Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-11
IN THE DAYS NEWS

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 Trap Is conspicuous proof. that his tory. like lightning, may strilSe where least expected" says. a, bulletin from the Washington. Headquarters Of the National Geographic Society.
 The span of Trau's annals extends to a period before the time of Christ. and it's past has been eveAtfuI. Czt none of these events had any marked bearing On the course of the Wofid's history. The other day a few United States marines were put ashore there to help preserve. order; and this ob- ject lesson of what the League Of Ma . tions entails nay make or mar the new world order that the Paris Peace conferees outlined for the United States te accept or reject.
 'srhe two thousand years Jr more of Trau's history were best summed up by Edward A Freeman wheE he said Salona the parent and SpAEato the child are names which nevEr can has d decent knowledse of the htstory of the world. But the name of TYau will probably always be purely mean insiess,' S'Always' is a long time; Aiid September 1919 may mark the foTH- closure of that prophecy.
 "One should hasten to say that for centuries Frau has been far from meaningless to lovers of natural beau ty, of the mellowing influences Of time, and of the little freauente6 eddie
 
 travel. Though it might be difficult for" the casual visitor to find home com forts for a nights sojourn there connoissears have written rMtpurously yards which edge the startling blue of the sea- of it's cathedral porch. a work which, in simplicity of conception. combined with richness of detail and marvellous finish of execution, has new CT been surpassed in ronlanesque Or ir hyt- - 1d Af dowed with susceptibility for every virtue. skiiful, industrious, very dil- gent in their own affairs, liberal be- nign, polite and disposed to religion and piety.'
 The fictions loyally accepted by the residents often are more fascinating than cold fact. One would prefer to believe that the city received it's name from the Greek word for watermelon, because of the shape of the island on which ii nestles, rather than credit it's derivation from Trashilon. whence Greek colonists came about 3so B. C. Or that the cypress bush growing be- tween two rocks, which shelters q sta tue of it's patron saint, Giovanni Or sini. was planted miraculously and is nourished mysteriously by. that saints spirit. rather than that it was planted there surreptiously by his devoteeS. Or that the Lion of ST; Markk. over it's ancient and beautiful PottA Marina, varies from it's statuary type in that the book he holds once lay open with the customary Peace to, St, Mark in- EcFiption and was snapped shut whom Venice reHnquished the city, rather than that it was placed. there as it now stands because Venice was al war in 1454 when the gate was erected.
 Frau literally is little city on g little island. It is about sixteen miles west of Spelato, by the road across the connecting bridge. The town aud it's commune have less than 10000 ifihab- itants. It breathes the air Of nnediav- efisTni Many of it's streets are tAo narrow for wheeled ttaffic, and too crooked to make it easy for a pedestri- an to find his way about. They are vaulted frequently by arches, but there is no sense of squalor, since nearly cv cry turn discloses some specimen 0f scuIptured or architecutraI beauty. The houses, many Of them built so well 400 years ago that they have never been torn down, were placed with tre- mendous compactness for military reasons, but relieved with all possible Latins alike had a Lsen appJreciAtion of the aesthetic. A reminder Of this middle age culture is the house where in was born the father Of DA1Enatian history Giovanni Lucto. He WAS Italian the famous western door of the cathedral sometimes described As the glory Of all Dzlmatia. was the work of q Croatian.
 Frau has been isolated but also con1popolitan. By1ahtines, Huns, Franks, Genoese and Venetians thought it worth fighting for and the Sara cents footed it.. Hungary captured it; Napoleof1's army took it in 1906. the Austrfans gained 1t seven years later, and since then 1t has been quiescent. until now ''
 King Bella ", of Hungary. A4d there after the Tartars had overrun his country. and though the ptrsuerg, strongly 5entrenched city, he proceeded to the adjoining island which still is known as Kraglievac, or the kings abode, because of that incident
 Before, the world war Frau had an inconsiderAhle4 trade in: fruits % and wine"
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