Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-14
capital VISITORS
FROM AUSTRALIA
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bryce
Have Exceptional Record
as Globe Trotters.

Among distinguished visitors to Wash
ington recently have been Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Bryce of Sydney, Australia, who
have been here to confer with executive
officers of the National Geographic So
ciety and the Indian Bureau of the
Department of Commerce.
Engineer, naturalist, author and pho
tographer, Mr.. Bryce for mare than 80
years has been an inveterate traveller,
and his wife has accompanied him on
most of his journeys. They have de-
liberately avoided the beaten track in
all their wanderings, and thus have
visited sections Of the globe almost to-
tally unknown to the average tourist
Leaving Washington, they started for
the Hudson Bay country of Canada.
They plan to sail from San Francisco
in September for New Zealand, arriv-
ing home in october. This is their
third trip around the globe. They have
been in 10 different countries since
starting out on the present tour. Their
plans for the future include an expedi-
ton into the UNEMPLOYED north and
northwest territories of Australia.
Mr.. Bryce'S particular interest Is the
study of bird and animal life and of
human society in their natural environ
mentS He is deeply interested in the
welfare of the primitive races of man
kind, especially in the American Indian
and the aborigines of the Antopodes. He
believes that white civilization owes a
debt of honor to these peoples, and that
thus far nothing adequate has been done
to discharge this debt.
Wild Life Interest.
He is also concerned for the careful
preservation of birds and animals
threatened with extinction, and in the
gardens of their residence in the suburbs
of Sydney the yhave established sane
tuary for birds.
Mr.. Bryce is a master of camera art
and science and in his travels he has
collected hundreds of rare and unusual
photographs. He is likewise a philatel-
list. and has gathered a valuable col
lection of stamps, particularly of early
Australian issues.
Mrs. Bryce shares all her husbands
enthusiasts and has devotedly aided
him in his various enterprises.
Both were intensely concerned about
to international debts. They said the
general acceptance of a moratorium
would mean much for Australia, where
economic and industrial conditions are
especially disordered at the present time.
RugrlmS TO CdLneUr2I.
During their stay here they made a
pilgrimage to Washington Cathedral,
where they were received by Rev. Robert
Lee Lewis. They were particularly i'm
pressed by the beautiful location of the
Cathedral, by the fine gardens and by
the fact that the great church is being
built by the people of the Nation. The
tomb of Bishop Satterlee they praised
as one of the finest examples OF monu-
mental art they had ever seen. Leaving
the Cathedral, Mrs. Bryce said:
IT have been in Washington three
times, and I have wondered whether I
should ever wish to return. But now
that 1 have seen this wonderful work
here on Mount st. Alban know I shall
want to come back to see the Cathedral
finished"
Mr.. Bryce commented on the many
changes which have taken place in the
Capital since his previous visit. 1T Is
different city altogether" he said.
Asked to name the most striking fact
she had observed in the United States,
Mrs. Bryce said:
The beautiful trees. Everywhere We
have been we have noticed the fine tim
Der, and it has been a JOY to us to see
how intelligently the streets and boule-
wards of the cities have been shaded.
This is particularly true of the older
cities, Of course. and of Washington"