Ogden Daily Standard | 1906-07-05 | Page 4 | At Home and Abroad

AT HOME AND ABROAD members of an american opera company touring south africa became stranded in johannesburg after losing the unfortunate people some forty in number managed to make their way to cape town where they ap reported to be in a pitiable condition f kot long ago an american circus went to pieces ii franco per formers were on the verge of starvation before aid was sent from hdm this gives us some idea of the helplessness of those out of employment in foreign countries tho average american circus performer Is capable of carlo tor himself where there Is even halt a chance to exist and he is possessed of originality and the power of initiation iwo qualities quite essential in elbowing ones way through the crowded pathways but neither native nor determination coald win subsistence in the overcrowded poverty afflicted cities of europe this brings home to us the poverty abroad as in contrast with the unequaled opportunities and abundance af pf everything in our own land whir only the most unfortunate fall to enjoy all the necessaries and many of the luxuries when an american steps beyond the boundaries marked by the stars aad stripes ha begins to understand how blessed is the privilege to alve ln this country