The Dickinson press., 1914-05-16
MRS, MCG|LL|vRAY IN ITALY Z:
WRITES DICKINSON FRIENDS

WRITES DICKINSON FRIENDS
MANY SIGHTS OF INTEREST AT
JERUSALEM. WILL NOT RE-
TURN UNTIL LATE IN " 3
w. SUMMER. =
Mrs. Mary McGillivray, who is now
abroad with Mrs. Judge
Glaspell of Jamestown, recently wrote
Mrs. Geo. M. Frye a most interest
ing letter from the city of Florence,
Italy. An extract is here given:
II would love to see you all and tell
you of the things that most interest
me for it is terribly hard to write
about it in an interesting way; I see
so much. I do not remember whether
wrote since I was in Jerusalem.
That was a most interesting place
to me. learned more about the
Bible than ever before; so many
things now seem plain to me that
before I did hot understand. At our
hotel, which was kept by an English
lady, we met many plea SAINT Ameri-
can and English people. At our table
I 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-
tion about the places, and took quite
an interest in showing us the Ameri-
can college and the Cathedral. The
Bishop is a 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 seated
a Mr.. Dunn, man who knows the
Bible by heart, I believe, for ask him
any question, he would answer, telling
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 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 a garden.
From our window we had a lovely
view Of the country which looks
much better. The hills Of Judea are
lovely and the Dead Sea could be
seen in the distance, some twenty
miles away. - .,tl t., e. s..Sss
Bethlehem is a pretty place, SO his
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 wells
to cover up half of the face. The
men are in long robes, like. dresses,
with queer things about the head.
All so religious praying in the street
or in the churches. The Jewes'
wailing place is a sight. They have
"a square near the church watch they
never enter but go outside and vail
over the loss Of Jerusalem.
The rich and poor all meet together
and pray that the city, may be re-
stored to them. The men all have
little curls in front Of each ear. It
is most laughable to see the express
sion it gives to their faces. IT,.
We went to Jericho, a three days.
trip over the rockiest road that I
ever saw. 1t sure was very thrilling
going in and out among the noun
tains, holding on for dear life lest we
fall out of the wagon, but it paid to
go. We were whole day in going
and saw much of interest. We went
to the river Jordan and had a wash
in it. 1t is a pretty river, trees
growing on either side. We also had
a boat ride on the Jordan, which I
never expected to have. From there
we went to the Dead Sea, where we
waded. The water is very salty and
the current very strong but one could
shoes on we realized that we were
tired and hungry so started back to
our hotel five miles away, and I be-
lieve we did justice to our dinner,
though it was not like the good meals
we get at home, but one can get
used to, anything, I guess. The
oranges were the best ] ever ate.
Jericho is noted for its fine orange
groves and oranges. They raise some
wheat and large flocks of sheep.
There are many Arabs there. The
city itself has not many good build
ings, some old mona steries 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 Jericho we were up at 5 in the
morning. I tell you that sightseeing
is no easy job, up early and 20 to S
bed SO tired and so foot-sore that
you wonder If you can wear shoes
next day; but you do and keep on.
seeing things. 5I]
We were ten days in Jerusalem. I
would like to go there again but time
i slim limited a az and ,s GO many places TO see.
ous and often boats cannot land, but
we were in luck and got our ship in
all right. We went to Alexandria,