The Denver Jewish news., 1924-10-23
W. p. kelly Is BACK FROM
ASIA, SOUTH SEA ISLANDS,
AND AFRICA. AFTER TWO
YEARS ABSENCE. MUCH
IMPRESSED BY PALESTINE

three years of travel In Asia, the South
Sea Islands, Africa, and other distant
parts scattered all over the fnce of the
globe. w. L. Kelly stated that Pal-
estine was one Of the most Interesting
places in the world,
Kelly was with the United States
Shipping Board when his foreign
travels first began. Later on he joined
the Standard oil Company and was
advanced until he became fuel oil sup
erintendent, with headquarters in Hon
olulu. Hawaii. At one time, or AN
other, he has been on every one of the
continents: Australia, Africa, South
America, Europe, and Asia. He has
also been in Alaska, the South Seas,
and the Philippines.
Besides Jerusalem, some of the 9th.
or places which appealed to Kelly as
being of especial interest We're YokO-
hama (after the earthquake, Arabia,
Shanghai, Cairo, Canton, Straits Set
! Elements, aud Constantinople. After
seeing fifteen countries in Europe Italy
held the greatest attraction for him on
the Continent, due TO the cities of
Rome Venice, and Pompeii. Many of
the countries mentioned above have
been visited two, three, and four
times. China, for example, is ma
ton he has been in four times. He
vas in Tokyo and Yokohama both be
tore and after the greatest disaster
which has ever befallen mankind.
Adventure, varied. captivating, and
sometimes dangerous was encountered
from time to time. His life was
siX-rcel thriller enacted out on the
sand dunes in varayans. in the treach-
erous jungles of the Malay Peninsula,
on the bCuevards of European capitals,
by palm fringcd coral reefs of Mic
ronesia, on the, colossal Andes in Peru
and Chill, in the colorful, mysterious
| their millions of Yellow men. down ON
| The rubber plantations OF the Dutch
East Indies, and up in the ice fields
Of the high North. He has seen the
fascinating Buddist temples of the
Orient, savage tribes in Malaysia,
squalid little villages in Southern
Europe the awe inspiring Alaskan
rangc, primitive peoples in Oceauia,
magnificent MOhammedan mosques in
the Near East. the beauties of tropical
sunsets and cities, ruins, and monu-
menis rich from the associations Of
/ history. art, tradition. and literature.
Kelly stated that no city compared
with Jerusalem from the standpoint of
what the Holy City meant to the
world in the way of religion, history
and literature. Also, the city is SO
cosmopolitan today that the visitor is
pare the peoples from many countries
in that part of the world. Even
| though the temple site, where the
Temple of solomon stood. and the great
walls and gates about the city, which
have deiicd the ravages of time, and
countless other associations of old Je-
rusalem long hold the interest of the
tourist, yet there is much outside of
the city also which appeals to one so
| journing in the vicinity. If one win
tcrs there. the season Is found delight
I ftrII ,..sl. a a,
few miles of the city are decidedly
Iqunint, since shepardS can be seen
peacefully tending their focks dressed
with couple Of lamb skins thrown
about their body and wearing sandles
| Orange groves are plentiful and no
orange eXcels those grown in Pales-
tine.
With the completion of the railroad
from Port Said to Jerusalem a few
years ago, the city Is made easily ac-
ceSSible from Cairo and Alexandria by
rail. Formerly it was necessary to 20
mp the Mediterranean to Haifu or
,Iaifa where an open roadstead made
landing dangerous at times, to such an
extent. that ships would lay at anchor
a day or two waiting for storms to
Hbatc, before passengers could be land
ed safely.
When Kelly reached New York, offer
ninety thousand miles of travel, he
bought Paige touring car and drove
thru. visiting the principal cities en-
route. He will be remembered by many
of the younger people of the city, par
ticularly due to his participation in
athletics while attending the State
University.
Prayer is one of the three things on
which the world rcSts.-Talmud.
1t is more profitable TO pray than
to bring suCrtices.-Talmud.