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’Round the World with B. J.
send to my good friend M r . Seely, M an ager of T h e G rove P ark Inn,
A sheville, N . C ., and ask him to tell you all about it, then you’ll better
understand w h y I think so much of my B iltm ore Hom espun suits.
A nd, should you send for samples and get some suits, you w ill never
go back to anything else, partially because they hardly ever w ear out,
and, second— you just never would anyhow.
P .S .— I am not interested in them in any manner, shape or form , but
I am in you— my friends “ over-the-air.”
Some of the fotos here contained are not as clear as m ight be
expected for perfect w ork. T h is w as due to several reasons. T h e light
w as so intense that it w as an unknow n factor to us. T h e E nglish
films w ere faster than we had been used t o ; and the local fotografers
were alw ays an unknown quantity tliruout the entire F a r Eastern
countries. W e offer no apologies, w e did the best w e could— w e m erely
offer the explanation.
N aturally, we were very proud of D ave, who, as our “ staff fotografer,”
took practically all the fotografs reproduced in this book, and on the en
tire trip. E ach of us laid out our portion of the w o rk and each developed
him self to doing it w ell. In other words, w e were “ organized” to make a
success of this the same as w e w ould organize a business to accomplish its
objective. T h e author (fath er) pays tribute to the “ staff foto grafer”
(his son) for the excellent artistic w ork done in the pictorial line.
The Trip in General
E had the choice of several touring companies to take charge
and make all preparations in advance of our going. I t is
not im perative that you do th is ; but it is better that you do,
because there is so much that no person or persons travelin g
alone can do that is v ita lly essential to w e lfa re and com fort.
W e had the choice of one company that charged very low
prices, herded the people, took them on certain w ell-w orn
travel paths, and bunched them in groups. Y o u had to
stay together, for your time was not your own, and you saw and thought
ju st w hat they w anted you to see and think. N a tu ra lly , to secure favors
from certain Governm ents, they must give certain favors to these G o vern
ments by w ay of m aking certain observations possible that best pleases that
Governm ent through which they are passing.
Did we want that? N o!
Betw een that company and the one we chose there were m any grades,
qualities, and values.
W e had the choice of taking a “ ’round the w o rld cruise” as they
are so w e ll known and advertised. In this you get on a boat at N e w
Y o rk , you stay on that boat until you arrive back toN ew Y o rk , or
until you leave that ship at some port in Europe to come home via
several optional routes. O n these “ cruises” you p ractically see only
send to my good friend M r . Seely, M an ager of T h e G rove P ark Inn,
A sheville, N . C ., and ask him to tell you all about it, then you’ll better
understand w h y I think so much of my B iltm ore Hom espun suits.
A nd, should you send for samples and get some suits, you w ill never
go back to anything else, partially because they hardly ever w ear out,
and, second— you just never would anyhow.
P .S .— I am not interested in them in any manner, shape or form , but
I am in you— my friends “ over-the-air.”
Some of the fotos here contained are not as clear as m ight be
expected for perfect w ork. T h is w as due to several reasons. T h e light
w as so intense that it w as an unknow n factor to us. T h e E nglish
films w ere faster than we had been used t o ; and the local fotografers
were alw ays an unknown quantity tliruout the entire F a r Eastern
countries. W e offer no apologies, w e did the best w e could— w e m erely
offer the explanation.
N aturally, we were very proud of D ave, who, as our “ staff fotografer,”
took practically all the fotografs reproduced in this book, and on the en
tire trip. E ach of us laid out our portion of the w o rk and each developed
him self to doing it w ell. In other words, w e were “ organized” to make a
success of this the same as w e w ould organize a business to accomplish its
objective. T h e author (fath er) pays tribute to the “ staff foto grafer”
(his son) for the excellent artistic w ork done in the pictorial line.
The Trip in General
E had the choice of several touring companies to take charge
and make all preparations in advance of our going. I t is
not im perative that you do th is ; but it is better that you do,
because there is so much that no person or persons travelin g
alone can do that is v ita lly essential to w e lfa re and com fort.
W e had the choice of one company that charged very low
prices, herded the people, took them on certain w ell-w orn
travel paths, and bunched them in groups. Y o u had to
stay together, for your time was not your own, and you saw and thought
ju st w hat they w anted you to see and think. N a tu ra lly , to secure favors
from certain Governm ents, they must give certain favors to these G o vern
ments by w ay of m aking certain observations possible that best pleases that
Governm ent through which they are passing.
Did we want that? N o!
Betw een that company and the one we chose there were m any grades,
qualities, and values.
W e had the choice of taking a “ ’round the w o rld cruise” as they
are so w e ll known and advertised. In this you get on a boat at N e w
Y o rk , you stay on that boat until you arrive back toN ew Y o rk , or
until you leave that ship at some port in Europe to come home via
several optional routes. O n these “ cruises” you p ractically see only
