Cañon City record., 1905-08-17
AROUND the WORLD
IN AN AUTOMOBILE

Travelled more than q, 900 miles in his
motor ear In foreign lands In the last
-FOUR years, arrived ut New York re-
Gently on the steamer Kronprinz VIII
helm, says the New York Times. Mrs.
Glidden accompanied her husband
She has been with him In every mile
Of his trip in his big gasoline touring
car. They ran over nobody, had no ac.
cidents and We're only delayed one hour
for repairs
"There is nothing more delightful
than viewing the wonders of distant
lands from an automobile, but l am
glad to get back to American civiliza-
tion." said Mr. Glidden while await-
ing the inspection Of their baggage on
the pier. I'VE have been assoclating
for so long with the natives OF the Fill
Islands, the Maoris and the natives OF
Java and the Malay peninsula that 1t Is
a real treat to get back 10 American
ways once more"
Automobiles have had some pretty
hard names given to them" said Nr.
Giidden, but the natives of Fill. who
are only one generation removed from
cannibalism. devised name for my
machine which Is fully as good as those
originated by more civilized individ
uals. They style IT the father of all
devils As 1t was the first automobile
that ever entered the FIJI islands, |
don't blame them. When they saw
that 1t did not scatter death and ruin
in its wake they eased up on the name
q little and called It the boat on the
road
"It was sometimes with difficulty
that 1 could drive the car. the natives
crowded around 1t In such numbers.
clamoring for q ride. II had gone In
to the rapid transit business I might
have paid my expenses. for they Of
fered me an English shilling for ride.
THE king Of Fill and the princess.
his sister, couldn't understand what
made the car %. I gave them ride.
and the king wanted to 80 faster. BY
the way, you might like to know his
name. / got quite adept at pronounc-
ing It, but II WIS 4 hard task At first.
His subjects call him Ratu Peniska.
davu Levu Roko TuitaIlevu. His COS
tune was n queer mixture of European
and nntive styles He wore n coat and
waistcoat. around bis hips was wound
a colored piece q cloth. and his legs
were bare. The princess wore loose
silk garment reaching to her ankles
Mr. 9nd Mrs. Glldden went from the
Fill islands to New Zealand. When
600 miles from land the steamer caught
nra In the hold. and there was excite
ment among the passengers until the
nre was got under control At Auck-
land Mr.. Glidden had to pay $3.50 de-
posit To take bis automobile into New
Zealand
ut Is the largest sum I ever paid to
take my car into a foreign country"
said he. but all except SIS was re-
funded when I left toured 1.145
miles In New Zealand. Crossing rivers
gave the most trouble. There arc few
bridges. and the winter at soma Of the
fords was so high that II covered the
wheels. In the south island Of New
Zealand Is flne road known as
Wards Paradise II n the most south
eriy road In the world. and l. drove. to
its end, getting az near to the antarctic
circle as It is possible to reach.
I'VE then crossed to Tasmania BY
steamer. In Tasmania are magnificent
roads. They are made by conyicts and
are built Of small stones put together
like mosaic. with a topdressing OF soil
When we got to Australia we found
marked contrast. Half Of our torr OF
over 1000 miles YVES over some Of the
poorest roads in the world. about as
bad as the roads from Albany to Utica
Il have seen a great many snakes In
my life. but there are more OF the rep.
tiles In Australia than In any other
place know of.
Then we went to Java. the most
wonderful country for motor car trav-
ell. Its roads. people. volcanoes. hotels,
ruins and scenery are all interesting
We stopped under tree ono day to
watch some monkeys at play. They
evidently did not take kindly to the
motor car, FOR they pelted us with
cocoanuts. The sultan OF Java took
ride. but he was not so courageous as
the FIJI king and only allowed me to
go four miles an hour. His bodyguard
preceded the car, and n big force of re-
tainers brought up the rear.
"Our next touring place was the Ma
lay peninsula. There we had another
festive time. the sultan Of Johore being
our host. He gave US n luncheon, and
everything was served on gold dishes.
Talk about the effete civilization Of
our own country! We can't equal
some Of those eastern princes yet.
Singapore saw the end Of our auto
mobile trip. We went direct to Lon
don, and my car is there now. under
going some slight repairs. expect to
resume the trip by Nov. and to make
tour OF India and Egypt"
In Mr.. Glldden's present tour. which
began July IL. $500 miles have been
Travelled by motor car and 23,017 by