The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-08
ORIENT RAPIDLY
LOSING GLAMOUR
Old-1'imc Color Gives WAY
Before English and
Americans.
NATIVE COSTUMES RARE
Even I.gypt's Ancient 'Iombs
Now Are Lighted by
Electricity.

! Ncw York. December T. Mrs. George
/ W Holland widow OF N"w York
banker and broker. said yesterday that
tin the course Of her third trip around
( the world, just completed. she found
ta great many changes in travel con
iditions OF twenty-five" years ago. whom
sh" made ~" first trip, or even those
/ of ten years ago. when she made hcr
second journey Of the kind.
Mrs. Holland, who has lived many
years abroad, is widely known in k.u-
rope as Lady Holland, bat she docs
10, use tho title over here. She OK
plained yesterday at tho Waldorf that
her late husbands father. Sir Thomas
Holland, came over from England and
settled in Philadelphia, but that no
was never raIuralized AS an American.
Title. she said, is - very useful
thing 20 have IN Europe She expects
to remain here until January !,
when She will go to Italy TO spend tho
remainder OF the winter
''rhe whole Of the Orient has be
come either AnSl!cized or American
lied" said Mrs. Holland You don't
SEQ any Kind OF hotels but English or
American. and the primitive accom-
modaions which, in spite Of the hard
Nhips they sometimes cntailed. helped
10 make q Journey interesting. hay.
given way TO comfort and luxury an
preaching that OF New York. j makes
The round the world Journey far less
Interesting India Is now very much
Anslicizcd. while China and Japan
have yielded largely to American IN
nucnces. am speaking OF the people
and OF thci. ways, and the hotels and
means Of getting about.
"Why. the Japan | knew twenty
years ago has been almost .fTaced T.
II really only in tn. poorer quarters o.
Tn" cities that YOU zee the people going
about In costumes which do not show
a foreign influence. From the looks OF
the people You might almost fancy
yourself in London or New York.
mean With respect TO their clothes ana
their bearing.
When first went UP the Nile TO As
souan there WAS only one substantial
building on the spot and TWO or three
mudhouses Nowadays Assouan, with
its shops and motor cars. has become
a little London. Where formerly when
vow went out to the Tombs Of the
Kings By donkey and made your way
through long tunnels by the aid OF u
hicllerinc candle Hight, and where part
of the time YOU had 10 crawl TO get
through narrow places, you now ride
out comfortably in sand carts to find
the tombs lighted throughout by cleo
tricity and 100000 or 50 OF steps lead
ing down through roomy passages.
They wouldn't even keep those resting
places Of the ancient Pharoshs sacred
from the INVASION OF !nouc!n improve
mcnts.
The result is that nothing you see
in the Near and Far East is anything
like as interesting as it used to be. IT
is difficult to find Eastern peoples in
their real national costumes, unless
you como across those who dress them
selves UP especially for tourists.
The Japan / used To know used to
put its head on the ground before YOU.
Ia like 10 ma anybody in Japan these
days who would PROSTATE himself be
fore & foreigner in greeting. Tokyo
ana Yokohomn and Nagasa HI. and even
Kioto. are filled with the push and 20
Of some occidental city. and the life OF
the people, which used 10 he SO happy
ana free from care, seems now TO be
sobcr and sad.
I'm India / talked about the change
/ noticed with a native who spoke
English ! get Enclishman's religion
ne said / go 10 horse race. J say
damn. ! drink whiskey Nowadays.
don't have To pay 10 keep priest as
s,itions in that country, At Bcnnres
asked Il uatiN" why nobody except tho
Maharajan lived on one side OF the
Everybody who live on other side
turn into monkey, he replied
Then. why does not the Maharajah
Oh. Alaharajah has any number
take him quick across river Il he die.
otherwise he turn into monkey.
When | iirst went to Singapore VIC
had 10 land in small boats. Now there
are big docks Tor both English ana
mans are doing by far The biggest
carrying tradc to the far East now
adays. Then coming east from Ma
pies. they stop two days At every port,