Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-01-08

the petrifed forest in Northern Ari-
IONA. Here the visitor is over
whelmed with the wonder of it all,
for after travelling for many miles
without seeing single tree, the tour
list comes suddenly upon these gigan-
tic trees PROSTATE on the ground and
turned to stone. Many retain their
original form but many others are
broken into hundreds of pieces of all
sizes and displaying all the colors
of the rainbow. The Sibley's brought
many splendid specimens with them
and consider these among their
choicest souvenirs. 1t will be inter-
esting at this time to research and
learn what science has to say in re-
gard to this phenomenon. How many
hundreds of years ago were these
giants of the forest existing in the
same form as our own forest trees
and what action, volcanic or other
wise, took place and transformed
them into their present state.
Beautiful New Mexico
Mr.. and Mrs. Sibley expressed sur
prise at finding New Mexico one of
the most interesting of the western
states. Surrounded by the most beau
tiful scenery are the Indian pueblos,
the Mexican adobe houses, most
artistic and interesting, the burro
which the Mexican still clings to as
his beast of burden, the old missions,
the oldest in America; San Miguel,
the oldest church in the United
States, located at Santa Fe, and here,
too, they visited the Palace of the
Governors dating back to 1906, hav-
ing housed seventy-seven Governors,
and it is now further honored by hav-
ing been made the headquarters of
the School of American Archaeology
and it's adobe walls house, the many
antiques and art treasures which
comprise the museum of New Mexico.
While visiting the Palace of the Gov
errors, Mr.. and Mrs. Sibley had the
pleasure of meeting two of Americas
most noted artists, who have their
studios in this building, Sheldon
Parsons and Carlos Vierra. The
artists entertained them in their
studios and they had the pleasure of
seeing much of their work and hear
ing from them what is being done to
promote art and architecture in and
about that second oldest city in the
United States. Mr.. Parsons had on
exhibition the mural decorations
which he has just completed for the
Gramatan Inn at BronXville, New
York.
Seeing St. Louis Schools
St. Louis has set a standard in
school buildings that no other city
has yet attained, and as the Com
missioner of Education and Mr.. Sib-
ley were friends, one day was spent
the schools there
Snow Delayed Arrival Home
The family were prevented from
reaching home in time for Christ
mas as they had planned, on account
of the condition of the roads in.
Missouri, Illinois and Ohio, which
are not hard surfaced and only COM
small mileage could be
made daily.
About 100 miles from Albany they
encountered a heavy snow storm and
as reports of the roads ahead were
not encouraging, they put their car
in garage and came home by train
so as not to miss their sixteenth
dinner which was await
ing them.
Only very superficial account of
the trip can be given as so many
little experiences go to make up the
story of 5000 mile automobile trip.
Suffice it to say that the Sibleys are
all happy to be back in Palisade and
say that they have yet to see any
thing more beautiful than the Pail
sades Of the Hudson.