Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1935, Page 65

Smoky Mountain Named For Mysterious Clouds Beautiful National Park Hours From Capital— Being Developed but 12 Waterfalls, Lakes and Striking Scenery Abound. By Myrs. Lau President, National P S in the “Land of the Sky.” Those desiring to see this p: can make their headquarters at daily trips into this natural play, ra L. Waters, 'arks Club of America. EEING a national park in the making will not be possible to each generation, but easterners and those visiting the East will have this opportunity during the coming year. Only 12 hours from Washington is the eastern entrance to Great Smoky Mountain National ark—the city of Asheville— ark in the most de luxe manner Asheville and make four or five ground. However, those who like variety will find it perhaps more interesting to make a regular tour through the park, lunching inns and lodges. Recalling comments of Americans abroad when they saw a woman work- ing in the field, a person yoked up Wwith an ox, a house without windows, & grapevine growing on an almost per: pendicular hillside, 8 water wheel fur- nishing the power to grind the corn. or an ox pulling a sled in the Sum- mer, I can't help but think how much these travelers have missed in their homeland. For America has this, too. N MAKING the tour of the park, we motor over a wide highway close to hilisides which are banked with mountain laurel, azalea and rhododen- dron—in some places the rhododen- dron is so thick that it will hold the | weight of a person standing on top | of the branches. Here in the heart of these moun- tains we come upon a tribe of Chero- kees, who, in 1838, refused to be transplanted to a new home in Okla- | homa by the Government. A small band escaped and took refuge in the coves of the Great Smokies. Now their descendants. numbering about 3.000. are comfortably established in what is known as the Qualla Reserva- tion. Here they ply their arts as in olden days, using the primitive meth- ods of weaving, spinning and pottery making. We motor on to New Found Gap and view in the distance Mount Comte, the highest peak of the Smokies. Be- low is the road over which we have just climbed. The colors are striking and perhaps nowhere in the world do mountains have such vegetation. The cornfields on the stecp mountain sides are astonishing. The determina- tion of these mountaineers to till the sloping grounds can best be 1llus- trated by the story of a mountaineer, his wife and his . who while work- ingin these cornfields, wore ropes fas- tened around their waists, the other end fastened around a stump 15 feet above them. Thus they kept themselves from falling down the mountain while they worked the field. The mountaineer's outstanding trait, like that of the Indian, is his reserve. He never says a word more than is necessary. and views every one with suspicion, but when once your friend, he is always your friend. These hardy citizens are of pure Nor- dic racial stock and have produced many famous men, from the days of Daniel Boone to the World War hero, Bergt. York Their primitive log cabins have no windows. Many of them were erected more than 150 years ago and were put together with square These people have preserved their early folk songs and ballads as well as many of the early mountain dances. There is much local color to be found in the back ranges of the Great Smokies. RAVELING on from New Found Gap. we pass the State line from North Carolina into Tennessee, to dine and spend the night at Moun- tain View Inn. Its lobby. the natural wood found in that lo- cality, runs the length of the build- ing, with an enormous fireplace at the far end. Here are delicious meals— | truly Southern cooking—and every room has its own private bath. One may linger in this region and enjoy sports, then go on into the lake country. We travel on through a different type of scenery—still rough and rugged—but we find many of the waterfalls, which are at every bend of the highway, gradually decreasing in number. Instead, we find numer- ous lakes and dams. Three enor- mous dams were built to furnish the electric power for one of the largest aluminum plants in the world. And here on the edge of the Smokies, in | & little world all its own, a little vil- lage and a factory where 30 pounds of aluminum can be extracted every 15 seconds. We have crossed back into the State of North Carolina and lunched S'I:EA HIPS. wood pins. | made of | and dining at varous interesting near one of these huge, enormous dams—Tapoco Lodge. Along with a deliclous meal i8 offered music no | symphony ~ orchestra could repro- luce—the music of a tumbling water- fall. One wonders when he leaves Gateway to the South’s National Park tain Park. whether the lunch was really as good as it seemed or If it was just the at- | mosphere. LEAVXNG ‘Tapoco, promising our-‘ selves to come back, just as we have promised ourselves at every in- teresting stop, we motor on through the Nantahala Gorge. Along the road are streams so full of fish that in many instances we actually see them. We pass lovely Lake Junaluska, which is surrounded by cottages and | resort hotels, on the way to Mount Pisgah. E After dinner at the Mount Pisgah | Inn, the visitor climbs a set of stairs hewn out of logs to an adorable moun- tain lodge bed room, to sleep after an inevitable wondering over what the morning will bring forth. On awaken- ing a gorgeous view, different from any seen on the trip, is the reward. There are the pink beds, which in reality is made up of miles of low- land, with a soft dull pastel pink coloring through the thick timber- land. This is the home of hundreds of black bear. The Park Service people say that in time these bear will be as tame as those in the Yellowstone and will come out of the pink beds to be fed by visitors. One of the highspots of the Smoky Mountain region is the Cataloochee Dude Ranch. It is located practically on the outposts of human habitation and back of it is what is known as the “Wilderness Area.” a few hours from the city, one may lose himself to the outside world and | spend happy, carefree days riding. fishing and swimming in comfortable and inexpensive quarters. \VHAT is the origin of the name Smoky Mountains? For the past couple of days on the trip one sees what appears to be dozens of forest fires and even curling whisps of smoke. But when the “fire” is nearer one finds this smoke-like appearance is caused by clouds. To what these cloud formations are due, no one knows precisely, but they certainly lend an air of mystery to these awe- some mountains, Perhaps there is another question: “What is an Amer- ican National Park like when in the making?” All who contemplate visit- ing it while it is still in the making will discover the answer first-hand. R i ONDON, April 6 (#).—Foreigners planning to visit England for the Royal Jubilee, some of whom are being frightened by reports that a ’sxngle seat to watch the King and Queen drive by in the procession from ‘Buckmgham Palace to St. Paul's Ca- | thedral will cost from $10 to $250, have found some consolation in rea- sonable railway and hotel costs. It was said the hotels would make | no attempt to “kill the goose” by | raising the prices sky high. Dress rehearsals for a series of glittering spectacles already have begun. There will be turbaned Indian princes with flashing jewels, repre- | senting riches estimated at more than a billion dollars. Famous statesmen and diplomats from all parts of the world will 3ppnnr in dashing uniforms and court ress. Ancient and weather-beaten Lon- don will be properly slicked up for the occasion and Buckingham Palace will be transformed into a tower of jewels by floodlights. Military tattoos, a Shakespeare | dramatic festival, London music fes- tival, British amateur golf cham- | plonship, Horse Guards' famous pa- rade, the Derby at Epsom Downs, championship cricket matches, all are expected to make England merry. MSHIPS. MIAMI 50 Florida at its BEST in Spring and tropical foliage their loveliest. Take this wonderful cruis « .« flowers ROUND TRIP e from BALTO. luxurious ship from BALTIMORE. JACKSONVILLE iy, 338, Gk et Send for illustrated folder. Apply Travel Bur Tai6 B'si o ter Apply Travel B Agts, MERCHANTS & MINERS LINE Here, within | By Jacques HE traveler with a flair for| mountain climbing still is able to put his name, literally, on | the map of the world. And he need not go far, according to | | news received from Canada; nor need ! he encounter the hardships polar ex- ;\plursrs have endured as they tagged | their own name and those of their | | friends to landmarks in the virgin, icy | | wastes. Yet, if the visitor carries out | his' adventure to the satisfaction of | the Geographical Board of Canada, | his name will endure as long as the mountain lasts and the record remains unaltered. | Jasper National Park, in the Cana- dian Rockies, is a huge area. It meas- | ures approximately 4.200 square miles. | The hinterlands of the park are be- coming better known, but only slowly. | Hundreds of peaks within the preserve | never have been conquered by man, and the map continues to identify the | lofty citadels by number alone. There are formalities to be observed, but often the Geographical Board per- mits the Alpinist making the first as- | cent to christen it. After climbing | an unnamed peak, one must present proper evidence of the feat to the board, which then considers his re- quest. There is no assurance that the ambitious adventurer's wishes will be ‘respecled. but under favorable condi- | tions his name will be perpetuated on | the map. This custom also is followed with glaciers and other forbidding monuments of Nature within the park where the foot of man has not yet tread. AVELERS contemplating sailing from New York the latter part of this month should remember that daylight saving time goes into effect | there April 28. British Summer time, as Britons prefer to call it, begins two weeks earlier, on Sunday, April 14, at 2 am. The Travel Association of Great Britain reminds its readers that at 2 am. that day, clocks should be moved forward one hour. | | | THOSE who looked at Florida's suc- | | 4 cesstul resort reports the past Winter as being press agents’ dreams to create a false idea of popularity were given the word of Gov. Dave | Sholtz last week that the claims were itrue. He vouches for the statement, | based on official reports, that 1.750,000 visitors spent $625,000,000 in the State. The figures nearly reached the boom years of 1925-6. The State sold recreation and sunshine to 250,- 000 more people this year than last. MEXICO proved to be so popular last Summer that seven large | | transportation companies — in- | cluding the Baltimore & Ohio and the | Pennsylvania Railroads—have com- bined again this year in a co-opera- tive effort to provide 12. | STEAMSHIPS, & I | | | | to Gibraltar, French Ri: At the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina, The Traveler’s Notebook !on Easter, to be available to Summer D. O, APRIL 7, 1935—PART FOUR. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO ) ) P9 SAILING THE SEAS TO FAR PARTS OF THE WORLD * Futrelle, Jr. day circle tours to this picturesque land. The circle tours permit rail-water or all-rail trips, with arrangements for stopovers at many of the inter- esting places en route to Mexico City. The tours are operated on an all-ex- pense basis, including Pullman lower berths, a room and bath in a modern hotel at Mexico City, sightseeing trips | around the capital and meals aboard the steamers. Meals on trains are not provided. The boat leg of the journey allows a stopover at Havana. AMPING railway coaches will be drawn from the sheds of the London & North Eastern Railway holiday-makers. Sixty-five will be placed at the disposal of the public, and each will accommodate six people. The coaches are equipped with dishes, linen and adequate facilitles for cooking. Touring coaches will leave York every Saturday under the Summer schedule, and will travel around for a week, with a different place to spend each day. The Southern Railway of Great Britain offers its patrons a some- what similar idea, 12 ‘“bungalows on wheels” They boast of extensive equipment. which includes alarm clocks and radio aerials. These bun- galows will be transported to sites in Devon, Cornwall and New Forest, chosen with an eye for beauty and recreation. i E being dull, but the signs they tack on inns do not. They are a con- stant source of amusement and aca- demic interest to the American, who thinks in terms of “shoppe.” Here are a few queer inn signs one | may find in England: The Flaming Log. The Barge Aground. ‘The Black Boy and Stomach-ache. The Bell and Mackerel. The Goose and Gridiron. You Might as Well, The Quiet Woman. The Rent Day. The Book in Hand. The Tabby Cat. The list in Thomas Burke's book, “The English Inn,” is extensive and entertaining. —— e , the eastern entrance to the Great Smoky Moune | Paris. | carried. NGLISH jokes may strike the av- | erage visitor from the States as | Tour of Capitals. N!W YORK, April 6.—A tour of the important European continental capitals by chartered airplane is now: being planned by Thomas Cook & | Son-Wagons-Lits, Inc.,, for the early Summer. The party will leave the United States July 10 on the new 8. S. | Normandie and will arrive in London July 16. One of the new Imperial Airways liners will be chartered, leaving Lon- don July 17 for visits in rapid suc- cession to Brussels, Amsterdam, Ber- lin, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Istanbul, Athens, Rome, Geneva and ‘The party will return to New Yark August 6 on the Ile de France. S 55,700,000 Air Miles. 'TATISTICS of the Nation's airlines for 1935 call for the flying of 55,- | 700,000 miles, according to figures re- | leased by Eastern Air Lines. It is believed 600,000 passengers will be | About 12,000,000 pounds of airmail will be flo | STEAMSHIPS. - AUSTRALIA 'NEW ZEALAND New low fares. See red-haired sav- ages at Fiji. Stop at New Zealand, the sportsman’s paradise. Go on to Australia, the fascinating “last stop” of the world. Sail on the Aorangi or the Niagara of the Can Australasian Line. Out- door swimming pools. Special low Summer round-trip excursion fares NCW BOHY {0! Tl’\un. A NEW motorboat, “The Niessen,” “% will be inaugurated on the Lake of Thun, Switzerland, in June. The ship is designed to accomodate 140 Independent and Conduet: Cruises to West Indies, Cal Europe. Send for_free 'folde “Ideal” Tours. 1517 H St. N.W European tour! Prance, Switzerland. Italy, Austria. Germany, Rhine, Holland. Belgium, England. 62 days '$545. Col. 1744, ext. 306 STEAMSHIPS. a, Genoa and Naples. Gyro-Stabilized. Also May 11, June 8 and June 29. APR.20. to Lisbon, Gibraltar, ROMA ITALY'S PALACE SHIP Algiers, Naples, Palermo, Patras, Raguse and Trieste. Also Saturnia May 17. APR. 27. and June 15. Fast steamer connections fol ITALI to Gibraltar, Naples, (X T REx FASTEST LINER AFLOAT rench Riviera and Genoa. Alse May 25 rthe Near and Far East, India or South Africa LINE Apply 1o Tourlist Agent, or One State Street, New York. AN (effective May 22) to Auckland: ! First Class, $350 up; Cabin Class, $244 up; proportionately low fares to Sydney and Melbourne. Also low-cost Third Class. From Van- couver and Victoria . . . 7 days to Hawaii, 16 days to Fiji, 19 days to | Auckland, and 24 days to Sydney. Ask about all-inclusive tours. ORIENT It's not far to the Orient nowadays. You can see the picturesque gar- dens and doll-like houses of Japan, the mysterious temples and intrigu- ing shops of China . . . and take only a short vacation! To reach the Orient by express, 80 Empress. Enjoy renowned meals and service. .. the luxury of spa- cious decks and rooms...and cheerful informality as you go. Yokobama in 10 days. The fast, short way is by this Direct Express Route. Sail on the Empress of Asia or the Empress of Russia. Or via Howolulu in 3 days more. | Go on the Empress of Japan (larg- est, fastest liner on the Pacific) or the Empress of Canada. Frequent sailings from Vancou- ver (trains to ship-side) and Vic- toria to Yokohama, Kobe, Naga- saki, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Manila. If you sail from San Fran- cisco or Los Angeles, connect with an Empress at Honolulu. Orient fares include passage to and from Seattle. Reduced Summer round- trip fares to Yokohama: First Class, $427 up; Tourist Class, $240 up. Also, low-cost Third Class. Ask about personally-conducted tours. HAWAII Cruise to this mid-Pacific paradise for a really delightful vacation. Swim in the surf at Waikiki . .. eat poi at a native feast .« climb t0 the rim of an ancient volcano. Reach Honolulu in five days on the Empress of Japam (speed-queen of the Pacific) or the Empress of Canada. Frequent sailings from Vancouver (trains to ship-side) or Victoria. One way to Honolulu: First Class, $110 up; Tourist Class, $85; low-cost Third Class. I Many Fetes Mark Year In England Children Throw Dice for Bibles—Town Wel- comes Oy ster. ONDON, England, April 6.—In addition to its celebrations of the Silver Jubilee this year, England will observe scores of national and local holidays, ranging from the parade of the “hobby horse” in Minehead on May day to the annual dice shooting for Bibles tn 8t. Ives, the great sheep- dog trials of the Fall and the opening of the season's first oyster at Co- chester in October. May day is still observed through- out England. In many towns children dance around the maypole, and even in London a& girl is crowned May queen. But most interesting of the customs of the day is that of Mine- head, where fishermen make up a cardboard ship about 10 feet long, tacking a cow’s tail onto the stern. Then one man carries it through the town while others take up a collection | —and if the crowd is chary with its | pennies the men jokingly threaten it | with a beating. A week later at Helston occurs an- | other day of merrymaking, when all the people of the town join in the “furry dance.” All day long they surge through the streets and enter houses, dancing and capering. Far from being upset by this intrusion, the housewives consider it a sign of good luck and pity those whom the dancers do not visit. N JUNE 11 the children of St. Ives will try their skill at gambling for prizes of Bibles. Twelve boys and girls from the town will cast dice for six Bibles, which are purchased from the rent of land given for this pur- pose some 250 years ago. Most interesting of all holidays with- {in the empire for dog lovers are the STEAMSHIPS. famed sheep dog trials, held in many sections of Wales, Scotland and the lake district of England. Thousands will journey this year to Aberystwyth, Wales, on August 14 or to Rydal in the lake district on the 15th or to Lochaberin, Scotland, the last of September for these events, Rough- coated and tailless sheep dogs from every section of the country will then démonstrate their skill in rounding up and penning sheep, and the one that does it most expertly will be rewarded with tumultuous applause and rib- hons aplenty. In October the English love of holi- —_ days goes 50 far that in Cochester the town welcomes the oyster back to the menu. This famous old Essex city with its Roman walls invites about 400 guests to a great feast, which be- gins with the solemn opening of the first oyster of the season. Then the | Buests are told to eat as many as they can, and the day is not considered: done until several new records are seti —_— STEAMSHIPS, WEST "INDIES & CARIBBEAN GUEST ‘C”%l“lestll tevtr'{ = ';!.k‘ vnm‘ ;l&! Ggal Flee o 18 da UNITED P'RU*T CO.. 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