The New York herald., 1922-03-26
AROUND THE WORLD
IN 80 MINUTES NOW
Travel Show Outdoes Phineas
Fogg and Will Keep it Up
for a Week.
COSTUMED NATIVES SEEN
Grand Central Palace Bedecked
With Emblems of All
Nations.

One can go round the world in eighty
minutes quite comfortably and see ana
learn a great deal by dropping in at
Grand Central Palace. where the TraVei
Show opened its doors yesterday Tor
weeks run. There will be no delight
ful excursions to-day to Panama or ,he
Netherlands or the West Indies or lhe
Orient, or Iceland or any other ioreisn
place, each of which has bootn al
decked out in national colors and EN-,
bjems, some with fascinating maps anu
, a few with costumed natives 10 tel you
all about the attractions OF vacalion
in one of these foreign lands. But TO-
morrow the trips will be resumed anu
run regularly thereafter daily
DR. Henry Goddard Leach, head OF the
reception committee of the Travel Clup
of America under whose auspices the
show is being held. welcomed the dls-
tinguished visitors at the opening ana
with thea made tour or the main
floor and mezzanine, both OF whicn are
filled with information about and op-
jects from ideal places to tour through.
Woodruff luton is director OF the snow
and John l.. Golfer is asst: tHnt.
Native Tourist Spots shown.
IF more interested in Seeing America
First one may gain all the informa-
ton needed to make q trip through the
Rockies, Yellowstone, Glacier National
Park, Yosemite, Grand Canyon and any
other scenic high spot in the United
States by going to the information bu-
reau, where are persons equipped TO an
swer every possible question would
be tourist could ask.
Similar information will be furnished
to those desiring to visit a foreign coun-
try and one can also learn there exactly
how much 1t will cost to go and come
and how much money has to be spent
to see all that Is worth ones vacation
time
The American Museum of Natural
History has an interesting exhibit in
which are the team of six Eskimo dogs
and a sled brought to the United States
by Lieut.. Peary. A much smaller sled
built for Peary's daughter. who was
born in the Arctic. is shown beside the
big sled.
The Italian Government has converted
Its allotted space into garden in the
center of which Is a raised outline OF
Italy surrounded by water, with border
of statuary. Frances booth is of the
Louis XIV period.
The Netherlands features It's West
Indian colonies and that country has a
mail plane that has seen service and is
soon to be put into commission again
There are other airplane models and a
radio section, where broadcast messages
and concerts from the outside world will
be received.
The tea garden Is for the benefit of
Christodoro House. The chairman OF
the committee in charge is Mrs Edger-
ton Parsons. Assisting are Miss Julia
Ryle, Miss Elizabeth Billings, Mrs
Richard BeclSwith and members of the
Maternity Center Association. including
Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden, Mrs. John
Sloan. Miss Caroline Choate. Mrs. Mar
shall Field, Jr, Mrs. Sumner Gerard
Mrs. Helen Fl. Jenkins, Mrs. Junius Nor
gan. Mrs. Herbert L. Pratt. Miss Mabel
Choate. Mrs. John Drexel, Jr.. Mrs.
Robert l.. Gerry, Mrs. Meredith Hare,
Mrs. William G. McAdoo. Mrs Charles
G.. Rumsey and Mrs Eliot Cross