Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-12-02
AROUND THE
WORLD TOUR
AnEvening Of Amusing
Entertainment.
Typical POrtfayalS Of Foreign COun-
tries Most Graphically Pre-
scented by the Ladies.


urday afternoon aud evening was Ger
tainly unique in its conception, anC
excellent in its execution. The gen
eral outline of the trip was fully de
scribed in Saturdays issue of tn,
Journal-Mner and representative o.
the paper made the tour on Saturday
evening and experienced its pleasures
and witnessed the beauties presented
by it.
The first impression one received
was that the preparation for the en-
tertainment had invovIed a very large
amount of work on the part of the
ladies, and that this work had beer
most faithfully and artistically per.
formed, for which all concerned de.
serve great credit. 1t was impossible
to obtain q list of ali engaged in this
work, so no attempt will be made
to gives the names.
j. B. Hooker very generously do
mated the use of his bus for the trans
portation of the tourists from one
country to another, and r. b. Bur
mister officiated as conductor dur
ing the afternoon and Julian Willard
handled the punch in the evening.
A real locomotive headlight and a
locomotive bell were placed at the
parsonage, which was the union sta
ton from which all the tourists start
ed. Tickets we're punched here Civ
ing descriptions of the passengers, the
descriptions being made as ludicrous
as possible. For instance the Journal
Miner editor was described by the
punch marks as being a young red
headed male person, tall in stature,
scrawny and lean in build, with a
long hooked nose and goo goo eyes
The description was so at variance
with the correct description that he
decided to make the tour on foot, and
not take any chances of being thrown
into the ocean and drowned by the
conductor for travelling ON ticket
which did not describe him correctly.
Mexico, the first stopping place on
the'route, was located at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Burmister. the
rooms of which were decorated in
Mexican style, while a number of
ladies costumed in the latest styles of
Mexican gowns, representing senoras
and senoritas, were in waiting to re-
ceive the guests, and to serve them
with refreshments, a la Mexicana..
The solid portion of the refreshments
had the taste and appearance of the
genuine article, but the mescal which
was served from, an ola had a very
strong taste of aqua fra, del Rio.
Miss Gale of Whipple, favored the
tourists here with a vocal solo, &C
companied on the piano by her sister.
Various articles of Mexican wares were
also offered for sale.
The next place on the list was Ger
many. which was located at Mr.. and
Mrs. W. A. brakes residence and
handsomer looking bevy of German
girls could not have been collected
from the Fatherland than was here
to greet and welcome the tourists. 1t
was a noticeable fact also, that one or
two of them eonversed in the German
tongue, as if a native. horn. while all
were costumed in German CARDS. Re
freshments were served in German
though the beer from the stems
tasted more like a good quality of
American lemonade than German
beer. No fault to find on this score.
During the visit of the Journal Miner
man there Fred Kessler favored the
tourists with vocal solo, Miss Eta
De Witt accompanying him on the
piano.
Ireland was the next country visit
ed. 1t was represented at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Willard,
and the ladies in attendance had the
Irish brogue down ''pat.n Ireland
would not be Ireland if it did not
have ''blarney" stone and a genuine
. blarney stone had been secured at
great expense for this place, while
genuine live pig reposed on bunch
of hay in front of an open fire place
Visitors here we're given their choice
of kissing the blarney stone or the pig
at five cents a smack after which
a couple of pretty little Irish maids
served them with buttermiik and
other Irish delicacies
Japan was located only short dis
lance from Ireland at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Wright and the
moon was assisted in ITS illumination
of the front yard, by a large array of
japanese lanterns, giving it a beauti-
full effect. On entering the residence
one could easily imagine himself in a
genuine japanese domicile, there being
a half dozen or more ladies dressed in
Oriental costume, the decorations of
the rooms being exquisitsly Oriental,
with divans and rings for reclining OF
sitting upon, and in one, corner of
a room were a number of lighted
punks giving forth genuine Japan-
ese- Chinese perfume. Most natural
of all toe was the music which rolled
up from behind portion of the room
screened off With japanese screens. Il
had the wierduess and lack Of har-
mony of q genuine Oriental band, and
seemed as if only such an aggregation
could produce il il the hidden re-
cesses behind the screen.
The iDquisitive bent of the news
paper scribe's mind led him to inyes-
tigate and it was discovered that
the sounds proceeded from japanese
monograph. That is the machine
was of American make but it had been
taught to give forth Oriental strains
of music. Tea was served here 10 ac-
cordance with Japanese customs, and
the entire representation was most
cred table one.
United States was The next and last
stopping place on the tour. 1t was
located in the handsome, new and