The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-08-26
WORLD TOUR
DESCRIBED BY
crit" OWNER
Dielrick Lamade, Father of Two
Former Journalism Stu
dents, Describes En-
tire Trip.
TELLS. OF. EXPERIENCES
Story Is Published in Weekly
Newspaper Which Has
Largest Circulation
i'm World.

In series of sixteen articles wrlilel
for Crit. weekly newspaper of Williams
port. Pa. Dieirick Lamade. father Of tvs
former students in the School of Journal
ism. describes the scenes. experience
and impressions of an aroundthe-worlC
tour.
George X. Lamade. one of his sons. at
tended the University from 1911 TO 1910
He is now assistant TO the general mana
ger of the Grit Publishing Co. Howard
J. Lamade was graduated from the
School of journalism in 1913 and is now
secretary of the Grit Publishing Go.
Dietrick Lamade is owner Of the Crit
Publishing Co. Grit has the largest cir
culaiion of any weekly newspaper in the
world.
The last article which Mr.. Lamade
wrote about his world tour contains a
brief account of Hawaii and a compari-
son of other countries with the United
States.
He says in part:
''0n the morning of the tenth day al
lcr sailing from Yokohama We approach
ed the beautiful harbor of Honolulu, in
the Hawaiian Islands, where we were
scheduled TO remain twenty-four hours.
The luxuriant and stately hills, the busy
harbor. and the attractive buildings were
welcome sights TO US. During the twenty
b..,,r- rar,,,,,l th.r., InxaI
an automobile ride through the city and
surrounding country. had the pleasure
of meeting friends and acquaintance,
experienced the joy of hearing the Eng
lish language generally spoken. and en-
joyed the protection Of the glorious Stars
and Stripes after long sojourn under
foreign flags Here. for the first time
since We left New York City, vehicles
passed each other on the right. Here for
the first time in six months We had
chauffeur who could speak the English
language and answer questions intelli-
gently.
Hawaii Prosperous
I'VE saw during our brief stay fields
Of pinespples and sugar cane. We found
tho streets Of Honolulu well paved and
clean and buildings of an architectural
style similar 10 those at home While the
majority Of the inhabitants of the island
belong TO the yellow race, yet virtually
all the official. professional. and busi
ness life Of the city is in the hands Of
Americans. who 90 out Of their way in
efforts to make their countrymen feel
at home.
The government of the Hawaiian Is
lands is in thoroughly competent hands.
and the affairs of state are conducted
in a manner profitable and pleasing 10
the islanders and a credit to the Ameri-
can government. The encouragement.
W. II. Harrington. is former newspaper
man Of wide experience.
Just a word or two in final review Of
cur trip. We Travelled 230 days. nearly
33 weeks The distance we covered was
more than $1,000 miles-20.0O0 miles by
wafer. $4,000 miles BY railroad. 1000
miles by automobile, to say nothing Of
short trips by carriage. rickshaws. sedan
chairs, elephants. donkeys and walking.
We wore sun helmets and our lightesi
summer clothing during December. Janu-
ary. and February while travelling
through Ceylon, India. Burma. the
Straits settlements. Java. the Philippines.
and part Of China. And even this light
but necessary clothing We found irksome
at times.
Many Narrow Escapes
We had a number of narrow escapes
from accidents. In Java one of the men
in our party escaped serious injury by
the narrOwest margin when a horse
drawn cart side-swiped our automobile.
and a broken wagon tongue barely miss
ed piercing his chest. In Cairo and also
in India We barely missed rebellious dem
onstratiOns among the people. Had we
been on schedule time at Shanghai.
China, We probably would have been
mixed in an attempted assassination by
means of bomb. when lady in another
touring party was killed by bullets in
tended for the japanese minister Of war.
In Peking- China, We just missed the
civil war which is now sweeping over that
country. A hotel fire in Tokyo. Japan
burned the baggage of 100 guests on the
day when We were scheduled TO be
there. At Yokohama. Japan. an earth
quake killed number Of people and
wrecked MANY houses three DAYS before
our arrival. and the city experienced
another quake three hours after We left.
"One cannot make world tour with
out forming certain ideas Of the scenes
one has witnessed. the experiences one
has lived through. and the impressions
one has received. 1t is a noticeable fact
that. throughout the entire world. the
peoples still most lacking in civilization.
slill most backward and uncultured. arc
in those countries in which the refining
influences Of women have not been per-
mirted to offset the inherent brutality
and savagery Of man. In the backward
countries women still are regarded as
slaves; in the more enlightened ones
they have become more nearly the equal
Of man.
Brown Races Progress
We found. too. that the white race
has done more during the last century |
Tar the development and civilization of (
The brown and yellow races than these