The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-08
RETURNS FROM A
TOUR OF EUROPE
Fred Cummings Spent 3
Months in Travelling
10000 Miles
STRANGE EXPERIENCES
But He Returns to Tulsa
Fully Convinced It Is
the Best After All

Can you imagine viewing won.
derrl spociaclos IN such cI0au sue
,cspon that you lost the povur Of
being surprised and though ou rc.
'ain interest you oro meyer as
toulshed?
That was tho experience ~ Frod
Cummings owner OF Oh. Tulsa Gar
mCut factory ln "a 10000 mlo globe
troiiiug tour from which no h1a
just returned.
Ia Egypt me rode O. camel n
piece into the desert, Ea2od at tho
sphinx with tho moonlight gllutiuI
ON the cNprossl0ulp.s features ana
under the blazing white ught Of day
climbed hair way up one Of the
pyramids maryclng all the while
Bt tho engineering ingenuity whlrh
centuries ago placed tho enormous
stones ono upon the other. ~
Memphis hc walked I'm city ~ tho
dead amidst historic ruins. lIo saw
something Of the glory that wa
Groc,o and the grandeur that was
Rumr lie saw Mt Ncsuvius be
nmudging the horizon with hs
smokc His steamer, Tho Emprcs
1T France snilod Tho blue Med
tertan,au aud the waters Of the
Black sea o the steep mountain
sides Of Palestine. $500 feet above
the Mediterranean level hc saw
many rocks grazing and tended by
shepherds lust as Biblical accounts
indicate they did in the time Of
the founder OF Christianity. lie
saw the worlds most beautiful ca
thcdral, spending an entire dhy AZ
St. Peters cathedral IN Rome ana
gazing down into the Subtcrrnneau
chamber OF another Italian Cathod-
raj where the bones of 400 monks
lay mouldcring lio learned the ma
tional holiday of many lands, IN
London Inspecting Westminster ABB
hey and again IN the tower gazing
upon the bc-d.amondcd royal crown
ana the dungeons Whero the ill-iatcd
Mary, queen Of Scots and Anne Bo-
loyn spent thir last hours. lie
gldcd in gondola through the
winding canals of Venice, passed
over tie Bridge of Signs and drank
In the evening magic Of mclodtous
Italian songs ana twinklinR Condo
Ia lights on the streets OF water,
The fun horror OF war was borne
In upon him in his trip through tho
battle region of France.
Gone Three Months.
Cummings toured three months
I'm all. lie returned late Friday
night from Quebec, Canada, whore
the Empress of Scotland docked
His fellow passengers crossing TIA,
Atlantic eastward numbered $50 and
during the remainder Of the tour
800. lie continued In the best q
health despite strenuous sightsee
ing and suffered only one days sea
sinkness Three passengers diet
aboafd the boat and several other
bncame so ~ that they were re
moved TO hospitals on land.
A glimpse of world happening
was vouchsafed tho Tulsan, In Con
stantinople on the Turkish Sunday
which IL Friday, he beheld the Sui
tan pass on his way to WORSHIP
down n human alley formed OF ct
villains and 1900 soldiers. In Spai
he witnessed the mobllaing o
troops to quell a strike ana threat
oned revolution. He reached tn
Rock OF Gibraltar pust a week aftc
the accident which attracted world
wide notice.
with an eye woa therward for eco
nomiC conditions. he found Londo
hustling and bustling commercial!
Paris gay and eXtravaEant. and a
most everywhere business depre'
sion. 4 thousand ships lay smok,
less and cargoless at anchor In lta
ian ports, At wharCs Ia Cadi
Spain, he watched women carry CO.
to the ships hold on their heat
all day long for the magniflCcl
wages Of 80 cents daily Egyl
proved Unexpectedly prosperous
Cairo with palaces ana grand hotel
its Nilc-made mlllionaircs who
wealth Is rooted in the contlnu
succession of crops made possih
by the great stream lie traded
Constantinople In n marketpla
sheltering 5000 tradesmen. Befo
his eyes large sums OF money e
charged hands in the stately Mon