Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1914-07-10
HOT SPRINGS
PEOPLE ABROAD
MRS. CARRIER WRITES INTER.
ESTING LETTER TO STAR
ARE HAVING A NICE Time
A DESCRIPTIVE WRITE-UP OF THE
AzORE ISLANDS and OTHER
POINTS THEY VISITED

ALUkE ISLANDS and OTHER
POINTS THEY VISITED
On board S-S- "Csnopic" June l3, 1914
June twelfth, nineteen hundred
fourteen, we arrived at what is some
times called the land of nowhere. up
side down. The Azores consist of nine
rocky islands 1000 miles from Boston
and 1000 miles from Gibralter. These
with the Madeira, may we'll be called
the stepping stones from the new
world to the old. It is we'll for the
traveller who crosses for the first time
to make use OF these stepping stones.
Crossing from New York to Liver
pool one leaves one great commercial
center to enter another. Not so via
Mediterranean route. The Azores are
wholly European in character, but one
has only glimpse of this character,
the islands are small, the time is short
and the traveller passes on to get an
other squint at the same thing in
MADEIRA. hence gradual entrance to
the novelty of the old world.
These islands are volcanic peaks
rising out Of the ocean. 1t is interest
ing to study their lava scared sides.
and know that you are standing on
mountain tops. Nearly every foot of
their surface is cultivated, fields of
maize, sugar cane, grapes, peas, beans.
pine apples In hot houses, some
bananas, give the plentiful, bare footed
population plenty to do.
We returned to the ships, rowed in
In small boate. literally laden With
flowers. The Gala lily here grows wild,
and such beauties.
The botanical gardens are little short
OF marvellous. One feels that he has
revealed the land of enohantment
Everything delights the eye. The
songs Of countless csnaries delight the
ear. 1t ts land where "every prospect
p'eases and only man is vile".
Another day of sailing over calm
southern seas almost unruffied, from
which the phosphorescense CLEANS
forth at night, and early the next
morning. We are landed at MADEIRA.
These are the Azores on larger scale,
and the people. the more dependent
upon the tourist.
You are taken up mountain some
3OCO feet and just for fun dropped
down toboggan slide. Then calm
your excited nerves by ride in an OK
chariot gay with creatone trimmings,
thru streets narrow and crooked, flies
buzztng lazy. If not delightful, lula
by. dirty little beggars running. or
rather walking, by your side saying the
one word "Monies". Isn't that novel?
1t wac fiesta day in the church, we
followed the procession some distance.
The priests were chanting, the band
playing, people following in their best
attire. Flowers we're thrust upon us
from all sides. rosee, lilies, pansies
msgnolias. popies, azalies, rhododen-
drums, and many l do not. know the
nance Of. Our chariot was on runners
not on wheels. The streets are paved
with black cobble stones very smooth
which make this mode of transporta-
tion the easier. We bot some MADEIRA
embroideries and returned to the boat
on next to the last tenden.
Gibralter is less European. To be
sure there are many Moores and Arabs
but "Tommy Atkins is every where
and he speaks more intelligable Eng
lish that do bevy of southern girls on
board this boat
The great rock has been likened to
the crouching form of the British lion
nor does 1t take any stretch of imagina.
tton to see it. His rock hewn sides are
perforated with galleries where cannon
are placed which command the
Straight. These cannon can shoot into
Africa distance Of ten miles, but the
real keeper Of the peace, is feet Of
British War Vessels, in q sheltered
harbor within q curve in the rock
Vessels may slip past the cannon bu,
they must beware the feet The old
Moorish Castle which commanded fol
nine centuries is still in good state Of
preservation. The whole place hsf
been English since 17C4, and it appears
that 1t will remain 80 everlsstingly
The French tried during our Revolu
tionsry war, to take 1t, but failed. Nc
attempt has been made since. Before
entering the Straight, We cav In the