Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1936, Page 38

S1AR, WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 29, 1936—PART TWO. ' doesn't get on the nerves. And if one happens to get a mouthful, it's easier to get out. Try it. There are no vehicles on Buenos Alres’ Fifth avenue—Calle Florida— from 4 to 7 pm. It is promenade hour then, and one may devote all Lk St ADAY D-—8 MEXICO CITY GAY The Traveler’s Notebook Scribblings About Just a Few Christmas Customs ’»rob:ehm. :‘nr “lt nz:hl: byhch:n.e;'fi | and the acetylene or oil lamps, tour- l traffic intrudes, the Foire de Mont- | ing the liner Kungsholm, which wi martre may be doomed to take its glit- lie at anchor in the Thames and ‘::”"":::m‘""’ h': mingled, with| LS00 S iotalletioas, s tnedd serve as & hotel for its passengers “like pleasure, along the streets | ,nq music and fun, and become the It will sall from New York May 2 |and boulevards of Clichy, Les Batig- | pale ghost of what is now—and be- direct for London, reaching its place | nolles and Rochechouart. | come the Foire de Courbevole, across in the river in time for a day pre-| Now that constantly growing street | the Seine. IAVI:!. ‘T‘Gmem Ra‘ilway _Route of the Em WITH NIGHT LIFE Capital Turns From Busi- ness to Fun at 6 o’Clock. BY ROBERT MUIR. MEXICO CITY, November 29— Abroad, the Dresden Car Sightseeing Passes. BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr. N MANY parts of Germany, the families become Christmas-con- | scious in a tangible way a month | - before the holiday. On the Sun- | dsy nearest November 30 (today) | wreaths decorated with flowing rib- | of Mexico and Street newcomers are timid about climbing them, the sturdy native women, with heavy ciates on their backs, pull| themselves up with the same calm that Americans saunter along Atlantic | City's boardwalk. | London will be 3); hours from Reams of paper are covered With | pons and holding four candles are | Zurich when express air services advice to tourists as to what to see in | hung. On the first evening one of | start December 13, Mexico's capital during the day, but of the night life of the city nothing at all is sald. From the point of view of those who wish to really know the. place, and enjoy themselves of | an evening, let's talk about the restaurants, clubs and theaters for a while. Six o'clock is the zero hour at which the town turns from business to pleasure. the offices close and men-about-town and women decide that they had better start out and look around in case they miss anything. They collect in the cocktail lounges —even the tee-totalers, because every- body meets downtown at the witch- ing hour, and it would be & terrible thing for anybody to miss seeing Miss ‘Whatsername's new boy friend, or any of the day’'s scandal. Club-Like Atmosphere. The Cucaracha, the Papillon and the Lady Baltimore are the most popular of these places. All of them are very comfortable and cheerful— after the style of the European hotel Jounges, in that they are more like clubs than public places, Jerry Barnard of the Cucaracha and Manola of the Papillon are good hosts, and if the tourist will take the trouble to make their acquaintences, he will never lack for company, as these men know all the elite of the town by name and reputation, and will introduce him to many interest- ing people. And then, for those who prefer better beverages at & more reason- able price, at the expense of some of the pomp and ceremony of the other places, there are two very famous bars, the Opera and Mac's place. Here can be seen another strata of society—the business man as opposed to the man-about-town—the connois- seur who likes his money's worth &nd not so much glamour. Soft Drinks, Tooe. Aperitif time most amusing hour of the day down there, and it should not be missed, even by those who don’t touch liquor themselves, because there are a hundred and one soft drinks to choose from after all. Now comes the serious business of the evening—where to dine. Cutting out the hotels, which are just like any other hotels, good but not very interesting, and choosing the best of their kind from the tremendous num- ber of restaurants in the town, we can discuss Paulos, Prendes and Pete's Place. 3 Paulos is the most expensive house, but their food and wines are really excellent and the stuff is well turned out. Italian food is their speciality, although, of course, any type of food can be obtained. Prendes comes under more or less the same category, but Prench food is featured. Pete's Place, however, is qulte different to the other two. Decorated internally to represent a log cabin, it is a c intimate little oasis, serving wonderful viands at such | ridiculously low prices that the diner can hardly believe his eyes on being presented with his bill. Pete's cus- tomer’s come back for more, Jack-of-all-Trades, He is an amazing character him- self, this restaurateur. Of Alsatian parentage, he has roamed the world; Jack-of-all-trades, he has been avia- tor, miner, soldier of fortune and many other things. Now he runs his little restaurant on Calle Gante with At this hour most of | is undoubtedly the! | the candles is lighted; on the .second’ | Sunday. another; on the third Sunday, | the third, and, finally, the last candle | is lighted, calling attention to the | fact that Christmas week is at hand. | The Christmas season also has a! halloween touch for the boys of Wurtemberg, Bavaria and Baden. The three Thursdays before Christ- mas were in the old days the nights of | the German godd, and they still are {celebrnlzd as “rough nights.” Warned | | by their parents to do no damage, the |youths celebrate by throwing peas and beans against windows to frighten [ the people inside. This has & familiar | | ring. The grave of Jenny Lind, the| | Swedish nightingale, is at Malvern, | England. For the landlubber traveling aboard ship is printed this reminder: Looking | toward the bow of the boat, starboard | is the right'side of the ship; port, the left. The starboard side carries a green | light: the port, red. A way to re-| member: port wine is red, the heart |is red and is on the left side; i e, | port, red, left. Simple? | | Although the Swiss go in for real | mountain climbing, they do not shun artificial aids. In the region of | Leukerbad, picturesque spa in the Valais (where they serve afternoon coffee and tea in the swimming pool) are a series of ladders offering a short cut o the town of Albinen above. The | ladders are attached to the almost | perpendicular mountainside, and while | | good for a couple of hours of amuse- ment, before the inevitable night club | blues set in. On the way home, it would pay to look in at un extra-ordinary dance hall within two blocks of the National + Theater. You'd probably forget the name of the place, so just remember that any taxi driver will recall it at once if told to drive to the place with ilhrrc dance floors. Dancing by Classes. These floors are divided into classes, first, second and third. The dancers on the first-class floor are supposed to be fairly dressed up, and terribly refined in their behavior, even to sticking out their little flugers while drinking their 1,000 per cent proof straight Tiquilas. On the second-class floor things are & little more free and easy, in fact, heavy unecking on the ~ide lines is not only allowed. but abetted. The third-class floor is eas1ly described—they have only recently taken down s notice which read as follows: “Please do not throw lighted | cigarettes on the fioor, to void burn- ing the ladies’ feet,” for most of the habituees of this part of the hall dance in their bare feet, believe it or not, and dance beaulifully at that. Mexico City is not dull at night if you know where to find the fun, but don't get dragged round to the usual | tourist haunts. Nothing could be more boring than synthetic Mexico—muci (too much like the Follies Bergere m Waris, just too French for the Fiench. RESORTS, FLORIDA. PEOPLE CANT BE his charming wife, and takes a tre- mendous pride in his cuisine. Incidentally, if anybody wants to know anything about anybody in Mexico City, they go to Pete. He knows, The high spots come next on the Toster. We had better make a night of it and do the rounds, There is probably some first class music on at the Theatro Nacional, one of the most beautiful theaters in the world, but as 1t is to be a night of frivolity, Wwe had better go and see the Fronton game instead. Fastest Game on Earth. It is too difficult to explain this game in detail in so limited a space, but it has been described as the fastest and most graceful game on earth. The court is a brilliantly lighted hollow rectangle of very high walls, and the implements of play long wicker scoops, fitted to the right hands of the players, The players, all professionals and wonderfully skillfull, and four in number, keep & ball resembling a base ball volleying round the court like a bullet, while the bookmakers shout their odds from the side screen to the spectators in the tiers above. Large sums of mone” change hands nightly at these games but it is well worth watching with- out gaming at all. The game is over at 11 o'clock, and ‘ supper seems to call, so off we go to the Escargot to dance for & while, and once again see Mexico's society at play. It is an attractive night club, well decorated and friendly— e RTS. PENNSYLVANIA, LUTHERLAND POCONO PI 2 A charming_mountain resort. A All s Congenial clientele. Rates et weekl: from $28 Write Box 6. Lutherland, Poconio Pines, Fa. RESORTS. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. ATLANTIC CITYS DISTINCTIVE HOTEL oprosITE seec mer | HARRISON COOK « MANAGER ATLANTIC CITY December, ever delightful, is doubly so during the Christmas- New Year holidays, Write for Special -Family Rates. WALTER J. BUZRY. v, 1 Last year 200,000 visitors from | all parts of North America and many distant lands came to sunny St. Petersburg for a win- | ter vacation. And they liked the Sunshine City—its wonder- ful climate, its beautiful set- | ting, its variety of sport and ! entertainment. Most of ali, ithey liked the genuine -hospi- STEAMSHI “The Itinerary and shore excursions are among the most attract- on ive I have ever seen, ™ Sflround South America GUADALAJARA is the largest city in Mexico, and is often called the Dresden of the republic. Colorful pottery, lifelike figures in | colored clay and glassware are among | Line, operators of the Normandie, as Foire de Montmarte, which for over | the outstanding souvenirs travelers | jis official representive in the United | a century has been the delight of Pari- bring back. The Main Plaza, flanked by the government palace and the |, many points in Europe, north and | This street fair with its shooting gal- cathedral, is the favorite promenade | western Africa, India and French | leries, merry-go-rounds and stickjaw spot. | To impress upon prospective VISItOIS | (o the Americas via “Air France.” themselves along the avenue known its mild climate, Atlantic City has slo- | weekly service across the Atiantic to ' the world over, may in the near future ganized for the Winter, “No snow on | the Boardwalk.” | Seattle’s street”car system offers the | | tourist & four-hour pess, on which he may travel at will for sightseeing in the city and on its hills. The price; is 10 cents. In Poland, Christinas trees are hung from the ceiling. Capt. G. F. Sherwood, Cook's spe- | cialist on big game hunting, scoffs at | the idea prevalent among many trav- elers that African hunting is & mil- | lionaire’s sport. It can cost plenty, if the nimrod wants to take along elec- tric ice boxes and all the knick-knacks of & Park avenue apartment, but this is unnecessary, says Sherwood. le' adds: “Actually, it is entirely possible for & man to go out to Esst Africa and | get & couple of weeks of shooting, dur- | ing which he should bag at least one lion, for about $1,200, exclusive of pas- sage out and back.” Good sport and comfort is promised, With necessary | equipment, including autos, tents, food, native servants and, of prime impor- tance, the services of a white hunter who knows the ropes. DON'T say “Meet me at the station,” when talking about rail travel to Chicago. The city has six railroad ter- | minals, more than any other city in | North America. They are. Union, North Western, La Salle, Grand Central, Dearborn and Twelfth Street. German statisticians buried their noses in American maps, and railroad and postal guides and came up with | this announcement: The United States has 82 cities and towns named Han- over, 66 Hamburgs, 23 Brunswicks and 19 Bremens. Such gay and bold adventurers of the Elizabethan era as Drake, Haw- kins, Gilbert and Raleigh used to drink at Mol's Coffee House. It still stands | ncross the square from the Caihedral al Exeler, Impressive as are the midnight masses on Christmas eve all over Eu- rope. perhaps the most picturesque | services are st St. Baux, in Southern | France, which shepherds of Provence attend in their ancient and charac- teristic costumes. Another small town famous for its medieval atmosphere on this night is Perouges. By the way. servants in England receive their Christmas gift on Boxing day, De- cember 26. ERMUDA brags about the coarse sand on its beaches. It is, Ber- mudians point out, easier to shake off bathing suits and bath robes and RESORTS. FLORIDA. tality they experienced here ... St. Petersburg is a city of a mil- meet old friends and make new ones. Accommodations to meet all requirements at rates to fit your budget. For booklet write to B. Y. Scott, Secretary, Cham- ber of Commerce, St. Peters- burg, Florida. his attention to passersby. The city is often called woman's paradise, for men outnumber them five to one. A woman walked into an English store and asked for a darning ball. The saleslady looked blank, but tried to be helpful. Finally, the shopper resorted to the word darning egg. The saleslady rummaged about and found nothing. “We have no darning eggs. I'm sorry, but I wonder if & darning mushroom will do.” It did. Air-minded Americans, headed abroad and contemplating quick jumps about the continent, may buy second | their tickets and book flights long| betore sailing. “Air France,” which covers Europe with & network of lines recently has appointed the French States. “Air France” provides service Indo-China. And one may fly back South America is provided, NA’I’XVFS of the happy Isle of Bali have reason to simply saunter through the day and play. They are | somewhat busy four months in the year, producing food—enough to last the other eight months. Poverty has pussed them by, but the gaming fever has left its mark in, for one thing cock fighting. The snti-noise campaign has taken hold in France, too. At the entrance to the delightful city of Grenoble capital of the Dauphine, is a large billboard, which imparts this warning: “Grenoble, ville sccueillante, est hos- tile ®u bruit”; or, in Epglish “Grenoble, & hospitable city, is (very much) sgainst noise.” With London hotel saccommoda- tions for the Coronstion next year at & premium, Cook's has solved the STEAMSHIPS, CARIBBEAN ~ G| MEDITERRANEAN APPLY 70 ITALIAN LINE o 1601 Walnut St Fhiladelphia 4 T l—=ny =1 Deep-sea SAIL FROM 11 day Tour-Miami A fascinating voyage to sub-tropical Florida, i alms and sunshine. ing near the gulf stream, sightseeing to all principal points of interest. 17 day Tour-Miami-Cuba S days in Miami, 2 full days in Havana. Sightseeing in Miami and Cuba, including tour of Cuban countryside. in Miami and Havana. Special Christmas Tours to Miemi For information, apply M. & M. Travel Bur Street, N W tourist age: Washiagton (N coronation sightseeing and staying | through the ceremonies, with an extra day following. 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