Milford chronicle., 1931-05-29
WHERE IS THE
LOVELESTSPOT
IN The WORLD?
Taking Mrs. F. l. Hur-
lock AS An Authority.
See Own Country First.

Where is the loveliest spot in the
world? What are the most beautiful
places and things that the traveller
wants to see? The Pyramids, Glib
ralter, the Alps, the Chinese Wall,
Constantinople, our own West, the
Tai Mahal, South America? A few
years ago Mrs. F. l. Hurlock, ma
tive of Milford took a trip around
the world. She of course saw many
beautiful places, nevertheless it was
hard for her to pick out the lowell
est of them all. An American tour
list should by all means see his own
country first. He will find, no mat
ter when he goes that the beauty OF
our Western States cannot be sur
passed by anything in the world. He
will find also that he receives higher
respect from foreigners when they
know he has seen his own country.
The most beautiful places Mrs. Hur-
lock has seen are the Grand Canon
and Yellowstone National Park. For
natural beauty these two places are
far ahead of any other.
OF all the harbors she has seen,
the two she liked best were the har-
bors of Hong-Kong and Naples. The
last has the reputation of being one
of the loveliest in the world, but
Mrs. Hurlock says she enjoyed Hong
Kong even better. From the boat
she could see high snow covered
mountains with houses clinging al
most to their tops, and all around
her were sailing vessels in which
whole families lived, for in China
there are about 100000 people who
never have lived on land. All along
the rivers in this country these lit
tie boats may be seen and are pic
turesque because they are so unus-
ual to Americans. The rocks OF
Chinese mountains, however majes-
tic, can not be compared with our
own Western States for coloring. In
that they are disappointing. From a
historical standpoint China is very
interesting. The city of Peking is
more than 5000 years old. 1t is filled
with old temples, exquisite gardens,
marble terraces, courtyards, and it's
Chinese City, Tartar City, and Inn
periaI City in which is the Forbid
den Purple Palace. When the tray
eler comes from these beautiful
places his illusions are many times
spoiled because of the filth of the
public streets where miserable beg |
gars and wretched lepers are in
great numbers.
Thus also it is in India and |
Afghamistan. Although there are
wonderful roads, gorgeous temples,
and lovely cities, there is too mHch |
poverty, filth, and squalor. Probably |
the most famous sight in India is the |
Tai Mahal in Agra built by the Mo-
gul Emperor, Shah Jahan, for his
faYOrite queen, Armand Banee. 1t is
made of marble with "jeweled aud
fence chambers latticed corridors
and ripping fountains" Some years
ago Lord Curzon, the British vice
roy had a light suspended from the
top. This light burns without stop
ping and is known as the everlast-
ing light. 1t is hung there in honor
of Mary Lighter, the vice-roy's wife
and the Lady of Tai. Another fam
Gus place is Fatehpur-Sikri, the
Deserty City. The tomb of Chishti,
inIaid with Mother of Pearl, is al
ways guarded by two men and is
one of the loveliest of all those
wonders which have remained un-
changed through the ages. These
three cities Agra, Delhi, and Fateh-
pUr-Sikri, the tourist should never
miss. Among other beautiful places
is the Isle of Java, Khyber Pass
lahore and the Vale of Cashmere.
At lahore, Mrs. Hurlonk saw the
cannon on which Rudyard Kipling's
kin sat. The Vale of Cashmere with
its wealth of Sombardy poplars re-
sembles a temple and at Cashmere
a3dance was staged for the tourists.
Much more could be written about
Asiatic countries but it would not
help the decision any more. The
question would be even more diff
cult.
In Egypt the Pyramids are the
greatest sights. The immense size
Of them impresses the tourist more
than their great beauty. The Sphinx
of course must also be seen. In
Japan the loveliest sight is Fully
anna which always made Mrs. Hur-
lock think of Richard Halliburton
who climbed it and almost froze to
death. Honolulu is the next beau
tiful place on the voyage, and there
things once more begin to look
All of the United
States possessions have that pros
porous look and things once more
look like America. At last the coast
of San Francisco is reached and
when the tourist views it's lovely
harbor, sees beautiful homes,
groves, sunlight, wealth, and ,
Joy be agrees that nothing is more
beautiful than home sweet home.
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