The Winslow mail., 1925-07-17
PRAISED
BY WELL : KNOWN
WORLD TRAVELLER

81 love Arizona. l love her
scenery. l love her people | love
her climate. | love her ways.
And what more could you want?"
said Mrs. Helen E S. Mead, who
| stayed a few days at the Brandt
Hotel last week while seeing this
part of the state. Mrs. Mead has
been in Arizona since February
and during that time she has Wis
tied almost every mesa and town
Arizona appeals to me more
than any other place in the world, ;"
she said. Its scenic wonders can
not be matched. One thinks one
surely has seen all that can be
seen when another trip will dis
! close something more. 1t is abso-
lutely unequaled."
Mrs. Mead is a most interesting
talker, as she has travelled all over
the world. She has been given ad
mittance to temples in Egypt where
before entering she had to put moe
casins over her "infidel' shoes.
She has toured all parts of Europe
and she has spent considerable
time in South America. In the
United States she has travelled i'll
every state, "but have spent more
time in Arizona than in any other
but my home state" she said. Mrs.
Mead is from Boston
She is travelling at present in
seven-passenger Lincoln sedan
which she purchased recently at
Ell Paso. She left Boston in August
of last year, travelling in a Cadillac.
Her speedometer showed 10000
miles when she sold the machine
and bought the Lincoln at Ell Paso.
Now" she says, 81 am a west
erner. / have adopted western
ways-loye them-and even my
license plate is western. You can
see," she said, that l am fond of
local color" She referred to the
four silver and turquoise bracelets
she wore on each arm, the beauti-
full Indian rings that adorned
every finger except the index fin
ger of her left hand, the turquoise
necklace, and the turquoise ear
rings. Her chauffeur, too, wore a
touch of local color in an Indian
made vest
81 like the Indians" she said,
land more than anything else, /
marvel at their impregnable re-
serve. l find their hogans fasci-
mating places and the Indians
themselves are exceedingly inter
esting.
Mrs. Mead has spent a great deal
of time on the reservations, visit
ing Walipi, Pollacca, Oraibi, and
other places. She has visited also
the old Indian ruins both at Flag
staff and in New Mexico. II like
these ruins" she declared, because
they are so untouched. Their an
tique interest has not been de-
stroyed by modern man.
She visited the lava beds at
Flagstaff and the ice caves. Il
think Williams is a beautiful little
place." she said, "and so is Pine.
The Grand Canyon of course is
the greatest wonder of wonders.
Really, there is no place equal to
Arizona"
Although Mrs. Mead has two
homes in the east, she plans to sell
at least one and come to the land
of perpetual sunshine to live. She
will be in this part of Arizona for
several months, however, before
she returns to the east even tenn
porarily, and among other places
she plans to visit. she will take
horseback trip down Navajo noun
tain.
"You can talk about the culture
of the east" she said, but the
courteousness and sincerity of the
western people is a culture in it
self"
Mrs. Mead was in Tuba City last
Wednesday to see the first show
ing of the picture by Zane Grey
called wild Horse Mesa" which
has just been complete at that
place. The picture was shown two
nights in the Tuba City school
house to be tested for imperfec-
tions. The release date for it has
not yet been set. She was very en-
thusiastic about the picture, and
especially about the riding scenes,
of which there are many.
Mrs. Mead probably will be in.
Winslow again in six weeks, she
said