The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-11
Incidents in History That Have Decreased Miss TaS Waist Measure
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BY ii. ". CURRY.
seated about their circular row of
tables. the members of the Circum-
n,yigators' club might well observe
four days In 1922. this red.letter year
ono in honor of Magellan, whose
axpedition returned four centuries
oso from the first voyage round the
,Arld: one for tribute to the late
fi,ies Verne, who published half a
serttirv ago "Around the World I'm
Eighty Days" the most popular book
ever written concerning n world
tour. one ir memory of Elizabeth
Corhrane. whose death occurred this
year-the little "Nellie BLY," of 1889
90. whose spectacular trip around
me world attracted moro attention
i'm Europe and America than any
similar feat before or since. and
rrolahiy still another day to cele-
irgtp the first atte mpt at an aerial
,tcrli .tour--a brilliant climax after
forr centuries of struggle. that the
vorld might he made smaller. in
effect, ami the nations brought
closer together. But the death Of
sir Ross Smith, on the eve OF the
girht, put - tragic end to the ambi-
,tous plan for the present at least.
although some other flior. possibly
sr Ross brother, Sir Keith, who
Aas 10 have made the second man in
Ne plaue in the world -circlirg flight, |
nav attempt II. Keith wds with his
brother on the flight from Australia
for the accomplishing of which
thov won knighthood and the
$4,000 prize. Sir Ross lost his life
when his plane fell at Brooklands. |
near London. April l3. just twelve
days before the flight around the
world was TO have been attempted. |
throughout these four centuries
adventure, profit and achievement
have inspired the long list OF world
.nclrclers. The romantic seamen of
the early years were frankly eager
FOR the bargained profits OF peace
o. the looted profits of war; the
recent adventures, less merCenary
IN an age of trade, have striven
mainly 10 make records" and have
accepted rather as incidental gains
the occasional prizes offered and
tho publicity conferred.
The prolonged struggle against
niutinous followers, the fearsome
weeks of cropping through the strait
among grim, ice-clad mountains; the
three months of starvation on the
painless Pacific with sailors that
tore out their own scurvy-ravaged
tongues and fought for bits OF saw
dust and OF rawhide; the quixoitc
sacrifice Of his own life on behalf
Of a native ally in the Philippines;
the melancholy Homecoming, after
three years, OF one ship out OF five.
with 81 men out Of 275-
this was. indeed, no brief defiance
by Magellan of merely fancied
perils.
The five original ships, equipped,
had cost s,751.0O0 mar--no, not
marks but maravedis, equal to 5,032
English pounds at that time, or
Sl50,000 at present. But the sam
dal wood and spices brought back
by the S5-ton Nittoria out
valued this whole outlay by more
than $1,000. In contrast, we have
Cabot and son, explorers, who dis
covered North America one rare
June day and credited 1t 10 the ac-
count Of Henry VII. August 10 that
eminent speculator in unimproved
realty makes note in his private
cashbook, TO him that found the
new isle-10 pounds" meaning $50
or more, and even IL more" the
land was cheap.
Did Peary listen to a private or
chestra when blubber was served at
s? VIII Amundsen sup from silver
plates presented by kneeling minions
richly clad? But 1t was adventure
ing de luxe on which Francis Drake
set forth from Plymouth in 1877 to
accomplish. Inadvertently, the second
decentralization. Secluded in his
cabin this gay navigator painted un-
familiar birds and animals: at his
repasts the viols played, the family
plate shone brightly upon velvet
sleeves trimmed. And II he felt
compelled to take some gold from
spaniards in Western America. he
always took IT politely; never did he
slay one Spaniard on this voyage.
When he helped later TO halt the
Great Armada, he found force un-
necessary; as he approached n huge,
gun-bristling craft, the Spanish cap
tain recognized the standard of
Britain's artistic fighter, and sur
rendered.
\ Master Drake. instead of follow
thg Magellan's route northwestward
Mrom the strait, sailed up to the
future. Victoria. r. c., in search OF n
northeast passage, by which he
hoped to return home with more