New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 29, 1923, Page 5

Local Sailor Tells Herald of His Trip Into Two Egyptian Ports Ed. Letvitt Of The U. S. S. Bulmer Had In- teresting Visit To Cairo And Alexandria. | “MY ADVENTURES IN EGYPT” a thousand years, the Pharaohs fell before the invading Hyksos Kings who in their turn were driven out by the Prince of Thebes from further upthe Nile, This happened 500 years before the Christian era. A lexander's Appearance The Persians swept over the coun- try and Egypt passed under the rule of a succession of master nations, more than three centuries before the | Christian Era. Alexander, the Great, who was little more than twenty years old, came to Egypt on his campaign of about, still holds a large body of soldiers in Alexandria, and Cairo, To the travel- ler of today, who sits on the bank of the Nile and muses a bit perhaps on the ancient spléndor of Egypt, there | appears vislops of the historic cha- racters—men and women who lived afd fought and died in the centuries of a previous civilization, There it was that hundreds of thousands of slaves toiled and were ruthlessly sac- rificed in the hurry to complete one | or another of the great Pyramids be- fore the death of their royal masters, whose bodies were to be placed in spacious chambers deep in the reces- |ses of the stately piles of stone. There it was that Cleopatra, the siren of the ages, reigned and plotted and loved and directed, for a while, | the world, when she lured Mark Anthony from Rome and ultimately brought about his death in battle, and | > Well-Informed People Everywhere are making Grape:Nuts withmilk or cream conquest, and the city which he found- | 1 will endeavor to describe two of |ed, Alexandria, became 'the most then her own self destruction. | famous Greek city of later civilization. the ancient ports of Egypt, Alexandria and Cairo, respectively, as they were shown to me by our guide and his- torian, one Semeda Abdeilah, who has beén acting in the capacity as guide for the past twenty-seven years through upper and lower Egypt. The following is extracted from my log which I wrote upon my return to the | ship. On the trip I made notes of all of the ancient dates all of which I hope are true. It is the mystic land of Egypt that we are about to enter via the Har- bor of Alexandria, and the trip should prove to be of very great interest, for perhaps no other land of the Near East is so replete with things both ancient and modern to hold the at- tention and quicken the imagination of -the world traveler to trace the story of the Egyptians it is necessary to back to the earliest period of re- corded history Herodotus, father of history, de- clared that 2,000 years ago, Egypt was a gift of the Nile, for the river has gradually extended the solid earth out into the watery domain of the Medi- terranean. ~Port Said rests at one angle and Alexandria at another angle of the triangle shaped delta of the Nile. The two ports are almost equidistant from the city of Cairo, the *“Jewel” on the handle of the fan where it begins to spread. In ancient times the Nile had sevent mouths, through which the muddy water flowed into the Mediterranean. Now all but two of the channels are choked by the silt brought down through the ages from the inland portions of Egypt, the two existing channels, the Damietta and the Rosetta arms, empty into the Mediterranean near Port Said and Al- exandria respectively. In the year 4241 B. C., believed to be.the earliest fixed date in history, the Egyptians divided the year into 3656 days with five extra feast days, and ito twelve months with 30 days to include Pompey's Pillar, combs of Kom-esh-shukafa, and the hibi female. The male wears his hair in the form of a Dutch cut and the fe- male's hair is long and extends down August 1, spiration for the poem *“The boy stood on the burning deck” came from ‘an | incident wheh occured in the Bay of | Aboukir. Herg¢ was built the great Pharos, or Alexandria lighthouse, rated as one of the seven wonders of the world, and { here too was founded the magnificent Alexandrian Library, thé foremost treasure house of knowledge in the ancient times, which boasted of 900,- 000 manuscript serolls in Julius Cae- sar's time, Alexandria was captured by the Arabs in the seventh century, Their rule was marked principally by the decline of the city and the de- struction of the great library, the Arabs declared that the library was not needed as the Koran contained all that human beings should know. Pompey's Plllar—the sailors’ land- mark—was presumed to have been erected by one of the Roman gover- nors of Egypt twenty three centuries ago. Unlike Cairo and vicinity, Alex- andria has only this one intact land mark handed down from her historic past. The chief sights of Alexandria the cata- museum of Greco-Roman Antiques. Two small Sphinex have recently been excavated and are now on ex- on, one a male and the other a over her shoulders. We took a thirty minute ride out to the British avia- tion field where the engagement known in history as the Dattle of the Nile in which Admiral famous naval Nelson defeated Napoleon's fleet on 1798 was fought. The in- Alexandria has some 400,000 in- habitants and is divided into Moham- medan and Buropean quarters. Upon | landing there one is immediatly en- | gulfed in a swarm of humanity com- posed clad of various types of orientals in clothes of many colors, the Europeans of many nationalities most the month. of whom come from the countries And it was in Egypt, stripped of her | ancient power, her strength crumb- ling, which was to fall swarms of Turkish fanatics who in- | vaded the land of the Nile, slaying | and torturing with the name of Mo- | hammed eternally on their lips. Cairo, itself is one of the most cos- mopolitian cities of the globe. Certain- ly its population includes every na- tionality ‘on the face of the ecarth. Ismail Pasha, a progressive ruler of | the last- century, is responsible for much of the growth of the modern Cairo, he built the opera house and being a dutiful son, placed the statue of his father in the front of the build- | ing. The palace of the Khedive, the principal hotels and the government offices stand near the KEzbekiyeh Gardens. ; Strect scenes In Cairo constitute a most fascinating part of the city. Caravans of camels attended by their drivers plod steadily along while the frequent funeral prqcessions assume many of the aspects of a circus pa- rade. The corpse is not placed in a coffin and carried in a hearse as in the States, but is taken to the ceme- tary on a sort of litter or stretcher. Hired mourners walk behind the bier crying and wailing in as weird a tone as that sounded in the death chant of the American Indians. The widow or widower, as the case may be, rides at the end of the procession, a forlorn figure all swarthed in black. When the mourners pass a mosque they all go in to pray, leaving the corpse outside and not bothering to even put a guard over the remains, * From Mosque From the great Mosque of Moham- mend Ali, the visitor can see practi- cally the entire city laid out below. The mosque is built on the site of the ancient citadel where the Mamelukes were slaughtered by order of Moham- mend Ali after they had been enticed into Cairo. The last of the Mamelukes escaped after jumping his horse down | before the | | S ator in the anthracite coal disp chairman of the coal commissio White House. Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania (left), medi- ute, and John Hays Hammond, n, snapped as they called at the the stones for building in Cairo. I will try and give a brief descip- tion of the great Sphinx. It lays about 200 feet east of the second pyramid and was built to protect the neighbor- purposes feared, might swoop down to steal the hodies of the Royal dead buried there. The great figure was carved from solid rock with the paws built of masonry and originally, it is said, was a masterpiece of construction. But sand storms and other destruct- ive agents of weather and time have attacked it so persistently that the exposed parts of the figure are slowly crumbling. The Arabs contributed to the partial obliteration of the face of the Sphinx by using it for ctice, and tradition states apoleon cut off its nose to Egypt, when he was forced to that spite flee just completed and described happens to be but one of the many that I have had during ‘the past six years. We spent a few days in Jerusalem and Bethlehem, which brings to memory many happenings in Bibical days. But target | from the country. The trip that I have | y | ation’s resolution last year that “a way may be found by which the gov- ernment “of ghe United States may avail itself of the permanent court of international justice.” ASSASSIN WOUNDED Denver Police Believe Woman Killed, ing tombs from evil spirits, who, it was | Fought Bravely For Her Life — Slayer Being Sought. Denver, Aug. 29. — The slayer of Mrs, Lillian McGlone and Miss Emma | Vascovie, | Glone apartment Monday afternoon, | was wounded by Mrs. McGlone in her fight for life, according to the theor: | advanced today by Chief of Police Rugg Williams. A bloodstained ‘chair beyond the woman and the fact that Roy Me- Glone, husband of the slain woman has identified the automatic pistol | found between the two bodies as one cloth lying reach of either on a who were shot in the Me- | | FREE STATERS ARE a part of their reg’ular diet~ GraPEVNuL qualified endorsement to the govern- ment program. R. C. Barton, republican candidate in Wicklow, has been defeated. 'LAKE WANGUMBAUG BATHER IS FINED §7 AND COSTS LEADING IN VOTES Several Days However, Belore Irish Returns Ave Allin | Major John Buckley, Attorney For Accused, Appeals Case To By The Associated Superior Court London, Aug. from the Irish sweeping. victory candidates. Nearly a score of government party jarly returns ction indicate a for the Free State . Willimantic, Aug. 28. — Henry J, | Mathieu, of this city, pleaded not guilty to the charge of bathing in Lake Wamgumbaug, a body of water nominees, including almost the cabi- |ald by the state board of health to net ministérs, have won seats by be a public water supply, when he ap- large majorities, while up to this peared before Coventry town court morning the election,of only three re- lust night publicans was assured. | Mathieu was found guilty by Jus- The government so far has 18 suc- | tice of the Peace William B, Hawkins cessful candidates to about half that|and fined $7 and costs. Through his number for the other parties, and if | attorney, Major John Buckley, of the present ratio is maintained it Hartford ,an appeal to the superior may have a clear majority in the court was taken. Free State parliament instead of the Three witnesses were heard. Curtis plurality which its supporters expect- | Dean, of this city, secretary and treas- ed. urer of South Coventry Water Supply The English press generally refrain | company, gave a brief history of the from comment until more returns are | compahy and explained the rights to in, but the Daily Expre already have been received from the leégisla- characterizes the polling reptb- e ture to supply drinking water to the people of South Coventry. Engineer John F. Collins, of this city and State Policeman Russell L. Harman, who arrsted, Mathieu on Thursday last, were the other wit= ne: I will hit the old dreamsack at two bells and take a trip into slumber- | land until the shrill tones of the boatswain'’s pipe sound reveille, he left with his wife, support this conclusion, Chief Williams said. The search for Joseph Brindisi, | said to have made three attempts to kill Mrs. McGlone, is without success. Brindi McGlone said, became in- fatuated with Mrs, McGlone, former- Iy a nurse, after she had nursed him through an illness early in the year. She spurned his attentions. BODY TO BE CREMATED 29.—The Maharja expected to | take charge of the funeral ceremonies 8,000 B. C, Egypt was the only country in the world under a really organized government, and about that years also the Pharaohs began to build pyramids. After ruling over their subjects with an iron hand over lican rout, and in an editorial used the caption “Exit De Valera,” says the republican leader has failed at the ballot ‘box as completely as he failed in the field. i a preciptous cliff, being the only one of the nearly five hundred members of the dynasty in the city to escape the massacre, . Another famous vantage point is TR the top of Saladins Citadel. From this place can be seen the mosque of was built the sultan was so delighted | | with the beauty of the architecture, | that he cut off the hand of the build- | er so that it would be impossible for him to ever design another and pos- sibly more beautiful mosque, On the border of the desert sands, some forty five minutes ride south touching upon the Mediterrean. In- teresting among the races in this port | are the. Iallakeen — peasants and farmers of lower Egypt swarthy, sinewy, and with their thick black fringes of eyelashes. The FKellah is a type worthy of more attention and study.. Turkey succeeded to the ruler- | ship of Egypt shortly after the Napo- leonic wars and the country remained a tributary state of the Turkish Em- pire until 1914, A British Behind Khedive The British Minister Plenipotenti- ary however was the “Power hehind Mathien is secretary of the Mutual Protective association of cottagers at Lake Wamgumbaug, formed for the purpose of making a concerted protest against the posting of the lakes proe hibiting bathin Returns Coming Slowly. Dublin, Aug. 29.—Some day elapse before the complete resuits of Monday's election can be published, says the Irish Times, adding that President Cosgrave and his colleagues have no reason to be dissatistied with the returns already announced. The Freeman's Journal asserts that the government party has done bette: must oo ; P};X\LZ’”X";(_Jr—E‘ e ragesiee fu | Paris, Aug. - Pl — Would Not Have Supreme Tri- |cackwvar of 1a R S London, Au, —Kevin O'Higgins, minister of home affairs ol — 'kwar of Baroda is the Khedive' during much of the time. . Tonight “World’s Applause” Good Vaudeville Thurs.—Fri.—Sat. THE DRAMATIC SENSATION BROKEN CHAINS A Tale of the Rugged Kentucky Mountaineers — with — ColleenMoore — and — Ernest Torrence VAUDEVILLE Featuring DOTSON “The Lightning Stepper” Remember him here be- fore? He’s a dancing fool ! Next Week “YOU CAN'T FOOL YOUR WIFE” “IDEAL”—Champion Swimmer and Diver On December 18, 1914, a British Pro- tectorate was declared over Egypt, and has remained so ‘until very re- cently when the Egyptians were given control but still under the watchful eye of the British government, which LYCEUM TONIGHT ONLY HAS THE WORLD GONE MAD? All Star Cast A Picture to the Minute ~— Coming — THE ELEVENTH HOUR A FOX SUPER-SPECIAL . and west of Cairo, lic the three Great Pyramids of Gizeh, most famous of the sevety similar piles of masonry cattered throughout the land of the Nile. Mystery shrouds the real story of the building of these tombs of Kings, but several interesting theories have been advanced as to their origin. Tradition has it that the ston used in their construction were drag. ged from the quarry fifteen miles away and on the other side of the Nile. The stones vary in weight from two and a half to fifty tons, and the historians estimate ‘ that fully 100,. 000 men labored twenty years to quar ry and assemble the stones into one Pyramid. The original height of the largest pyramid is 472 feat, the pre- sent height 450 feet, lengths of sides 706 feet. The interior of the great pyramid is devided into six parts, namely; first, Great Hall, Second. Kings' Chamber, Third, Chamber, Fourth, entrance, Subterranean chamber, Sixth, Passage, In the former ages the surface of the Pyramids was composed of polish- ed stone, but time is eating toward the Eeart of each structure and much of the outer casing has been crumbled away before the onslought of later and more lazy builders who removed ALL SEATS FOR THE GRAND OPENING PERFO RMANCE OF THE CAPITOL TOMORROW NIGHT ARE SOLD We sincerely thank the first nighters for their splendid co-operation and appreciation of our’ efforts. CONTARAS BROS. & PERAKOS. PALACE—Thurs- Fri- Sat. The % s 3 000 prize winnin o/ : | 8 story o Queens’ | Fifth, | bunal's Authority Curtailed The Assoriated Pr X Minneapolis, Aug. —Opposition to any cartailment of the powers of |the United States supreme court was | expressed by John W. Davis of New | York in his address president of the American bar association at the opening session of its 46th annual convention here today. 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