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Show irk hwm Dinner Club to Hear Former Diplomat for U. S. H. William De Long, a former form-er representative of the United States government in various embassies of the Middle East and who has had assignments in the Iron Curtain countries as well as the Holy Lands, will be the guest of members of the Escalante Knife and Fork Club when the organization meets Friday evening, Feb. -'1, at the Escalante Center. Following a term of government govern-ment work, De Long turned to private traveling to the countries coun-tries along the famous spice trails of 2,000 years before the birth of Christ. There he studied the habits of the people, peo-ple, learned their present cus-torn cus-torn and of their past; investigated investi-gated their religions, and delved into their industries. He dined witli Shahs and nil- I H. WILLIAM DeLONG island of Zanzibar onto the backs of the long camel cara-van. cara-van. There begins the long trek through the ancient cities ers, talked with the people at the "market." In each place De Long bought something representative representa-tive of the lands and the people peo-ple he visited; Persian Rug, brocades, silks, even "pant-loons" "pant-loons" and copperware. Much of this he carries with him for "modeling" and display as he takes his audience on a "Camel Caravan" tour of the countries of the East. The "tour" begins at Port Sudan where the spices are unloaded from the great spice of Luxor, Karan and Thebes; thence on to Cairo and through the Holy Lands, Petra, Baghdad, Damascus, Baalbeck and finally to the ports of Tyre and Sidon where the caravan terminates. De Long, who might be called cal-led a "quick change" artist, does a remarkably fast and thorough job in modeling the costumes of the lands about which he talks, giving an insight in-sight to the lives the ancients lived as well as how the moderns mo-derns are meeting present conditions. con-ditions. . ... ... , , |