The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-01
LESSONS FROM A WORLD TRIP
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J.. sr..aI az The Hotel Nolcot, from a
.. p. around the world His tour occupied .
, ,sl months Having covered the
..,.rr I..rt n Europe. the General vent /
. emma aud Budapest and thence vent I,
cough Bulgaria Roumania and Servin I
Z found Hungary beautiful. said Gen 3
d.. Is.-s Yesterday. hut 'ha llalkan 7
.. .r,r.. ara the most desola'e ! over /
,..t.. Tho soil ia poor and the people /.
,.an ...ertv stricken. NY nett stop
va. turkey. spent two weeks In
..trunoplo and VA impressed by |
.. ...altnsss ~ the pcoplo. Whom !
Oil. hero q was tho month of religious /.
&c.. .... and everybody was praying.
N.t vent TO Smyrna and nto Palestine.
,.a.a spent several weeks visiting most
.. ,fa aces of interest. In Jerusalem
-,.arsl three weeks. getting a peep
49,. .h. wonderful cave from which Solo-
non .aak out the stone for the temple |.
Ns,' vent 10 Port Sad.
.R.wuay was my next objective point,
A. must say that | found India very
,r,a.ssrlnE indeed There IN no question
Q. a.v mind that the architecture Of that
lr.-,rv II the finest in the world. The
IA. Nahal hotel at Bombay u certainly |
..s OF, the most beautiful structures nf
,fs ,.ui anywhere. Il IA owned by a
ra-sca | got to know some Parsees.
All vas aimlttsi tn some Of tho L.
rr,-.s- m private houses. whore found
the Is Of Mark Twain and somo other
American authors, The Parsees truly
sai tho simple life OF course visitot
the Tower II silence. where the ParsseS
5,posa Of their dead. There was a dock
n 90 or $40 vulturcs about waiting for
7oies 70 Re put on the tower. There had
tsen a funeral two hours before | reached
he gla.e. and was told that within
from tvJ n ten minutes after q body Is
s17osai not a shred Of flesh IL left. The
ps-sses. was informed, arc now investi-
eating cremation. and there IL a posi-
h..rv that they will adopt u instead Of the
anrisrt method 81 dispoaing ~ their dead.
.Ot colrs. | jourDeyed 20 Delhi. and
AZ Agra sav the wonderful Tai Mahal.
earned that lord Cur1on. when h
vas li-sruv of India. wished N replace
a amp that was either missing from the
structure or destroyed. and h. could
rrIv ind two men who could make such
a an,r. ore ~ whom had 20 he brought
from Persia Il took tbs two men year
and half Ia make the lamp.
Lucknow and Cawnpore ! visited on
nv way To Bsnares. the Sacred City.
where STAYED several days. ! saw
them akins cprpses and dipping them
INTO rha Ganges and then burning them
rr rI,cs % wood near the river hank.
l' e1-'s about g.. . for the wood. which
j. a tremendous sum for tho ordinary
UrGoo. md Vhen the flame- have con.
..ral the major portion Of the corpse
.. father ~ s,h 0r other near relative
,ases rong pole and reverentIy pushes
the head and feet upon the Goals.
In 60 .-.tta. which 10 wonderfully
ts44u'l. CITY. ! took a great deal u In
tsrs-t no uoAing into conditions in tho
gret' I.'- mills. which employ 5000
PEOPLE I.ass mills are said 70 furnish
the most permanent work that IL IN lc
had india ~ the number ployed
20 Experts receive wages 1t - cents
ad1y The others draw and % cents.
In spite oI these wages I found that
a family II fye or six persons can JOS"
On cents a day Their food, ~ course
IL rrce. Their houses are Of mud ami
n.muoo. and those | looked into were
clean and comfortable. The workman
puts ASIDE half Of his wages. his ambition
being to own his own house.
Now. what I saw In my trip. and es-
peoially IN India. impressed M With the
.rtravaEancs in living In our country
Or any other We ars eNtrdva CANT
d. cry respect-in every phase ~ our
lie te have gone 10 the very extreme
/ TANK Il 10 not too much - say that
one-haf Of the people " the world are
living upon rice. 4 man can live upon
from one 20 two cents worth OF rire a
dav When on my trip through Lluisi-
ana and texas I saw warehouses al piled
u.I " rioe and no sale for II and asked
why % Was ! was told there was M do
mand Tor H. n We would use One-half
nr even one-third A. much rice for food
a. DO the PEOPLE Of the Fast tho whole
ar.s-. ION u the higher cost Of living would
10 solved. The japanese. who live
UPON uoe. demonstrated In their late
var their great powers Of endurance
a. 'ur our eKtravaEanCe. Why take the
farmer \ few years ago one buggy was
C.1s dered sufficient for HIM - Keen IN
rs ghca. Then Il came IN pass that
very son must have a buggy Of his ogn,
-g no farmhouse got 10 he like a hig
livery stable Now the farmers have III
- riders m for automobiles. The VIII
age butchers used % have trouble selling
TOY choice pieces II meat Now nobpdy
u. aat any hut the best cuts amt wDu
... tho meat - bullock over two ur
81. wears Old. and the cumrn1Her parts
pol .eut % the cities 20 make bologna
Then 90 the country towns every
sod 81 keep chickens and ha''
r. .w1 eggs and raise o. few vegetl
.. day you can drive tar'uL h a
... ruuutry towns w Succession and
rI may find that half dozen
--- rlve flowers IN their front yards.
r.... Won't 10 any that mas a vegetable
... ur a chicken coop Ven WHO
-ang hv the day ar" raising moth
Dc l.a-vbrrlv wants g. 10 a million
.ri IL tong only q sperlal alnu of
Fa won't keap chIckeus o. a pix
rf.n lhuB. where hall "a million
.rron boats YOU vii md r family
.irf from twenty 20 thirty feet
...ls IN .ns end ol the b,at b. d
.. Hg with chickens aud ouHhs ~ o..
.". u which o. q pig. and httl"
a.r.n 10 b.. m which they are
r.. af'.ra 1- some other vegetables
.sa tho same thing CA the b1tts
FF Hu'audarz VINO I've giOat
.H farm out ln ONO You have
.gs when they are mere shIars
@. only gJr pounds Formerly
f usafle % ~ them grow 10 ~
now rne meat D. unt consul