The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-11-06
Tells of Her
Experiences
In Jerusalem

The following very interesting let
ter written by Miss Elizabeth Frost
sister of Mrs. Charles Rockafellow, to
her mother. has been handed to The
Daily Record for publication. Mis-,
Frost is an American ned Cross nurse
with the Syrian and Armenian relief
committee in Asia Minor and Pales-
tine. She says
American Colony, Jerusalem, August
81, 1919.
Darling Mother: Do you see the
above and aren't you surprised? But
thereby hangs long tale, and if you
care to have it, here it is:
In the first place. we Chat is Miss
Twiddle and ID have been dying to
get down TO Jerusalem ever since com
ing out here, though we have rather
thought that the whole idea was i'm
possible as being too expensive. But
the day before we started, August 26)
Maj. Nicol, our ID. C. at Beirut, sent
us word that a truck was coming
down from Sidon as far as Haifa if
we cared to travel by it. and, OF
course. we cared. We had quite an
a good start at $50 a. M, we rode
down past Tyre. the Ladder of Tyre,
Sarepatha Point, (where the cruise of
oil did not faiD, and so on down
lovely road along the sea. This road
was built by the British in four days,
by a gang of 5000 Egyptian labor
corps men for their armies 10 pass
over. At last we got to Acre where
we could look across the bay to Haifa
and there the excitement began. From
Acre to Haifa is about Is miles, and
there is no road. but you ride along
the very edge of the sea. 1t is quick
sand all the way and your only safety
is TO go as fast as possible over the
hard sand. Just at the beginning of
the road the British have laid down
straw and covered it with chicken
wire. as they did all the way up
through the desert from Egypt in or
der to bring up their guns and sup
plies during the war. But after that
comes the quicksand. My heart was
in my mouth at first. but we went
merrily along till just within sight of
Haifa where we stopped because Of
no gas Fortunately we had an extra
supply with us, but a box and tin had
to be opened and the tank filed. But
this time the car was up to the hubs
on one side and ii was very evident
that it would not take long for the
whole thing to disappear. The Brit
ish have lost lots of cars in this way.
The quicksands are safe enough for
people to walk on, but anything heavy
has a hard time. We were glad enough
to pile in and get out of that spot.
Haifa. has grown enormously, but Is
an uninteresting spot. ! was so inter
ested TO look up at Mount Carmel
there and remember the first day we
started in 1907 on the grand tour.
We got our train which was due at
1880. We waited two hours. and
this was typical Eastern luck. BY
$50 we were still waiting in the train
for II 10 start. after having eaten al
most all our luncheon. and we were
pretty tired. Soon we were told that
a wreck was ahead and the train
wouldn't go till next morning. So
We moved out our mountain of lug
gage and started for hotel The
nearest one was that kept for Syrians
and only fairly clean. l superintended
personally the changing of the sheets
dour room had been occupied prevf-
|ously) but decided these had only
been folded. not washed after the last
occupant. However. the worst was
to come, for the night was one of
many agonies. We got up at $50 to
make an early start. In the dining
room when we arrived for an early
breakfast were about 90 Syrian gen
tlemen in all stages of undress. They
were not bit Disconnected but calmly
dressed while we were eating. II
was truly an Eastern spectacle. They
are most natural people. We finally