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PAGE TWELVE WORLD TOURISTS BRING BACK TALES OF FAR-OFF LANDS "Three Musketeers" of Montreal Arrive in New York EARNS TITLE ABROAD Real Thrills Experienced in China, Not Among Javanese New York, April 13.--Lady Wil- . liams-Taylor and "the three musk- . eteers," not ' other prominent Canadians, arriv- to mention various ed here Thursday morning after a world cruise on the Empress of i Australia. Lady Willlams-Taylor i accumulated on the voyage. retailed a few of a stock of very delightful anecdotes which she had Two thirds of the '"musketeers' profess- ed complete ignoranceof all Javan- ese romances, The remaining unit : of this gallant company could not a be reached, due to the exigencies of immigration and customs officers and farewells to friends, but doubt- less he would have followed suit. Hvidently they had one story and they were going to stick to fit, Then, to reverse the customary procedure and take the gentlemen first, it should be explained that "the three musketeers' consist of Messrs. Hugh Patton, Edson L. Pease and Albert J. Brown, K.C, of Montreal--and it was on the boat that they acquired their title. Enquiry for themr abroad the Em- press at quarantine elicited the information from a C.P.R. officer. "Oh, you mean 'the three musk- eteers.' We christened them that at the start of the voyage and it has stuck to them ever since. They are always around together. It was also learned that the trio had acquired an early and lasting popu- larity and, in the words of the same officer, "they were always good for anything." But he did not, amplify the statement. Those in Peril The question of romaace in con- nection with sald 'musketeers' arose from the publication, in Montreal, of a picture of the three taken in Java, surrounded by vari- ous young native girls in the cos- tume of those parts. And there seemed to he a conspiracy on foot among those aboard to establish the entire innocence of the de- linquents, as the following state- ments indicate: "Mr. Patton: "It was pair-r-fect- ly innocent." He added that it had caused a good deal of amusement on the ship--and perhaps considerably more at home. He was assured that it had. Mr. Pease: innocent. | tion of it that I saw was In peril on the sea.' " Lady Williams-Taylor--*It quite an innocent adventure. real thrills were in China!" And there let us leave the sub- ject, until they reach home. For other comment on the voy- age, Mr. Patton contented himself with saying that it had been a per- fect trip, everything had been car- ried out with entire smoothness and he had enjoyed every minute of it. The' weather, for the most part, had been ideal and the night they neared New York was about the only rough sea they had ex- perienced at all. Seven and a Half 1s 73 There is only one more refer- ence in this story to Mr. Patton. Some of the passengers had told of how Chang Tso-Lin, Marshal, war-lord and whatnot of China, with considerable foresight and acumen, had imposed a 'sales sur- tax of seyem and a half per cent upon all goods purchased by tour- ists. Possibly not a coincidence, it went into effect two weeks be- fore the Empress of Australia's travellers arrived at Pekin. To the marshal's credit, however, it should be added that in considera- tion of the extra revenue he af- forded complete armed protection to the party, without which their stay might not have been as en- joyable. And so a conscientious Star re- porter queried Mr. Patton. "I hear they put a seven and a half per ceat. tax on you in Pe- kin, Mr. Patton?" *A tax? Did they?" "So I understand. I have been told that you were made to pay seven and a half per cent extra on all you purchased in Pekin." "Ah, weel; now I wasna buying anything. But Mr. Pease bought 2 lot of things. Now perhaps Mr. Pease could tell ye." But Mr. Pease, possibly put on guard by queries concerning Ja- panese maidens, had apparently formulated the theory that report- ers are dangerous things mnless you are very careful with them. After the few words earlier record- ed, he looked at the interviewer with a kindly but penetrating eye and enquired. "Do you want some- thing to publish?" The Passive Prince The reporter hung his head, blushed and admitted his guilt. As a result he was given an ap- Jointment in the afternoon, his in- ended victim intimating that he fiked to give full consideration to subjects that were to appear in print. But Lady Williams-Taylor, gen- fal and the picture of health, had many a quaint tale to tell and had the boat only taken longer to dock, "That was entirely think the best cap- 'those was The thw USHAWA DAILY TIMES. SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1928 RUBBED on throat and chest, Vicks does two things at once: ) It is vaporized | a body heat and ged by direct to the inflamed air passages, and (2) It stimulates the. skin like an old-fashioned poultice and "draws out" the soreness. a 2 VISES there might have been more of this story. Perhaps the best of them is con- |, nected with her meeting at Tient- sin with the brother of the form- er Emperor P'U-Yi of China. When she met the Prince, Lady Williams-Taylor had recently visit- ed the famous summer palace and she felt that something in the way of an expression of sympathy would be in order for purposes of con- versation, The dialogue that fol- lowed was something like this: Lady Williams-Taylor: "I have just been visiting the summer pal- ace, Prince, and I realize how ter- ribly you and the members of your house must feel regarding the present situation." The Prince (in a peculiarly clipped, staccato, falsetto voice) "Oh, no." : Lady Williams-Taylor (some- what astonished): "But vou are contented then, with things as they now are?" The Prince (with same intona- tion): "Oh, yes." Lady Williams-Taylor (thorough- ly astonished): "But does it not hurt you to think of your beauti- ful home thrown open to anybody who cares to tramp through it; strangers wandering constantly in and out of it?" The Prince (still in the tone but almost gleefully): like it." And he duly departed. In the company, seated bheside her, there chanced to he a learned Chinese who spoke perfect Eng- lish, one Dr. King, reputed to he, next to Chang Tso-Lin, the most powerfnl man in Pekin, To him, Lady Williams-Taylor turned for an explanation. He pondered the matter a moment, and then: "Lady," said he, "the same "We Man- 'lyoung men (referring to the Prince chus were never fit to govéra." There was a pause before he el- ucidated further. "Moreover, lady, these two and his brother, the former Em- peror) have reason to feel a good deal easier mow than they have ever felt before. It is the frst time in their lives that they have] been comparatively sure of keep- ing their heads on their shoulders." So the royal hero of the above story is now an artist--and quite happy about it. : Another little narrative in light vein concerns the former Emperor P'U-Yi himself. Lady WilliamsTaylor learned that, during his rule, he attached to his personal staff for four years an Englishman named. Johnson, for whom he acquired a great liking and who soon became an intimate of the Emperor. So Impressed was the latter with his friend and with many things English that he thought he would like to take for himself an English name--and he did. "He chose 'Henry'!" Then, not to be outdone, his young, charming and beautiful Em- press thought it would be nice if she were to follow suit--and she did. She chose 'Elizabeth!' But it is not recorded whether either of them had ever heard of . gentleman named Ford. Dusty Relics of Grandeur Lady Williams-Taylor's observa- tions wére not all of lighter char- acter, however. There was one sombre note in her visit to the summer palace. In a former apartment of the old Dowager-Em- press, there was an exquisite por- trait of the royal lady, coated thickly with dust. Duts was around it also and beneath the covering her personal possessions, still laid out, below the painting, Lying at the foot of it, as its only offering, were the bodies of numerous spar- | rows that had flown within and died. And In Canton, there were many evidences of butchery and authen- tic tales, of worse. She saw the body of the Russian vice-consul, lying in a pool of blood, and the body of a woman, torn in two ok - and left on the street for the eyes |! of passersby. They were not hoth- ering to bury the dead in Canton. She found in the Bast, she said, much beauty, .particularly at Fati- phur-Sikri, the city of the Shah Albar, but she learned to discount many of the legends of Oriental mysticism, She is still convince that it is there--but not in the common, everyday Iastern life, which she declared to be entirely unenviable, | And the last seen of Lady Wil- | liams-Taylor was when a member of the C.P.R, staff was doing yeo- man service, She had heen pre- vailed upon to pose for a photo- graph on the ship--and she obh- jects to being photographed in gaiters, Considering his youth and inexperience, the C.P.R. man was functioning very effectively. 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