The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29

formal in the dining room that peopla
had to put icetin their claret in order to
reduce it to the temperature of the
room: Even Mr.. Peasley, who feels
that to be CHEEKY and conversational
is duty he owes to his fellowmsnsa
crawled back into his shell and lay
very quiet after two large dowager<l
looking ladies began looking holes in.
him with their lorgnettes.
After luncheon we went out on tha
desert and warmed up again. Alsoel
we locked at the golf links, staked ouM
across the barren sands-not to be-
played on, but merely to be featured M
the hotel advertisement. Think OF 81
golf course which is one huge hazardH
Drive the ball in any direction and YOU
ean t play out of the sandl Forty
centuries gazing down on a bow-legge6
tourist in&fuzzy Scotch stockings!
Most Of the pleasure seekers that wa
encountered in the neighborhood Of the
pyramids seemed TO be quite ELDERLY
so, and from that going up to where il
would be better to stop guessing MT.
Peasley gave an explanation of theiE
presence. He said that the dry. cliA
mate Of Egypt would preserve ANTIQUE.
ties for an indefinite period, but, OF
course, he was just in fun when he saldi
that. The old folks are really entitled
to a lot Of credit for keeping on the
move when they might be expected to
rest on the shelf. =
Here they Were, these male ands
| female octogenarians, not propped up
in armchairs dividing the family silver
ware and arranging requests to hos-l
pitfalls and libraries, but on the binding
| desert, thousands Of miles from home.
a 4 ali hi
camels, .devouring guidebooks, rnmmag-
| ing around for timetables, kicking. ON
| the. charges and leading on the whole q
/ life of purple, strenuosity. We had
/ heard of two English women, sisters,
! both over 20, who had just returned
SEfrom Khartoum from which point they
\ had gone on a hunting expedition still
4 further into the interior. They had to
wear mosquito bags and semi-male at
i tire, and were out in the wild country
for DAYS at time, chasing gazelles,
hyenas and other indigenous fauna.
When the microbe of travel gets into
the human system nothing can extermi-
mate it. Once traveller. always 9
traveler-that is, if the exehequer and
the physical strength hold out. This
aching desire to pick up and go son1e-
wanderlust, % and with singular APP
i preparedness, for it. is a lust, an un.
l holy passion for gadding about.
+ i. +
Just as am about to conclude this
treatise it occurs to me that, altho
have given a wealth of useful informa-
ton regarding the pyramids, I have
rather overlooked. our old friend the
} that it looks exactly like the printed
} advertisements. There is no deeep-
ton about it. 1t is in bad
! state of repair, but this is not
} surprising when we consider its age.
:. Herodotus does not mention the Sphinx
It was right there at the time. In fact,
it had been there 1,400 years when he
first arrived It seems strange that an
observing traveller should have over
looked monument sixty-six feet high,
! with face nearly fourteen feet wide,
Z nose five feet and seven inches long
and wearing smile that measures over
seven feet! Herodotus either walked
) by without seeing it or else he did not
!, think it worthy of mention. The only
+ plausible explanation is that he was
D too busy figuring up the garlic stats.
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