The Washington times., 1935-12-28
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Souvenirs From
Grand Tour
TOKENS LISTED
By HELEN ESSARY

"Now what I'm going to do
with these animals is thlS-MrS'
Bachman and l are going to
take 'em back home and cross
'em with a couple of Tennessee
katydids. And then we'll have
the beginning of high type OF
Southern night life."
This happened, as I said IN the
beginning, on the Grand Phlllp'
pine Tour. Several score OF con-
gresSional citizens, their wives
and children went, you remember,
by way of China, Japan ana all
Far Eastern countries of any IN
terest to themselves or their fam1-
lies, to see the Philippine Islands
become an independent country.
On this Sinbadian voyage, the
travellers acquired, honorably, a
variety and amount of loot which
makes the souvenirs of Marco
Polo seem like the rewards OF a
pasteboard voyage. The news OF
the purchases is trickling through,
now that Christmas is over, and
some of the tokens OF travel have
found new homes.
The cricketS of Senator Bach
man are, as might be suspected,
of a special variety of the chirrup
family. The Senator bought them
at one of the many Oriental
cricket farms.
These farms breed fighting
crickets, singing crickets and just
agreeable crickets. Senator Bach
man also bought for his live stock
q little cricket house of bamboo,
shaped and carved with openings
at the top like Saltcellar.
The crickets did not travel in
their cage. They crossed the Pa
cific ocean and the North Ameri.
can continent in a paSteboard
box with holes in the top. When
the train and ship chefs weren't
looking, Senator Bachman stole
some parsley to make the inside
of the pasteboard box look more
homelike.
On their first day on the North
American continent the crickets
felt lonesome and did not sing.
On the second day they chirruped
and cricketed like nothing on this
side of the setting sun. Other
travellers on the train noticed
their gaiety very early in the
morning.
One of the cricket's name is
lin. The other cricket is, I think,
named Louisa.
The homecoming train Of the
Philippine travellers was generally
cheerful. The "a little Java spar
rows former Senator and Mrs.
Harry B. Hawes and Miss Peyton
Hawes brought with them also
sang. Darling little smoky, gray
things, the sparrows are, with pink
bills and feet. They "like people"
They will flutter about your head
or shoulders; or rest in your
pocket until called for.
The Hawes family also returned
with a covey of mynah birds,
satiny black creatures which whiS-
tie and talk in Japanese. Also
some Japanese finches and brown
rice birds and a pair of lovely
green and orange nightingaleS.
Representative Dan R. Niece
hee of Mississippi brought the me-
mento that was hardest to carry,
one might say. The railroad COM
pany permitted 700 pounds Of lug
gage a couple, and the captain
was an angel. Nevertheless, Rep
resentative Dan McGehee's pres
ent to the folks he left behind was
bulky.
It was a "carramata," gorgeous
In scarlet and brass. A "carra'
mata" is a horse-drawn hanson
cab. It's the 20-cent taxi OF Ma
nila.
Congressman McGehee is going
to hitch some of the Shetland
ponies he has down in Mississippi
to the "carramata" and sort OF
run a bus service on his planta'
ton.
Senator and Mrs. Gerald P. Nye,
of North Dakota, were CAUTIOUS
shoppers. They only bought two
sparrows, sets of Satsuma china
from Japan and Canton from
Hongkong, jade from both places,
a few teakwood boxes and some
flowered kimonos.
Representative Fred Crawford
he used tn be a farmer and beet
sugar manufacturer out in Mlchl'
gan-succumbed to complete
Igorot costume. The 1gorots were
the last wild tribe to surrender to
the conquering Americans and, as
/ remember, were head hunters.
Mr.. Marlen Pew, that charming
sophisticate from New York city
and editor of the Editor and Pub
Usher, bought several G strings
without realizing their practical
merit as wearing apparel. Their
intrinsic value and the pertectlon
of their bright weaving attracted
him, he said.
Representative Sam D. Mercy,
nolds declared he felt the urge
the yen one might say more ap-
propriately (the yen being the dol
lar of the Philippines) the yen
coming on for a Moro spear. So
he got half a dozen or so. Also
some gongs. These gifts for the
home folks took up little extra
room in his sleeping berth.
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