Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-23
LONG WALK EXPLOITED
CAPT. o. 81. OLDROYD'S LECTURE
DETAILING EXPERIENCE.

| To travel about 200 miles in little over
| an hour and half seems absurd on the
face of it, but this Is what the large audi
| ence at the First Congregational Church
| did last night with Capt. Osborn II. Old
| royd as the guide. Capt. Oldroyd gave an
| interesting and instructive Illustrated lee
| ture on his recent tramp through Ire
land, Scotland and England. ard the
| talk was interspersed here and there
| with national hymns. Miss Emogene New
land sang those of Ireland, England and
Scotland. unfurling the flag of each as she
sang. For Ireland she sang Wearing Of
the Green" Scotland. Annie Laurie. and
England. God Save the King" When she
unfurled the American flag she sang The
Star Spangled Banner" and with cheers the
audience arose and remained standing dur
Ing its rendition. There was thrown on the
screen a beautifully colored picture OF q
| little rocky cairn. while thrown against 1t
was the leather haversack and umbrella
which Capt. Oldroyd lugged during his
tramp. and upright against these was his
walking stick with the silk American flag,
which he carried all through his trip, swell
| picture, the effect Of which was heightened
by the sweet voice of the singer coming out
of the surrounding gloom.
Capt. OldrOyd observed Memorial day In
| Ireland exactly as he had observed it for
forty years in the United States He hunted
| out one of the little cemeteries and asked
| the keeper If any American soldiers were
| burid there. He was Informed that mem
| Der of the 9th, New York Volunteers was
! inferred there. He found the grave and
| pinned over the headstone a little silk
| American flag. He then photogra phed the
| grave. and as he spoke there was thrown
| upon the screen a picture of 1t. and out or
| the recesses of the church came the long
| rolf on the drum and taps by bugler
Hfr, ar,I tod xu-ffh hnt
| quet Of pink carnations by Miss Josephine
| Oldroyd Tiefenthaler just as the lights
flashed at the corr!usion Of the songs. '-e
| Capt Oidroyd said he had the most pleas
| urable sensation come over him one day
| while strollng about in an Irish city to
hear the newsboys calling out the name of
| my own beloved newspaper. The Evening
Star 1t appeared that there was a paper
! by that name published there.
| He also stated that he must have seen a
thousand .Bally'' places while In Ireland
| but in the United States he had seen but
| one-'Bally McElroy." down the Deco
| announcing for sale Boston Baked Beans,
| and the sight. he said made him think of
| his home across the Atlantic.
The Trip in Detail.
Starting from Philadelphia, Capt. Old
lfroyd arrived in Queenstown without mis-
| hap. Then by slow stages he travelled to
| Cork, telling in Fascinating manner of
| his visit to Blarney Castle, of kissing the
| Blarney stone, his stop at Shandon Church
| and of the interesting vegetable women as
! he saw them. Then he passed to Youghal.
where he visited the home of Sir Walter
| Raleigh; then by slow stages through Ban
| don, Clonakilty. Rosscarberry. Skibbereen.
| Bantry bay and to the upper Killarney
lake. The views thrown on the screen by
| Capt. Oldroyd. which were nearly all taken
| by himself, were very interesting, as the
| portrayal of scenery, some of which he
| said is the most beautiful in the world.
| From the upper Killarney lake he passed
| through the Gap of DunlOe, over the Old
| Weir bridge and down the rapids to the
| lower lake of Killarney. In travelling
| from the lower lake. Capt Oldroyd de-
| scribes the treaty stone of Limerick, the
Rock of Cashel. Holy Cross Abbey, and
| little further from this point he ex
| planned how the Irish peasants get their
| dug in squares with very thin spade by
! the men and then put on wheelbarrows by
! the women, wheeled to high point and
| spread out to dry. This drying process
takes about six weeks Of good weather.
Through Wexford and on to Dublin is
! the next stage of travel, giving views of
| the Bank of Ireland, Trinity College. Graf
! ton street, River Liffey, st. Patrick's Ca
! thedral and the general post office. From
Dublin Capt. Oldroyd passed through Kells.
| Trim, Tara HILL Athlone. Galway to Kyle
more Castle. through the pass OF Kyle
| Holy Well, Tubernaltha, Manorhamilton.
Armagh Cushendall the Giants Causeway,
where one can sit in the wishing chair
| Portrush, Coleraine and then on to Lon
donderry.
From the latter point he proceeded to the
birthplace of Burns in Scotland, was shown
John Knox's house in Edinburgh, LincOln's
statue which was erected by the Scots
who fought in the war Of the rebellion as
a memorial to the martyred President, then
passed across the suspension bridge over
the Tweed and to the house in which Burns
died.
In England he rode on Lake Windermere
to Trinity Church, in which Shakespeare Is
buried, then to the house In which he
died, passed down the path he used in
going to his sweetheart's home, and then
visited her home. Capt. Oidroyd spent eleven
days in London, and during that time saw
about all there was to be seen in the short
space Of time he had left.
Capt. Oldroyd said that since he returned
he has been asked II he had seen any pretty
Irish girls on his trip. and to prove that
/ the reputation of Ireland in this respect
was beyond compare he had thrown on
the screen several photos taken by himself
of what he describes the rich type Of Irish
beauty.
The trip at the time Capt. Oidroyd took 1t
consumed about two months Of tedious but
interesting pedestrianism, but last night 1t
was taken in much less time and with
great deal more Of ease.