Evening star., 1926-10-15

again, along the road of life, called
back by one event or another, ano
which seemed so far away that they
hardly existed as tangible. reachable
existing places. Is it really possible
that now they are actually to pass De-
fore my eyes?
Wants to Thank Friends.
l. There are people in every part OF
America who have befriended my
country. I hope to take them by the
hand, look into their eyes and tell
them that I know how hard they
worked for me. I wantato thank them
from the bottom of my heart.
hope to see the big trees, the
Yosemite and Imperial Valleys, santa
Barbara and the wonders Of the Pac1fic
slope, the Golden Gate, and the palace
of the Legion of Honor, the model OF
which was given by France, and the
four magnificent tapestries or Jean
Paul. Laurens, depicting the life OF
Joan Of Arc, which decorate its walls.
I want to see the fine monument at
the end of the Lincoln Highway.
Shall really see the Indians Of the
West? So full Of that exciting mys-
terry which our childhood loved to
imagine, and about whom we've read
so many stories. And the great
ranches of Wyoming and Texas. the
huge plains, the Rockies and Sierra
Nevada Mountains, Denver and Colo
rado Springs. want to see the homes
of Bret Harte, Joaquin Miller and that
most intrepid of all men. Col. William
Cody C'Buffalo Bill'O, beloved by us
all.
Prospect Makes Her Dizzy.
Oh, 1 get quite dizzy when begin
enumerating all the wonders I hope at
least to see in passing, even II can.
not go so deeply into each as would
| be my dearest desire.
Lover as 1 am of nature and of all
| things grand, strong and solitary, !
want to see your wilds, the highways
| and byways, all that which will be sc
difficult to see in the short time spared
me by my own people. only hope
may go again. For. oh, how eagerly
| l want to see it all! I want so much
to see the South, the sunny. dreamy
South. I want to sit on a colonial
porch and dream of the history Of the
men and women who first came te
create such a country. But shall be
able to see it all? The West, the
Northwest, the Midwest and the East!
1 shall probably land in New York
So many already have described
to me the first sight of the gigantic
statue of the woman bearing alOft the
Torch of Liberty, but want to see II
with my own eyes, and see thai
strange revelation of the skyscrapers
SO foreign to all our ideas Of architec
ture. wonder if shall like them.
| Will it be by day or by night that
! shall first see them? By night? A
phantom city Of giant houses, so high
they will seem to touch the stars, and
lights. lights. everywhere. till I shall
be quite dazzled with lights.
Eager to See New York.
If it is in the daytime, shall 1 see
those great buildings from afar
through a misty haze Of vibrating at
mosphere, looming against the sky as
if they were built along the edge Of a
mountain, aweing us with sense o1
power. suddenly faced-hitherto un
known?
Then the city, teeming with energy
activity, health. And noise, also,
fear-a great deal of noise. For sure
ly there must be noise where so many
people are and so many machines, and
! where so much is being done. Every
body SO busy, so efficient, losing nc
time-a modern, practical world Sc
unlike the Near East, which is my
| home.
A crowded city, I suppose. getting