Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-08-22

IA the Azores islands the aerial
junction Of the future. They
predict that this garden spot
OF the Atlantic, with it's mild climate
and other health giving qualities, will
become the stOpover for all overseas
travel by airplane and dirigible. They
point out that the exploit Of the United
States navy in effecting a crossing has
virtually put the islands on the map,
as far as the general public Is con-
cerned; that for many years problems
Of constr ucttion viii limit limit the over
seas route to the Azores, where fuel
and other supplies may be replenish-
ed, says the New York Tribune.
Rising to a height Of more than,
1000 feet--as in the case of Pico-
and at the lowest $50 feet above sea
level, as the island of Corvo, the is
lands form an oasis in desert of wa
ter and mist and heavy banks of clouds
clouds that rise off the water in the
morning and blot out everything from
view, narrowing the horizon 20 few
feet for the anxious aerial pilot and his
navigator.
Already navigators are at work on
instruments to eliminate these diff
culties. They count on the Azores with
all Of its mists and clouds to furnish
them with correct weather reports,
radio stations and rescue ships in case
of accident to the planes.
Pleasant Place for stopover.
And a stopover at the Azores will
not be in the nature of hardship to
overseas passengers. What would a
tourist find, for example, if bis plane
dropped him at Ponta Pnlsada, the
capital of st. Michael's? On APP
preaching the islands he would find q
great cloud of dense, gray mist resting
on the horizon. Nearer it becomes a
reddish brown dotted with moldy
green.
yeering to the southeast TOWARD
Ponta Delgada he would see the city
first as a formal white line, or, il the
gaze could pierce the cloud, 1t woulC
be a broken line extending back from
the sea wall with a series of white
splotches, small conical hills of brigh
green and stiff white houses edged will
black trimmings.
The white lines would becom
walls the next instant, DISCLOSING
orange gardens, and the passenge
would drop into a little harbor clut
tered with tramp sailing ships OF
} half-dozen nations. The harbor is
, busy one, far superior in commercial
aspect to the town itself, which ha
been maintained in all its primitiv
} state by the early Portuguese settlers
, The admixture Of Moorish and Elem
! ish has not served to quicken the pac
Of the community, nor that OF an
: other in the island groups, for tina
matter.
. The clouds are most dense in tn
t morning. Toward noon the humidit
Is a source of discomfort If one is
/. the city, but not so on the mountai
!, slopes.
. The thermometer has never bee
h known to go below 48 degrees In Jal
: uary. the mid-winter month, and
2 never has risen above so. The ave
r age is Y degrees the year round.
Weather is Always Mild.
Some of the finest homes In til
e world have been built there by wealth
: and often titled continentals, primo
7 pally Portuguese. In the farming di
tricts land there are large farm
among the various islandsl many
the natives wear costumes entirel
n red-short jackets, vests and kn'
: breeches with CATERS buttoned oy
= the feet, which are often bare. Whe
e anything at all is worn on the sol
Il 1t usually consists Of leather So
dals.
y These people are Of retiring d
6 position, rarely visiting the commur
I lies for fear that some one will laui
y at them and their dress, In Il
lie Gowns, however. German, Englis
N Portuguese and American commerci
r visitors have introduced modern mod
Is Ut dress and Influenced social and bu
r ness life.
le The natives do not overwol
g ualess IN caring Tor the many IT