Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-01-19

cred around me in a minute and
started pumping questions. Two of
them could speak a little English and
they were Immediately hauled up to
the front row and by signs and hands
we carried on something of con-
versation. l put them onto the 9TH
er boys and then they divided into
four groups and tried to talk to US.
| never saw such friendly question
ing crowd. They were the best class
of Spaniards We have seen and |.
think flom the best families. We
had to tell them all about ourselves
our military, and whistle our nation
al anthem for them. They thought
sightseeing was quite a joke. They
wante dtO know how we compared
Spain with other countries, whether
we considered Spain very behind
time, what we thought of Spanish
culture, etc. Several came up and
said that they thought Wilson was the
biggest man in the world today. AS
IN France, their first thought of
America seemed to be our beautiful
women. 1t is a fact that France
and Spain both think we have the
prettiest women in the world. You
see books 70 rsale about the "Pret-
ty Women of America" | think
moving pictures give them the idea.
Invariably the Spanish mind turns
to bull fighting. These boys started
talking of it almost Immediately.
sang them some American songs and
danced bit. They had never seen
anything like it and couldn't get
enough. They were very friendly to
America and had a great time try
ing to teach me some Spanish phras-
es. Whenever l answeled wrong
they had a good laugh. All they
could say in English was "My Good
Friend and 81 thank you very
much" When we separated we were
like old friends.
For the second time we spent the
night on the train. Snow was on the
ground and We were cold because
these Spaniards insist on sticking
their heads out of the windows. But
we finally arrived at Cordova at 2
p. m. Monday. The biggest sight
here is the old Moorish Mosque built
IN 700 A. D. and second only to Nee
ca. 1t has $50 columns of marble
and no two from the same quarry.
1t has 10 naves. The architecture
is beautiful. There id Roman
bridge here and the city is very very
old and quaint.
You've often seen the Spanish de-
scrlbed as with a blanket. That is
right. They carry a blanket where.
ever they go.
There seem to be something more
universal than Ford. 1t is the Sing
er sewing machine. They have a
shop everywhere we have been. Two
Arabs are stopping at our hotel. They
won't let them in the Mosque because
they refuse to take off their turbans
and they are very mad. Tong has
a trench coat like mine and the peo-
pie stare at them constantly. They
seem to be very novel.
There is strange thing about the
railroads. Each train has several
brigand guards. The trains are new
er on time. The authorities are very
Independent and don't care whether
you catch the right train or not. A
funny thing happened to US on the
train yesterday. Sanford-the Eng
lishman-was searching through his
pockets for his ticket while the con-
ductor punched ours. Evidently he
couldn't find it. Just then we ran
into tunnel and everything was as
dark as mid night. Sanford remark
ed to US that he had found his tick
ct. Just then we came out of the
tunnel and he handed the conductor
his ticket. He thought Sanford had
asked one of US to give him our
ticket. He examined all our tickets
over again for five minutes and went
off still puzzled.
Another peculiar custom. The SOL
diers carry pictures of their girls
in their hats.
1t wouldn't do for mother to get
loose in one of these shops as l am
afraid she would buy them out. To-