The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-01-13
TELLS TRAVELS
in PALESTINE
Mrs. Burton Denney Adj
dresses Members of the
Delphian Chapter.
Is A SOCIAL SESSION

Members of the Kenosha Delph1an
chapter were hostesses to members of
Southport Delphian chapter and Ra-
cine Delphian chapter at most inter
esting meeting in the women's lounge
at the Elks' club Monday afternoon
when Mrs. Burton Denney Of Aurora,
ILL.,, recounted her travels in Palestine
and Egypt. Mrs .Denney's talk might
be termed "a Glimpse of Jerusalem"
The .Delphian work for January deals
exclusively with Palestine and conse-
quently Mrs. Denney elaborated upon
that portion of her travels. She paint
ed a vivid word picture of the trip
from the time her party of six board
ed small steamer Of the Kedival Mail
line at Port Said in February Of 1918
until the return to Port Said aboard q
Russian vessel. The wealth of educa-
tional and humorous experiences which
she shared with her audience cannot
be retold at length. To many her de-
scription of Jerusalem was especially
interesting.
The City of Jerusalem.
population about 100000 people," said
Mrs. Denny. Fully half of these are
Jews and the other half divided be-
tween Moslems and Christians. It has
no water or sewer system and the odor
and filth are beyond description, al
though our dragoman insisted it was
better than it had been five years ago.
can hardly imagine what it was like
then, but it wonderfully interesting,
nevertheless, and never tired of wan
dering through the narrow streets and
visiting the bazaars. The English UNI
doubtedly are installing sewer and
water system so that the conditions
which existed then would not be true
today.
"There are three Sundays each week
in Jerusalem. Friday is the Moham-
medan day of rest, Saturday, the Jew
ish day of worship; Sunday, the Chris
tian Sabbath. There are more. churches
in proportion to the population than
any other city of the world. In fact,
we met one old gentleman from Bos-
ton who called Jerusalem Gods in
sane asylum and think it was very
well put. Every denomination is rep
resented there and we visited the
Church of the Lords Prayer on the
Mount of Olives where on tablets along
the cloister the Lords Prayer is carv-
ed on marble in thirty-eight different
languages.
"Our second day in Jerusalem we Wis
tied the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
This building is owned Jointly by the
Greek, Catholic, Armenian and Coptic.
Each religious sect has many affairs of
its own and it really seems like a sa-
cred exposition building. There are
many shrines representing all the ev-
.ents just previous to the crucifxion.
The Holy Sepulchre, the most sacred
shrine, is located in the middle Of the
church. There are two rooms, the first
a vestibule, contains the sacred rock
which the angels rolled away, and
when ! was there this room was crowd
ed with worshippers, kissing this
stone. The second room contains the
rock-hewn tomb of Christ, where Jesus
body is said to have reposed. This
marble is highly polished by the kisses
of millions of devout worshippers. A
priest is in constant attendance here
and I observed each worshipper hand
him a fee after kissing the stone.
Putting all sentiment aside, this is
probably the most profitable piece of
marble in the world. Over the tomb
hang forty-three golden lamps which
are always kept burning. On the out
side of this altar, very high up, you
will see two round holes, dirty with
SCOT. At Pentecost time the Holy Ghost
sends fire from Heaven out of these
holes and in 1895 the worshippers be-
came so riotous that thirty-five people
were killed and now Mohammedan of
ficers are stationed through this place
of worship to keep the Christians from
harming each other"
Luxurious Desert Camp.
Mrs. Denney's paper was much in
the form of diary and one seemed
to travel with her in her pilgrimages
to the holy places. She visited Beth
lehem, modern and ancient Jericho, the
Dead Sea. Each tour was accompanied
by humorous anecdote and from each
she brought souvenirs and curios, many
of which were exhibited. In the trip
through Egypt, nothing was more thrill
ling or pregnant with the exotic spirit
of the far east than the description
of the three days camp in the desert.
A very reliable dragoman had been Sc
cured, who, upon the expression of a
wish to camp In the desert, had sent to
Cairo and within few hours time had
established camp of five, round tents.
In the camps which served as bedrooms