Evening journal., 1905-06-26
10000 MILES IN
AN AUTOMOBILE
Mr.. and lNIrs. Glidden Re
turn From Tour Of the
World
WERE GUESTS OF THE SULTAN

With total OF more than twenty-five
thousand miles of travel by automobne
TO their credit. Mr. and Mrs. Charles j.
Glidden. Of lowell Mass, arrived Ia New
York city on Friday from Bremen on the
steamer Kronprlnz Wilhelm. They had
gust completed n circuit Of the globe, that
with their previous trips abroad easily
places them nrst among automobile tour
lists.
In eleven months they had added $3.50
miles Of automobile travel 20 their al
ready record list-not counting 2S,ei7 miles
on the water covered in that period over
many roads that no motor vehicle was
ever driven on before Mr.. and Mrs Glid-
den traversed Hawaii the Fiji Islands,
New zealand. Tasmania, Australia, Java
and the Malay Peninsula.
They\were entertained by kings. princes
sultans. ,chiefs and others antipodean po-
tentates, and In turn gave the first taste
for autoinobling to island rulers who had
never gcv in even IL they had seen, a
horseIess vehicle before The King OF the
Fiji INankis. the Sultan Of Sulu and tho
sutan fof lahore were among those with
whom Ssuch courtcsies were exchanged
Tho Sultan OF SUN entertained thu
American tourists in lavish style. Two
thousand SERVANTS sang at their approach
and erovelled in the dirt before them, the
court dance was given by a galaxy OF
prlncesscs and tho twcnty-one wives and
twenty-eigip. children OF the Sultan were
presented to, them. The fifteen sons were
taken on a short tour, but the Sultan
would ride only in the evening, and at a
rate Of notmore than four miles an hour.
The sultan Of lahore, on the other hand
had Just taken delivery of ninoty-horse-
mower Mercedes car and insisted on "a
little race against Mr. Gliddons twenty
four horsepower Napier The Ameri-
cans were received al tho court OF the
sultan by the fun Cabinet Of lahore IN
ceremonial folun and az luncheon in
their honor whach followed only solid gold
service Of great weight was used. one
dish that was considered an honor 10
have offered consisted of thirty different
ingredients. principally spices
The Gnddens began theirlast globe GRID
ling trip on July a. 1904 in the national
tour 20 ST. Louis. From there they re-
turned to Chicago by rail. drove their
car 10 Minneapolis on the roads and then
by special arrangement had it transfer
red to the rails of,the 500 line at Portal
and thence to the rails Of the Canadian
Pacific railroad to 'vaucouver B. c.. be.
ing the nrsr antomobilhst TO drive on rail-
road tracks.
They then sailed infreiays through tho
Pacific. disombarlyinrf fto ride thirty mile,
IA Honolulu. 90 miiestin Fill where New
Years Day was passoii: l.1i5 miles m Nov
Zealand where tine Ri1lff Parade. The mos
sowhcrly read IN the world was travcrs
ed. ss5 miles IN Tasmania. L72f miles II
Australia. 1850 miles in,Jqva and 3ca miles
IN Malaga
AR Giidden describes Java as the mos
interrstng country TO tour In. and with
rtnas as fine as those of France. With.
- dc Of The mid-island he said. are
hn Aird of the handsomest temples lr
the wokd erected 10 BudGha before M
introduction Of Mohammedanism Ia the
island.
in Australia and Nsv Zealand Mr. Gid
den saw more American made automo
hies than those OF any other country II
these years OF touring the Gllddens hav,
Travelled through twenty-four countries
and eight thcasand cities. towns and vii
lagos They have crossed both tho arcth
circle and the equator in their car The,
plan TO travel about fifteen thousan,
miles yet and in tho fali viii start fo
Southern Europe, Northern Africa. South
ern Asia the Philippines and Japan. Al
experienced chauffeur. who is also an ex
pert mechanic accompanies them on thei
travels.