Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1929, Page 37

* HANOL 1 PARS TOPEDPLE OF A Capital of French Indo-China Bears Many Earmarks of European Metropolis. “From Paris to Paris and Return” a Hitting title for a narrative of the re- cent Europe-Asia flight of Coste and Bellonte, intrepid French long-distance fiyers. But where is Paris in Asia? “Hano is the capital of French Indo- China and bears many earmarks of the | European capital,” says a bulletin of the National Geographic Society. Cafes and French Music. “A modern train brings_you into & modern rallway station at Hanoi. Here you may hail & shiny new Prench-made automobile with a French chauffeur. In a tour of the city you ride along Wide streets and boulevards bearing French names and pass imposing French buildings and spacious parks | where stroll French women and men; some of the latter dressed in the natty blue uniforms of the French army. “In the business district Parisian gowns are displayed behind plate- glass show windows. French theater fronts blaze with gaudy signs to attract patrons, Parislike sidewalk cafes invite passersby to imbibe their favorite bever- age while melodious strains from a French orchestra filter through the open windows of a French restaurant “Now and then you bump over street car tracks. You notice the absence of pecullar orfental city odors because of Henoi's modern sewerage system; you feel free to drink the city water be- cause of the excellent water supply system, and at night the streets are bathed in light from thousands of elec- tric bulbs. These and the Botanical Gardens and Zoological Park are bat | a few reminders of the French capital about 7,000 miles away. “Europe” and “Asia” Divided by Lake. “The French quarter is farthest from the right bank of the Red River, on which Hanoi lies about 80 miles from the sef A lake, surrounded by prome- THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 19 nades, separates this quarter from the native quarter, which begins on the con- gested riverside. Once inside the nar- row byways of the native quarter, it is easy to forget the westernized portion of the city. A few centuries ago Hanoi was divided into about 100 villages, each with its own chief. Now its di- vision appears only according to the merchandise sold ‘or the which the natives work. “Each street is jammed with human- ity. ~Shopkeepers disregard the bounds of their open-front shops and are often found in the middle of the street bickering with prospective purchasers. Soup venders carrying small bells an- nounce their approach. Itinerant photographers and fortune tellers vo- cally make known their professional skill. And added to these noises and the ordinary chatter of groups of loiter- ers is the yelling of sweetmeat ven- ders, and the noisy warnings of rick- shaw boys who plunge through the hu- man mass. Wearers of conical lamp- | shade-shaped bamboo hats dodge one another without damage to the head- gear. Some of the hats are two feet in diameter. “One who knows French will have no difficulty shopping in native Hanoi. The sugar merchants’ shops flank Rue du Sucre (street of sugar), while Rue du Ritz (street of rice) is the Tice merchants’ stand. Woman travelers enjoy the Rue de la Soie (street of silk), where merchants display a gay array of silk scarfs, some handsomely embroid- ered. There is a Street of Cups, where the finest to the cheapest china cups are on sale; a Street of Dyers, where the dye business is dominant, and a Street of Hats, where thousands of hats are strewn about over the shops. “The oder of herbs will lead you to the Street of Medicines, and if you fol- low the tap tap of the tin and brass workers’ hammers you will come upon, a splendid display of metal vessels of all shapes and sizes in the Street of Brass Workers and the Street of Tin- smiths plaved is made in congested rooms in | the rear of the shops.” Secret of Seasickness, Dr. Sidney Jones, who has just retired from the post of surgeon on the Aqui- tania after 36 years at sea, claims to have discovered the secret of seasickness. He declares it is due to acidity of the stomach. He recommends travelers to take no alcohol for a week before sail- ing. to eat sparingly, and to avoid all acid foods. He and other ships’ sur- geons have tested his theory and found it correct. trades at| Most of the merchandise dis- ! $25,000 IS OFFERED FOR CHINA-U. S. HOP ;Texen Expects Dole to Add Similar Amount for Flight From Hong- kong to Dallas. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 12.—Col. W. E. Easterwood, jr., millionaire sportsman of Dallas, Tex., announced here today he had reopened his offer of A $25000 prize to the first aviator to fiy from Hongkong, China, to Dallas. The offer was made in 1927, but was withdrawn after the lives of several con- testants in the Dole race from Oakland to Honolulu had been lost. Col. Easterwood said he was on his way to Hawali to confer with James Dole, pineapple grower, who posted the prize money in the Dole race, and ex- pected the Honolulu millionaire to post another $25,000 in prizes for the Hong- kong-Dallas flight. “The prize offer will be effective this coming Summer. The route includes stops at_Tokio, Japan; Honolulu and one on the Pacific Coast,” Col. Easter- wood said. “This it not going to be a race, but will be more of an endurance test. The first pilot ready will get the first chance, and if he succeeds, none other needs to start. Maj. Ting Ling Haung, Chinese avia- tor, already has a plane half completed for the flight. There is no restriction placed on the type of plane used, nor on the number of persons who may fly in each entry. It will be neces- sary only for the pilots and crews to finish in the planes used at the start.” ASKED INCREASED DUTY. Findly Charges Dump Furnaces in Canada. OTTAWA, Ontario, December 12 (®).—An increased duty against Ameri- can warm-air furnaces or establishment of a “fair home consumption price for duty purposes” was urged Tuesday by D. D. Findlay before the tariff advisory board during consideration of the re- vised iron and steel schedules. Mr. Findlay charged American manu- facturers with “dumping” their products in Canada and cited instances where foreign competitors were offering their wares at Vancouver at a price less than that of their own domestic market. Manufacturers ' Marvelous flavor, yes! Inimitable quality, yes! But above all ... Scrupulous Purity PuRE as a tumbling stream at its source . . . cooling as the drink you take from its running depths . .. refreshing as quenching your thirst with its clear water...this is “Canada Dry.” The ingredients which are used in this fine old ginger ale are the best. The ginger is the finest Jamaica can grow. The process of blending and balancing is exact and unvary- ing. The carbonation is delicate and uniform. But most important of all— purity! Ingredients . . . ginger . . . and daily tests under laboratory methods.. Its flavor has won the approving nod of connoisseurs the wide world over. Its distinction wins it a place in the world. But “Canada Dry” could not have flavor or quality unless it first had purity. Try this fine old beverage today. ‘CANADA DRY~ Reg. U. S Pat. Off, The (hampagne of Ginger Ales CARRANZA IS HONORED. Corner Stone of Memorial to Flyer Is Laid in Mexico City. MEXICO CITY, December 12—Co- incidental with the inauguration of Na- tional Air week at Valbuena Flying Field here yesterday, the corner stone of a monument to Capt. Emilio Car- ranza was laid at the exact spot where that good will fiyer's plane left the ground on his flight to Washington in 1928. He crashed, and was killed in New Jersey when on a return flight from Long Island. The monument will be 70 feet high. and surmounted by a beacon light. It was paid for by popular subscription. Edison as a Humorist. Among the oldest of the “Pioneers™ who were associated with Edison in the days when he was struggling with the electric light is H. M. Doubleday of Brooklyn, aged 77, who recently said the following about his former asso- ciate: “To my opinion, Tom would have been a second Mark Twain if he'd turned his efforts to literature. He could always see the funny side of things. When things took a bad turn, ‘Tom would always revive the spirits of the men with a good joke. He seemed to have an unlimited fund of funny stories and he was a master at what uld be called * p ol TRAIN WRECKER SAYS HE ACTED WITH NO AID Confesses Derailing Locomotive, but Denies Accomplices Were Involved. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 12.—Tom Vernon, suspected wrecker of a South- ern Pacific passenger train near here on November 10, in a new confession shortly after his arraignment yesterday in Superior Court told deputy sheriffs he perpetrated the derailment unaided. 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