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Ida Chamness writings on travel and religion, 1927-1938

1927-04-13 Page 49

-49- one appear agravated at her plain sermons, so against their outward ways of worship etc. But instead they seemed tender and thankful. One woman gave her a large woolen shawl. And another gave her a flower painting on cloth, painted by her self. They visited the 'Imatra Falls,' the largest in Finland; where their pictures were taken with a girl who called mamma 'Aunty': and said the days she spent with her were the best she had known since her dear mother's death. She gave mamma a large heavy wool steamer rug: which was a comfort to us on our ocean trip home. The women work very hard to help make a living. The country is quite level and lakes are numerous: which combined with the mosses and fringy white vegetation (on which great numbers of Reindeer feed; and the blue sky above made the sight from the train window very beautiful. The ground is so soft that in places the trains were obliged to move very slowly to keep from sinking. And one can push his hand in it up to the elbo without difficulty. At two different places mamma had her picture taken by request of her

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-49- one appear agravated at her plain sermons, so against their outward ways of worship etc. But instead they seemed tender and thankful. One woman gave her a large woolen shawl. And another gave her a flower painting on cloth, painted by her self. They visited the 'Imatra Falls,' the largest in Finland; where their pictures were taken with a girl who called mamma 'Aunty': and said the days she spent with her were the best she had known since her dear mother's death. She gave mamma a large heavy wool steamer rug: which was a comfort to us on our ocean trip home. The women work very hard to help make a living. The country is quite level and lakes are numerous: which combined with the mosses and fringy white vegetation (on which great numbers of Reindeer feed; and the blue sky above made the sight from the train window very beautiful. The ground is so soft that in places the trains were obliged to move very slowly to keep from sinking. And one can push his hand in it up to the elbo without difficulty. At two different places mamma had her picture taken by request of her