Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1913-08-13

his melodies which have rung down
the ages. One could almost guess
what some of the most delectable
beverages will be, but as surprise
often whets the appetite we would
not if we could betray the conf.
dence of the Italian court and the
plans so carefully laid for the no.
BILE guests from America.
CHINA.
There are great strifes aud con.
fusion in new China to-day and
our missionaries are in grave dan,
ger, so they tell us, but here in this
quiet nook we will visit the great
empire and see it in its peaceful
charm. Here John and Carrie Lake
and Mr.. and Mrs. Snuggs may be
the theme of conversation, and we
will see the Aag of the new empire
that John Lake saw as it rose for
the first time over all the Canton
government buildings and ships in
the harbor. As the Chinese eat
with chop sticks, you may have to
do likewise, for in China as in
Rome, we must follow their GUS
toms. The Chinese like birds nests
soup and rats ami other rare arti-
cles of diet, but they also eat a
great many chickens and 80 here in
this strange and ancient realm, you
may be served by many lovely
Chinese girls to chicken prepared
in the most tempting style.
AFRICA--THE DARK CONTINENT.
Will the party want to visit
Africa or will the tourists leave this
interesting spot to It's barbarism
and haste to fairer fields? Perhaps
among the jungles of this weird
country you may meet the shades of
David Livingstone and the brave
Stanley or hear the memory tales of
Theodore Roosevelt.
There will be native music by
natives or their descendants, and
some of their quaint customs exem-
plifed. There will be food served
in Africa, and if you will think
about it, you will realize that on
this tropical continent grow many
of the choicest viands of The world.
So amid the din of African tom
toms and the iargon of native talk,
you will still find that cooking is
practiced. How it will be admins
tered, it remains to be seen.
MEXICO.
In an ideal location on one Of
our western hills, we will see with
happy hearts the regenerated Mex
leo. Beautiful Mexican girls and
handsome youths will greet you on
your entrance and show you the
beautiful land of CorteZ and his
brave band, the land where lofty
mountains rise in majestic heights
! from the level of the sea. and where
the tropical peoples look up above
them to the snow capped peaks in the
shadowy distance. Perhaps some ready
speaker will tell you in a minute some
Of poor Mexico's sad struggles, and you
will shed tear for her sorrows. But
here also you will be refreshed with
food and renewed in spirit by "con-
cords of sweet sounds, Sin order to take
the trip back to our ain countrie, the
land of the free and home of the brave.
The cry will be to America the land of
our birth and the home of our choice.
| And what welcome will await us in
America! Then uncle Sam himself and
Miss Columbia will give US kindly
greeting, and even shake us by the
hand-and we will weep for Joy at the
sight of the old flag as itfutters in the
| evening breeze.
"Home Again Home Again
From A Foreign Shore
And oh it fills my heart with JOY
To see my home once more.
Here we will also be provided again
with the things to eat we like best. It
i may De plG-lOI We WILL l0L SCI oLly
of that American commodity abroad,
or it may be Columbia River salmon,
or South Carolina rice or water melon,
who can tell? Our country furnishes
plenty for US all and in every variety
so that there will be something better
! than any of those things in evidence.
"There'll be plenty of it such as it is,
and very good what there is Of it.
You'll say when you reach Ame.ica,
never had such a good time in my
life, and never ate so much before,
and never knew before with what wor-
derful esteem these foreign lands,
look upon the American people, but did
not some one say that every American
is nobleman?-but the secret is out:
We're from Edgeield known and read
of all men-the Mecca of every pill
grim and the centre of the universe.
Long live Edgefeld!