Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1934, Page 45

“NUDE” EXPLORERS SOUGHT FOR TR, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. [:ARNWA[ [}ARIUEA The Traveler’s Notebook Hunting Attracts Women E Captain R. Stuart Murray| Seeks Companions as Paying Guests. NEW YORK, December 15.—Thos. Cook & Son-Wagons-Lits is called upon to co-operate in arranging many unusual travel events in the course of a year, but it is now faced with one: of the most difficult assignments it? has ever undertaken. €apt. R. Stuart Murray, famous jungle explorer, who will lead an expedition into a virtually | | unknown territory of British Guiana, sailing from New York January 3, has asked Cook’s to assist him in securing several non-scientific members of the expedition who will accompany him as “paying guests.” They may be| either men or women. The selection ; is made particularly difficult because of the requirements as to health and ability to withstand the rigors of a long trip into the South American Jungle. | The expedition will penetrate the upper Rupununi district of British Guiana, going up the Esequibo and Rupununi Rivers in large dugout canoes and will conduct extensive ethnological studies among the Wapi- shana, Aforai, Waiwai and Taruma Indians. ' These Indians, according to Capt. Murray, while known to exist, are as yet unrecorded, and it will be the task of the expedition to study their habits, customs, bush doctory, spirit superstitions, folk lore, language, crafts, songs and dances. Much Hunting. There will be excellent opportuni- ties for hunting, Capt. Murray says, as the region abounds in jaguar,! puma, alligator, ocelot, long-tailed tiger cat, tapir, deer, peccari, kinkajou, sloths, ant eaters and coatimondis, as well as fish of all sorts. The expedi- tion has been asked by the American Museum of Natural History to secure a specimen for mounting of the enor- mous Arapaima Gigas, which nmflm a length of 15 feet and weighs up 400 pounds and is only found in t Rupununi River. The expedition will spend four months in the interior and the activi- ties of the “dude” members selected by Cook’s will be optional as to wheth- er they spend their time in hunting and fishing or in co-operating with the scientific work of the expedition. The group will be in touch with civili- ration at all times by field radio. Compatibility Required. Requirements for the non-scientific members include age limits between 18 and 35 for women and 18 and 45 for men. They must meet socially before the start of the expedition, in view of the long interval of isolation, during which complete compatibility of the members will be essential. They must have a certificate from a doctor attesting to their fitness to stand the trip. Any woman who joins the group will not lack for companionship of her own sex, as at least one other woman will accompany the expedition as student ethnologist and field sec- retary. Passports are not necessary and the expedition is sanctioned by the United States Department of State, but the rules of the group require compliance with laws of the colony of British Guiana at all times. Capt. Murray adds that he has no wbjection to members bringing along dog companions if they wish. GAY SEASON OPENS ON FRENCH RIVIERA Nice Makes Merry—Cannes Ca- sinos to Prepare for Gala. Year. NICE, December 15.—In a blaze of color reminiscent of post-war day splendors and old-time confidence, the Winter season of the French Riviera was officially opened this week. Heralded by the Fete des Catherinettes, the season’s vanguard of events, Nice again witnessed the annual amusing celebration of pranc- ing femininity which decrees that all marriageable girls who have reached the age of 25 without finding & hus- band, don bright paper caps with masquerade costumes, and cavort and make merry in the public streets for a day in honor of Sainte Catherine, the special guardian of young old maids. Reduced railrcad fares from Parig are expected to be announced for leading fetes of the season. The Cannes Municipal Casino has scheduled 200 performances and con- certs, including all-star operas and the English players in an important repertoire of modern plays. The new sporty links of the Cannes Golf Club officially opened this week. A number of new casinos and enter- tainment paviiions are preparing to open next week. Nice this season will be the scene of the international obstacle horse races and brings unusual attention by the Duchy of Luxemburg lottery. CARS AIR-CONDITIONED BY SOUTHERN PACIFIC Crack Trains to Be Fully Equip- ped; Coaches to Mexico Also Included in Program. LOS ANGELES, December 15— Plans have been announced for the complete air-conditioning of all sleep- ing cars, coaches, diners and other equipment carried on Southern Pa- eific’s principal trains operating be- tween the Pacific Coast cities, Chicago and New Orleans. Many of the railroad’s important trains operating in the Pacific Coast Btates, as well &8 to Guadalajara, Mexico, will be partially equipped with air-conditioned cars. ‘The newly improved equipment will ‘be ready for service about May 1 to take care of next year's tourist and vacation travel. The improvement program calls for an expenditure of $2,000,000. e FUNCHAL USES SLEDS Madeira Capital, in Sunny Clime, Too Steep for Wheels. FUNCHAL, December 15—This capital of the Madeira Islands is so hilly that wheeled vehicles are use- less. Sleds with greased runners pro: vide the r method of transit—that is, as rapid as can provide. It is in Funchal that much of the beautiful embroidery sold in New York and other large cities is turned out by deft fingers, The Madeira Islands are in the same lfmudc a3 Bermuda. This is the season when Atlantic City offers much to the sportsman who enjoys a day with his gun and dogs. Women, too, are showing their skill as hunters. 3 . HUNTING POPULAR ATFAMED RESORT Woman Visitors Are Found Enjoying Sports Events at.Atlantic City. ATLANTIC CITY, December 15.— ‘With more woman hunters this season than ever before, Atlantic City is| awakening to the fact feminine visi- tors have invaded pruncally every fleld of sport and athletics formerly dominated by men. ‘Women created the great vogue for deep-sea fishing last Summer, when it became socially smart to be able to boast of having landed a tuna or sail- fish, and now it is the woman hunter who i shooting the greatest number of ducks, railbirds or pheasants. Increasing numbers of women own and operate their own boats, with the craft ranging from the popular 12- foot “moth boats,” with a single sail, to palatial yachts. Several compara- tively young girls are numbered among the most daring and skillful speedboat racers. Horseback riders along Atlantic City’s 8 miles of beach are mostly feminine; the golf courses are crowded with women, and so are the indoor salt-water swimming pools. Membership in the famous Esquimau Club, composed of persons who bathe in the ocean the entire year 'round, is equally divided between men and ‘women, Women and girls outnumber the men during the skating sessions in the huge convention hall ice rink, and they predominate as ice hockey BUS M Al E:'Eu s lllllnt MLD! par u\u‘l abud- e Siimn, e e e o d 1roe Dillow s6: b & porter cn e% Sory Sus and IDW IOIJ’N.-‘I'IIP lAd'l.E’S 3 Great l.ut- Terminal, 1119 ‘B’ Sf., N. TOURS. INFORMATION Bo matter where yant to go. @ Cruiseto Summerweather. Leave New York at midnight, Dec. 27. .. return Jan. 7. Fares, $145 up. Celebrate a totally different New Year’s Eve in Jamaica. Visit Havana and Nassau. Live in a real spart- ment, on the ship with more space per First Class passenger than any other liner. Information from your own travel agent or C. E. Phelps, 14th and New York Ave. N.W,, Wash., D. C. National 0758. SPECIAL CRUISES [ Mexico and Spanish America O Around the World O Around South America O Mediterranean O South Seas and Pacifie gested itineraries. Reservations made in advance. Steamship tickets st regular tariff rates. nid AMERICAN EXPRESS bullocks Travel Service 414 F St. NW. Wilsrd Hotel Blds. Washington, D. C. Phene National 1076-1258 American Expres Tosedars Chagss Al Prosscs Yeur Fonds 3 Fete of Lights Opens Thursday At Atlantic City ATLANTIC CITY, December 15.—Elaborate preparations are being made for the seventh annu- al Festival of Lights, which will start Thursday and continue un- til January 2. ‘The famous Boardwalk, public buildings, stores, hotels and thousands of homes will be illuminated with special lighting effects and giant flood- lights will cast their brilliance upon the ocean waves. fans on Friday and Saturday nights, when the powerful Sea Gulls go into action against the strongest amateur ice hockey teams of the United States and Canada. Thousands Visit Shrine. KEVELAER, December 15—In the pilgrimage season from June 29 to November 1 this year 606,000 pilgrims have visited the shrine at Kevelaer, In Lower Rhinelan STEAMSHIP TOUR IS PLANNE {|Brazilian Club Arranges Trip to Rio for Fete to God Momo. NEW YORK, December 15.—A tour to Brazil to visit the annual “Carnival Carioca” in Rio de Janeiro is an- nounced by the Touring Club of Brazil in co-operation with the Munson Steamship Line. Angelo Oraz, presi- dent of the club, arrived in New York recently to organize the tour and will remain until February 16, when the group will sail on the Munson liner Pan America for Rio. For three days of every year the city of Rio de Janeirp is given over to the god Momo, sovereign of pleas- ure. This year, because of greatly im- proved economic conditions, the car- nival is expected to be the gayest in many years. Members of the tour will | be accorded every courtesy by the Rio de Janeiro Municipal Tourist Depart- ment and will attend all official festiv- ities as guests of the department. The Pan America is scheduled to arrive in Rio de Janeiro on March 1 and the carnival begins the following day. In addition to attending the carnival parades, balls and other events, the party. will be taken on a program of sightseeing trips, visiting all points of interest in the city and its environs, including trips to the top ut the Corcovado Peak and the Sugar Nlne days will be spent in Rio and the party will then go by train to Sao Paulo for two days. A trip to the famous snake farm at Butantan is in- cluded in the sightseeing. Next on the itinerary is Santos, greatest cof- fee shipping port in the world, where the tourists will rejoin the Pan Amer- ica and return to Rio, sailing from there for New York, The entire trip will take 41 days. CAPT. COSULICH RETIRES AS SATURNIA’S SKIPPER Makes Last Trip—Born at Sea in 1877, He Has Since Followed Romantic Calling. NEW YORK, December 15.—The Atlantic has lost one of its most pic- turesque characters and popular skip- pers, Capt. Aristide Cosulich, com- mander of the Italian Line’s Saturni He sailed from here last week on his final trip. A Dalmatian, Capt. Cosulich comes of the famous Cosulich family of near Trieste, the founders of the former Cosulich Line, now merged with the Italian Line. For more than seven generations it has been a tradition of this family that its male members follow the sea. He was born on the Irish Sea on July 31, 1877, on his father’s 650-ton sailing barque, the Tigre. At 15 he took to the sea as a member of the crew of his father’s 750-ton barque, the Teresa Cosulich. Since that time he has crossed the Atlantic 350 times. He will return to his villa at Lus. sinpiccolo and will spend his recrea. tion hours in a sailboat on the Adri- STEAMSHIPS. s the WEST INDIES Goltlove Ao ond ii- CARIBBEAN Let the Great White Fleet open magic portals . . board pleasure: enticing tropic perts. All outside rooms, mechanically ventilated. Outdoor swimming pools, erchestras, dancing. Celebrated service and cuisine. 17 DAYS $195 Havana, Jamaica, Panama, Cesta Rica 18 DAYS $185 Jamaica, Panama, Seuth America 13 DAYS $175 As-Expense Havana Jamaica Towr 10 DAYS $130 Au-Expense Havana Tour From New York Thursdays and Saturdays. Superior accommodations only slightly higher. required. \ No_passports Avply any Authorized Travel Arent or United Fruit Company Pier 3, North River, New York City |GREAT WHITE FLEET ¥ HOLIDAY CRUISES to BERMUDA FromNew York Dec. 21,22,26,28,31 6 days*74.» 10 days*102., l-dudll. PRIVATE BATH aboard mnwdndmu le.d- -‘INTER CRUTSES 1o BERMUDA, twice weekly. Same rates as shove cruises. Round taip $60 up, include ing Private Bath. BERMUDA -NASSAU 7 DAYS inclading PRIVATE BATR and ...Jan.17 in both Bermuda u. S . Tri- Tripaof 1013 daye ales avail- le. One wayfares to Nassau quoted o request. Ballroom ezhibition e L T CATHOLIC and PROTESTANT RELIGIOUS SERVICES on all sailings. “Pleasure-planned” voyaging on the Monarch of Bermuda or Queen of Bermuda with their famous shipboard facilities, cuisine and brilliant social atmosphere! For_complete information and literature apply local agent or Furness Bermuda Line, 34 Whitehall Street (where Broadway begins), New York City. d;«éa{ SUN-SHIPS 7 UJEST INDIES Take advantage of Christmas and New Years ; . . or Lincoln's Birthday . ..and stretch your holiday to a real winter vacation! Cruise South . . . away from cold, raw days .. .on a true “sun-ship”, with the entertainment, cuisine and at- mosphere of the sunny Southern Route. DEC. 22 . . VULCANIA . . Christmas Cruise. To KINGSTON, Jamaica, CRISTOBAL, Panama HAVANA and NASSAU 13 $155 up. Canal, Days, FEB.9..SATURNIA.. TOKINGSTON, Jamaica, HAVANA and NASSAU. 10 Days, $122.50 ups For literature, reservations, asply local agt. or ITALIAN@ « 1o new ship= | C, DECEMBER 16, 1934—PART TWO. New Pan-American Union Bureau to Spread Slogan “Travel in the Americas.” Dollar Goes BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, JR. PAN-AMERICAN UNION has put on its seven-league boots and taken a long stride toward acquainting travelers from the United States with American republics to the south—their vastness, their manmade and nature- created beauty, their alluring atmos- phere and modern facilities. After years of gradually working toward its goal—increased travel in the Ameri- cas—the union has established a travel bureau from which may be obtained ready and accurate information that smoothes the path of the tourist. Although in operation only about two weeks, scores of people already have applied to the bureau for infor- mation as to what they may see in the neighboring republics to the south, how one may get there, how much it costs. Inquires have come from Penn- sylvanians, Ohioans, New Yorkers, Jowans and even from citizens living as far west as Utah, NE learns that the dollar goes far in South America. And to illus- trate this, Jose Tercero, who has been put in charge of the bureau, cited a recent experience. Taking advan- tage of the American plan offered by one of the best hotels in Santiago, Chile, he stayed four days for a total cost of $15. This included wines and such incidentals. Resorts (and Chilean lake and sea resorts are famed through South America and Europe) charge slightly more. For about $14 one ean make a round trip on a train from Santiago to Conception, approximately & 12-hour journey, This includes Pull- man fare. Excellent coastal steamers also in- crease the pleasure of visitors to Chile. One of the favorite side jaunts which attack the tourist is from Valparaiso to Smith Straits, to the south. Wind- ing through a series of islands that sprinkle the sea, the vessel passes close to the shore of the continent, whose sheer drop has fashioned fjords that rival those of Norway in splendor and magnitude. 'HROUGH close trade contacts with England, Chile's transportation system long ago became Anglo- cized. Rallroads are excellent and many of the lines are electrified. The European type of Pullman, with its separate compartments, is standard equipment. The Transandean railroad is one of the country’s outstanding feats of engineering. A gigantic mountain slide has halted through rail traffic, but busses have been called into play —_———— STEAMSHIPS. cotue CRUISE WAY o NEITERRANEAN PORTS AND BEYOND Go one-way to any port-of-call. Isn't that a better way of going? Enjoy all the life and fun of a cruise-ship. Special privileges of a cruise-party. Book for any shore excursions you wish. ress-Australia MEDITERRANEAN AFRICA SOUTH AMERICA WEST INDIES CRUISE FROM NEW YORK JAN. 18 PORT ARRIVE MINIMUM Madeira ... Gibraltar Barcelona 2 Cruise Ships 2 Sailing Dates M Naples . crvaie Atheas .. Haifa Port Said Cairovia Port Said. Feb, 9 If you wish . . . “Five Cruises in One” on the Em- press of Australia. 26 ports. 96 days. Rates from $1350. Room with bath from $2700. Both include standard shore programme. Ellpl'w" itain WORLD CRUISE FROM NEW YORK JAN. 10 ARRIVE MINIMUM Madeif oo - Jan. 16. . .$260 Gibraltat .vprve. Jan. 19260 werewe. Jan. 22. lplu Iecereewacs JA0. 25, ..0260 A Jan. 28. ....365 e Jan. 30. ... 365 k:mdm.'...‘ Or you can still book for the com- plete cruise. 32 ports. 130 days. Fares from $2150. Apartment with bath from $3800. 'Both include standard shore programme. ® Get information, itinerary, rates from your owm travel agent or Canadian Pacific, C. E. Phelps, gmnl -agent, 14th and Ncw ork Ave. N.W, Wash, D. C. National 0758, Far in Chile to carry on around the buried track, and the season of land travel over the mountains has been extended well into the snow months and even through the entire Winter for Jaumen mn the Atlantic and HILE travel to a few of the South American republics is hemmed about by restrictions which try the patience of the in-a-hurry Amer- icans, this is not true of Chile. How- ever, two requirements may surprise the ve traveler. Besides his passport he must obtain a doctor’s opinion certifying his health (espe- cially that he is free from com- municable diseases) and must pre- sent a certificate of vaccination. Some pan-American countries re- quire a sizable cash deposit, which is held until one leaves the country. This is supposed to be needed to insure the country against the visitor becoming a public charge. Chile is also free of this handicap. The Latin mind has managed to think up some record mileages of red tape, which several of the republics enforced to forestall real or fancied dangers. But the trend nowadays, and the goal of the last Pan-American Conference, as expressed in a resolu- tion, is toward simplification and standardizing visa requirements. '[JNLESS one wants to run his auto- mobile on a mixture of alcohol and gasoline it i5 better that the visitor to Chile leave his machine in America and depend on local taxis, the majority of which are American made. For south of Santiago there are extensive vineyards and intro- duction of alcohol into motor fuel was effected by law to provide an outlet for a surplus of what otherwise would be wine. France is considering such an expediency to aid its vineyardists, under a plan of Premier Plerre Flandin. But if he took the advice of the majority of Chilean drivers, he would keep gasoline unadulterated. While the agriculturist is benefitted the motor does not fare so well. STEAMSHIPS. TOURISTS TO SEE DRAMA OF IVORY Government to Auction Off Illicit Treasures of White Gold. NEW YORK, December 15.—Visitors to South Africa this Spring may wit- ness the final curtain in the govern- ment's Iatesi drama of ivory. The precious white gold of Kenya, known in the trade as elephant’s tusks, is now protected by government regula- tions, and like all lucrative trades, has its unlawful and bootlegging channels. At Mombasa, beginning March 5, and later the display at Durban, will be held the government auctions of illicit ivory taken from poachers and thieves in ‘s six months’ round-up trek throughout interior Africa. The tusk hunters are divided into two groups—the killers and “dead ivory” gatherers. Dead ivory is sup- posed to be derived from dead ele- phants or skeletons. Though 2,000 elephants die a natural death every year in the jungles and forests of Africa, few big game hunters or ex- plorers have ever discovered a dead elephant. The natives declare that elephants STEAMSHIPS. D5 have a secret death place. It is from these supposed mysterious cemeteries, which the dying elephant staggers to, that the illicit traffic in ivory goes secretly on. The government agents this year have been able to confiscate over 12,000 tusks from unlicensed hunters and agents. Many Zulu tribesmen use the mystic cemetery source as a blind. Not only do the natives believe in the ivory heaven, but big: game hunters are human enough to hope that some day they will discover an ivory hoard. —_— SAILINGS CHANGED Eastern Steamship Lines Shift 2 Trips to Saturdays. NEW YORK, December 15.—The following revision in holiday sailing schedule between New York and Bos- ton via Cape Cod Canal was an- nounced this morning by Eastern Steamship Lines. Regular Sunday sallings formerly scheduled for De- cember 23 and 30 have been can- celed. Instead there will be special Saturday sailings in each direction December 22 and 29. The regular schedule of sailings, dally except Saturdays, wfll be re- sumed December 31, STEAMSHIPS. SUNSHINE" Cruises To the West. Indies or Berm thru your local e - Cun: NINE DAYS -$7S Including All-Expenses, Personally Conducted. Sail from Balto. Fri,, Dec, 21-8 p.m., due back Sun., Dec. 30. Join this personally conducted tour party for a heliday trip to Florida, on large, luxurious S. S. “Dorchester.” Old fashioned Christmas entertainment on shipboard. Visit St. Augustine, Bok Tower (on Christmas day) and Daytona Beach, staying at beautiful Princess Issena Hotel. @ Optional tours, sailing same date: l MIAMI, 14 days, $75—10 days, $68 Stop in our Travel Bureau, tomorrow - and talk it over with us - 1416 H Street, N. W., Washington. MERCHANTS:MINERS LINE to FLORIDA large comfortable ships of the MERCHANTS & MIN!IS LINE offer the eeononlul...en,oynble route to Florida. Many prefer the leisurely trip over warm, southern seas. SAILINGS FROM BALTIMORE: MIAMI Jacksonville 5%, °38 - .V-." Fnday 6p eve For return in 18 days. Other fares on request. Four of the Company’s largest ships BERKSHIRE, CHATHAM, DORCHESTER, FAIRFAX, in service this season! Spacious decks and lnxud.n:::n:nblu rooms. Deck games, card parties, music, other entertainment; hostesses. THROUGH FARES: Baltimore to St. Petersburg, Da; Beach B~ For reservations and inl Sail away from Winter NASSAU MIAMI HAVANA 12-DAY CRUISES $108 including shore excursions at each port LINES s s MUNSON and other Tower, St. ete. 1416 H MN.W., 50 ROUND ts. \ ®Economical ALL-EXPENSE TOURS to: Mhnl.Bok Angnniu. Fares INCL;DE Meals, Berth on Ship [J [J XMAS TOUR from Balte. ('nndl:‘aed ... isiti eu:) 4 Beach, Bok Tower, A s tine, onderfnl ¥“ Also service to Savannsh. ly Travel Bureau and Ticket Office, 'W” /ashington « or Touwrist Agents. YOU'LL have 2 grand time from start to%nish! playing on deck at Miami, Days and nights aboard the Munargo, gay times in warm sunshine, dancing under starry southern skies. Two fascinating visits to Nassau, with a swim at Paradise Beach and lunch on its coral sands. A visit to the Marine Gardens, too! Two calls now in full winter bloom, with an auto tour of its lovely suburbs and to its famous beach! Then, Havana! Cuba’s picturesque capital, yours to explore and enjoy for 2!; glorious days. An auto trip of the city here, too. Fun? Of course it’s fun! The Minargg, docking at all ports, is your hotel NASSAU throughout. Outdoor pool—luscious food—excellent service. Next sailing December 29, fortnightly there- after. Stopovers permitted at all ports. ALL-EXPENSE TOURS Tours include roundtrip, week at Royal Victoria Hotel, American Plan, $119 up. S.S.Munargo—Miami Service Sail on the Munargo. $50 one way, $95 round trip, until Jan. 11; then $50 one way, $85 round trip. A day at Nassau each way with a trip to Paradise Beach. All outside cabins. 'UNE in January! The first signs of summer are show- ing in South America! NOW is the time to go. And when you do—sail in the comfort and luxury of 2 freshly reconditioned and redecorated Munson liner. You'll enjoy yourself on the American Legion, Southern Cross, Pan America ox Western World, They'te so spic- and-span, so attractive, so delightfully comfortable! ‘They offer you real VALUE with brand-new furnishings and artistic decorations. A/ cabins owtside! Broad decks, outdoor swimming pool, movies, fine food and service. You'll be amazed at South America’s beauty! Every city on the glorious East Coast is vastly different- every one breathlessly exciting. Visit beautiful Rio. Santos, great coffee center and popular resort city. Montevideo, boasting the world’s most healthful climate. And cos- mopolitan Buenos Aires—where you'll really enjoy life! $50 round trip—also-12 days, $90 and up, including steamer fare and 8 days at hotel. Fortnightly sailings on Saturday on South American liners whose special construction assures steady sailing. Via the beautiful East Coast ON NEWLY RECONDITIONED AND REDECORATED LINERS WINTER CARNIVAL TOURS TO0 RIO DE JANEIRO Carnival Mar. 2 to Mar. S. Tour in coopera- tion with Touring Club of Brazil and under auspices of Tourist Dept. of Rio. S. S. Pan America from New York Feb. 16. 41 days, $645 First Class; $495 Tourist Class. Fare covers all expenses, including all Carnival features, theatres, etc. All sailings from Pier 64, N. R, N. Y. For further information see your local agent. MUNSON S. S. LINES 67 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. A