El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-04


to discussion of Balkan diff
- cuties that it has had little
time to pay much attention to AIexico's
troubles, says H. c. MyIes who is
Just back from seven months tour
o. europe however he says, among
/ whom 1 conversed. the consensus OF
opinion was that the great powers of
europe would aid the United States in
restoring order there by using their
persuasive powers in conjunction with
| those of our government
1t would be difficult for me to say
what was the most interesting thing I
saw when I was in Europe" he said,
because have visited the same places
many umes- Many interesting things
occurred and We saw a great many
places that always prove most enter
laInlng TO the traveller. Chief among
these is Italy, which, with its Deople
and its art and scenery attract The
tourist more than any other country.
- 1 was at the Derby, the greatest OF
the English races when one of the suf-
1ragets threw herself in front of the
gaIIoplng horses and was killed. We
were IN London and Paris during the
social season in June and July, when
ropean arlstOcracy takes part In the
gay fetes and festivities for which
those cities are noted. This season
mas been the most successful in his
tory for the various events were more
largely attended than ever before.
Leaving FL Paso in January we
went to New York and sailed from
there to the isle of Madeira on to Glib
raltar and AlgierS and Morocco. Monte
Carlo we visited in the height of the
season and the Riviera was then pa
tronized by the aristocracy of Europe
Finds AISiers Interesting.
The people of Algiers and Morocco
are most interesting. The French con-
troll Algiers and the old town of the
Moors IS divided from the French city.
no Moor, no matter how wealthy, may
make his home there. He must 20
beyond the dividing line into the Moor
lsh part Of the great city.
At Monte Carlo, where we visited
IN FEBRUARY, the social season was at
IT'S helSht- There are two classes OF
people one finds at the Casino there.
They. are the habitues whose stopped
shoulders and intent faces, as they
pend over the gaming tables. mark
them, and the ariStocracy who come
there to pass the time in gay social
times and play the games for the
mere sport and not the possible gain.
From Monte Carlo we went on to
Lausanne, where Miss Alice and Ernest
attended school, studying French and
German Lausanne is a beautiful place
on the shores Of Lake Geneva 20 miles
from the city Of Geneva. It has a
most equitable climate very similar to
Cloudcroft, but up the mountains close
There are quite a few Americans max
ing their homes at Lausanne that their
children may be educated there. I
think II probably the best educational
center in the world.
See Art Galleries of Rome.
From Lausanne Mrs. Myles and I
went down to Rome, Florence and
Pisa and then to the italian lakes.
visiting the art galleries in Rome and
Florence, which are noted the world
over. We also went TO Milan From
there we returned to Lausanne and Miss
Alice continued with US on to London
and Paris for the social season. We
sailed from BOlougne on August 10 on
the President Grant" Of the Ham
burg-American line, and returned to
FL PaSO direct from New York
Europe, despite the Balkan diff
suites is prosperous, and there is
great deal of business being carried on
everywhere"