Evening Star Newspaper, September 3, 1929, Page 31

“TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 1999 e [ARTAGENAFORMS | BTEEI=2=I==It The HUB—The: Store: of Smiles, Service and Satisfaction—The HUBIEI=T=T=Tr=Ta Strongest Defense of | ‘ relative. to & new political situation in | Colombia bring Colombia’s chief M"l station into the news limelight. OCarta- o i & sl B d 5 p 5 B gena, with its 400 years of atirring his- Closing Out Several Styles . ‘ ; s f tory, i still the most Spanish of all the | K e . former Spanish towns in Central and | of the Famous 4% y ‘ iy e South America. ; o ; T ( f L 1 et o e o St New Perfection | Uil TR ) B § : Ty o Y oil C s ol R | o e ‘ alanced Unit Radio tional Geographic Society. “Its gray 1 Ook toves N | i g o) 3 G e e e . i e Super Neutrodyne-Plus Lowboy the green hills that rise in the back- $1980 Two-burner 1 i ) 1 ‘ G T - ; ||I5= - ground and form a pleasant picture from Cool o uft ' 2 i 3 3 I ~—s the water. k Stove ot | = q : = | 7 Ramparts 40 Feet Thick. .85 - | 4 & ; iy 1= /2| | ] Lying parallel to the mainland is | s19=== = £ | o_ LIP D o 2 Tierra Bomba Island, which ‘must be akirted by vestels entering the harb 5 : . | : \ g —— i of Cartagena. Of the two entrances the - 2 . - I Boca Grands (large mouth) is neacest ‘Com: 378,2 § : : ; No Added Interest fhe city; but it is too shallow for ship- y ; NiNs / i b = ping to pass through, so the low - b % & F rance or Boca Chica (small mo e or which lies 8 miles distant, is ul 5 : Walls in some. places 40 feet thick \ . 4 .Terms “ - i Deferred encircle the old wn and recall; the o PR A - — 5 ¥ days when the city was one of:dhe o as 3 ) | 3 Payments atrongest defenses on the Spanish Main. o A p = : Although they are now dismantled, sév- & Lv ¥ TR 5 Ll ) Come in, eral well preserved fo which dot ow S ) : 5 Moottt v the walls, present a military aspact. . K 4 b S ! % 5 = ¥ 8 “Arches, balcol ‘:ndi “grilly :I‘z; 0 H () , i ¢ this marvelous Cartagena as Mo aiE a8 any i 5 ! i S ¢ g B ot Southern Spais’ ‘Crumbling: arches 0¥ ‘ : : = sew '-:'7 re. and faded plaster ktrucfures atfest the = = - 4 4 )/ ceiver, Phileo's city's age. Many of-$he-baicoples ex- . { latest and hibit fanciful carving® in-stone, and the i . S rasivetin grills are often of wrought iron iy ara- . hesque designs. The doofs and W WS radio. wtzlchdlrsnb&n mm,wk% Wi $ Yy o o Ty o o . stoned streets are 4 g % AAls where a grass-grown plot, & well or > 3 DR ) g2 fountatn, plants o tres ot S IR ; =N B il ; A suite of great benpty and dprability, made of choice gumwood finished bird, meke & delightiul spot in this al-| e in ‘American walnut. 'Construction and finish are sur- | ways warm city. The mean annual t - s 2 e 4 perature is 82 degrees Fahrenheit:: 2 Ry prisingly goo.d for a suite priced at such an attractive fig- Has s Modern Tonches. % 2 g ure. The snite consists of a buffet, extension table, china “Burros and automobiles pass through - . : . . . the chief gate of Cartagena, a venerable j = 3 3 cabinet, serving tablé and six leather slip seat chairs to structure of yellow stone surmounted by i 2% : | match ;s a steeple. Electric lights brighten the E 3 i streets that once echoed to the foot- steps of Sir Prancis Drake's plundering crew. Tramways roll along under over- hanging balconies of lilac or orange plaster. Women in Parisian dresses shop in ihe tiny stores with their stocks of brilliant shawls, jewels or Juscious tropi- cal fruit, which nestle in the colonnades surounding the Plaza de Los Coches. The marble pulpit of the Jesuit Chureh of St. John of God is celebrated throughout South America. “At present Cartagena is secondary in commercial importance to Barran- quilla, which is also a Caribbean sea- port. . Nevertheless_ it does: a_theivh frade, and two-iasted schooners as wel as large merchant steamars line the water nt, The bulk of the exports | which pass through the town consist of coffee, chicle, 1peuc.)@es, gold, platie num, balsam and caeab. . 1 4 Syrians Peddle in Colémbia, Too. . i : \ “The larger part of Cartagena's pop- P i ) v ; W Y ] T L wation is colored, while x mestizos or 3 gt 185 l- ) i mixed Indians and w orm the | ey . > & i nied manee e i o' e [N 3-Pe, Bed-Davenport Suite - : A=z o : pure whites of Spanish cescent 'form . : ¢ ! " : RO TH 2 _— 1 . enume 0 alr :sh‘r“ about (;lr'!:x;te’;!'- s:b&“rtm‘r];n‘:; Three pieces, covered in figured i siness N . & i . Syrians. They have agentathroughout velour. Tight spring seat construc- : $ 198 LlVln R m themwv:nun‘l‘;l f"';:“"{ lntjxsklgi tion. As pictured a p;unal bed- - . ul e in e interior is free from & m % . . “ a Syrian peddler with his.gmnipreseni davenport, arm chair gnd wing = 4 £ s sfpentine front, loose spring- p-%lg‘ troad toaklieei ot chair. This suite is now priced a¢ ¥ washiows COVErsd ON TEVerse - e rallroa of , ex- i) A tends only to Calamar. about 65 miles $5.00. Dow The Hub . A de with brocatelle. The suite as st but the SRS : 54 ” N - T K b % sketched, consists of a button-back the interior afoot or by ; 8 p of the profits of the Syrian merchents 3 % nvested in Colombian mines and estate. “Before the war, Cartagena’s im- ports came largely from Burope be- iy cause the average Crtageno buginess iy | ; R , man ‘2:}1 traveledin Europe; wd. ’n;:u(- \ 1 | 1 iar European wires and -felt"a " o « O 8“ 2 3 ] N R/ Bvi0X% racial compatibility with JEuropeans, U % During flt'he }K“Ln'hm t:&:nflm;:c ' ) X i w B $ s 3 ~ ’ 35042 - 0 commercial shipping was tied up, he 13 # ¢ A OOL DRUSSELS was forced to become acquainted with W L it e 2 American products. Since then com- al: < — U merce between the United States and | 4 ! D Colombia, has grown by leaps and | I bounds. The proximity of the two eoun- ¥ - - Ra ey e responinle To” AWE 50¢ A WEEK N< L 3 . G o e ¢ T a £ 5 Matiow. G — et I oy T 3-Pc. Fiber leu]g Room Suite 3 s ] & 5 ¥ S 71 ' 5:Piece Breakfast Suite $250,000 FIRE, DAMAGE g B hay & K it 0 L3 YA i by o Sl . Settee, armchair and . o v £ > 34 ¥ Y 7 L .- Unfinished drop-leaf table s 95 = h 0 REPORTED IN OCEAN CITY; rocker of dur-lge close- p . = 2 i A ;"‘d . four chairs to ‘match. g | woven fiber. uilt for. ‘ ; g ) Al ¥ o i BN b 5 ural wood—no finish Flames of Unknown Origin D«nroy} service and comfort. Spe< -'95 : | r - R } 9 X m Concessions on Boardwalk of | cially priced at i1 i 2 R 3 : 50c a Week Maryland's Only Ocean Resort: | : 50c a Week By the Associated Prese. OCEAN CITY, ‘Md.: Sepiember’ 3i— d 1 Fire of unkrown origin destroyed 15 concessions along _the hoardwalk of Maryland's only ocean resort early this morning, causing damage estimated at $250,000. Alded by firefighting appa- ratus from seven nearby towns, the fire was brought under control at 2 o'clock after it -had been; burning- for - more- than an hour. i At 1.15 the flames reached the At- I.l"nnc Hme’fi':“' did no dam to the ructure. The section burned extend- | i ed 400 yards north of the hotel to SlcP Ch‘.lr Playiand, an amusement park where the e fire was supposed to have started in & sandwich shop. BUAD, LR S ‘Well made ane hed & orown Special Low Fare. || EXCURSION To 8 f%?!'.’.‘.fi? ¢ |’A New Walnut Finished f:H_ollyw()dd’;Vanity s « LT *10. HE-—NESIMRY | 4-Piece Bedroom ‘Suite —Regular Price 1494 | &Picce Dinete Suite i . - B ¢ A walautfinished gumwood Septemiber 7-9 At To lend an air of clegance and newness to your bedroom furnish it with this attrac- suite of oix pisces—extension ta- .00 An opportunity to visit ] ; tive new Hollywood Vanity Suite. It is made of gumwood and finished in imitation s 1 O B, bl Ak et 1vdhariaass $ = Cincinnati_and its suburbs. 1 walnut. The suite consists of a Hollywood Vanity, a Chest of Drawers, Wood Bed SR S A full day for sightseeing. ' ok ; &/#> | and a Dresser. “Workmunship and finish are all that you would expect to findina- China Cabinet, $19.75 much higher priced suite.” : Easy Terms oo | YIRS | $5.00 Down _Delivers This Bedroom Suite ' |- ; Saturday, September 7 ‘ R Arrives Pull-Up Chair Oakley Cincinnati . . i Returning Leaves Living Room" Suite { Cincinnati . : M. Eet RER |G | akley . .. o .o .M. ; orad.ist voloue. Fined with Tooss oo 9 filled cushion A comf Sunday September 8 svite and « big v.:"l.:, 8 ; sy, | $5.00 Down—The ;}_u_b N Seventh & D Sts. N. . I