The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-09-08
Something to
Think Ab0uf
INTERESTING PLACES.
BY z. II. WILKER

"A Gently featured the photographs
seen in n trip around the world.
They were as follows: The Great
Wall Of China, a group of figures cut
side a Buddhist temple to frlgEten
away evil spirits, the Households on
the canal at Canton, China, the an.
cient Instruments in the astronomical
observatory at Peking, the bank Of
/ the Nile near Cairo, where, according
to local tradition. the daughter or
Pharaoh found the infant Moses in the
bulbrushes.
The interests OF this traveller were
apparently confined largely to the
Orient or else he traversed the most
of'his journey with his eyes shut. a
fault common 10 good many trav-
elers.
What are the FIVE most interesting
examples of the handiwork of man to
be seen in trip around the worldf
What are the five things most worth
seeing and remembering?
What would interest one would not.
perhaps. interest another, and the list
which is given below may not appeal
to you even though II be an opinion
compiled from the experiences of u
dozen or more world travellers who
discussed the interesting question
Here are the things which We're In
general agreed upon as the five things
most worth seeing:
The Tai MahaI at Agra In East In
dla. This Is undoubtedly the most
wonderful example of architecture In
the world II was built by. Shah Jehan
to his orite sultara, Moomtaz-i-
Mahul. nd romance or its build
ing. II you will take trouble to look 1t
up In the library, you will find ex.
traordinarily interesting.
The Vatican at Rome. No building
In the world houses so many unre-
placeable treasures as the Vatican. Its
art riches, its wealth of literary treas
ures exceed In Interest and In vnlue
any other single collection ever made;
"
near Los Angeles. Cal II is In this OBJ
servatory that Is housed the 100inch
Hooker telescope with plerces
further into the unknown of space
than any other instrument that hu.
man hands have devised. One mo-
ment's look through that magnificent
instrument would show you new
universe which before 1t was built
had never been seen. II Is one of the
scientific wonder spots Of the world
Shakespeare's home at Stratford. 1t
was here that the master of all writer's
est contribution TO literature ever
written in any language or by any
man. II Is an inspiration to stand
where he had once stood, to see some
OF the material things that were once
his companions.
The Panama canal. Undoubtedly
the greatest example of mans engi-
neerlng genius since the world began.
There may have been greater difficult
ties TO Surmount I'm the building OF
the pyramids but they are useless
things not so wonderful now as a
modern city skyscraper.
All five OF these things are the ac-
complishments OF the brain of man.
Added to them the traveller around the
world would wish to see those other
and greater things that man has never
equaled: The falls at Niagara, the
Grand canyon, the mighty trees OF
California, the great tides of Fundy.
the caverns at Luray, the mountain
Gus monuments of God in the Alps
and the Himilayas, the supreme
beauty OF Lake Louise or the Bay of
Naples.
To the traveller there Is given the
great privilege of seeing with his own
eyes but even II you cannot travel,
the beauties and the wonders Of the
world are not denied you. You can
see them through the eyes of others
who have seen them and have written
down In graphic and truthful language
the wonders that they found.
If you are interested In any OF the
FIVE things of man enumerated above
you can find them all interestingly
written about In any good library. and
Of the greeter things in nature hun
dreds OF books have been written on
each of them.
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