The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-25

Traveller IldC MT. matthew's eACelS.
He has touched on so many different
lands and seas, and criss-crossed back
and forth north, east, south end west
of the United States, that wherever
he takes off his hat-that's where he
lives.
Likes to Travel.
A great deal of this travelling about
was not premeditated by Mr.. Mat
thews, it did not come entirely by
surprise, because he admits that he
made up his mind early in life that
you wouldn't find him waiting until
he was too old to appreciate it before
he saw the world. No stree. Bob"
Matthews had purpose in mind. This
is what he says:
when l was a youngster in the
news game at Chicago. my father
was for time United States consul
at Naples incidentally he was also
at one time editor of the Indianapolis
Sentinel
81 worked on newspapers in differ
ent places and l often saw old men
who had made their stick, Chat is
their fortunes) he smilingly explained,
who were then travelling about to see
the world before they died. 1t oc-
Cured to me it would be great to do
those things while a youngster and
Leaves on Trip.
'I was spending a summer vacation
at Cape Cod. l always was interested
in water sports. I wired to the paper
on which I worked that l wanted a
raise in salary. The editor of the pa
per Immediately wired back a refusal
and l returned a wire stating that
was going to go around the world. He
wired back Bon Voyage and l had
to make good my declaration.
! At that time, my father, who was g
Presbyterian minister, was dead, an6
my mother was living in Boston.
| wired her to meet me in Chicago, tell
| ing her that we were going around
| the world She agreed.
ST got together what / could In
money and we made our start. Ny
idea was to go west to the most I'm
civilized spot and work back to civil
! ization. Mother and I tramped some
of the distance, and then again we
went first class part of the time. We
had little difficulty because / spoke
French, German and Italian.
Misses South America.
"The only continent we did not hi
was South America. All of the othe1
continents l have been over pretty
thoroughly. l have sailed on al
oceans, including the Arctic and The
Antartic. Mother and l were through
Australia, India, Arabia, Asia, Egyp
/ - r iv~aw
pool to Boston on our way back.
was in Germany just before the wal
opened and / had a little trouble get
ting out of the country.
Conditions in the United State;
cannot be compared with the civic, so
cial or health conditions of other coun
! tries. Every one is happier, health
Ter and has more money in Americ:
than in any foreign country have
ever visited Any person doubtin!
this should leave America for awhile
1.-THE Holy Land was the most in
teresting to me of all the places
visited. If | wanted to have wilt
time, could have much wilder time
in America than in Paris, and Londol
puts me in mind of Peoria, ILL.,, onl!
of course much larger"
With Billy Eight Years.
! Mr.. Matthews has been with BIZ,
Sunday for eight years. He says tina
the farthest city north that the part!
has visited while he has been Will
them is Duluth, Mimi, and that tn;
] farthest city south in which Mr.. Sun
day has held meetings is lamps
Fla. Mr.. Sunday also has preached il
New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg
| Denver, Chicago, Buffalo, Syracus'
and practically all of the larger cite
in the United States excepting ST
Louis, Cleveland. Minneapolis and In
dianapolis, according to Mr.. Matthews
"Mr. Sunday is no respecter of cit
! les. He has preached in New York
where there are 100000 people; ant
he recently preached in Norton, Va,
town of but 5000 inhabitants. MI
Sunday went to Norton following hi
Cincinnati engagement last year. MOI
ton, however isn't a typical city Wis
tied by Mr.. Sunday, because he is nee
essarily limited to cities a little lal
ger because of the expense of carry
ing on a campaign. The people Q
Norton are fairly wealthy, and the
urged Mr.. Sunday to come, sayin
that they would meet all obligation