Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-11-08
AN INTERESTING TRIP
some Queer Things Seen on n GIobe-
TrOtting Journey

From the Nev York Tribune
George Rawdon and Richard Pickens are
TWO young Englishmen who. when they
land from the steamship Etruria of the
'unard line, in England on her next trim
cut, Will have successfully accornpisbsd
inc circuit of the globe. In srrakiny Of
their journey Mr.. Rawdon said yesterday:
one OF the most interesting places We
saw was T1ran coaling station at the md
OF the Red sea 1t is funny little low
lying island, and besides the coaIing STA
tons. we have a cable there also. The
English consul lives in n queer lacking
mouse that is immensely old We diDed
win MN, and very well served AMI de-
Hcious meal il was. There are lot af things
to buy there-scarfs, shells. etc. got som,
prayer beads that were unique. The houses
are made of adobe, or OF sonnet hing uix..
that, and are squat and low lying: SO is the
Island, as matter Of fact. and a. Won rim
upon 1t the only thing you can make cut
at FIRST Is the light house. When we came
TO anchor our ship was fairly SURF undnd
by native boys, who swan ont and yelled
10 us to chuck them money to dive for
Ihey were naughty lot of little neggars
ana scorned copper refusing to dive for
anything less than a nickel or silver piece
The youngsters on board. though fooled
them by collecting a quantity OF round Tin
tobacco tags that looked like coin a they
flashed through the air, and they caurehi
locked like monkeys. and with several
whose hair had been dyed red the resem-
piance was positively startling. They naade
the air reSOund with cries Of 'backxhiSff.'
which is the universal cry Of beggars along
the Suez canal and in Port Said for money
There are lot of Englishmen in the coal
good club there.
The effect as you enter Port Said is very
bright and pretty. and reminds one of your
Midway flaisance at the worlds fair. The
principal part of the town is directly on the
canal front, and what with the gayly
painted houses and with men. women ana
children decked out in the brightest of
bright colors. clothes and turbans donkey
b. " with their dOnkeys on every hand and
the thousand and one other things that go
10 make up life in that queer far eastern
city. the MidWays streets Of Cairo are re-
produced before you. 1t Is the fthicst
place l was ever in, and in no other part Of
the world have l ever seen such begRars-
old m n and women exposing horrible
sores. young women carving about de-
formed children on their backs. and boys
in apparently the last stages of some
loathsome diseases are but a few of tha
many instances l could give | personally
saw ople suffering from smallpox sitting
about in the open street Every solitary
soul there seems to beg"
While We were at Port Said" said MI
Plckens. taking up the thread of the story,
We went 10 as queer temple as you
would care to see When we arrived we
were obliged TO put on other shoes oyer our
own. These outside coverings were sun
piled by our guide. il is needless TO say for
consideration. They looked more like
waste paper baskets than anything eIseNI
can think of. 1t is a rigid law that YOU
must keep these constantly on your feat
while within the temple. for when | lest
OF one of mine the whole line was com
PEELED To stand and wait while il was re-
stored to me- There We're no seats Of any
kind within, only an altar in the center OF
the church. The worshipers are supposed
10 rail- upon their knees upon entering and
never to rise from this posture while witAin
the church. They shuttle from one point a.
another on their knees They had some
re ally beautiful stained glass windows
there
Singapore. which seemed principally To
consist OF hotels, was good to look at
These hotels are only one-story high. aid
surround large central courts There ma
some splendid buildings there. and eood
parks, clubs and drives The large Eng
lish colony go in for golf. polo, cricket and
that sort OF thing, and make it very gay
place indeed. While we were there a tf-a
foreign consuls gave big dinner al tho
English Club in honor of Spencer Pratt the
American consul but we weren't of sum
Gle MT 'draught to secure an invitation.
we put into Colombo Ceylon at 4 "A m
but all on board were up as they were
anxious to get their clothes washed before
the ship sailed again. You never saw a
queerer lot than the CiRgslese The men
came out in boats that looked exactly ike
the Japanese sampans They all wear most
b. autifui tortoise shell combs in their hair
but stick them i'm straight on top of The
head, instead of at the side. Their COSTUME
consists of white Jackets and very short
bright-colored silk skirts, pleated on one
side. They are all very small The place
is almost ideal, and "A large number of Eng
fish live there. The large bungalows seen
eN erywhere are very attractive coveSssd
on er. as they are, with exquisite Towers
and vines. The drives are splendid and
the hotels and clubs of the b st II is one
OF the most desirable places in the cast TO
live in"