The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-25

you for feeling neglected, but my life
has been so full of excitement these las
few years that 1 have done no social
corresponding whatever-have left that
for Anna to do.
1 have had my ups and downs since
L last wrote you, and it has taken all
my time to hold my position in the
world and to watch my opportunity for
advancement and seize it when thc
chance presented itself, and l am pleased
to say that have won the confidence of
my present employers to such an extent
that when their manager for Austral-
| asia died they promoted me from me-
chanical superintendent to manager for
this branch of their business, and 1 am
pleased to say / have been very sue
| cessful so far with every indication of
4 continuance of present success.
Now, as regards our movements since
| last we wrote. which we think was from
| Dundee, Scotland. Not having had a re-
! ply TO ours from there, We of course,
can't say whether you received it or
| not. Wei. we went from there 10 Edin-
! burgh where our baby boy Cecil was
| born, we have a little Scotchman in
our family. and before going any fur
! Their will tell you about him. He weighed
over 10 pounds at birth and has main
| tanned his growth ever since, so now he
IS by far the largest of our children
| at that age. We are very proud of him
and will send you his photo very soon.
To resume, this was our second trip
| to Edinburgh and of course we got TO
know it almost as well as l did Wichita.
We took great delight in visiting the
| many historical places, such as Hoiyrood
Palace. the castle. John Knox's house.
St. Giles cathedral and the other places
made famous by Sir Walter Scott and
''Bobbie'' Burns. Edinburgh and sur
| roundings are one of the most beautiful
spots in crea ton yet the sluns of this
grand old city are among the worst in
creation. Saw barefooted boys and girls
in rags and tatters running through snow
and over hard frozen ground and in
midwinter, as well as drunken men and
women brawling in the streets. Common
thing TO see a man knock woman down
but in almost the midst of this or at least
very short distance away we can see
great display of wealth in dress and
all other good things in life. The country
around is grand and beautiful in spring.
summer and autumn. So many old cas-
ties, abbeys and other places of interest
to visit
While in Dundee we visited old St An
drews. % miles away and the oldest city
in Scotland and the home of the great
game Of golf. In the cemetery theyshave
statue of man striking the ball This
ton, f1Sr !,
golf player. They are said to have the
finest links in the world and they GER
tainly are the finest 1 have ever seen in
my travels In this old city of s.. An
drews they showed us a building called
81. Romulus' Tower, built in the year 357
by monk Of that name; also showed US
a bottle. dungeon and many other relics
of barbarity of bygone days This old
town lies on villa anG rocky coast
and is sIven wide berth " shipping in
tho crtE ga.
To revert back TO Edinburgh. while
there We visited the great Firth # Forth
ridge over the body of water of that
name aa1 which puts she R-..aklyn
bridge in tho shade. X IL :. truss brils.
- h's'i tina. the> masts 90 the largest |
wind IS mmers Sailing vesscis) - tn |
dc j.
it5:r I dinburgh WI returned to london |
md remained there until Octof.- ; VIXEN |
sailed for New York and on. ms ar |
rival there had completed my tourney |
around the world. As I had lat two |
weeks in the States 1 could not bring !
Anna and the baby with me- and my time |
was completely taken UP with tie bust
ness I had to do. and even then ] nal !
to leave some things undone II order 70 1
return in time to catch the Australian !
steamer on which our passage was book 1
ed. we sailed from Southamptcn No !
venber l9. 1900. and our trip cat vas but 1
c repetition OF the trip in from western /
Australia to London However. as dou't 4
believe l wrote you fully on this trap. |
II may be Of interest 10 you II ! attempt !
to describe a few OF the ports OF cali 1
Our first cali after Southampton was /
Genoa. Italy. and had two days there. /
and had two days on the way 10 London 4
This applies TO all ports. we were 4
simply going back over the ground that |
We covered on the way 20 London. We'll
at Genoa We visited royal and private 4
palaces and the Campo Ssnto. finest /
cemetery IN the world. with the most 4
beautiful Of marble work imaginable and 1
scUlptured to represent flowers and laces. I
The rich people OF Genoa bury here and \
vfe with each other IN spending moray
on due sarcophasi and stsuaary. This Is
also one OF the best commercial cities
on the Mediterranean and the shipping
al this port is OF very great volume. The
Italians seem 20 be improving CONNER
cialiy
Next port was Naples. Here we went
ashore and visited the National Museum
where mos, CT the relics from Pompeii
are On vssw Also visited the kt-gs
palace: was shown through II BY guides
and then the Aquarium. which - The BIS.
have ever seen Of course We saw cd
Vesuvius. the chimney 90 THE World
belchiHg forth smoke and steam The
hav q Saa.es and the mountains II TIE
background make q grand picture II II
fact Italy Is a heautffui co1ztrY ~ yea
don't look too closely a. things II Tcu
do. you VIII find Il e shca. the s;rsiess
place on earth ssuea Naples and die
they say
Next place PORT Said. en;rz1cs 20 sorz
canal Not much Of city. b., acted fsr