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Show MADELYN CANNON STEWART SILVER 216 she was on her knees, Madelyn said it hurt too much to bend over. Judith insisted that she see a doctor. He discovered that she had seriously injured her spine, presumably from the fall. She had tried to carryon normally for three months without complaint. For the remainder of 1955, Madelyn, despite her aches and pains, worked on her mother's history, held a garden supper for 367 guests on June 8, participated in a Goodwill Fashion Show, attended as an honored guest the Central City Opera Company production of "La Traviata" on June 24, and the Red Rocks concert of Moiseyev a few days later. She was at the ranch the first week in July, at the Fine Arts Luncheon on July 13, and went to the Hewlett Family Reunion in Weber Canyon on July 22. Two days later her mother broke her hip and Madelyn rushed to Salt Lake City to be with her and arrange for medical care. At the ranch that month of July, Brian (age twelve) went out to chop some low branches off the trail. The hatchet slipped and cut his wrist quite deeply. As he came into the house, blood flowing profusely. Temporarily-and uncharacteristically stunned, Madelyn stood there in shock while Judith quickly applied a tourniquet and put on a bandage. Madelyn then took was him to the doctor. All went well. 14 For Madelyn, there were gallery receptions, Shakespearean productions, and additional days at the ranch to swim, hike, and ride her favorite horse. The skiing industry at Park City was In beginning its development and she rode the chairlift. northern in September she took her mother to Cache Valley Utah to secure fresh peaches, raspberries, pears, and apples, as well as some chokecherries and "sarvis" berries, and then pro ceeded to "can" the fruit and make delicious jams. a Madelyn also participated in a Rotary Fashion Show, gave talk in the Church History club, reviewed a book at her literary club, went to the symphony, gardened in her yard, and spent an afternoon with Catherine Dittman, a promising Denver poet. One Sunday in late 1955 Madelyn's mother attended her Denver Relief Society class on Robert Browning. She declared afterward that it was presented just right: not too much reading |
