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...Historic Hostel...
...attracted by your vivid Feb. 4 description of the riots in Ismailia and Cairo. Referring to the destruction of the historic Shepheard's Hotel, you mention eminent men who have visited this hostel. I can readily understand that "Kitchener stopped in after the Battle of Omdurman," since that battle occurred in 1898. You state, however, that "Explorer Stanley dropped in after finding Dr. Livingstone." Since that memorable event in the jungles of Africa occurred in 1871, and, according to your own statement, Shepheard's Hotel was not built until 1891, a score of years must have intervened . . . THEODORE...
...Germans, the Army wanted to be sure that it would not become a neo-Nazi shrine. Last week the Bavarian state government agreed, decided to blow up the remains of the lower-altitude chalets, turn over the Eagle's Nest either to an Alpine club, youth hostel or research organization. Said Social Democratic Leader Waldemar von Knoeringen: "Hitler's real monuments are the ruined cities of Germany, and no other monuments should be allowed to remain...
During the next nine years, while the two parties alternately talked peace or made open war on each other, Chou spent much of his time in Chungking, China's wartime capital, smoothly persuading China's U.S. allies (particularly the newsmen at the Press Hostel) of the Communists' good intentions. In Washington last week, General Wedemeyer remembered Chou as a "charming individual." Chou lived in the poorest section of the city in a house with a dirt floor and rude peasant furniture. His manner was all modesty and humility. Later in Nanking, his blandishments worked well enough...
...Paul Revere's routh around Concord and Lexington, with a side trip to the "rude bridge that arched the food." Or you can drop in on the domain of Henry D. Thoreau, 1837, at Walden Pond and stay for a drip. Or, two bucks will get you a Youth Hostel Card that will make a weekend trip to Gloucester or the Cape a cinch...