Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-30


an old Cathedral which they call the
Mother church. II is l75 years old.
I There was a church Defore this one,
which was destroyed by an earthquake.
Y There are now 80 churches on the
Island, the natives are Portuguese and
I mostly catholics. From the church we
I walked a short distance to the Palace
! Hotel, where we had luncheon. The
hotel is surrounded by the most beau
tiful grounds with grottos, caves and
I ponds full of gold fish, also fountains
and waterfalls--a veritable fairyland.
After wandering over the grounds for
some time we returned to the city by
7 way of the toboggan slide, which was
the most amusing event of the day. IL
is narrow paved road down a steep
mountain side about two miles long.
We went down in sleds guided by two
natives, who would every few minutes
| grease the runners with an old rag and
| say now we go "veery queeck" and
every time would expect few cents.
After returning to the city we visited
the quaint little shops which were over
flowing with Madeira embroidery. The
native women surely do nothing but
ombroider the year around, as the city
is full of it. Their street cars are very
comical, they are not much larger than
an omnibus, run on rails and are drawn
\ by team of mules. We returned to
the steamer about 2:30 p. m. very we'll
satisfied with our visit to Madeira Ii
was very amusing to watch the little
native boys diving for coins which
were thrown in the water by the pas
sengers. There were about dozen
boats, with diving boys in them and
they never failed to secure the coins.
They waved their hands and shouted
goodbye to us as we steamed away.
Wednesday, May 9th. We landed
at Algiers about 3 p. m. and found the
city much more modern than we ex-
pected, as it has street cars, electric
lights and a great many automobiles
with population of about 100000. We
had tickets for Cooks Sightseeing
Trip and were taken through the Park
or Government Gardens as it is called
which is very large and contains many
tropical trees, such as rubber trees,
dragon trees, lemon trees, mimosa and
date palm. There were also many
beautiful flowers. From the park we
were taken up mountain to n high
point from which we obtained grand
/ panoramic view Of the city On our
way back to the city our guide pointed
out many beautiful Moorish Villas, the
homes of the wealthy Moorcs. We were
/ then taken to see the Cathedral, which
was very interesting, it was formerly
4 Mosque, but was converted into a
Cathedral after the war with Eranee
We also saw what they call the Mosque
now, in which we were not allowed to
step ON the carpet without removing
our shoes.
"The next on the program and the
most interesting Of all, was a visit
to Arab-town, or what we would call
the slums". We went down sort
of stone stairway, into narrow alley
ways, not more than 8 feet wide which
were more like tunnels, as there was
very little sky to be seen between the
highway and in which the sun never
penetrates. 1t was simply swarming
with repulsive looking Arabs, in fact
the whole place was very lOathsome,
but at the same time very oriental and
quaint looking. In every doorway they
would have something for sale, vege-
tables, fruits, trinkets, or herbs which
they use for medicine. Some Of the
men were smoking queer looking long
stemmed pipes, some were playing on
musical instruments something like Il
guitar, others huddled in doorways and
the children were playing everywhere.
Altogether it was picture, never to
be forgotten. 1t was formerly the
home of bandits and it is not now
considered safe for strangers to 90
through Arab-town alone. We were
then taken through the Jewish quarters,
then to a very nice restaurant where
we had dinner, after which we returned
to the Canopic, to continue our
VOYAGE
Miss Shirley Eastman, who spent the
Winter in Italy studying art, arrived
in New York Monday and will be the
mouse guest of Mr.. and Mrs Robert
Wilson Forbes, formerly of Portland,
for few days before leaving for the
oast.
Miss Eastman is expected to arrive
in Portland in another week.
Mrs. Clara II. Waldo, of Portland,
is the house guest of Mrs. Mary II.
How'd. Many of Mrs. Waldo s friends
will entertain informally for her while
she is in Salem, and Mrs. Benjamin
Kaiser who resides on the splendid
Waldo farm at Macleay, will claim her
before her return, entertaining num-
Der at a weekend in her honr.