Amazing Tent Revival

I told Belle Burch I wanted to give her something, show her something while down on one knee. I thought she would be thrilled when I unrolled the Master Plan, but, she was utterly cold, totally disinterested, or, so she led me to believe.

“Look Belle, there is Joaquin Miller, the founder of the Bohemian Club, with a little girl that looks like Alice in Wonderland! And, what is this? That’s a tent. This is a tent city.”

I found this image at the Eugene History Museum. Joaquin looks like Gandalf, or Merlin. Is that a young Vivian, his protégé when she was young?

I told Belle about the Chautauquas, that were very popular at the turn of the century. People would pay a fee, pitch a tent, and get a mini-college education.

“This can be applied to the homeless sleeping downtown. Working people have a problem with humans doing…