Colorado Exhibi- 
tion a grand success.” 
But people who were capable of conversing 
intelligently about the most remote corners of 
the earth were not the only persons who sought 
information, and we trust found some. More 
than one person asked, “ How big a village Colo- 
rado was ? ” and there was quite an amount of 
curiosity as to whether it was “ fur there,” and 
whether “ the Rocky Mountains were much 
higher than the one she had made ; ” whether the 
water of the little cascade was the genuine article; 
whether it, and the rocks over which it fell, were 
brought from Colorado ; and one young woman 
put up a cup for some of the sparkling fluid, re- 
marking as she did so that she “ wanted to say 
she had had a drink of real mountain water,” 
