Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-31
MILLS LANE, BACK
IN j. s., MARVELS
OVER THE ORIENT
Atlanta Journal Bureau,
Hotel Astor.
BY WARD MOREHOUSE

NEW YORK, March 90. - The
River Nile, stretching forth in the
moonlight, a singularly magnificent
performance of the opera "Thais.'
at Naples; a camel ride in North
Africa, a visit to a harem, and the
industriousness Of Egyptian farm
ing folk, who live the simple life i'll
the Nile va1ley-these are outstand-
ing impressions Of a trip abroad
taken by Mills B. Lane, president of
the Citizens and Southern bank.
Mr.. Lane was accompanied by Mrs.
Lane. They are here at the Wal
dorf.
1t was a pleasure trip, pure and
simple, Mr.. Lane said this afternoon
and a trip on which he was merely
Mills 3. Lane, American sightseer,
and not Mills B. Lane, banker and
financial expert. 1t was trip that
carried him over the length of the
Mediterranean. that took him into
France and Spain, to Constantinople,
to points along the coast of north
ern Africa and to Jerusalem, to
Cairo, to LUXOR and naturally to the
site of the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen,
himself.
Marvel at Wonders
The Savannahians were impressed
by many of the wonders Of the Near
East and northern Africa, but after
viewing a score Of cities he had not
previously visited, Mr.. Lane remains
firm in the opinion that New York
beats them all. He and his wife
left New York January 20 on the
Homeric and returned yesterday on
the Majestic. They saw many Amer.
leans at all places visited and in
Egypt ran into Mr.. and Mrs. John
B. Little, of Atlanta.
Europe and northern Africa are
full of Am >rican tourists" Mr..
Lane said. "You see them every
where you go, and they're spending
lots of money. Ours was a pleasure
trip only, and for that reason we
can't say anything about economic
conditions, about banking, about the
Ruhr situation, about industrial Eu
rope. About the only note of war
that we saw was in the sight Of
marching troops ON an automobile
trip that we made from Nice to
Paris. The soldiers were on their
way TO the Ruhr. In northern Africa
the war not is missing"
Mr.. Lane did not find the prices
particularly eXOrbitant. He di1
find, however, as many other Amer
lean tourists have found, that when
the American goes abroad he finds
himself in the hands of beggars.
Tipping is something that has to
be done in Spain, France, Algiers.
Egypt, Turkey, and, in fact, ev'
erywhere, MIR. Lane said. No one
occupies too humble or too exalted
a position to extend hand for graf
uties. Hotel clerks, street car mo-
termen, bell boys-they all have
gotten the war.
various cities: Paris still full of hus-
tie and hustle, crowded with Ameri'
cans, plenty of gaiety in evidence
everywhere, and seems to have for"
gooten the war;
Jerusalem Humming
Jerusalem, scene of much building
in connection with the Zionist move
ment.
Constantinople, a place full of life
and, color, with warships swarming
in the waters around it.
Cairo, well run city, a city of
good hotels, railroads, street cars
and taXicabs. Accommodations
equal to those of a progressive
American city.
Luxor, a small place, but accom-
modations good. Mr.. Lane found
hotels in Egypt and other parts OF
Africa to be particularly good, and
the railroads surprising in their con-
yenience and efficiency. Taxicabs
were plentiful, and, in fact, as far
AS he was able to discover, the
American tourist has no kick COM
ing insofar as accommodations and
diversity of entertainment were con-
cerned.
The Nile valley, where rain sell
dom falls, was ahum with activity,
Mr.. Lane said. It's people are busy
with their farm farm lands and seem
to be contented. Mr.. and Mrs. Lane
are occupying at the Waldorf suite
which many prominent Georgjans
have had. Asa Gambler, Jr., and Mrs.
Gambler had it last week. The
Lanes ate breakfast this morning
lust across the dining room from
Governor HardWicl!.
"a - - n e.