Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-12-17
A MAGIC ISLAND OF THE
MEDITERRANEAN

Amid the trials of coal scarcity,
ID. Z. Of l.. ard politics, it may be
restful to read of a place where breez-
es blow cool, but seldom too hot or
too cold, and the scenery is magic;
Where people are peaceable and hon.
est, and there are no profteers; where
the women are pretty, charming and
easily entertained, and life moves
along with a song!
There is such a spot Ten hours
out from continental Spain on a fairly
faSt and quite comfortable steamer
lies a little archipelago-the Balearic
Islands, whose largest island, called
Mallorca, or Majorca, is perhaps the
most enchanting corner, one of the
most interesting and pleasing, as well
as one Of the most forgotten islands
Of the Mediterranean. The following
account Of its attractions is summa-
rized from the description of an eye
witness, Col. Ernesto de March de
Garcia-Mesa, Spanish army.
A great painter and writer called
it the island of calm," for there ev-
eryone moves, rests, talks, walks and
conducts his courtships as if the day
had 48 hours, the mile about 10000
feet, and the span of human life 700
years; so little haste do they make in
living and enjoying life. One NAL
lorquin of noble family is said to have
waited As years. in determining to lead
his sweetheart to the altar, with no
protest from her, and without having
been slain in evaporation by his moth
er-in-law.
Last summer during the latter part
of July when the thermometer in
Washington and New York stood
around 80 degrees in the shade, and
in Madrid ran to blood heat, the
breezes famed these island folk to
the tune of 76 degrees.
| Nor is this wonderful island an i'm
practical place to spend few months.
There are about 120 miles of railroads
on the island, and system Of local
roads which permit Of travellers Wis
iting many Of the chief points Of in
terest with ease and comfort.
These people who take life so leis
urely are not lazy, shiftless or un-
pleasant in personal appearance OF
manner. They are intelligent, honest
capable of work, sober and economi
cal. These characteristics preserved
throughout centuries of uninterrupted
peace and tranquility have made then
peaceable, trusting, and homeloving
The men are of medium height, strong
and agile They have competed bril-
liantly IN many Of the championship
sporting events held in Spain, ant
wherever they have gone on the con
tinent their undertakings have beei
marked with success. And as for tn,
women, Colonel March, in writing O
them, says: 'They possess the SAM
lovely skin as the women Of NOrtl
America, features as If sculptured b.
Phidias or PraXiteles, and they wall
like goddesses." But he laments IL
the next breath that they know moth
ing of the "joy of living" due par
TALLY to ancestral Arabic influences
and to the fact that their island has
for so long, been under strict repres
sion. He calls Mallorca "the lovelies
cage on the planet, its wonderful, in
telligent and gracious women bein
extremely bored"
And an all-important feature-th
cost of living is low in Mallorca. VIII
would not be astonished to know tina
he could become a member of tn
''Royal Club of Regattas," fully an
comfortably equipped, for about 2
cents a month in dues? Though price
rose here as elsewhere during the wal
the Spanish colonel says that it is tn
"spot of all Europe and Americs
where one could have lived the mos
reasonably during these past fiv
years."