The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-10-30
SERAGE, the Shoe Man.
AN INTERESTING LECTURE.
Mrs. Danforth Tells of Her Experienc,
in Foreign Lands.

Mrs. Danforth Tells of Her Experience
in Foreign Lands.
1t is seldom that the people of any
community have an opportunity to hear
so minute description given of the Gus
toms, habits, moral condition Of the
people, a sea voyage, picturesque scenes
Of the country on the different parts of
the globe, as were favored with Monday
evening at the NJ. E. church.
Mrs. A. E. DanfOrth, Of Norwalk, re-
Gently made trip across the continent,
and thence around the world, merely for
pleasure, sightseeing, etc, Time being
no object to her, she made it a speciality
to visit every historical point in her
circuit, aside from investigating the
moral, religious and financial condition
Of the people. She left NOrwalk for San
Francisco, relating many things of in
terest beyond the Mississippi that a ma
jority cf the people know nothing about,
simply because it is in our own country,
for they usually care more to read about
other countries than their own.
She boarded the vessel at San Francis
go for Japan. She said the way to go
aboard ship was to make up your mind
not to be sea-sick and to enjoy all the
pleasures and adversities Of the voyage
and if you will do so you will come cut
all right. She portrayed a vivid descrip-
tion of storm upon the water when
accompanied by heavy wind and thunder.
The vessel was upon her side a humber
of times and very little food could be pre-
pared for three days and nights, but
things came out all right in the end.
Several stops were made at landings
on the Sandwich islands and the passen-
gers were given time to go On land and
visit many historical points of interest.
The premises of Queen Lii. were visited.
They were grand, and many of
the people there thought it extremely
cruel for another nation to engage in de-
throning their queen.
On arrival at japan the whole party
left the vessel, and a number of weeks
were spent in that country. The speaker
then began to learn the habits and Gus
toms of the people of other nations.
1t was hard work, but she managed to
master little of the situation. The
women in those countries are very much
abused and are but q little above the
slave. The women in America have a
great deal to be thankful for and that
is kind treatment.
She then visited the Holy Land, Je-
rusalem and the Mount of Olives, the
city Of David, the river of Jordan and the
sea of Galilee. The guide conducted
them to many sacred historical points in
Jerusalem, but she had hard work to feel
serious, as she was not certain that the
places had been located.
The band Of beggars that is permitted
to follow tourists is disgraceful and
should be discontinued, hut the authOri-
ties appear to pay no attention to it.
She deemed it great pleasure to visit
foreign lands, but she did not care to re-
side there unless she had her own people
to commune with. The habits and Gus
toms OF the people are so different that it
is hard thing to furnish any enjoyment
for an American there.
The most Ignorant foreigner has heard
Of America and looks upon it as a per-
feet paradise; therefore has q high re-
spect for our tourists. They claim we
are the most affectiOnate and liberal
towards them Of any other nation in the
world.
During the lecture three young women
appeared at intervals attired in the ma
tive costume, which served well to illus
trate the points made as she went along.
1t consumed an hour and three-quarters
to deliver the lecture and the speaker
carried the audience with her from be-
ginning to end. She is a., fOrcible and
fluent speaker and pictures things as
natural, orally as the historian would
with his pen after years of observation.
We are sorry, indeed, that so small an
audience was present, as a lecture of
that nature should draw a full house.
The ladies Of the W. C. T. U. have the
thanks of the press for securing such an
able speaker and one that can speak
from actual observation upon so i'm
pOrtant subject.