Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-05-03
A SALEM GIRL WRITES
OF HER TRIP ABROAD
Miss Ktte HarbOrd Writes Entertaningy of Life on Ship
board and of Interesting Experiences in the Azores and at
Points VSited-At Madeira the Auto Was Bullock Sled
and the Street Paving Creased Rag.

way The weather Is grand, the sea
is calm and we are able to eat our
three meals day. We only had one
real rough evening and then there
were lots of people sick. There has
been one death on board but very
few people know it. The woman
with her child and a friend got on
at Boston and they say she was not
we'll, she took pneumonia and died
Sunday night. We left Boston Thurs
day noon so you see she was not sick
long. believe her body will be
taken off at Gibralter and returned
to the United States.
have enjoyed the trip fine SO
far and believe the Bureau of Uni
versity Travel is going to be fine. l
think by the time l get to Greece 1
will know little about Doric, Ionic
and Corinthian temples. You tell
Uncle Meigs we have the Art Teach
er from Vassar College who gives an
illustrated lecture on Greek Art, etc,
every day and my! the way he can
bring things out.
DR.. Willard gave us a little talk
on Azores and MADEIRA couple of
days ago which we all thoroughly
enjoyed. We reached the Azores
about a. m. yesterdy. l was up at
esix for l wanted to see land once
again, and the sight that met my
eyes I shall never forget. On ac-
count of the water being shallow we
were anchored out about half mile
from Ponta Delgada st. Michaels
Island. The town is situated on the
side of a mountain and the old
fashioned buildings are made of
canic rock and coverLd in Stucco and
only pink, light green, white and
light yellow are used Extending
ems, farms and way up, nearly to
the top could be seen a windmill of
the kind you see in pictures where
the wheel extends nearly to the
ground. The coloring was grand for
the sun was up and shining directly
on the town and mountains back
of it.
The Azores comprise nine islands
formed by volcanic eruption. The
island of Peco has an extinct vol
cano on it 700 feet high which they
say is twice as high as Vesuvius.
Foal on st. Mary's Island was
formerly the landing place and there
a great many grapes were grown
which were exported, but several
years ago blight killed all the grapes,
then the port was changed to Ponta
Delgada. The temperature on these
islands is never below As degrees or
above S5 degrees so the climate is
very fine. They raise a great many
pineapples but the largest and finest
are sold in the English market. I
bought two for a quarter which cost
fifty cents each at home, so tonight
we are going to have feast. Like
fresh salmon you never know how
sweet and good they are until you
get them in their native country al
though they, the pineapples, are all
grown under glass here.
The Azores Islands are owned by
Portugal and were discovered by
Henry the Navigator. The streets
of Ponta Delgada are very narrow, a
little wider than the alley back of
the store, some of them are covered
with cobble-stones. Many donkeys
are hitched to carts for carrying
their loads. Some of the natives
dreFs like Italians, and some of the
women wear a very peculiar dress,
composed of a hood which extends
over the face so you can hardly see
it, to which is attached a cape which
reaches to the bottom of the dress.
Most of the men go bare-footed.
About the only word you hear from
the children is money, money.
We were taken through the most
beautiful garden l have ever seen, 1t
belongs to a Portuguese count but is
open to the public.
Not many of the ships stop at the
Azores so of course they were wait
ing for us CD. The churches there
are all Catholic and do not have
seats in them so it was strange
sight when / entered one at a. m.
and found these funny little women
with the bonnets covering their faces
kneeling all over that large room,
We were all just tired to death for
we walked about four hours. To
morrow we must get up early again
for they say Madeira is even finer
than the Azores. We will be taken
off there in steam launches while at
Azores we were rowed ashore.
Tomorrow ! will see my first
sugar cane plantation. They say
Madeira is the finest place in the
world to buy embroideries and the
cheapest, so l expect l viii part with
a little of nv good money.