Show romance in persia persia Is almost completely unspoiled by the machine age says richard Ill chard in COsmO cosmopolitan POll there are barely six hundred 4 rulles miles of railroad within its borders camel caravans its as in the days of the magi who came from here still bear nine tenths of the commerce find and tire are still guided by the stars across the wilderness these caravans 4 must traverse a country sometimes convulsed by gorges will and high mountains there aro no mountains there Is desert put but in the oases one finds gardens so lush and fruitful that they have inspired the poets down the ages put but it Is modern persia that will attract the average traveler the roses and the nightingales more than the tombs the beautiful artistic people more than the tumbled ruins |