Valdez daily prospector., 1918-04-18
DRAWS
 LARGE AUDIENCE
Lecturer Entertains Valdezans With Account of Trip Through His.
 tOric Places

h6V GeOrSe JOnn Z1nn lectured to large audience last night under the auspices of the Valdez War Study Club. The lecture was illustrated by many slides of the different countries in Europe upon which he touched MT. Zinn made the trip thru thirteen of the European countries upon a bi- cycle, studying the conditions and life of the people. He secured many inter- esting pictures of the different places he visited.
 The first picture thrown upon the screen was that of the famous "Blar- ney" castle in Ireland. MT. Finn spoke briefly upon the history of this place and stated that he had kissed the "Blarney Stone" and therefore beg ged that that be sufficient excuse for him if he wandered too long. Leav- ing Blarney Castle the route led thru England to Dover where he took the boat and crossed the channel disem- barking at Ostend, Belgium, until war time. one of the famous summer resorts and bathing beaches which was visited by thousands of tourists every season. While in Belgium he visited the battlefelds of Waterloo, Brussels. the capital city aid Ant werp.
 During this trip he took many pie lures Oi the simple Belgium peasants, showing their means of transporta- tion. of which the dog as a motive power for the huge carts is the most common. Belgium is proud of her roads which are all level and made of cObblestones. One interesting picture was that of a Belgian lady making lace. one of the most important in dustries until the war started. Bel gians Hooverize in some of their man. ufacturing plants. as shown by the back yard woodpile furnishing the means of countless pairs of wooden shoes. A number of school children were shown wearing the finished pro- duct. Belgium is country of canals, these forming the principal means of transportation.
 Leaving Antwerp. still on the bi- cycle, MT. Finn proceeded directly to Paris, passing thru the country ad- berg grows grapes from which wine Soissons. One of the most interesting scenes in France which he showed was home laundry. The houses were built with their back doors over a stream which ran through the town and platform was built, upon which the women knelt and washed the clothes. The method was probably al- right in France but would find very little favor in America. After spend ing a week in Paris and environs, MT. Finn proceeded along the Marne riv- ed and then thru Verdun, thence to Metz, Germany. Just before Metz he passed over a battlefield where fam ous battle in the Franco-Prussian war
 
 of the town make a little pocket mon- ey by picking up the old bullets and selling them to tourists for souvenirs. He also passed thru Mannheim, the large manufacturing center, which was recently bombarded by the allied aeroplanes. While at Mannheim he paid a visit to Old Heidelberg, which contains the largest wine barrel in the world. The country around Heidel- berg furnishes many grapes from wine is distilled. Leaving Heidelberg he proceeded up the fertile valley of the Rhine to Switzerland entering the country at Basel.
 His pictures of Switzerland showed a number of the Tyroleon Swiss in their distinctive costumes which more or less resemble those of the Scotch men. One of the notable places visited in Switzerland was that of Fluelen where William Tell shot the apple of his sons head. After spending week l at Lucerne. the famous summer re- sort. he took up his journey over the l Alps thru St. Goddard Pass into | Italy.
 While in Italy in company with a number of other tourists he made the l ascent of the notable Mir. Vesuvius which erupted so disastrously in the l spring of 1906. The Pantheon in 1 Rome. the leaning tower of Pisa. the | homo of Columbus in Genoa, and the | ruins of Pompen were also shown on | the screen with . few explanatory words in regard to them. He finally | arrived at Naples after spending three | months on the bicycle which he pur-