Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-20
VISITED HOLY
lANORTCEN|I|LY
FORMER RESIDENT OF BIS
=. MARCK WRITES OF VISIT
TO JERUSALEM.
wAOED IN TIE DEAD. SEA
Enjoyed Every Minute Of Tri]
Except On the Stormy Waves.
Rome Is q Grand Place.

Rome Is q Grand Place.
Mrs. Mary McGillivray, Of Dickin-
son, formerly of Bismarck, who is
now travelling abroad with Mrs. Judge
Glaspell of Jamestown, recently
wrote Mrs George NJ. Fry a most in
teresting letter from the city of
Florence, Italy. An extract is here
given:
Met Many Americans.
II would love to see you all and
tell you of the things that most in
terest me for it is terribly hard tc
write about it in an interesting way;
see so much. do not remember
whether | wrote since l was in Jer-
usalem. That was most interesting
place to me. learned more about the
Eible than ever before; so many
things now seem plain to me that
before did not understand. At our
hotel, which was kept by an English
lady, we met many pleasant Ameri-
can and English people. At our table
was seated next to an Episcopal
rector, the Rev. Moor Atwood, assist
ant Bishop of Jerusalem. He was so
nice to us, gave us so much informa-
ton about the places, and took quite
an interest in showing us the Amer.
can college and the Cathedral. The
Bishop is dear old man, 80 years
old. Mr.. Moor Atwood had us TO
tea at the church, which is very beau
tiful, His rooms join the church. At
the other end Of our table was seat
ed a Mr.. Dunn, a man who knows the
Bible by heart, I believe, for ask him
any question, he would answer, tell
ing the verse and just where to find
it. He is in Jerusalem working in the
interest of the poor Jews, and good
ness knows there is need Of such
work.
Jerusalem Is Unique Town. =
Jerusalem IS so different from
other Places There are fine buildings
both inside and out of the old city
WALL The streets are so narrow that
teams can scarcely pass, many streets
no teams can drive through at all,
The whole city is built On rocks and
hills, no place hardly for garden.
From our window we had lovely
view of the country which looks
much better. The hills of Judea ara
lovely and the Dead Sea could be-
seen in the distance. some twenty
miles away. i,
A Pretty Place. III
: Bethlehem is pretty place, so hiss
torical, old churches and everything
SO ancient, even to the dresses of the
people which Is the same as in the
Bible times of old. They certainly
look queer. Many women wear iyefls
to cover upihalf of the sfact. The
men are in long robe. like dresses.
with queer things about the head
All So religious praying in the street
or IN the churches. The Jews
wailtng place is sight. They have
a square near the church which they
never enter but 60 outside and vail
over the loss of Jerusalem. The
rich and poor all meet together and
pray that the city may be restored to-
Item. The men all have little curls
in front of each ear. 1t is most laugh
able to see the expression it gives
to their faces. i".'N.N 't'tf'.1
Road to Jericho.
we went to JericO, d three dayss
"trip over the rockiest road that I
ever say. 1t sure was very thrillinv.
going in and out among the noun.
talns holding on for dear life lest We
1all out of the wagon, but it paid to
go. We were a whole day in going
and saw much of interest. We went
to the river Jordan and had a wash
in it. II is a pretty river, trees
growing on either side. We also had
a boat ride on the Jordan, which I
never expected to have. sas
Waded In Dead Sea.
From there we went, to the Dead
Sea, where we waded. The water is
very salty and the current very strong
but one could not sink. By the time
we got our shoes on we
realized that wc we're tired and hun.
cry So We started back to
our hotel five miles away, and l be.
lieve we did Justice to our dinner,
though it was not like the good meals
We get at home but one can geu
used to anything,'sI guess. The
oranges were the best ever ate.
Jerico is noted. for its fine orange
groves and oranges. They raise some,
wheat and large !flocks Of sheep.
Many Arabs There.
There are many Arabs there. The
city itself has not many good build.
ings, some old inconsistencies and
churches. Every city has these, no
matter how poor the. people are
or how many hungry looking children
one sees The women are like slaves
yet all seem happy and live out of
doors. The three days that we were
in Jerico. we were up at in the
morning | foil vO,1 that cioht oo,in a