Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1935, Page 41

Norwegian Girls Tend Herds in Lonely Uplands Country Pays in Hard Work for Beauty and Ruggedness of Its Scener:y—-Cqstumes Famous in Hardanger Region. are a common sight on Norwegian roads. SLO, Norway, April 27.—In cows and goats, accompani early Summer herds of shee) ed by dairymaids with milk paflg For this is the time of the annual migration to the uplands, as character- istic a part of Norway and its life as the fjords or the midnight sun are. ‘While the men of the family help by driving along ponies loaded with provisions, kitchen utensils and the great kettle in which cheese is cooked, the honors of the occasion go to the women. One of them, usually the oldest daughter of the family, must spend the Summer on the uplands, living in a rough log hut and mak- ing cheese snd butter. At the end of the day the cattle .come running from pastures for the milking and a handful of salt, and in case of storms the herd-boy helping the girl puts them in crude outbuildings. The life | is a lonely one, but on Sundays the family and a sweetheart or two make | their way to the upland hut and spend the day visiting. These pastures are very essential to | Norway, for only about 4 per cent nr' the country is under cultivation, and the average farm is less than 25 acres in extent. so that it cannot provide feed enough for the live stock. While the herds are away the people | in the valleys are as busy as the gu'ls! in the hills. During long Summer days they must plant and harvest grains, mow their hay and carefully dry it on homemade racks for the ‘Winter. Even with all their thrifti- ness, however, the harvest is often insufficient, and then part of the ‘Winter food of the cows has to con- sist of dried fish heads and seaweed. : THE same geographical factors that make Norway a hard country to farm give ‘it its scenic grandeur, the | fjords. The entire mountainous coast-line is cut into by valleys and fiords, some only a few miles in ex- | tent, others over a hundred. Most im- portant of the fjords of Southern Norway is the Hardanger. Mountains capped with snow tower on each side of it, but its shores are covered with | lush vegetation and the brightly painted farm buildings along it make | it very colorful. On Sundays women in gay shawls | and striped skirts, and men in em- broidered Ja(‘ket: gmher outside the | more. churches to visit with one another and discuss the happenings of the week. For the Hardanger region is famous for its peasant costumes and its adherence to traditions. Only 20 years ago there were still men here in Southern Norway who let the hair on one side of their heads grow long, a custom from feudal days. The long lock was left as a courtesy to enemies, whe could grasp it in a hand-to-hand fight. pAGAN rites were observed here for long years after other parts of | Norway had become Christian, during | the reign of Olaf. Haakon had tried to introduce the religion during the tenth century, but had failed. Later when Olaf came to the throne, he,| too, determined to make Norway a8 Christian country. Calling a conference on the Isle of | Mere, residence of the God Thor nnd! center of the old cult, Olaf and his| advisers engaged in a lengthy theo- logical argument with the believers in the pagan religion. Finally, however, the King became exasperated, struck down the statue of Thor with a great blow, and gave the signal for battle. His men fell upon the other party, hurled the pagen gods to the ground, | their jron masks and aprons, will be the scene of the July dragon boat festival. Here more than 17,000 na- | tive craft, decorated in exotic fashion, will patrol the harbor to celebrate the great Chu Yuan. Beginning July 10 at the famous ! Island of Pagoda Anchorage, which once held the sky-sailed clipper ships wher they raced the China Sea to | carry Foochow tea to New England | ports. a special dragon festival wfll be held for 10 days. Among the coming Summer excur- | sions from Hongkong will be the | ride over the new motor highway from Foochow to the ancient Kushan Mon- astery, where Buddha still reigns. Wusih, the Venice and little Man- | chester of China, which remains as| aloof and enigmatic as ancient China | | itself will mirror its ages from Con- | and forced those who would not be- | come Christians to flee to remote | regions. HILE the Hardanger is bright. Norway's other fjords vary greatlyl | in their scenery. The Sogne Fiord | farther north is bleak and wild, and | few dwell on its mountains. Steam- | ers in it are dwarfed to insignificance by its towering sides, and the rush of waterfalls is the only sound to dis- turb its silence. Today a fine system of busses links | “ the various fjords of Norway. Trav- | elers sail up one on a steamer, take | comfortable busses overland through mountainous scenery to the next fjord | and sail down it to the ocean once BI-\S Tleet SEPVlCC. THE Great Eastern System, one of the largest bus-operating com- | panies has of an arrangement with the West- ern Union Telegraph Co. which pro- vides another service to bus travel- ers through more than 1.100 branch telegraph offices in almost 700 cities. | Hereafter bus travelers may secure | from these Western Union offices both rate and schedule information as well as ticket orders on the Great Eastern System and lines to any point in the United States or Canada. Western Union already reservation arrangements with railroads and airlines. Officials of both Western Union and Great Eastern estimate that this service will mean a great saving of | time and the elimination of much | inconvenience for bus users. The Great Eastern System offers | ‘bus service to and from Chicago, De- troit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, Raleigh, Norfolk, Pittsburgh, Indian- apolis, St. Louis and intermediate points. With its affiliates the system presents & network of lines stretching across the entire United States, north into Canada and south into Mexico. Jubllee Is Magnet LONDON. April 27.—Steamship ar- rivals indicate that a vast number of people from all corners of the globe will take part in the King's silver Jubilee celebrations. Capacity sailings are reported by the Peninsular and Oriental Line. Already & number of Indian princes and their retinues have arrived—and with them what appears to be “the wealth of the Indies.” The local offices of the Orient Line, with ships calling at ports in Aus- tralia and New Zealand, report large numbers of passengers on the way, and many others are coming from South Africa. The peak time for arrivals will be during the end of April and the be- ginning of May. has ticket in effect O I0.000-Year History. THE earliest known traces of man in Ireland date back to 8,000 years before Christ. announced inauguration its associated | ’ Miles of Flowers. STOCKHOLM, April 27.—To the American garden enthusiast, trav- | eling on the train between Gothen- lburg and Stockhelm, every station house along the electrified trunk line | looks more like a flower exhibit than a depot. Tall lilac bushes nod against ! the red painted walls, sunflowers cast their glow into the windows of passing cars, and roses bloom in profusion on well-cut lawns. Window boxes flame in a riot of bright, gay colors, and everywhere stand trim apple, pear and cherry trees. The train conductor explains that the flowers, bushes and tiees do not grow by chance. They were planted by professional gardeners of the Swed- ish State Railways Administration and tended by station masters and linemen who had passed a thorough course in gardening. More than 5.000 | fruit-bearing trees and bushes were | thus planted each year, the fruit trees |alone now numbering more than | 80,000. ~ Annually were also planted 120,000 rose bushes, 20,000 hedge plants, 10,000 park bushes and 4,000 | trees. This “garden show” stretches | for 7,000 kilometers along the state- owned lines from south to north. —— B Murad's Harem to Open. STANBUL—Beginning June 1, vis- ‘ itors to Istanbul may pass through | the “Gate of Felicity,” through which | no Christian ever passed unless he belonged with a royal escort of an Ambassador’s cortege, according to the educational department of the American Express Co. Turkey's new bid for tourists this Summer will ,open many secret portals heretofore not seen by tourists, prominent among which will be the “Old Serail” of the former Imperial Palace of Constanti- nople. For a few cents one may visit the fantastic bed room of Murad III jand roam about the passages and galleries which lead the harems. Jungles of Ferns. AWAII has a “fern jungle” with giant plants 40 feet high. Some of the fronds of these ferns are 25 feet long and arch gracefully over the highway. Visitors to the Hawaii Na- 'nonul Park, where the ferns grow, l;ay one’s impression while in the ! jungle is that of being back in that | prehistoric era when the entire earth|E was covered with plants of similar | appearance. Cuba Declared Principal Threat To Future Pan-American Accord |& (Continued From Third Page) the United States Government car- | ries on multiple activities without paying import duties, land or build- ing rents or ordinary freight costs, is gradually reducing Panamanian | local commerce to a pitiful condition. Negotiations are at present in prog- ress to modify this state of affairs and to bring about a lasting improve- ment in the relations of the two countries, but it is evident that a good deal of liberal diplomacy, which should involve a further departure from the old attitude of paternalism and hegemony, will be necessary be- fore definite accomplishments are reathed. . Though the Marines left Haiti more than half a year ago, the island republic may yet demand the atten- tion of the Latin American Bureau | Many of | of the State Department. the abuses which originated during the period of foreign intervention are still uncorrected. Besides, the recent agreements transferring the super- vision of Haitian finances to the bond- holders’ representatives have not eliminated, because of the United States Government’s obligation to the bendholders, the possibility of future interventions. This circumstance, as well as the fact that s resulted ir fat profils for certain foreign financial interests, which had for 20 years made a mockery of Hait- ian sovericgnty, have augmented op- position to the Vincent regime, which, if sugeessful any time in the near future, is bound to arrest the good will now officially displayed toward | the United States. Extreme Tact Needed. As for internal conditions in other | Bouthern countries, the mext 1 months may require extreme tact from the State Department and from 1its representatives abroad, if the par- tiality shown in the case of Cuba is to be avoided. This is particularly Svue with reference to revolutionary [ h agreements | political movements which, like Aprismo in Peru, have made anti- imperialism one of their battle cries. | Also much tact, and the definite | abandonment of certain out-dated misinterpretations of the Monroe Doc- trine, Will be demanded by the han- dling of the international efforts for peace at the Chaco, where the action or inaction of the United States may be of decisive importance. Financially and commercially the “Pan-American year” just begun wiil also offer many opportunities for ac- tion, both in the help given for the completion of debt refunding agree- ments and in the negotiation of fur- | ther reciprocal trade pacts along the | lines of Secretary Hull's enlightened program. (Copyright, 1935.) | | Days 23 36 4 10 $181 64 Including Holy Land $717 SPECIAL FEATURES TOU! ) personally conducted by MRS. WATERS— 26 days, $297.75—also 64-day tour including the Holy Land. Many other Gateway Tours. WATERS “IDEAL” TOURS | 2 Yor ail Stca Wille for Bookiet H. N.W. Lines A, 3724 | fucius’ days to the present by historic | | Summer fairs, which promise to be THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Oriental Riviera Rises. HONGKONG. April 27.—Surround- ed by glittering little islets and bays of the China Sea rises the island of Hongkong, on the busiest cross- roads of the world, between the tropics and the temperate zone. As the cruise visitor steams into the harbor, the rugged skyline, with its super-imposed rows of massive buildings clinging to the side of giant cliffs, resembles a Gargantuan beehive. Whether the approach is in the morning, when guils ere wheeling above, or at night when the shore lights twinkle, one feels the surge and animation of this hage bazaar and high road to the port of all flags. Herc is the spirit elers describe this British-owned is- land as one of the most exotic spots on earth. Through a maze of streets filled with wheeling rickshaws, and framed by some of the most beautiful shops in the world, of multi-colored fronts and jeweled dome ceilings, one may take a trolley ride to the European Riviera of Repuls# Bay, under the frowning shadows of the island’s mountain peaks, from where a pano- rams reveals the East and the West. From crescent beackes, huge pavilions are being constructed, with new polo flelds, cricket clubs and golf courses. Honkkong is eminently a city of contrast. | Nastive ‘temples, with the color and | tween Christian churches. From a new ferry station one may embark to the nearby rising Monte Carlo of the Orient, at Macao. kong to Shanghai a new tourist mecca off the south coast of China | will be opened up. Tn the historic city of Swatow swarm the native river residents with ti | crafts, junks and sampans, where over 40,000 families live on harbor boats, under canopies of colored bamboo shelters. From the center of the city & new motor road runs to the crafr | of the once Celestial Empire still wear among the Summer attractions of the coastal itineraries. Atlantic City Events. ATLANTIC CITY, April 27.—Among the other coming events an- nounced by the Atlantic City Specia! Events Committee are the following: | May 9-11—Invitation golf tourna- | ment, Atlantic City Country Club. Northfield, !enurra the outstanding amateur stars of the East. May 15-18—Fourth Annual Atlantic City Horse Show, Convention Hall. exhibiting more than $1.000,000 worth of horses, with $15000 in prizes, trophies and ribbons for the winners. May 25—Atlantic City Relay Car- nival, Convention Hall, with 500 school and college athleies, repre- senting 100 different institutions. competing. | May 31-June 1—Atlantic City Flower Mart, Park place and Board- walk, featuring thousands of blooms, illuminated fountains and garden ex- hibits. June 21-23—National Headliners’ Frolic, staged by the Press Club of Atlantic City, with 200 leaders of the newspaper, radio, motion picture and magazine fields as guests of the club. Headquarters, Ritz Carlton Hotel. June 22-30—National Children’s week, with all children under 12 years of age, who are accompanied by an adult, guests of the city. June 28-29—Atiantic City Regatta, Municipal Airport, featuring out- board motor races, speedboat compe- tition, sailing races, etc. pay FO"OW! Trave]. NEW YORK, April 27.—As a result | of steadily increasing travel, busi- ness throughout the United States and Canada in the last 12 months, head- quarters of Thomas Cook & Son- Wagons-Lits, Inc., in New York, an- nounce an increase in salaries aver- aging 7 per cent for all offices. Dur- ing the last year the number of em- ployes at Cook’s offices has been in- creased more than 50 per cent. The outlook for Summer business is excellem Cooka xeporu iIndependent and Conduct Cruises o West Indies. 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American Express Travelers Chequas Always Protect Your Funds of the Orient, and experienced trav- | sports, shown in a setting of amazing | splash of' the Orient, are edged be- | From Hong- | “Embroidery Cities” of ancient needle- | Amoy, where the tiger guards | Appiy Fishers Get Together. SKYTOP CLUB IN THE POCONOS, April 27.—The annual fishermen’s get-together is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, when Izaak Waltons from this vicinity, fortified with new waders, creels, rods, snippers and their pet book of flies, join forces with the devout brethren of the Skytop Club Hardy Anglers’ Clan. Reports to date indicate ne fisher- man has failed to take his quota from the well-stocked streams on the club estate. Liner Schedules Call. NEW YORK, April 27.—The steam- ship Volendam, cruise liner for the Mexico City convention of the In- ternational Rotary Club, will call at Port. Everglades, Fla., to take aboard approximately 100 Rotarians who wish to embark at that port. The Volendam sails from New' York June 9 and will enter Port Everglades on June 11 for a day's stay. Subse- quent calls will be made at Nassau, Bahamas, and Vera Cruz. The liner leaves for New York June 22. STEAMSHIPS. . that it be fulfilled. D. C., Sneezeless Section, 'ARMOUTH, Nova Scotia, April 27.— One of the oldest features of any hotel in the world is offered by the Grand Hotel in Yarmouth, Nova Sco- tia. Free accommodations are offered any hay fever victim who fails to obtain absolute relief after two days’ step at the establishment, according to a provincial government agency. The offer was inaugurated some years ago, and as yet no guest has asked Castle Ia Famed. THE tiny city of Eisenach, Germany, famed for historic Wartburg Castle, is also the place where Martin Luther retired under the pseudonym of “Junker Georg” to translate the Bible into German. 300 Visitors a Day. LAST Summer, every day for three months, 300 Americans arrived in Great Britain. They were part of the | half million visitors which “Merne‘ England” receives every year. | STEAMSHIPS. i Spring Cruise! MIAMI 50 from Baltimore Florida now and foliage are thei ROUND TRIP its best...flowers loveliest. Jultumnllc round trip $38 All-Expense Tours .mn round trip only $32 Folder. Apply Travel Bureau 1416 H St., N.W., Washington or Tourist Agents. local agent or 34 Whitehall to the WES'I' mmzs the CARIBBEAN and SOUTH AMERICA 17 DAYS $17S te Havana, Jamaica, B. Panama_Canal, Costa Ri to visit Panoma i | Conal and Son Jose, Costa Rica's mountain capital. Every Thursday. 18 DAYS . . . $165 to Jomaica, 8. W. I, Ponama Canal, Colombia, South America. Optional shore Every Soturdoy. 10, 11 and 13 DAYS. . .$115 n ALL-EXPENSES 1o Hovana; ca; or Havana and Jomaica— y sailings. m New York. No pass- ired. Superior accommoda- tioms only slightly higher. Apply any_ Authorized Travel Acent or United Fruit Com- pany. Pier 3. North River, New York City. mechan St. (chere Broadway begins) New York City. -l "-Plauuf'lin-v QUEEN of BERMUDA MONARCH of BERMUDA | The “classic” Spring vac 1A | brilliant cruise on a big li ‘ plus a fascinating Bermuda visit. | Sports, dancing, play and leisure | on ship and on shore. Reason- able hotel rates encourage long Bermuda stay. FURNESS tEtoWay 2 BERMUDA THE WAY ical ventilation, swimming pools, dance orchestras, celebrated cuisine. ConadianGacifc gledr wareroiT | “Canadian Pacific Spans the World"— as a Hindu writes it WORLD TOURS Surprisingly low fares . . . First and Tourist Class. Plan your own tour around the world. Choose from a wide variety of routes. Pick your own stopovers . , . stay as long as you like and spend as much or as little as you wish. Travel east or west. Tickets good for 90 days or uptotwoyears. Oneinclusive ticket. Ask for programmes of inclu- sive-cost tours. Wherever you go, Canadian Pacific is ready to assist you . . . 179 agencies throughout the world. Let us send you com- plete information to help you plan your Independent World Tour. VIAP&O You can route your own world tour with particular ease if you book by Canadian Pacific in com- bination with Peninsular & Orien- {al and British India Steam Naviga- tion € les, and other lines. This service makes a complete cir- cle of the globe and has many optional trips to interesting places. NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA New low fares. Sport! Hunt and fish in New Zealand. Swim and ski in Australia. Sail on the speedy Aorangi or the Niagara of the n Australasian Line. Special low Summer round-trip excursion fares (effective May 22) to Auck- land: First Class, $350 up; Cabin Class, $244 up; proportionately low fares to Sydney and Mel- bourne. Also low-cost Third Class. From Vancouver and Victoria to -the Empress of Japan ot Empress Hawaii, fiii. Auckland, and Syd- ney. Connections at Honolulu from California ports. HAWAII Come to the islands of "Aloha” for a change and a holiday. Fish for tuna! Ride a surf board at Wai- kiki. Attend native feasts and hula dances. See the yacht races. Reach Honolulu in five days on the Em- press of Japan (fastest liner on the Pacific) or the Empress of Canada. One way to Honolulu: First Class, $110 up; Tourist Class, $85; low- cost Third Class. Or go more lei- surely on the comfortable Aorangi or Niagara of the Canadian Austra- lasian Line. First, Cabin, and Third Class. All sailings from Vancouver (trains to ship-side) or Victoria. ORIENT You can speed direct to Yokohama in 10 days on the Empress of Asia or Empress of Russia. Or you can go via Honolulu in 3 days more on of Canada. Sailings from Califor- nia ports connect with Empress.s at Honolulu. Sail from Vancouver (trains to ship-side) or Victoria. 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. Other ports-of-call: Kobe, Nagasaki, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila. Inquire about personally- conducted and all-expense tours. © Folders ® Maps o Information cn any Canadian Pacific service, from your owm travel agemt...or C. E. Phelps, General Agent, 14th and New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D. C. National 0758 APRIL 28, 1935—PART TWO. STEAMSHIPS, STEAMSHIPS, STEAMSHIPS, “Mt.Tahoma” Before the white man came to Puget Sound, the Indians wor- shipped a great white mountain they called “Tahoma.” Today it is Mt. Rainier, lofty center of one of our greatest national parks. Three hours from Seattle, itis part of your vacation when you sail to the Orient on the... 1220 miles nearer the FAR EAST! 261,400 gallons Many consider Seattle’s Cedar River water the finest drinking water in the world. Pure, clear and oold, it comes tumbling down from the eternal snows of the Cascade Mouutains. Every voyage, American Mail Liners take on 261,400 gallons of this famous water,which passengers enjoy throughout the entire trip to Japan,China,the Philippines and return. The “Far East” isn’t far whea you sail the fast Short Route from Seattle. It saves you 1220 miles and gives you more time to spend exploring Japan, China and the Philippines. Inalittle more than two weeks after you leave your city, you'll be strolling down the Ginza in Tokyo, or shopping in Kobe’s Moto- machi. Then on to Shanghai, Hongkong and Manila. Greatly reduced summer roundtrips are now in effect. Examples from Seattle and Victoria,B.C.: To . Tourist Farst Class JAPANandreturn . + + & 4 & 4 & o $240 . . $427 JAPAN,CHINAandreturn. + & « o 4 277 4 4 496 JAPAN,CHINA,MANILAandreturn . + 300 + + 577 For details, see yous travel agent or any of our offices. Ask about all-expense independent ard conducted tours this summer. A sailing e Y\ DMERGAN WA\ O AMERICAN MAIL LINE Transportation Building Phone MEtropolitan 0695 Washington, D. C. IT'S EASY AND INEXPENSIVE TO GO ABROAD! Q. How about passports and visas? no Your Travel Agent will be glad to help you with them, without extra charge. He will assist you in filling out the necessary papers and will have your passport visaed for you on payment of the regular consular fees. Q. Is it a good idea to take a car abroad? B Vo it vov: intend to stay it wecks or nicre And it’s neither difficult nor expensive. Just let your Travel Agent arrange it for you. The day before sailing, drive your car to Pier 57, New York, and leave it there. When the ship docks in Europe, it will be ready for you within an hour. All this costs, for the average car, as little as $190, round trip. Q. What does a European vacation cost? n- Just tell your Travel Agent where you want to go, and how long you want to stay, and he’ll make a fixed price, in dollars, covering everything except personal ex- penses, such as laundry, etc. The steamer fare, round trip, via French Line, runs from $148.50 (Plymouth, 3rd class) to $513 (de luxe express, via the magnificent new Normandie). For the time you spend in Europe, $10 a day, including transportation, will carry you through comfortably. Prices have come down in Europe very considerably. CONSULT YOUR TRAVEL AGENT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ASK FOR THE SPECIAL BOOKLET And let him make reservations for you now on one of the modern, fast French Line ships. No matter whether you travel First Class, Cabin, Tourist, or Third, you'll enjoy the atmosphere of France-Afloat. You'll like the wonderful food . « « French or American, just as you like . . « the good wine included at every meal, with our compliments . . . the broad decks « « « the large cabins, with plenty of closet space . . . the spotless tiled bathrooms . .. the courteous service. All the stewards speak English, of course . .wand the officers and crew are worthy of the age-old tradition and iron discipline of Breton and Norman seamanship. French fine New York to England and France: NORMANDIE, June 7 and 22, July 10and 31 ® ILE DE FRANCE, May 18, June 29, July 20 ® PARIS, May 11 ® CHAMPLAIN, May 4 and 23, June 15, July 3 ® LAFAYETTE, Junel @ SPECIAL SAILING : LAFAYETTE, June 20—New York, Boston, Quebec and Havre. A Canadian visit on your way to Europe at no extra charge. * Beginning with her first salling from New York on June 7, the largest,and most modern liner afloat, takes her place at the head of the magnificent French Line fleet. 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