The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-08-18

1t is not often that two people cele-
brate the year following their golden
wedding anniversary by a trip nearly
around the world. Usually when they
live to attain such a distinction as a
golden wedding day, it is after body
and mind are enfeebled by the weight
of years and the strenuous duties of
life. and when an easy chair and the
fresde of home must form all their
little world
Not so with Scranton's eminent
townsman, Mr.. william II. Richmond,
and his gentle wife. In June of 1899
they celebrated the fiftieth anniversary
of their marriage by a feast day, to
which friends far and near FASTENED
with Fluctuations. Later they took a
journey, embracing all the points Wis
tied on the wedding tour of their youth.
In connection with this, Mr.. Rich
mond yesterday said, laughingly:
"When we were first married my wife
was willing to follow me anywhere,
even to the top of Bunker Hill monu-
ment, up which she lightly sprang
fifty-one years ago. Last summer,
when we went over the same ground,
she utterly refused to go up these
stairs with me. Why the other day
she wouldn't even climb the 225 steps
at Waterloo"
Mr.. and Mrs. Richmond and their
two daughters, Misses Emeline and
Clara, returned Wednesday night, after
a stay of nearly six months in the Ori.
ent, the continent of Europe and Great
| Britain.
IN EXCELLENT HEALTH.
| Few people verging upon their eighth
eth year could be persuaded to under
take so wearisome a task and the sep
aration from the luxurious life of such
palatial home as that of Mr.. and
! Mrs. Richmond. with the friends they
| had to leave. Yet they have returned
| in excellent health, Mrs. Richmond in
| particular looking fairer and younger
| for the long journey by land and by
sea.
| Leaving here last February, they
went first to Alexandria and Cairo
| from there taking many trips about
the Holy Land. They drank Turkish
| coffee in the caverns beneath the
! Sphinx, and posed for a photograph in
front of Cheops, the great pyramid. In
that photograph also appear Mrs. S
| G.. Barker and Miss Alice Barker, of
this city, who travelled for some time
with the Richmond party. 1t is inter-
estlng from a pictorial standpoint
with several of the ladies seated on
camels and dOnkeys, while picturesque
| dragomen catch the high lights on
| their voluminous white raiment.
They rode to Jerusalem on steam
cars drawn by a Baldwin locomotive
made in Philadelphia, an incident
which afforded them considerable sat
! isfactiOn, so far from home. Part of
the ascent is made by means of tbs
| cog-wheel system employed on Mount
| Washington. Tourists are still blessing
the German emperor, for whom the
magnificent road to Jerusalem was
built, and which is the only good thor
oughfare
The Misses Richmond Joined a camp
ing party which travelled from Jeru.
salem to Damascus, the ten days con-
sumed being recalled as perhaps the
pleasantest Of their journey. 1t was
the luxury of amping-including a
French chef, a dining tent, where
course dinners were served, a kitchen
tent and five sleeping tents, an fitted
out with rare oriental rugs, and all for
a company of fourteen tourists, who
We're cared for by twenty couriers and
attendants, under the ciceronage OF
Mr.. Herbert Clark, of New York. They
rode on horseback about twenty miles
a day. and their route lay through an
exquisite country.
Mr.. Richmond's party met with their
first adventure in going down from
Jericho" where they did not exactly
fall among thieves, but did get mixed
in a sort of Slough of DesSond, from
which the ladies had to be rescued in
very primitive fashion by being carried
on the backs of dragomen.
While in Syria they visited DR.. Jes.
sup at Beirut, and were shown
through his college in that city.
Miss Clara Richmond secured hun.
dreds of excellent photographs taker
in the Holy Land. Many contained tbs
characteristic figures of Arab guides
with their hands held over their faces
because of the Oriental superstition re.
garding their portraits as taken by
foreigners. One of the finest photo,
graphs which she made is that of the
lovely avenue of acacias, built fol
the Empress Eugene. Another mos
unique and valuable Is a source of the
Jordan, whose far-away windings they
followed in their camping trip.
VISIT TO GREECE.
Perhaps no part of their journey wa!
more enjoyed than the time spent il
Greece where every point of interes
was visited. They were some weeks "
Rome and vicinity, visited Venice
Florence, Genoa and Naples, and ais,
stayed several days in Constantinople
Mrs. Richmond recalls with lively
pleasure the day passed at Delft, anC
indeed her memnries of Holland anl