Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-12-16
\. c. FRANx LECTURES
on WORLD TOUR AF0OT
Tslls Thrilling Experiences OF
Travelling In Many Strange
lands.

To have served In every capacity
from assistant public letter writer IA
an Oriental city to chas~r OF tennis
\ l,s for q British osssclAl In india,
were among the unusual adventures
roiAtei last evening at the CENTURY
Club by Harry c. Franck In his lee
tur~, a VAxabond Journey Round
the World"
Starting out without money, weap-
ons, or any baggage, save kodak,
Mr.. Franck circlcd the world In sixteen
months. working In cities to earn food
and lodging while he saw tho inter-
eating spots seldom seen by the rou-
tine tourist. iio crossed the Atlantic
a.. n cattle ship and trampcd through
tMropc and into syria. where he
found the people hoSpi,able. Here ne
~"nt IN partnership with n native and
assl-,ea him IN guiding Europeans
and IN writing letters In European
srrussc- 20. the public scrihcs. Alone
NJ crossed the Lebanon Mountains by
the lonely trails and visited Jerusalem
where he was surprised to ind only
one third of the population were
J.w.. and Nazareth where old and new
mingled. Mr.. t'ranck characterized
Jerusalem as the most unsanitary city
outside south America. After work
inr ms translator 20 get money enough
to reach the coast. he used strategy
to gct pssaag~ to Cairo. where he was
invited Go Join band OF rascals who
made their living by heecing rich
Americans. lie refused and finally se.
cured work ns servant of the Amer
kan coursrnl. lie described trip ts
the pyramids. whore he was surprised
o. nnd a hoy selling peanuts and lem
onadc on a Hat top Of n pyramid. III
slupt In tl.c stone cof',ns once occupie,
hy royal naummics I'm the heart Of I
pyramid.
AZ a etowaway from Port Sal,
through a 20 Suez Canal. Mr.. Francl
reached Ccylon. In disproof OF the be
iirf An the deadly tropical climate. h
Aald that more people have sunstrok
in New York IN one summer than Il
thn tropics In a year. While trampinl
through the interior he had an ad
venture with Yogi. or holy man VIII
ate tf.Vv dozen bananas AZ one sitting
aud he wass invited TO Join the Bhud
dist priesthood. For two weeks he act
.d NJ "a hand" with a small Australia
circus. and later was promoted TO tn
rank uf clown. az which he earned $
much money that he traverscd lndi
in third clg railway coaches. visitin
nJnars~, Calcutta and other inter
,stlng spots, Part Of the journey
had as n companion an ex-convi'
from Sing Sing who was later arrest
sd for Nj kng a native peddler.
An Australian tramp and NJ
rranck crossed tho Malay penlnusl
un fnot. losing an their clothes on IN
hrars and vines OF the iungles. Tn
,rip Anccd them In Rangoon where
Danish 'of'cer supplied them with dis
,aried uniforms from his natl,
troops.
In fsnen he was arrested ss tims
An ~ dave. FOR Japan waA at war an
he Was constantly being taken for
snN, With the connivance OF a goo
nstured captain. who did not want ,
make ont new lists OF sailors. he shit
ped for America as stOwawsy on
deiapidated sailing vessel. The trip
G. aads took 81 days. most of whiC
were - stormy that the rigging W,
covered with ice and the sails we
blown away, To shorten the voyal
tho Captain permitted MIR. Franck
"dwert" at the first American port.