Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-04-14

the one characteristic article of fem
inine apparel is the fsldetta which is
bonnet and cape combined. The NAL
tese ladies dress in black.
Two things are made in Malta-lace
and tiligree work and everybody buys
some of this beautiful work, which is
all made by hand, the one of silk, and
the other of silver. There are also
other souvenirs of interest. The NAL
tese Cross is worn here by many.
The writer enjoyed to the fullest ex-
tent his experience in Valetta. In the
first place the weather was delightful,
which made the visit very pleasant.
Among other things the city has cleo
trio lights aud telephones, and beauti-
ful horses take the place of oxen and
donkeys. Of course, the oxen and dom
key is here, but the horse predomin-
ates. There are many long tunnels
running under the city. some for pedes-
trians and others for the railroad.
There are splendid stores. hotels.
restaurants and private dwellings
Many Oriental shops are here, also
stores that display the most beautiful
lace. st. Johns Cathedral is thing
of wonder and beauty. The paint
ings, frescoing, carvings, mosaics aud
ecclesiastic drapery, is beyond the
writer's ability to describe. The diff
ferent colored marble, the furniture,
the paintings everywhere in this truly
immense structure, are in themelv YES
objects of wonder
In there Eastern cities one is being
constantly surprised at beholding some
thing new at every turn. For inst
ance. going from one street to anoth
er. you will be face to face with a
street that has steep incline, whose
summit is reached by steps not over
two inches high This makes the as
cent easy. Along the streets may be
seen men driving turkeys. which they
sell. Other men drive goats, and these
are stopped at the doors of houses and
milked right on the sidewalk. OF
course the milk is fresh. l was much
interested in visiting on the Island of
Malta, the towns of Birchircara. AT.
teno aud NOtObile to observe special
characteristics in each place. Stone
fences, very high and thick prevailed
everywhere. but in few localities
there were hedges composed of cacti
century plants and geraniums Wild
flowers grow everywhere and are in
some cases fragrant aud always of the
most beautiful color.
The writer had the pleasure, whilst
i'll Valetta of visiting one of Eng land )
largest and fastest cruisers-the king
Alfred ~ which had just returned from
China. The officers on board were
most kind and courteous, and took
pleasure in showing Us over the mons
ter boat and giving US description of
her guns, etc. She had 1850 men on
board, including officers, sailors and
marines. In conversation the Cap
tain of the Torpedo Squad, told
US that they had been in friendly re-
lations with number of Americans in
China, on board some OF our own ves-
sells, and that they thoroughly enjoy
ed their experiences with them. On
leaving he gave Us number of SOU
vCnirs to remind US of our visit, for
which we. of course, were very CRATE
full
The experiences on board our vessel
are of the most delightful sort. There
are number of Religious services
held every morning and lectures in the
evening, 30 that we find plenty to oc-
cupy our time The time daring the
day is occupied i'll various ways.
Our next stop Will be Athens where
| will mail this letter
Truly yours.
WM D. LAJJMASTER