The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-10-08

SPEND CHRISTMAS IN Liberia
CHRISTMAS AND YET SUM-
MER TIME-WHEN 1T IS SUM-
MER HERE 1T IS WINTER
THERE. THE COUNTRIES WE
SHALL VISIT.
! The persons that will make up
the party that is to be the guest OF
1 the Liberian Nation by special in
vtation of President G. ID. b. King
will spend Christmas in that strange
country. 1t will be nearing mid
summer while this country will be
wearing its mantle of snow. The
! trip will enable us to see much of
! this world and be able to tell our
friends many strange things when
we return about a Christmas in
midsummer and in our father
land.
The first important stop will be
at the Canary Islands. This group
of Islands belong to Spain and are
composed of seven large islands and
considerable number of small
ones, with a total area of about
2,S0S square miles and are situated
off the northwest coast of Africa.
The tourist will be treated to the
novelty of seeing country that is
entirely made up of volcanic mat
ter. 1t has many lofty mountains,
the highest of which lifts its dent
ed head 1882 feet into the Heav-
ems. All of the coasts are rough
and rocky and affords the traveller
view-a fine view. The work of
God in nature at q great advantage.
We shall be on Spanish territory
} Dakar, Senegal will be our first
stop on the Continent of Africa.
This is a seaport town in French
Africa, on the extreme point of
Cape Verd. There is a beautiful
harbor at this point and gives the
traveller some idea of the beauty
and fertility of our fatherland. This
is the country from which the
French got some of their finest SOL
diers during the war.
When we reach Freetown, Sierra
Leone, we are then in British Africa.
Freetown is the capitol of this
country. 1t is situated miles
from the sea on the left bank of
the Sierra Leone River. The city
is beautiful for situation, it is in
closed by a beautiful mountain
chain which adds much to its beau
ty We shall in this Territory have
an opportunity of studying Africa
under the British.
Our next stop will be at Mon
rovia, Liberia. For the first time
in life we shall be on territory
owned and governed by Negroes. We
are anxious to have such novel
experience. We have always remind
: ed when ever there is not a war
on, that this is white mans coun-
: try, how will it feel to hear some one
say this is black mans country ?
The people who go on the cruise
will be able to tell when they come
back. In this beautiful city we
shall be the guest of the President
, of the nation. and spend our Chris
mas.
, We then move on to Grand Bassa,
Liberia, and Cape Palmas, Liberia,
and have fine opportunity to study
the home land under our own gov
eminent We then pass on into the
!. Cape Verde Islands, which is POr-
tugal territory and offers some of
the most beautiful scenery on the
globe. This group is made up of
many small islands, many of which
have great towering mountains.
There is on the Island of Fogo, an
active volcano.
We shall finally have a peep at
the Bermuda Islands. This group
of Islands are only about 600 miles
from the American coast but will
he no less interesting 10 us as we
have large missionary work on these.
Then we have in the past years re-
ceived a large number of persons
from there into our American pop
ulation.
The above is intended to give you
little glimpse of the voyage that
is offered you for $495.OO, with
first-class Accommodations for forty
five days. The party will leave
Baltimore at high noon Saturday,
December 3rd. An reservations will
have to be made at once to the
end that a reservation may be made
for you. LOOK AFTER 1T TO-
DAY.
Address all communications to
REV. c. w. ABINGDON, $40 Good
Street, Dallas, Texas