The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-23
JOURNEY UP The NILE.
DIR. WRIGHT GIVES INTERESTING
LECTURE ON GLORIES OF EGYPT
Customs and Costumes of Land of
the Lotus Graphically Pictured
by One Who Knows
Them Well.

DR.. John Wright, Psychologist and rec
tor of st. Pauls church, took q large
audience, assembled at the Peoples
church, last evening, on a fascinating
journey up the Nile. The lecture was
the first in a series on "Egyptoiogy," to
be delivered by DR.. Wright for the bene-
fit of the free dispensary. The suspicious
opening night promises Well for the
course and for the beneficiary. A most
delightful cicerone, the lecturer ignored
the guide books, so the Sphinx and the
pyramids were less largely dwelt upon
than the small details in the life of the
natives; public edifices We're not so often
pointed out as native customs and native
costumes.
The journey began at Port Said, ''the
Wickedest place in the world, and ended
at the farthest cataract. Excellent
pictures, made from photographs taken
by DR.. Wright himself during his fire.
quent trips to Egypt, enlivened the lee
ture and made the journey doubly realis-
tic The tourists were not allowed to
linger long at Port Said. They paused
for some time at Cairo, however, long
enough to admire some of the mosques,
the bazars and bits of old Cairo DR..
Wright stated that if ever Cairo were
destroyed. Egyptology would examine
with interest the stones imbedded in the
public buildings, for many of these are
known to contain inscriptions that would
probably throw light on ancient Egyp-
tan history. A picture was shown of the
Mosque of Mohammed and views of the
interior, among them the famous prayer
niche was also given. The university
mosque, with a picture of the students
at work, was interesting because of its
complete contrast to a modern institution
of learning. The bazaars We're shown with
their fascinating display of goods that
play havoc with the money of the tour
lists
The Koptics, DR.. Wright stated, were
the most progressive people of Egypt
There are about 25O,O00 of these people to
be found in the '1an1 of the lotus,'' and
they represent the highest type of people
there. A picture was shown of the Kop-
tic cathedral. The Palace hotel in Cairo
was presented as specimen of Sara
Genie architecture as contrasted with
Egyptian architecture. The house of the
French ambassador was shown. DR..
Wright stated that the home of the Amer
lean consul, like the homes of other
American consuls and ambassadors in
other parts of the world, was too shabby
to be pictured. The papyrus plant was
shown and bit of its history was given.
The lecturer stated that this plant no
longer grows in Egypt, but is cultivated
in ancient Syracuse. 1t is Used chiefly
to repair the ancient papyrus in nu-
seums and libraries. DR.. Wright said
that he had been presented with roll
of this apapyruS and found that
it did not compare with the ancient rapy-
rus. The legend of the poetic blue lotus
was told, and a picture of the flower
favored of Cleopatra shown The Bed
ouins of the desert, the Nubians, the
camels and the alligators were pointed
out to the travellers, and the lecture clos
ed with a pretty Sunset on the Nile
picture.
The second lecture in the series on
"Egyptology. will be even Thursday
evening at the Peoples church