El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19
TOURIST OWNS
SAINTS BONES
Famous Globe Trotter Here
En- Route to Mexico; Ex-
posed Indian Takers.

| DR.. Paul Edwards, the most tray
| eled man in the world" is paying Ell
Paso a short visit preparatory to a trip
I into Mexico on a private mission. DR..
Edwards was for years a resident of
! Mexico City and close friend of presi-
! cent Diaz- While he still retains large
/ interests in the southern republic. he
has been making his home quietly in
: Los Angeles for several years.
] DR.. Edwards, a man of s3, Of short.
| sturdy figure and a flowing. patri-
archal beard. attracted much attention
at the Hotel Paso del Norte. Saturday.
He refused to comment on the motives
for his trip into Mexico but talked
with the interesting argot Of the globe
trotter Of his many trips around the
world and the unusual phases of life
he has discovered in his pilgrimages.
Bones of Saints.
Dr.. Edwards has a tiny locket con-
tanning fragments of bones from the
bodies of ST. Peter. st. Paul and St
Vincent This was presented to him
by the archbishop of Paris in a per-
sCnal and complimentary letter.
India and Rome.
india as a nation and Rome as a
city have been the most interesting
places on earth TO me-" said Dr. Ed
wards. All life seems to have been
cOnSecrated and summarized in Benares
and in the City of the Seven Hills
There you will find phases of the
" orld's oldest civilization which we
Caucasians have never been able to
fathom- They are simply facts libe
the scenic grandeurs of the world. like
beauty. like the mystery of life. They
simply are; they cannot be explained"
Valuable Scrap Book.
DR.. Edwards possesses a book con-
cernlnS his travels which is insured ,
for $4,000 with Lloyds in London II
contains articles and interviews pub
isneu IN newspapers from Yokohama
and Viadivostok to johannesburg, ..
South Africa An interesting series is /
contained in journals from Peru and
Chile.
DR.. Edwards showed personal letters /
and pictures which he has received I
from Cleo De MerOde the famous |
Partisan beauty: Ellen Beach Yaw, I
the California song bird, from La La |
Lole Fuller. the dancer. Nine. Emma /
tcria Of England.
Book Insured for $4,000.
The $4,000 insurance which I carry /
on this little book of stories from the ,
papers in the different cities I have 4
visited does not represent an in ,
fInetesimal fraction of the value l
place on it." Dr.. Edwards continued.
While l was travelling and working as
a lecturer and a physician / gathered
these articles almost mechanically Rur
row that have retired, l find the
keenest pleasures in going back over
its pages
! would advise every one to keen a
liary and for these who are really tax
ing any sort Of part IN modern life 4
log book Will prove one of the greatest
comforts in old age
I was one Of the first Caucasians TO
expose the fakes of the socaIled
l'agicians and wonder workers of
INDIA" DR.. Edwards said. There is not
wen the element Of hypnotism in their
charitable performances. Mechanical I
rickery IS the basis Of all their -mys-
cries The snake charmers also are
,nIy clever magicians. 1t must be re- T
rendered that the conjurer's profess
non has been developed in India for
thousands Of years and that the Sc
;rets OF the craft as they are devel-
ped through the ages are handed down I
rom father TO son. But those who
hlnk there is anything supernatural in
seemingly impossible performances of
nese magicians are greatly mistaken
They can all be explained bv mechani-
al and physical laws.
Many Curious Cults.
one OF the things that make life and
itudy in India so Interesting is the va Z
-Iety and number Of the cults. In
Ina 6 piLS Nd4 saw q man crawling
n the gutter on his stomach. He wore
l heavy piece of leather about his BODY (
% keep his skin from being torn. had /
ever seen this particular stunt be-
lore. so 1 asked him what was the idea
he said that his mother had given him /
/ curse when he was a child four wears /
I'D that he should go through life on /
MS stomach and he had done so ever
since.
another strange class are those /
! hose arms are raised perpetually |
tbove their heads. This is begun in |
childhood and by the time the victims !
become adults the bones and cartileges
laye grown so that il is impossible to !
over the arms. They are continually
leld above the head Friends or rela-
ives have 10 feed this class of de-
'Otees.