Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-23
William Jennings Bryan Tells
of His Travels Abroad.
UPLIFTING THE ORIENT
Progress of Representative Govern
ment in the Far East.
THE FRIENDLINEss OF JAPAN
Lecture in Benefit Of the George r.
Hill Memorial Building in
Alexandria.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, November 3D.
William Jennings Bryan delivered a lee
ture last night entitled THE Old World
and Its Ways" at the opera house in this
city. before a representative audience
which filled the auditorium of that build
ing. The Nebraskan carried his hearers
around the world through the magnetism
Of his silvery voice as he graphically de-
picted the manners and customs of the
people of the eastern hemisphere as he
observed it. Throughout the lecture.
which lasted about an hour and half, he
held the attention of his auditors. and
every now and then he was greeted with
applause.
The speaker was Introduced by Rev.
Charles D. Bulla. pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South. who stated that
eft of the work that viii be carried on in
the George r. Hill Memorial. building
for young people. which has practically
just been completed by the congregation
of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Among those who occupied seats on the
stage wer9 nearly every minister in the
city. together with former Senator Cock
rell of Missouri and others.
The arrival of Mr.. Bryan was the sig
nal for storm of applause from those
on the outside of the building. and when
he arose on the stage the applause was
deafening. After thanking those present
for the warm demonstration rendered he
branched out and related numerous anec-
dotes Which were heartily applauded.
Mr.. Bryan also said that he was glad
on hand. He also stated that the chances
were sixteen to one that when he en-
deavored to make a partisan speech it
would prove non-partisan. The speaker
himself in weekly publication where
he was depicted as being a bird.
On a Recent Cartoon.
Mr.. Bryan said that this was not so
bad when he considered that he had
often been pictured as a serpent The
picture, he stated. portrayed President
Roosevelt as being in a feathered nest
with other birds while his nest was
without feathers. and he was represented
as having but one wing. Mr.. Bryan
cause he had more than one feather left
while President Roosevelt is doing some
work along educational lines / have
chance to rest up" said Mr.. Bryan. He
said that he had been making democratic
speeches for the past seventeen years,
and could make a democratic speech
without provocation
Mr.: Bryan then got down to his subject.
In which he told his auditors of his trip
around the world with his wife and chill
He said the trip gave him an opportunity
to observe the social conditions here as
well as In other countries. Our nation,
ne said. occupies peculiar position and
no other nation stands in the same class
today. Mr.. Bryan said that he did not
take the trip for the purpose Of review
ing nature. as our country abounds with
it.
He first called the attention of his
hearers to the city of Damascus. which,
out of the mountain. The merchandise
of both Persia and Egypt, said fe pass
through this city. Stockholm, Sweden, he
said, stands where the salt and fresh
waters meet. Mr.. Bryan declared that
1t was an ideal place for summer home
and he said that II he had the duty to
perform Of selecting a capital for the
eastern hemisphere he would select Con-
stantinople.
In referring to European rivers the
speaker said that the Tiber was a dis
appointment: the Danube not as blue as
it looks and the Rhine not as pretty as
the Columbia. He asserted that the
lakes of Killarney and the lakes of Scot
land and Norway deserve the praise that
is given them although he said none of
them is as pretty as Lake Garboe, stu
ated between California and Nevada.
Land Of the Midnight Sun.
His trip through Norway was then ex-
planned. in which he described watching
the midnight sun, which, he said, was a
weird experience Mr.. Bryan said he
was glad to see the midnight sun, but
was afterward very glad to see darkness.
The Holy Land.
The Holy Land was then described. He
stated that he spent three weeks in the
Holy Land, which proved the most in
structive Of all of his Journey Our
experience there" he said, gave us some
conception of Bible passages You can
see shepherd there today" he declared,
.as he was four thousand years ago.
Time and again l have seen shepherds
carrying lambs in their arms as the sheep
The year before he reached the HOLY
Land. $1,000 tourists entered the ports
to Jerusalem. while less than 1908 went
to the Sea of Galilee, and less than 100
went to visit the Mountain of the Beati-
tude. Mr.. Bryan explained that it was
owing to the inaccessibility of the place
that it was not so we'll visited. He ex.
pressed hope that in the years to come
the Christians of the world would max.
1t more accessible to tourists The handi
work of the Creator. said Mr.. BRYAN. is
very apparent in the Himalayas. These
mountains he said, are about twice au
high as the Rockies
The women of India have reduced the
dress-reform question to it's lowest terms
They wear more jewelry than ANYTHING
else. Chinese women paint their faces
and the badge of aristocracy is in bind
Ing the feet of females in order that thev
may be discerned from working women.
Referring to the natives of the Philin-
pine Islands Mr.. Bryan said they appear
TO be utterly unable to help themselves
AFTER seeing number of Moros he
thought 1t is better if we can help them
than to make money out of them.
MT. Bryan described his visits to the
Car Of Russia and his presentation in
court at Norway. and a call upon King
Edward of England. The conditions of
the old and new worlds were then con-
trasted. In Asia woman's position is in.
ferior to that of man.
The American home is the best home
on earth" asserted the speaker amid a
burst of applause
Labor in this country stands higher
than anywhere else in the world" said
Mr.. Bryan. The position of the European
laborer does not equal that of the Ameri-
can. although even here there Is room for
Improvement.
Education. Mr.. Bryan declared, is