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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 22 Nov 1929, p. 46

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46 WILM -ETTE GUIDE-LECTURE TOURS "Crystals and Gems" at 11 o'clock and "Fishing" at 3 are the subjects Monday, November 23, in the free guide-lecture tours for the public at Field Museum of Natural History . Other days next week, at tpe same hours, subjects will be: Tuesday, "Clay Products" and "Prehistoric Animals"; Wednesday , "Oriental Jewelry" an·l "Animal Skeletons"; and Friday, "Game Birds" and "Indian Ceremonies." Parties for these tours of museum exhibits conducted by staff lecturers assemble inside the north entrance. On Thursday, on account of the Thank sgiY ing holiday, there will be no tours, but the museum will nevrrtheless be open to th e puhlic as usual from 9 t o 4 :30 o'clock. LIFE November 22, 1929 ESTHER GOUlD"S TRAVEL CORNER. ON TO INDIA Leaving Egypt to h er reverie s, her m vs te rie s and her ghosts, our ship will pass by Port Said, that city which still, we believe, in spi te of Chicago, holds its proud title of the wickedest city in the world, through the Suez Canal built at so much labor and such ~x travagant cost, through the "Bitter Lakes, " then more of the canal, down through the Red sea which Moses divided with his staff, and dropping down farther, farther to the so uth , co·11e at last to Bombay. As in ev ery country there are man~· countries, so it is Uf!USually true of India. There is a Chtcago of the boot · leggers and politicians, of the stor~ y~rds and of the Colored Zone, but 1f visitors coming here saw those a'1d nothing else we would think them ven· poor and unimaginative travelers . So in India if you wish to see only the povert.\· and. disease and filth you can. but you will be also a poor. and nnimaginative traveler. You wtll not be seeing the true India of the Indian s. For the Indians-smile if you willare a spiritual people. Their idt>al of life is not having or doing, but being. They have gone in the opposi!e dire~ tion from us, one of whose tdeal s 1" sanitation and perfect housing. A phi: lanthropist \\'ith us is great man; in I India he is a man seeking deliveranct> , · bv the least worthy and easiest of th e 1 . r~utes, the harm of whose work is br1 lieved to he compensated for by t!w good done himself. Let us look for the India so symp:lt hetically d.e scribed by Dhan M ukerF I in his books, the India of the beautiful ! "Song- Celestial," of the Upanishad~ in : which the pupil of Death says what ·\11 1 Tndia believes: "I know that what thn· call trea sure is unenduring, and br unla stin g things what is lasting cannot he obtained . . . When all de sires tha t j dwell in his heart are let go, the mor!al , hecomes immortal, and reaches the Eternal." RAYMOND-WHITCOMB Mrs. Charles Sanford Clarke has ret urned to h er home at 526 Washington avenue after vi siting for h\·o weeks in Columbus, Ohio and New York City. a rr OUND THE WORLD CRUISE " A NEW de luxe GOLDEN STATE LIMITED 11 I TO CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE RAN~B ~OlJNTBY OF THE GREAT SOUTHWEST THE TIME-106daysfrom New York to New York-weeks shorter than the ordinary world cruise, but with no sacrifice of time ashore. Sails Jan. 21, 1930. A ;' THE CRUISE .. SHIP-S.S. "Columbus" ()2.000tons) recent.· ly North German Lloyd flagship. 11ier superior speed enables this magnificent liner to shorten a~ preciably the steaming time between ports. - Bar 0, Circle Z, Seven Dash, Y Lightning, Triangle L-and scores of-others-real oldtime ranches, typical of hard-riding broncho-busting West of song and story-still flourish in Arizona. With big modernized ranch houses, all outdoor sports from golf to range-riding -and with a surrounding country s.s full of romance and color as the Valley of the Nile-they offer a delightful prelude to a California visit. 4 Peking ... Korea ... Japan-in all 29 Oriental points. besides Egypt and many other Mediterranean and Pacific ports. A THE RA TE5-$2000 and up, with accommodations for 230 members from the minimum rate up to $3500. OTHER CRUISES for 19!9-1930 West Indies N.w Ho&nd--Americ& Line S.S. "Statendana.. December 21 &,. JanU&tY 9 (16 days} JUNUY 29 &,. february 25 (25 days) da~in lndia.-Ceylon.. Java.-Siam... THE ITINERARY-Eleven No Extra Fare Superfine-Expressing:the utmost_in travel luxury Convenient schedule-minimum daylight hours en route-only two days Chicago to California. Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley~ n oted j archaeo logist of the Carnegie Ins tit utI tion of \Va shington, D. C., will :{ivc a i irec illustrated lecture for the general , public at Field Museum of Natun l ' His tory Saturday afternoon, Novem her 2.t In his lecture Dr. Morl l'\· \\" ill tell the results of the r- plorations and excavations rec cnt l ~ conducted under his direction on :u~ cient ~taya and pre-Maya sites at Chichen- Ttza, Yucatan, and Uaxactnn, Guatemala. Colored slides made fron1 photographs taken during the cour~t· of operatiuns will he shown. An im portant it:ature of the W ll k to be dt' scribed in the lecture and slides :s thrrecent discoyery of a stucco-covered pyramid, apparently pre-Mayan, ·xhirh Dr. M nrlev estimates was built a t about the time of the birth of Chri ... t. Exca,·ation of an ancient ~fa,· an astrono111ical observatory, and of t!w temple 11f the warriors at Chichen-ltza with the \·ictcl of a remarkable tm quoisc mn.s aic plaque, will ab·1 ht· em·creel in the lecture. 1 LECTURES ON MAY A ex- MOVIES FOR CHILDREN Three moying- pictures for childn.· 11 will he presented on the Raym ond ; Fund frce . program to be ~iven Sattlrd.ay morning, Novunber 23, at Field Museum of Natural History. Titles oi the film s are: "Beautiful Catalina ." "The Cliff Dwellers," and "Berher Mountain Peoples." There will be tw () showing s, one beginning at 10 a. m .. aitd th<' ot her at 11, in the Janw: Simpson theatre of the muse um. Children frun1 all parts of Chicago and suburbs arc invited. j CA!nt.rd S.S. "Samaria"-February I Cunard S.S. "Carinthia.. W~an. 23 Sprina- April I Round South America Mediterranean Shortest and best way to El Paso, Tucson, \.'":handler, Phoenix, Indio and Palm Springs. Quickest by many hours. Direct low altitude warm wi:rlter route to Los Angeles and San Diego. A·k about our new All-espeJUe Calilornia Toun, including the r.-orta of the Sunny S-.athweat and a gloriou· circle of the ecenic Wat Leave January 18, February 15 and March 15, 1930 S.S. · Catinthi&"-June 24 S.S. "Franconia"-June 21 ESCORTED TOURS TO EUROPE VJSITINO THE PASSION PLAY ATOBERAMMERGAU INDIVIDUAL ARRANGEMENTS fwTRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD STEAMSHIP TICKETS ON ALL LINES AT REGULAR RATES Per ied/«s ..J s!l- _,_, North Cape-Russia ROCK ISLAND THE ROAD OF l/NUSUAL SEilVICE For detailed in/ormation, phone or mail thu coupon --- - - - - - I POE'S WORKS ON EXHIBIT In commemoration of the eightieth anni,·ersary of the death of Edgar Allen Poe, the Yale University library ha.;; placed on exhibition its collection 11t Poe first editions. The items were ~Iat hcred for the most part by the latt' Owen F. Aldis, Yale 1874, who p-an' his collection of American first editions to the Yale library in 1911. Besick..; the various volumes of Poe's works the present exhibition includes his c0ntrihution s to various periodicals. Raymond & Whitcomb Co. 176 No. Michigan Ave., Chicago Tel. Scare 8615 W. J. Laft'erty, DlYblon Pauenpr Agent Rock leland Liue~J.723 La Salle St. Station Chlcqo, llllnoia, rhone Wabaah Piea~~e ~~end 111e literature detteriptl-.e of 0 Arizona 0 California 0 Colden State Route 0 AII-Eapen~~e Winter Toun (cheek book or book· deaired) and fulllnfonnatlon NKardinK train eehedula and eervice -.Ia ColdenStateRoute. 3- Name_------- ___ ___________ _____ :\ddreu.________________ _ ___ 14"

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