Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1930, Page 21

“GELAND BELES 1S FRIGD NAME Country on Threshold of Arctic Ocean Is Libeled by Maps. While other countries are celebrating centennials, Ieeland, scorning such youth, is preparing for the observance | in June of the 1.000th anniversary of | the organization of its popular assembly. | Popular misconceptions of Iceland are ted out in a bulletin from the ters of the National Geo- graphic Society. | “Iceland’s name naturally suggests to the prospective visitor that he will find | # frozen waste,” says the bulletin. “And | when his map shows this,island to lie across the very threshold of the Arctic | Ocean, hard by the glacial coast of Greenland. and 300 miles farther north than bleak Labrador, he is almost pre- Bears \ bears and of fur-clad folk living in snow igloos. Maps Libel the Island. *Jeeland is libsled both by nomen- lature and maps. On many charts the | most mportant physical fact in its life does not appear. Up from the south flows the warm Gulf stream to enfold the island and work the magic of “On Iceland’s coasts a towns with buildings of roofs and church steeples, busy streets and electric lights. In the streets are men and garbed much as are the inhabitants of Copenhagen and Glasgow, Ottawa and Minneapolis. One’s eyes tell him that here is the same civilization that Europe and America know. “And immaterial factors proclaim the truth still more unmistakably than do material things. Here, in this far north- ern land, a worthy national literature | posse: |and stable national institutions were developed when much of Europe was floundering in the Dark Ages. Here the lamp of the Nordic Renaissance burned and lighted its own region be. fore the beacon of the Latin Renais- sance was held aloft to light the way for the world. This northern light has never failed. Today the literacy rate is higher in Iceland than in many coun- tries of Europe. Best of Country Along Coast. “It is true that physically Iceland's best foot is forward. Its moat pleasant aspect is its fringe of coast. Inland it is in nowise a pretty country, although the distinction may be made that ft| to come upon & land of polar | Possesses much scenery of beauty—a | weird, magnificent beauty coupled with desolation; for, although Iceland is not the icy waste that distant popular fancy would make it, it fared less fortunately at the hands of another of Nature's great forces—fire. The land is actively voleanic, and in the interior, on every hand, are the evidences of great fiery outbursts of the past. To tourists it presents none of those scenes which N rHE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MOI\']jAY, JUNE 30, 1930. other lands’ d forests, no rich meadows, no prosper- ous-appearing farms with beautiful gardens. “In spite of adverse conditions, in spite of earthquakes and volcanoes, and ::! absence of luxuries, the Icelanders cling to their land with fierce X They have a national life which is dif- ferent from that of any other land in the world. “They feel strongly their one-time glory and value highly the culture and | civilization that they built practically without outside help and in which the Iceland of today has its roots. Not only have they long ranked among the most literate people in the world, but they ss a_broad knowledge and excellent | taste in literature. | * “The people of Iceland have a great literature of their own in the old sagas, apd many of their modern poets are irapeclnlly gifted. Their folk songs are popular _throughout the country and rank with the best of any nation.” Baccarat Case Recalled. At the death recently of Sir William Gordon Gordon-Cumming at his home near Forres, England, his famous bac- carat case, in 1891, in which the Prince of Wales, late King Edward VII, was a witness, was recalfed. Sir Willlam brought an unsuccessful action for slan- | der against a Mrs. Wilson and others, denying an accusation that he had doubled his stakes when he won and halved them when he lost at baccaraf. He never played cards after that time. There was much popular sympathy with the man, who next day marriea Miss Florence Josephine Garner of New York after giving her an opportunity to end the engagement, which she refused. CAVIAR PURCHASES TRAGTORSINU. . Soviet Exports Tons of Deli- cacy, Buying Machinery " With Proceeds. | recent products to be completely sov- fetized, according to reports from Mos- cow. Preserved sturgeon eggs, popularly known as caviar, continue to be one of the most valuable products of the Soviet fisheries which have now been merged into one big, national, government con- trolled trust. “The Uniteg States imported 300 tons of Russian cAviar last year, for which Americans paid more than $600,000,” Caviar for America is one of the most | -y-'h; bulletin “All of it 1 Amtorg, ment’s trading of the National Geo- vigorously because the Soviet govern- ment needs that $600,000 and much more money to pay for the tons of cot- ton, - the tractors, the electrical ma- chinery and other commodities which the vernment purchases in large quantities in the United States. “Huge, sluggish sturgeon that are helping the U. 8. 8. R. to buy Southern cotton, inhabit the mouths of the Volga, the Caspian and the Black Seas and various other rivers running into these seas, They are the largest of fresh water fish. Authenticated, true, scienti- fically accepted fish stories from the Volga report that sturgeon have been caught that measure 25 feet in length and weighed 3,000 pounds! “‘Only female sturgeon are highly val- uable because it is the fish eggs which | fishermen chiefly seek. Enormous quan- | tities of roe are found in a single fish; | the egg mass may account for one-third | the entire weight. Fish Egg Capital. “To catch the fish the fishermen drive stakes and set their nets in the form of large weirs, like eel weirs on a big scale, fil‘:l‘m bobbers warn the hhnmn: spawn has entered his i “Having made his catch City.~The caviar trade has been pyshed | lower Vi diately cut open and the roe emptied into a sieve through which the eggs fall. The sturgeon eggs are submerged for a few minutes in a brine, which acts as a preservative, and then packed in barrels for shipment abroad. Bulk shipments are usually put up in small cans that decorate delicatessen shelves after the caviar arrives in New York. “Sturgeon, like sharks, are very old fish in the history of the world. Their armored backs and sides make them a survival in the waters such as the armored, clumsy rhinoceros is on land. In place of scales the sturgeon has cartilaginous plates for a coat, some plates being capped with spikes. His mouth, like the shark’s, is underslung, but, unlike the shark’s, is toothless. “Another product of the sturgeon is isinglass, which is the gelatinous wall . | aleohol, to make a hard, durable of the swimming bladder. yield isinglass, but the best come from sturgeon. is used to clarify wines and beers, to make Ilies Jell, to give luster to silk, to add licorice, lamp black and water to make an India ink; to make ‘court plaster’ and, when d_ol"di'h:“ e used to cement diamonds and repair broken glass and pottery. “Although caviar has been a prized and expensive table delicacy certainly as far back as the days of Bhakespeare, who made Hamlet say, ‘ "Twas caviar to the general’ wealthy America is not the chief importer of Astrakhan caviar. Greece annually surpasses the United Rhod: States in her importations of the roe. ““The United States itself used to ex- port caviar, but that was in the days when sturgeon were still plentiful in the Great Lakes and were found in considerable numbers in the rivers of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. Over~ fishing has seriously depleted our stur- geon fishery. “Caviar is but one item in the Soviet's extensive fisheries, which, although the nation is short on ice-free -seacoasts, are estimated to be the third most val- uable in the world. Russians used to consume large quantities. of fish be- cause of the numerous church fast . Many fishes | days. The Baltic is qualities | Wil Sea and the Murman the of cod, and many in addition to seal herds, hunted annually; the numerous lakes yleld their annual quota, the fishery re- sources of the Siberian rivers have been scarcely , while the salmon streams of the Pacific Coast have not been exploited nearly as effectively nor ‘:'::,l:.ntmcflly as the Alaskan salmon s i Marriage Licenses. Dwight H_ Williams. 35, this eity. and hoda M. Vaughn, 34, 8. Augustine, Fia.; Rev. ‘Charies . Warner. d Bhafter, 31; Edward Lioyd, 36. and Ires ev. J. Harvey' Dunbam. Prank H. Clark, 38 and Nina 8, Reed, 82; Rev. Maurice 8. White. 3 d Evelyn L. Brooke, D ' x Walter Owens. 21, 18;_ Rev. o 3;, 28, and Eva M. John_E. t. 18: Rev. Irving W. Ketcham Argarer Barkler. 3 ahis. eity: Rev. "B argaret Barkiey, 28, this city; Rev. H. ¥ Folson. After three years' research a party of German scientists have decided that a spot near New Plymouth, New Zealand, is the most likely to produce oil. ODWARD & LoTHROP % FAR__1930 IVERSARY. DOWN STAIRS STORE Daytime and Evening Frocks, $11 Much Lower-Priced Than Usual With “the Fourth” making. its usual frock demands, this selling becomes extremely important. Chiffons, wash crepes, flat crepes, georgettes and nets. . .sports, travel, street, afternoon and evening frocks. Sizes 14 to 44 A Pre-Holiday Economy Event . . . Wilhout) With Inner Tubes Given (%ithou Defiance and Super Defiance TIRES Defiance 4-ply Tires SIZES 3031 I 30x31; Ct . 30x31; SB Axd . .Wo Super Defiance Tires SIZES 29x4.40-21 29x4.50-20 . 30x4.50-21 29x5.00-19 . 30x5.00-20 . 31x5.00-21 28x5.25.18 . 20x5.25.19 . 30x5.25.20 . 31x5.25.21 . 29x5.50.19 . 30x5.50-20 . 30x6.00-18 . 31x6.00-19 32x0.00-20 13x6.00-21 30x6.50-18 31x650-19 . 32x6.50-20 . All Tires Mounted With’out Charge—Phone Orders, District 5300, Filled TIRES AND TUBES, FOURTH FLOOR. TIRES .$9.45 . '978 TIRES On Sale for a Limited Time . . . 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White Pumps Step Into First Place ‘White kid opera pump, with & band of white kid around the top; turned sole and spike heel. $12.50 White canvas pump, trimmed with white kid and one-strap; turned sole and Cuban heel. $10 Laird, Schober & Compeny white kid pump trimmed with white . lizard calf; eenter. buckle strap. $I18 Matrix white kid street pump with center-buckle strap; welt sole and Cuban heel. $13.50 Othérs $10 1o $18 WoumEN's SmHors, Twmp FLOOR When You Travel . . . Travél Well With Louis Vuitton, Oshkosh or Aeroplane Luggage Every corner of the world recog- nizes the prestige of these three out- standing names in the luggage world. This luggage will stand the gaff of globe-trotting . . . its con- veniences and refinements will add to the pleasure.of travel ... and it has the smartness and character you demand. Silk Daytime Frocks ¥ Special 33.95 Silk piques—washable crepes—and silk prints—fashion these sports and daytime frocks. The far-below-usual price brings values so important that you should pur- chase several frocks for your vacation wardrobe. Sizes 14 to 46. DOWN STAIRS STORE Linen Suits Plain and Belted Styles 8395 A second ship- ment brings these smart little Sum- mer fashions . .. plain and belted styles, with yoke skirts. In green, pink, blue, tan, brown, black and white. Their Sum- mer fashion im- portance is great- ly added to by their washability. Sizes 14 to 40 DOWN STAIRS STORE Oshkosh Steamer Trunk, equipped with § hangers, with removable dust curtain, 4 drawers and shoe box.$150 Louis Vuitton Wardrobe Trunk—two lower drawers may be converted into hat box. All drawers have linen covers $307 Get a New Bathing Suit For “The Fourth” 33.95 The Down Stairs Store is showing 1930’s newest one and two piece suits. Plain colors . . . fancy combinations. 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Quart Food Bottles. . » Unbreakable Gallon Food Jugs Stanley Non-breakable Gallon Jugs, with spigots $10 ‘THERMOS GooDs, AisLe 6, Fmst FLOOR. Gum Drops forming flag packages...that lend 4th of July atmosphere to entertaining.....50c Assorted Nuts. ..$1.50 pound hocolates, 80c pound «ess..15¢ to 50c 350 Volumes of Fiction, 55¢ Were $2 and $2.50 a Volume il 3 4th of July Novelties,. from ‘THE BOOK STORE, A1sLEs 23-25, First FLOOR. Canpres, AisLe 12-14, First PLOOR. This Week—Remnant Day Is Thursday, July 3—Store Closed July 4th and 5th