Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-05-04
FORMER HON0L ULAN
WRITES OF TRAVEL
Continued from psge fivel =.

ed down about three-fourths OF mile
| to the Garden OF Gethsemane. This
| is quite a large tract OF ground 200 by
| 800 feet and enclosed by high iron
fence. IL contains some flower beds
and some old olive trees eight or ten
feet in diameter. and look as II they
were worm-eaten. They are still
alive and bear fruit. They told me
they were there during christ's time
but in fact are only 500 to 1000 years
! old There are lots Of statuary rep
Presentations of the crucifixion, but
are poorly made and do not add to
the religious value. One piece of
istatuary known as. Agony. by Ganoya.
lis really worth visit to see. As we
REACHED the entrance of the garden
we were met by a lot OF dirty, ragged
lbeggars with their eyes rolled back,
showing only the whites, and in .
Isickly. whining voice, say: .Good-bye.
good bye Thank you. thank you.
thank you Baeshes, bacshes." When
we came out they were still there.
These beggars consisted Of girls 10
and 16 years old and old men. We
walked down a short distance TO the
tomb of Rachel. This tomb Is reach
ed by going down a lot of stone steps
sixteen or eighteen feet wide. When
we came out, this same lot of dirty
blind beggars were sitting on the
stairs waiting for US, and unless one
has a guide they will poster one until
they get what they ask for. Begging
| is a business and a profession in
Jerusalem. One old fellow has three
good houses that he gets good rent
from, and he lives in a hoVei. These
houses he built with the money he got
from tourists. The guides say don't
give them anything; they don't need
1T" Some of these dirty ragged girls.
when there is to be grand celebra-
Ition of their church, etc. will come
tout dressed in their fine Oriental
Iclothes with fine necklace and jew
lelry that would make her sisters OF
the swell set on Fifth avenue, New
York, look on with envy.
They dress poorly and live In a
hovel, to make the tax collector think
they are poverty stricken. There are
many curios and souvenirs to take
home; that were made in Paris, Liv-
lerpcol or New York and sent there
and sold as native work There is
another building want to speak of
land that is the religious or liars mu-
scum, known as the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre. This is supposed to
| be built over the place where Christ
was buried This place was accepted
as the result Of Queen Helena's Wis
1 ion. In 125 a. d. the Romans built
| the temple OF Venus. II is said that
Emperor Hadrian, knowing that this
spot was held sacred by the followers
| of Christ as the scene of the cruel
fxion wished to descreate it But It
| is thought IL there were any Chris
tians there that they could hardly
locate any CT the spots, which are
pointed cut today. AS the city had been
destroyed and was desolate waste
and uninhabited for over half q CEN
fury. Constantine built O. haAdsome
church which was destroyed by the.
Persians in 610 a. ID. 1T was again re-
built and destroyed In 1910. Then in
1910 the Crusaders rebuilt and enlarg-
ed the church: this lasted until 1900.
when It was destroyed by IRE, and
in 1910 the present building known as
the Church Of the Holy Sepulchre was
erected at cost OF $4,000 900. This
was collected from all over the known
Christian world by collections and free
will offerings, and one-third Of this.
amount went in lawsuits and brides
to the Turkish officers. The Turkish.
guards still hold the keys. as there
are constant riots and disturbances GO
ing on. There are so many different
sC-called Christian sects that have.
chapels and shrines in the enclosure,
and each regard the other as an In
truder. Among the sects are the Ar
menians. Syrians, Capts, Latins,
Creeks and Abyssinians called it q
liars museum as they have so many.
exact spots where certain events took
place. One is the, place where the
dust was gathered ND for the creation
of Adam, another Adams grave But
one very important spot has not been
discovered and that is the place where
the wonderful operation took place.
When | asked the guide where that
place was, he said, 81 don't know;
what do you mean? p Where Adam
lost his rib said, and he remarked.
Il don't know. There is chapel
called the chapel of Parted Raiments,
where they gambled for his garments.
They also have the exact spot where
Christ stood when he was crowned
with thorns. and where he stood when
scourged. and where he was nailed to
the cross; also crack in some rocks,
which they say, at time death. came.
the rocks cleft and this cleft runs to
the earth's center just outside. of
the chapel of the Holy Sepulchre is a
large marble slad which they say is
where the body was laid when pre-
pared for burial. Here you can see
thousands of people kneeling and pray
ing and kissing the slab. There are
three holes in the rocky floor of this
church which aCcordinr RI the droor m,