Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-06
MALLORCA ISLAND
HAVEN0F DELIGHT
Breezes Cool, Scenery Mag.
= ic, PopuIace Honest, Bull
ietin States.

Amid the trials of heat, H c. of L.
and politics it may be restful to read
OF "a place where cool breezes blow
and the scenery is magic, where peo-
pie are peaceable and honest and
there are no profteers. where the
women are pretty, charming and
easily entertained. and life moves
along with song" says a bulletin
from the Washington, o. G.. head
quarters of the National Geographic
Society.
There is such a spot. Ten hours out
from continental Spain, on a fairly
fast and quite comfortable steamer
Islands-whose largest island, CALL
ed Mallorca, or Majorica, 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.
Described by Eyewitness. ,.
The following account Of its atS
fractions is summarized from the de-
scription of an eyewitness Col, Err
nesto de March ~. de Garcia Mesa,
Spanish army.
ga great painter and writer called
it the island of calm for there every
one moves, rests talks, walks and
conducts his courtships as II the day
had fortyseight hours. the mile about
1S. 900 feet, and, the span of human
life seven hundred years. SO little
haste do they make In living and
enjoying life. One Mallorquin. OF noble
farnily is said to have waited forty
1--WE years in determining to lead MS
sweetheart to the altar, with no pro
test from her, and without having
bean slain in exasperatiens2b by his
fnother-in-law.
last summer. during the latter
part Of July, when the thermometer
in washington and New york stooa
around 80 degrees in the. shade. and
in Madrid ran to blood heat. the
breezes famed these island rotk 10
the time of rs degrees
Rnflfoaas ON the island.
"Nor Is this wonderful island an
,r,hra ctical place to spend rev
months. There are about 120 miles
Of railroads on the island and sys.
tenn Of local roads which permit OF
chief points Of interest with ease anu
"These people. who take life so
leisurely. are not lazy. shiftless. or
unpleasant in personal appearance or
manner. They are Intelligent, hon
est. capable of work. sober and eco
nomical. These characteristics. pre-
served throughout centuries OF un-
interrupted peace and traquiliity.
have made them peaceable. trusting
and home-loving. The men are OF
medium height, strong and agIie.
They have competed brilliantly In
many of the championship sporting
events held in Spain, and wherever
they have gone on the continent their
undertakings have been marked with
success. ....
Low Cost Of Living n Feafure.
"And an all-important feature! The
cost of living is cheap in Maliorca.
who would not be astonfshed to know
that he could become a member OF
the Royal Club of Regattas, fully and
comfortably equipped: for about
twenty cents month in dues?
Though prices have risen here as
elsewhere during the war, the afore-
mentioned Spanish colonel says that
it is the spot of all Europe and
America where one could have lived
the most reasonably during these past
Ave years -
Spain. consists of five main Islands
and several islets. 1t is ruled as a
military district. but the mother
country has been wise enough to re-
cruit the soldiers she needed for dfs-
cipline from among the islanders
themselves. thus insuring satisfac-
tory rule"