Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-21
Holy Land
and Austria
Visited
DR.. and Mrs. w. +. Callfas
Abroad Since February
Will Return in June.

Dr. and Mrs. ". 4. CslIias. who
have been abroad this winter, were
10 Vienna. Austria, on the second day
of May. There were o7s people
in their winter party, which was
gay Que, according 10 word from DR.
Jennie Gallias TO friends here, shr
wrote.
"We lived on the ship from fehru-
ary "a 20 April VI, except the time
some OF us spent in Palestine, Egyp,
and Spain, There were ~ OF ~
who took the long trip through fales-
,'ne 4, was a hard journey but We
enioyed Il very much We travelled
by train (when !, did not breah
down. aud by wagons which looked
ike gypsy carts. and donkeys and
eamels. We lei; the boat AZ Beirut
(Syria) for Damascus. The one
thing that interested Us mos, was the
.ehooi Tor boys (Amcfiean SCHOOL,
located a, Beirut. where they are do
ing wonderful work. The country
was beautiful. oranges and lemon.
hanging on the trees and the ground
everywhere covered with red lilies.
Help From Damascus.
"Ai,er winding among the noun
,a;ns for two or three hours. the en-
gine OF train coming toward US
Jumped the track and we could 20 no
further. II wac very amusing 10 us
10 watch the natives try 10 get the
engine back on the track. They used
such small tools. We waited there
II hours until special train came
Tor us from Damascus. We had sew
eral such experiences and finally de-
cidcd the donkcys and camels better
for travel in that country than trains.
We saw many beggars everywhere.
and when natives saw Americans
coming. UP went the prices OF every
thing!
Damascus is in interesting city; il
i, the great center Of brass work and
mother OF pearl work. but it hurt me
TO see the little children from years
old up. working right along with the
older people. They weave the beau.
tiful rugs and lay the mother OF pearl
in the furniture. They work in the
brass shops at least eight hours
day. The girls do not go to school.
The boys 60 about three hours
day and work the rest OF the time.
They have no modern machinery.
Everything is done as it was done
1000 years ago.
"Wc saw the street called Straight.
where St. Paul is said to have lived.
We travelled by trail TO the Sea OF
Gallilee and from there by wagons
to Nazareth, then by train. donkcys
and camels to Jerico and Jerusalem
Jewels for Sale.
"Cattaro, which is in Jugo- -Slavia.
is set in land-locked bay of great
grandeur, the most beautiful place
we visited. Our big ship entered the
bay, which is enclosed by rolling
hills. Here and there among the
,now-capped mountains and olive.
fig and cypress trees are small vii
lages and towns surrounded with
flowers, too beautiful for me to. de-
scribe. Until the world war it was
1 part of Dalmatia, in the Austria
Hungarian empire, but since the
passing of the empire this region
comes under Jugo-Slavia govern
nent. The people are friendly but
very poor. When they heard the
Americans were coming they gotsto-
gether a brass band and met us at
he landing. The people offered every
hing they could spare for sale,
ewelry. carpets, vases, pictures,
,ags, birds. lambs, goats. Some of
,ur sailor boys took off their shoes
Ind traded them for bags and goats.
The Americans were liberal and left
much money with them"
DR.. and Mrs. Callfas attended the
passion play and will visit Bishop
lculson, who was resident Methodist
bishop i'll Omaha in 1909. He y now
wing in Switzerland. Paris, Lon
Ion and points in Scotland are on
heir itinerary before they sail for
lone on the steamship George
Washington in June.
: Dr. JENNIE CallfaS has been IN
rited. to have tea with Mariana !
Iainesch, mother Of President Hahn
sch of AUSTRIA She is a leader Of
he women of Austria, Mrs. Callfas
yrote; great welfare worker and
The conditions here Tin -Vienna)
ince the war are very distressing"
aid Mrs. Callfas. There are many
por people. The wages are not
nough to keep soul and body TO-
ether. Imagine a saleslady getting
900 kronin day, which in our
honey is 81 cents. Living is fairly
Ugh here. Maids think they are do
lg well to get 50 cents week. No
,onder they want to go to Ancrica.
We who live there do not know how 4
. appreciate our country until we
ave visited other lands. The doctor
nd will sing the Star Spangled
tanner with more vim than we ever
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