Evening star., 1935-04-28
!, ICHARD HALLIBURTON has
been trotting around the
/ world for years, pausing here
and there to absorb the beauty

WOIlu 1oE years, pduoliiS hCA e
and there to absorb the beauty
and atmosphere of both IA
nous and out-of- f-the-way places. Few
travellers can equal him in the dis
tance and diversity Of his wander
ings; few his apprasing eye, for he
has made business Of travelling and
writing about it. From the wealth
of his experience he has drawn up a
list of shrines that should be seen to
enrich the mind and profit the soul.
In an article, wonders OF the
World Want My Son to See," copy
righted by Consolidated New Fea-
lures, Mr.. Halliburton skips about
the globe to name only a few Of the
sights that have impressed them
selves indelibly on his memory. Yet
in his limited journey he does not
neglect the United States, as some
Americans do in their travels. And,
with New York as a starting point,
his first jump is to Washington!
"HAV1NG been brought up. most
- likely. in or near New York,
Richard Halliburton, jr.. would be fa-
miliar already with this wonder city
and no longer amazed by its towers
and its bridges and Park avenue" he
writes.
But the rest Of the Western Hem
isphere awaits him. Where first?
"Straigh. to Washington. He will
be astonished that anything in Amer
lea can be so classically beautiful.
ITO stand on the steps of the Lin
coin Memorial on Spring day and
look up the Mall toward the Wash
ington Monument If that vista
does not stop my son in his tracks
and bring upon him surge Of pride
and reverence shall disown him.
THE Washington Monument! To
me that Is the most sublime struc-
ture in America. 1t has been ridi-
culed and criticized, belittled and ne
elected. I cannot understand. I've
looked at 1t thousand times, over q
period of 20 years-and thousand
times I've been inspired by its dig
nifty, its purity and its beauty. I've
seen practically every major monu-
ment in the world, but not one ot
them has made my spirits leap the
way this soaring, white shaft has"
THIS is the opinion of a man who has
feaSted his eyes on the stateliness
Of the worlds capitals. and the stu
pendous man-made marvels that still
dot the earth-the mysterious pyra-
mids, the "heaven-wrought" temple
of Angkor in the jungles of Indo-
China, the dreamily beautiful Tai
Mahal at Agra, India.
Perhaps. If Washington's beauty
has become commonplace to residents
here, there are other places in Amer.
ica that have been overlooked by
! travellers because of their nearness
There are. he writes, and tells of the
Grand Canyon:
THE sight of the Grand Canyon
arouseS in me the strongest feeling
of proximity with divine presence anC
divine power have ever known
Mount Everest Is the one other phySi.
cal marvel of the earth that has left
me with the same impression-the
| impression that I was face to face
with something too stupendous anc
too glorious to belong to this little
planet.
And then there is San Francisco
Its dramatic and commanding sight
its Golden Gate, its bay. its titanic
new bridges, its roller-coaster streets,
its tower-pierced hills. the magnifi-
cent, sweeping views from every side
all make San Francisco stand out
brilliantly not only among the cities
of America but of the world"
NEXT on the list is the Panama
~ Canal, which I'VE have come to
accept as an old and rather dull