La Junta tribune., 1913-09-20
LAND or the KANGAROO.
D.. the Jv99Isr. Writes intsrs1tin7
Tale Of His Tnp from San Fran
cisco 10 Sydosy. Australia

tE. }. Lombard, better known as
Bo. the jusyl-r. son OF Mrs. Thomas
Roberts, Of this city. is now max
ing a tour O! Australia wiih the
Huntre.s Company. As a kid. 10
ofticiat.d around the old La Junt'
Taeatcr a. general utility man
and 1t VAS there that he picked "
the art OF juggling As an amateur
he VA billed as an attraction at
tais Temple OF Thespus on several
occasions When Hunircss. the man
dancer. came to town. 30 signed
up With him as bis man Friday. and
has been travelling with him ever
since He Is nov one Of the lead
log attractions Of the HuDtress Com
paay as iugEler. and has been
appearing IN all OF the leading cities
Of the United States for several
ycars past. Under date Of August
.0,h he writes from sydney. Austria.
liza. husIy = suppose long before
this you knew / Ras on my way 10
Australia Wen. W. landed safely
in sydney. and our trip vas a Won
derful one. ] feel that 10 would m.
ter. st my friends in Ia Junta and u
y1u RIsb to you can publish this lTt.
tor IN the Tribune As tour Aus,
u1lIa and lind thinss 0f interest
will Jot them down and send them
10 you"J
We sailed tor Australia or Tues.
day. July esth o. was O beautiful
day. aud a. the dear old steamship
S1noma left the wharf { f,it as n
% was leaving everything and every
one on earth that was dear 20 me
A whole hos, Of friends had come
down 20 s.s us OF. aud 81 was pref
~ hard 10 leave felt like trying
10 climb back on shore. but Il vas
to1 late We had signed contracts
fIr a tour Of Australia, and az they
are ironbound nothing but death
could prevent us from fulfilling them
We passed through the Golden
Cato and Vora soon flr ont A. sea
Tn. great oorau was calm and beau
tifIi. and a. the shades OF evening
came We lost Sigh, Of the land of
The free aud home Of Tho brave the
dear old country Ne all love. 20 see
no NOR" untn Vo raoShed the Ha-
vaiiau Islands-tor they are now a
p1rt Of Uncle Sans territory Tn"
boat rocked triflc. but I never
dreamcd that old ocean Was ever
81 calm a. e was on this trip. and
Il remained ~ until the follow Ing
Monday August iih. when Ne land
"a in beautiful Honolulu We we're
there from ln the morning until
. 30 lu the afternoon. 80 We went
ashore 10 see the sights Before
wo landed tho native boys swan out
10 meet ~ When Ne threw dimes
and uickles Into the water they Woul,
dive after them and very few got
away from them
While ashore w. visited a.. old
palace Of Queen III and saw the sta
tre ot old King Kam"hamrha We al
so went 10 the different thrafrrs
which ar. mostly ke airiomss. and
went 10 tho Aquarium and sav some
~ M, most wonderful specimens Of
fish ! never saw such wonderful
specimens before even IN pictures
TIE fish are mostly an tropical
aud would not live to bo placed on
exhibition elsewhere one. especial
H.. vas of very unusual appearance
II was flat like a sunfsh and on
H. Gead VAS beautiful plum. al
most as hong a. IT. body The 60.
ior Of the fish vas black. white and
canary and u was the prct,iest thing
IN t9c linc OF hshology that ever
saw Besides the many kinds Of
beautiful fish. there were also some
very hidoous looking monsters. In
eluding the d-v', fish The natives
eat these devil fish raw The IA.
lives wade ou, In the surf and catch
these deyil fish In hand nets. and
then stand up and ca, them alive
luSt as 49, sat grapes from the vine.
That ~as one o, the sights | DID no,
care much for
The beach In Honolulu Is called
waisiki beach and is pronounced an
n I, we're spelled wikls"e. II n
a beautiful beach and the native
boy, hay. Efoa, sport on N. surf
boats They ro out on board and
val, for a big wave. and "a I, strikes
"a. a 81 ~. 80