FE Mrs. Calloway Writes of Many Inter- esting Things Seen in Her Travels. Mrs. Elizabeth Calloway, with Clarks cruise of the “Lancastria’” to the West- ern Mediterranean and Norway, has written a friend the following letter: Aboard Ship, July 28th. This cruise appealed to me from Norway and Sweden’s points; then Portugal and Tangier, were also at- tractions. Portugal, while so unlike Spain, is yet so near the former that much of the old Moorish exists. Lis- bon is beautifully laid out with its boulevards, cathedrals and museums. Many of the cathedrals and monas- teries have been turned into orphan- ages—one, famous for its architectur- al beauty and the richness of its in- terior, has seven hundred boys whom we saw at their noon services; here are buried some of the royal family and Gomez, the poet. One museum contains twenty-six coaches of royal- ty dating back to 1500, without springs but with beautifully carved ornamental figures, gilded and hand- painted body and plush lined. As the door opens, there is an ivory step with gold tracery. Six and twelve horses were used to draw them. They are from many countries as the intermar- riages were numerous and each prin- cess came in the coach of her own country. A few of us went to Contra, the old Moorish city where are several beau- tiful castles—one, the summer home of the king and queen of Portugal be- fore it became a republic, open to the public for a small fee, is located sev- enteen hundred feet up on top of the mountain. The furnishings and many gifts from other sovereigns are intact. The altar of the private chapel is carved from one piece of marble with figures representing seraphims and cherubims with the figure of Christ in the centre. The drive to the castle winds back and forth up the mountain, trees overlapping, many of cork—the first time I had ever seen the cork tree. The most interesting castle is a very old one of the eleventh century and now a museum. Particularly unique, are the two chimneys in the kitchen, rising like inverted cones, to carry the smoke and fumes up; their fires are in small openings along a stone counter—