Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-03-14

country. The window easement is formed
of the Arab and Mesberbeeyeh carved feet
work. made by hand. This carving OF feet
work is all turned on small hand lathe, by
the Arabs who work the lathe with their
hand. and hold the turning tool with their
toes
Did YOU never tire Of comtimu"uN travel
ing, MI. B"okwaItrr =" asked.
Never but once. believe. One night |
remember. however. when | was extremely
hnmcSick. Wewere travelling in the Malay
Archipelago, and had penetrated 80 far int"
the country that We had reached the home
of tribes whuSt. language was uudrT~tuOd
neither 10y myself nor my carrier. rr-
member ly ing in bambou tent there one
night listening 10 the jarkall> howl OF
all creatures. these animals utter the most
dismal cries When first | heard them,
started up in alarm, thinkin. that they
came from some dangerous wild beasts.
The guide quickly reasSured Us by telling
lis that they are harmless. The cry sounds
almost human. 81 plaintlVc and penetrating
is it. AsI say. lay that night in a BAN
boo tent, in a Malay settlement We were
exactly on the opposite side of the globe
from Springfield. and the distance in the
ZigLag routes necessary 10 take To get home
is at least Is. 900 miles. | must say that
felt depressed and extremely homr>ick. |
cannot imagine any situation more lonely
and desolate The next morning We lost
10 time in leaving that locality.
What wa, your oOJert IN making this
magnificent collection. Mr.. Bookwalter''
For the purpose of fitting up my own
apartments principally. As | have large
interests in Springfield and consider it my
headquarters. desire to have an establish
ment here and also another in New York.
where the Mechanical News is published.
and where | have branch offices of my hu>I-
ness. This is the reason have collected
81 many objects You will notice that
most of the articles are useful a. well a.
artistic. My object in making the COlleC-
tion was, first, because love these master
pieces of art for their own sake. and. sec
Ond. be, aHSe in collecting them | was
brought into intimate contact with the peo
pie who make them. In II" other way
could | have obtained 50 close an insight
into the habits. cuStomS and methods OF
manufacturing of these people. | have
collected all these articles personally. and
have in collecting had rare opportunities
for observing the national life in the c"un-
tries where they were purchased. have
been collecting artistic works and curnS
for eight years. and have found it a fa>c-
mating pursuit"
viii You continue to reside abroad, Mr..
Bookwalter""
Il shall spend much of my time in Egypt.
India and the Malay Archipelago. My
health is of the first Importance: and find
il very much better there than in countries
where the climate is 50 changrable. The
climate of those countries i hot and dry
and is remarkably equitable. would say
stock Of mOney-thOugh that is necessary,
tOO-which is required in setting out on eN
tensiye travels as large stock Of enthusi-
aSm. 1t requires a great amount of cOur-
age. let me tell you. to leave civilization
and plunge boldly into the desert and into
strange lands"
The collection is arranged with admirable
taste, and Mr.. Bookwalter has spent much
of his time for the past four weeks in Su-
perintending its arrangement. 1t il not
1T would be such intermina-
bic work 10 catalogue all the articles here,