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Show 212 MADELYN CANNON STEWART SILVER language (and it is as difficult for them as it would be for us to learn Japanese). Could not the English-speaking people and like try a little harder, try desperately hard, to understand dreams and the Japanese people, their peculiarities and their desires, as well as their art and beauty? We must make as chief idea to great an effort as they are making. This is my celebrate Elizabeth's birthday." our If one result of the world tour was a series of invitations to speak about the nations and peoples they met, another was in Japan Ai (Aiko) Kawaguchi, who became their fos meeting ter daughter. Ai had won a Fulbright scholarship to the University of Denver, but when she was taking her health exam ination, the tests showed signs of incipient tuberculosis. This would have prevented her from entering the United States. Immigration officials informed her that her entry depended on finding some one who would agree to transport her back to the Japan in case her tuberculosis flared up. The Silvers accepted responsibility, and Aiko was able to enroll as a student at Denver. Although she did not live with them, Aiko visited as Madelyn and Harold many times and was regarded by them with a Masters a member of their family. After her graduation, where she D.C. to went she Washington, of Library Science, her affec showed Ai was employed by the Library of Congress. funeral her tion for Madelyn by returning to Denver to attend in 1961. Madelyn's children still feel close to their "Japanese sister. " two days, They went on to Hong Kong, where they spent a sched followed then flew to Bangkok, Thailand, where they ule of sightseeing-the Silkaporn Theater, the Emerald Buddha, the Reclining Buddha, the marble temple, Thai boxing, the sev floating markets, and the Temple of the Dawn. They spent eral days in India, and then flew to Baghdad, Teheran, and Beirut. Madelyn was fascinated by the history, archaeological discoveries, and the influences from many cultures over millen Nahr-El-Kelb and Byblos, and she was nia, especially evident at delighted to visit Bshare, the mountain village home especially of Kahlil Gibran, the Lebanese poet. |
