| Show Manti a Woman Tn rs World Geniel Brown recently re returned returned returned re- re turned from a world tour She traveled aboard a Japanese freighter cargo ship and spent four months and six days enjoying enjoying en- en joving a glimpse of other parts of the universe Her trip commenced commenced commenced com com- in January and she returned home in late May l with many deep Impressions and sympathy in her heart hear for the people of the world worM who live in poverty and fear for the Americans because o otheir of their lack of awareness of the conditions of the world Her travels took her first firs to Japan where she spent 12 days viewing the Temples the shrines new buildings ant and other beautiful surroundings She was impressed with the courtesy a and n d immaculate cleanliness of the people in Tokyo a most beautiful city of ten million people Here it was Geniel's privilege to spen da night with a Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese family in their home in which she was treated mos most graciously She noted that th the Japanese people have the highest literacy rate rat in the world with 90 per cent being able to read and write In Hong Kong where she arrived on an Australian ship to o spend nine days she noted the he deep contrast of the im immense immense Jm- Jm m mense wealth of the people in some me areas as contrasted with the ic awful awful poverty of others Some refugees refugee were vere crossing the narrow river ver which divides Hong Kong Cong from Red China to seek sock refuge She noted the bedraggled be- be draggled escapees standing in inong long ong lines receiving a meager allotment of food and the immense immense im- im mense buildings of apartment houses being built to meet the demands of the country Going to Singapore Geniel noted the beautiful su round round- ings and was impressed with withie the ie cleanliness of the city although although al- al though hough it was terrifically hotA hot A most interesting part of ofer her er trip was the Suez canal which under the of Nasser fasser is being widened Here she he noted the beautiful ma masonry mas- mas s onry nry in the walls being built The work here was done entirely entirely cn- cn irely with slave labor with t two vo wo dredges being ing the only y machinery noted Going on to Italy the statues statues sta sta- tues ues of Columbus and other othe r historic characters were viewed viewed view view- ed d in Genoa Four days were spent in London Condon where Geniel visited visite d Chester Chester the oldest city i in n England A cousins cousin's daughter in London accompanied her to the new Church and to tol the temple grounds which extremely beautiful In Tn Scotland she found Glasgow Glasgow Glasow Glas Glas- gow ow very beautiful and with i Jeep deep appreciation she noted I the same Scottish brogue be beI being being be- be I ing ng used as her grandparents grandparent s i had spoken Flying to Berlin Geniel noted noted noted no no- no- no ted the contrast again In East t L and West Vest Berlin East Berlin Berli n I still shows the ravages of war and destruction with West Vest Berlin being prosperous with many new beautiful buildings She noted that in the first three months of 1961 that 42 people had escaped from East to West Vest Berlin In Tn Wiesbaden Vies Wies- b baden boden den Germany Geniel visited visited visit visit- ed d M 1 garet Brown who worked worked worked work work- ed in Manti lanti as secretary to Fontleroy in n the Apparel firm She teaches Air Force chil- chil I. I c t en Going down the Rhine almos almos almos al- al mos a fairy tale with al alof all of its castles and beautiful sites In Rotterdam she was in time for the tulip festival and enjoyed the trip through the windmill country Through Hamburg Brussels Antwerp and enjoying all the beauties of spring sprint which made maden its country a delight During the trip across the L I Atlantic they stormy sea wit ha one time but the trip w W together a most pleas with everyone wherever visit visited d being interested Sj ii 11 ing that she enjoy her t the he utmost In her word trip was all she hadl hadi hoped loped for a 3 marvelous lence rence and wonderful o c of a lifetime amb amly ft g |
