Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1936, Page 36

The Traveler’s Notebook Scribblings About Mont St. Michel’s Fa- mous Omelet, Curacao’s Bargain Paradise and Periscopes for the Coronation Parade. BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, JR. CRIBBLINGS: Mont St. Michel, with its single street, a popu- lation of 227 and its famous Gothic fortress-monastery, long has known how to cater to tourists. A share of its fame is based on an omelet—omelet of La Mere Poulard. When the creator of this happy dish died in 1931 she willed the recipe to the town for travelers yet to come. She rests now beneath a simple mon- ument with her husband, and their epitaph hints the esteem in which they were held in their calling. It reads: “Here repose Victor and An- nette Poulard. Faithful spouses and good tavern keepers. May the Lord welcome them as they received thelr guests.” Passage from New York to Call- fornia on the best ships usually is booked so far ahead that the late comer despairs and takes the quicker trans-continental train. One can have & little bit of each—take a boat to New Orleans and from there travel on the air-conditioned Sunset Limited to San Francisco. Rounding out a trip to Kingston, Jamaica, sight-seers include a drive to Spanish Town on the banks of the Rio Cobre. Stops usually are made at the ancient Ferry Inn, sur- rounded by famous silk cotton trees known as pirate trees. John Marshall, who was quite & Judge, said of Natural Bridge: “God’s greatest miracle in stone.” Some years before, King George III had sold it to Thomas Jefferson for 20 shillings. The little boy who used to try to see the parade over the hegds of the bigger boys (ranging in age from 20 to 80) by a mirror attached to a walking stick, has given London an idea for King Edward's coronation procession next May. These peri- scopes are to be developed into huge reflectors on buildings. - People at the back of the crowd simply look into the mirror and, lo and behold. ‘The procession route of about 7 miles Is nearly twice as long as King George's inaugural parade in 1911. TRAVELERS who feel romantic about lighthouses should sail to Glasgow. From the Clyde's en- trance to the famous port there are more than 600 lights. If one can be satisfied with just & smattering of Indian travel, he may get it synthetically by going to Port of Spain, Trinidad. Planta- tions and villages of the island are peopled with some 60,000 Hindus, who retain their customs and cos- tumes. With their load of necklaces and bracelets of gold and silver coins, the women present a striking picture. Farmers in Nova Scotia almost in- variably name their oxen “Spark” and “Diamond.” The strict sect of the Samaritans is vanishing in Palestine. And no won- der. Brides are few and far between. Under their code, each Samaritan man, who wants to marry, enters his name on a waiting list. Then he waits to be allotted a wife. He waits and waits. And when he reaches a ripe old age. be may be given a wife in her teens. Paradise and Wavecrest are two of the more famous of the many beaches skirting the indigo sea that hems in the Bahamas. Old-time Lithuanians try to be con- genial with everything. Everything lives, in their belief, and one must therefore be polite to stones, trees and such, including haughty tourists. ONCE a year, Holland's towns go on a spree; that is, the towns that don't hold to the theory that the Ker- | mis is too wicked. The Kermis starts off innocently enough. The rule is that one must eat 24 poffertjes and 2 wafelen, Poffertjes are best described as little round pancakey blobs, twist- ed and covered with butter and sugar. Wafelen are oblong wafers, also dressed in butter and sugar. The Ker- mis used to be a combination of reli- glous and commercial celebration, linked with the harvest and market- ing. But wild fun has drowned out the religious note, and many cities, in- cluding The Hague, long ago banned them. They trive in the provincial towns, and at Rotterdam, Delft, Nij- megen and Maestricht. By the way, the poffertjes-wafelen rites are com- pleted by washing them down with beer or Frambozen lemonade. Flowers represent the seasons in China. The schedule: Tree peony, Spring; lotus, Summer; crysanthe- mum, Autumn; plum, Winter. Traffic signs, theater placards and such, even stamps, are bilingual in Montreal, French to the point of ranking next to Paris as a city. About two-thirds of its population speaks French as their native tongue. Street car conductors announce stops in both languages. (OQN THE plains of Marathon is the only marble-faced dam in the world. It supplied Athens with water. The quarry from which the stone was taken used to furnish marble for sculptors of ancient Greece. The outstanding vacation-land slo- STEAMSHIPS. anmvmoul order. Siae” rooms that all face the see . .. eut @oor pools, orchastras, talking pictures . « o wide cholce of fascinating perts. 28DAYS $178... . - 8 _muwu.l.\v [ visits ot Kingston; @ ond night I Conel . esortonty 1o tos Conel s Ponmme cimy with pivate both aveilabie for 0 1ile oe » » $3100 CANAL and COSTA Tharsday. Paneme :.:.u.'uwm. — = i days HAVANA; 11 days JAMAICA B. W. L; 13 days MAVANA ] e _“_'-i"la'.‘-"-'-.'a'-.'fi"‘-'-“’"ufi"-:‘. Ry Nt pply any Authorized Travel Agent or UIT COMPANY, Pier North River, New York City. gan of the year, in seductiveaess: “The Land of Manana.” Bermuda is not the only place in the world where autos are banned. Mount Royal, overlooking Montreal, makes sightseers walk up or ride in a horse-drawn Victoria. King George laid the foundation stone for New Delhi’s great Christian Church in 1911. Contributions from all over the world raised it slowly. Only recently it has been completed and opened. The pyramids of Giza are 10 miles from the heart of Cairo. Trams take you there. Curacoa, in the Netherlands West Indies, as clean and quaint’as Holland itself, is one of those rare bargain- hunters’ paradise—a free port. Goods from all over the world gravitatés there, jewelry, batiks, perfumes, em- broideries, linens, amber crystal, wines and whatever else the world nas to of- fer. Of course, one can't bring back everything, as the United States im- poses & duty-free limit of $100. But the sum goes a long way in Curacoa. Competition of the tradesmen for the traveler's business conspires to lower prices. Standardizing prices there is hard to do, for it would m2an an agreement between merchants who are East Indians, Chinese, Spaniards, Englishmen, Frenchmen, Javanese, Egyptians, Portuguese and Veaezue- lans, as well as Hollanders. . GROTESQUE MOUNTAINS THRILL CHOSEN VISITORS Strange Shapes Resemble Beasts and Humans, While Valleys Give Beautiful Picture. YOKOHAMA, September 26.—The mountains of Kongo are outstanding in the world of travel. The fantastic formations offer one of the enchant- ing sights on the Winter’s itinerary of Japan, Chosen and China. Few mountain ranges in the world can rival them for singular grandeur and fewer still contain, within such a com- pressed area, such magnificent land- scapes, verdant valleys, lofty pine- clad peaks, dreamy pools and silver- white fairy waterfalls. Like petals folded around a pistil, the peaks of Kongo spread out in sev- eral circular folds. The thousand and on® grotesque-shaped peaks resemble birds, animals, human beings, even monsters. It seems as if Nature has been playing with forms and has been at great pains to create giant sculp- tural works out of mountain tops. Amidst these strange scenes lie scat- tered about some of the oldest Buddha temples and monasteries in the world. That of Seiyo-ji, is nearly 2,000 years old, having been founded in the first | pioneer days of early Buddhism. VIRGINIA BEACH READY " FOR FALL VISITORS Storm Does Little Damage—Lido Cabanas, Washed to Sea, to Be Replaced. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, Septem- ber 26 —Autumnal days are approach- ing and this seaside resort is coming into its most picturesque season. The Cavalier is preparing to enter- tain a large number of Fall conven= tion groups including several State and national organizations. The re- sort itself is continuing to enjoy a heavy clientele of late vacationers and holiday seekers. The recent hurricane did little dam- age to ocean-front property. All told, the damage to property did not exceed $50,000, a fraction of the extensive damage incurred during the disastrous storm August 23, 1933, when a part of the seawall of the beach proper and bulwarks along exclusive Cavalier Shores were washed out. The Cavalier Beach Club was the most seriously affected during the re- cent hurricane. The greatest dam- age occurring when the 40 Lido cabanas were swept to sea during the height of the storm. These are being more modern design. B San Jacinto to Be Park. Work is under way to create a me- morial park on San Jacinto battle- ground, where 100 years ago Texas won its independence. all expenses and taxes paid American Express May 5346 519 12 DAYS 26 DAYS " Visit Lendon Visit 4 countrios and return and return ASK YOUR TRAVEL AGENT 104 days of Adventure! 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Beach Becomes 8-Mile domain of saddle horses. with women visitors, i With the close of the bathing season Atlantic City’s famous eight-mile beach becomes the This picture gives some idea of the popularity of horseback riding Bridle Path To Protect F CHEYENNE, September 26.—Dev- il's Tower, Wyoming, the oldest na- tional monument under the National Park Service, celebrated its 30th an- niversary this week. It was proclaimed | a national monument by President ‘Theodore Roosevelt on September 24, 1906, but its creation goes back some 20,000,000 years. Long before the coming of the white man the giant column, rising 865 feet | above the brilliantly hued rocks of | the foothills, was a landmark to the | Indians. “Mateo Tepee —bear lodge | —was their name for it. Nowhere | else on the North American continent | is there a similar geologic formation | of ‘such colossal size. Molten rock, welling up through a point of weak- ness in the earth's overlying crust, formed a volcanic plug or neck. With its rough surface, striated vertically, with a bulging base, the formation bears a striking resemblance to a mammoth tree stump turned to stone. These fluted characteristics are due to the formation of large prisms as the liquid lava cooled. At its base Devil's Tower is approxi- mately 1000 feet in diameter. The | top comprises some 1'; acres, capped with sagebrush, grass, mosses and ferns. Chipmunks also have been ob- | served on the top. Possibly a score of persons have | succeeded in climbing Devil's Tower, always with artificial aids. First to | make the ascent was a local rancher, | Will Rogers by name. He climbed it in 1893, by means of a ladder and wooden pegs driven into clefts in the rock. Today, because of the hazards involved even with such assistance, as well as the resultant scarring of the | monument, the National Parks Serv- ice has forbidden any further ate | tempts to scale the tower. | To the unique geological interest of the Devil's Tower and the unusual paleontological features of the re- mainder of the monument, the Parks Service has added facilities for educas tion and recreation. The newly con= structed museum contains many in- | teresting relics of prehistoric times and frontier days. Less than five miles to the northwest are the Mis- | souri buttes, composed of rock similar | in composition to that of the Devil's | Tower and consequently thought to be | a part of the same lava flow. The RESORTS. Am, & n. bath or running water. Oven all Gar. or free varking._J. BUSH. PENNSYLVANIA. There's Magic in the Mopatafiy these crisp Fall days. Every facility for rest o~ play. Indoor swimming. Delicious meals clientele. $28 Write Box 6. LUTHER- LAND. Pocono Pines. Pa. - ISUTHERLADD - 'Devil’s Tower Climbs Banned reak of Nature monument is a popular rendezvous for local and State societies, such events as “old settlers’ week” and annual picnics of the Western Black Hills Pioneer Association being held there. A camp ground, with fine spring water, porvides for their comfort. Brothers Die Hour Apart. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (#).—Heart attacks killed two brothers at the same hour in towns 40 miles apart. Wil- liam Charles Thomas, 59, died in Jack- sonville at 1 am. Relatives were pre- paring to notify David Madison Thom- as, 64, of Fernandina when they re- ceived- a message that he, too, was dead. RESORT ATLANTIC CITY, kb TREASURES EXHIBITED Green Vaults of Dresden Yield Precious Handiwork. DRESDEN, September 26.—The “Grune Gewolbe” (green vaults), the renowned treasure chamber of Dres- den, in co-operation with the State Museum of Mineralogy and the Frie- | burg Mining Academy, is holding an interesting exhibition in the Dresden Residential Castle to be open until October 9. It includes valuable collections of the work of the Saxon goldsmiths and gem cutters, in particular Priedrich August 3d's court jeweler, Jgh. Hein- rich Neuber. The objects consist of | snuff boxes, pendants and chains made of materials found in Saxony, such as ‘Wolkemlem amethyst, Schneckenberg | topazes, Mittelbach chalcedon, Schlott- | ! wita agates. RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. AMERICANS VISIT PICKWICK SHRINES Tourists Surprised to Find Extent of Dickens’ Lore at Bath. LONDON, September 26.--As last of England’'s celebrations of the cen- tenary of Dickens’ “Pickwick Papers,” Covent Garden here will present a new opera, “Pickwick,” by Albert Coates, during a special season from Novem- ber 16 to December 5. Shrines of Mr. Pickwick and of Dickens have proved great attractions to English and American travelers this year. Special tours of Dickens’ London are still being arranged. Bath, too, is still receiving Dickens enthusiasts, for it was the home of the real Mr. Pickwick and one of the places visited by the famous club. Just_where the original Mr. Pick- wick got his name is still a matter of debate. One story has it that he was the great-grandson of a found- ling. A woman, this version goes, discovered a bundle containing the first Pickwick on the side of a road in Wick. She took him home and promptly named him Eleazer Pick- wick, or the baby picked up at Wick. Another version of the story has it that the infant was found in the village of Pickwick not far from Bath, and received his name because of that circumstance. Americans visiting Bath are al- ways surprised to find that a number of the Pickwick family still live in this famous health resort. Many shrines of Dickens and the | Pickwickians are pointed out to trav- elers in Bath. The Pickwick Club first stayed at the White Hart Hotel, which was torn down in 1867 to make | place for the present Grand Pump | Room Hotel. Its sign, however, was | preserved and taken to a suburb, Wid- combe, where it can still be seen at | a small inn. Dickens, too, used to come to Bath and it was there that the character of Little Nell in “The Old Curiosity Shop” first occurred to him. A tablet | at 35 St. James square now records this fact. Crazy Horse Led Indians. Crazy Horse, chief of the Ogalala Bioux, was joint leader in the war of 1875 with Sitting Bull. RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. _LS'epéem_Aer Hors i = ‘-_fi““\{“\x‘ LA = beaches dipping into the gently-breaking surf . . sands, sun decks, pavilions P I 1 i — - ) [RIJE e o = KRICHT SKIES OVER THE BOARDWALK . . . broad and ocean-front plaz o gay cabanas, shades and chairs in the warm « « . health in every breath of ocean air. Golf, riding, fishing, sailing, tennis, roller chairing, Boardwalk ‘cycling until 9 A. M. Fashionable shops and salons, a dozen theatres, ocean piers and national exhibits, renowned hotels, boarding houses, restaurants and cafes. o EVERYTHING TO MAKE YOUR FALL SOJOURN DELIGHTFUL @ Convenient by good roads. Low round trip fares and frequent service by train and bus. For illustrated folder, writt ROOM119 , CONVENTION HALL, ATLANTIC CITY Facing Ocean and rk SUMMER WEATHER .« . yet Prices Reduced October—the ideal month— provides o wealth of pleasure and relaxation at the Moarl- borough-Blenheim . . . tcnic for the long busy months chead. Write for Fall Rates Now in Effect ATLANTIC CITYS DISTINCTIVE HOTEL For BOOKLET AND LOW RATES _‘}“'wufl. P’Seaside HARRISON COOK - MANAGER HEALTHFUL DAYS Se- th Carolina Ave. SPECIAL FALL RATES American and European Plans and Rate—] PRINCESS “Just Off Boardwalk” | NewClarion One or Two Meal Plan_ Reduced Winter NOW 5. K. BONIFACE ' IN OLD attractively moderate. Rates—European Plan. Room with Jrom Washington, $¢4.55. from your ny Cana- QUEBEC Be an honored guest in a 16th century- style chateau—enjoy quaint Louis XIV at- mosphere—revel in the gay spirit of 2 Norman people but an overnight’s rail journey from home. Or come by auto- mobile to ancient Quebec . . . Air that peps you up like champagne. Mountains, babitant villages and St. Lawrence shore line ablaze in autumn'’s regal scarlet and gold. Ideal | weather for motor trips to Sie. Anne de Beaupré, lle d'Orleans or the Gaspé. Golf at Montmorency or Boischatel. Then back to the Chateau Frontenac, with its gracious hospi- tality, princely living and lilting dance music. The cost is Meals. table d'hote or & la carte. bath, $4.50 up; Double, $3.00 up. Chateau Frontenac of Caadin Auifs il “Inl ington Chadeay Fromtense. T e e 5 ¢ T Singte Round Trip Rail jare— PRE-MAYA EMPIRE TOMBS DISCOVERED Pyramids Imposed Upon One Another Found in Digging Into Hill Near Guatemala City. GUATEMALA CITY, September 26. ~—A succession of royal tombs, each in 2 pyramid within a pyramid until there arises & series of four superimposed pyramids, is the unusual archeological find that has recently been brought to light in the first excavation of a pre- historic community antedating the old Maya empire. The remains of this early civiliza- tion had been buried in the highlands | of Guatemala, near here. Their exist- ence was unsuspected until a clear- ing was made for a foot ball field and workmen started to cut down a hill to make room for a goal post. When a layer of white plaster walls was uncovered work was stopped pend- __ STEAMSHIPS. ing investigation. Further investiga= tion has revealed the existence of what may prove to be a royal burial vaults of a whole dynasty of rulers, and some spectacular revelations con< cerning these personages may be brought to light. In one of the tombs was found a royal personage who had been placed in the tomb in a sitting position. Placed around the ruler were objects of art made of jade, crystal, shell, minerals and pottery, SARCOPHAGUS IN GARDEN COLOGNE, September 26.—Not long ago, as the owner of a little truck garden in Cologne was digging in his cabbage patch, he uncovered a large stone tablet which proved to be the lid of an ancient sarcophagus. Fur- ther investigation disclosed an old Roman_cemetery of the fourth cen- tury. In the sarcophagi, in addition to a number of coins and pleces of pottery were Roman drinking goblets and a four-cornered bottle. _ STEAMSHIPS. 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Munargo, with an outdoor pool and dancefloor...deck sports orchestra ...entertol ment ... cruise director. Ashore, you take com- prehensive sightseeing tours—at no extra cost! Also Nassau All-Ex- pense Tours —round trip, week at Royal Vic- toria Hotel, European Plan, $97.50. SAIL NOW... ENJOY SPRING IN SOUTH AMERI(A Sail now. Enjoy exhila- rating Spring in South America. Visit Rio de Janeiro (with extra day ashore, thanks to new faster schedule), Santos, Montevideo and Buenos Aires . .. cities where Old World cus- toms live in a modern atmosphere. Sailing now means saving almost 20% on round trip because of seasonal rate reductions. 21,000-ton Munson Line sister-ships sail forimight- ly. And one of them, the S.S.Pan America, offers you a new, built-in out- door swimming pool, air- conditioned dining salon and enlarged sports deck. All provide every facility for utmost com- fort. Northbound call at Trinidad. Full information from your Travel Agent MUNSON §. 5. 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