La Junta tribune., 1914-01-10

/ /: foreign lands.
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have been In Australia for some
time. and have already had many
strange and rather novel experiences
when We arrived we drove to a hotel
In cab. and when ! asked the cab
man how much the bill WAS he said
-four bob''-that being the slang
word for shilling. had not heard II
before, so | looked at Mr.. Huntress.
my partner, and he looked at me.
asked him again. and once more he
said -four bob" so ! said TO Hunt
ress he must mean shillings. Any
way / handed him sovereign. and
sur. enough when my change came
back that's what II Was. four shill-
inss As soon a. We got settled We
started out to find the theater. and
when wound !, sure looked rather
funny-not at all Ike ours In Amer
lea. II Was arranged like an arena.
with stage IN one end II had
gallery. a balcony. and stalls. The
stalls are what We call the dress cir
Gle. and the dress circle Is what We
call balcony.
". went IN to see the show tha,
might as We did not open until the
following Saturday Along about the
tenth act We heard the audience com
mence TO count one. two. three. etc.
and When thcy got to ten they said
out, and the performer walked OFF
the stage. When the people dont
liz. an act they count them out. and
| u tn. performers fail Ia " ak OFF the
stag. III. apdienc. makes 10 much
noise that IL u impossible for them
to go on. However. u has To b.
will give performer "th. count
We opened up In sydney on Aug
/ ust 23d and everything went very
good instead of staying at the Ma
I iionai Amphithea,rc two weeks. as
~. expected To do. We we're held over
for IN. third week, and enjoyed our
engagement, very much. We only
had to give one show each night aud
matinee on Wednesday and satlr-
day. This gave us plenty OF time
to s.. tn. city. ". Wen, To the mu-
scum. botanical gardens. the beaches
and art rsiisri.s, and took fairy
rides over the beautiful harbor. and
1t really IL beautiful. The Austral-
ians. however. know how beauti'll
4, il for IN. very first thing they afk
you when you land H.. "Ay you seen
our beautiful 'arborT" sydney Is
city OF about $4,000 population ana
is a wonderful shipping point. ,ook
advantage OF tn. opportunity Ia 20
aboard the largest vessel that ever
visited Austfaiia-ths Ceramic II
runs between sydney and London.
Via South Africa.
Il A. the end OF our engagement in
sydney We were sent to Ad.laids
\ South Australia. and We ~cr. lucky
enough 10 ride on the best coaster
boat over h-rc--thc Indarra. II wa
"a weeks trip iround the coasts OF
New South Wales. Victoria. and
South Australia. and n beautiful Trip
II Was, We found u more up-io-dato
th-at.r at Adelaide. We w.r. thsr.
for two weeks. with only one shoN a
night. and no matinee. or SUNDAY
work Tn. whole OF Australia H. shut
up and locked up on Sunday You
ar. not allowed 10 brins any of your
friends To your hotel ON sundays. and
the hotel Ia locked up every night At
II o'clock.
From Adelaide v. TOOK III. steam.
ship "wand.lla." aud sailed fof
Perth. In Western Australia. You
can only re, there by boat. a. the
railroad l. not yet completed. We
crossed the great Australian bigh,
ebay or curve In III. s~acoasp aud
found II very rough. Our boat was
s~smpcd with water nearly all the
way acrors. and We were very glad
when ~~ reached our destination. W,
played Perth two weeks aud then
vent To Frsmanti~ for y week. We
had 10 come hack across the bisht
and 80 dreaded the trip when We
thought "f our firs, experience. We
came back ON the "katomba.' - which
Mas on her maides voyage. and
found u one Of the best ses soins
vessels thst u had ever heen our
seod fostuas 70 tsavel Oh. Il was even