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Evening star., 1923-11-25
po-Date Czechosovaka Enjoys Well Balanced Industrial

The streets are wide and paved
with Belgian blocks. The sidewalks
in the chief business section are OF
black and white mosaic set in pat
terms. the stones being about an inch
square. In front of my hotel there
is mosaic pavement at least twenty
feet wide. laid in the form of a
checkerboard of black and white
blocks.
y queer feature here Is the arcades,
which cut in from one side of the
street to another at right angles or
go through the block from street TO
street. These arcades are twenty or
thirty feet wide and walled with
stores often fifty or more feet In
height.
THERE seem to be plenty of banks,
and not a few of them have
Czech-American clerks. I cashed my
letter of credit today at bank where
the manager was from Pittsburgh.
He tells me he can make more money
here than in America, and that this
is the belief of many of the Czechs
who have returned here from our
country. The banker says he Is in
Producing American methods and
quick service instead of having the
depositors sit down and wait for the
leisure of the clerks. like so many
barber-shop customers
have been riding today in an au-
tomobile from one government build
ing to another. This new republic
has jumped into being like Minerva
-
and equipped. 1t took US generations
to build our capitol and put up our
great department structures. Czecho-
slovakia had only to reach out her
hands and take what she wanted, as
the Austrians left her all of the
buildings she needed. The mighty
castle on the great bluff overhanging
the Moldau river, erected by the
kings OF Bohemia, has been turned
into a home for the president and
Offices for all the government
branches. This castle is known as the
Hradchin. 1t covers several hundred
acres and is veritable labyrinth of
immense buildings surrounding courts
with tunnel-like passages, through
which I drove from one to another.
1t is antiquated and badly arranged
for government offices, but 1t can ac-
commodate thousands of clerks and
most of the government activities.
In the center Of the maze is the
famous Cathedral Of st. Vitus. which
was begun In 1914. almost 1000 years
ago. and Is still building. At least.
there is a scaffold about 1t and a
small portion still uncompletsd.
don't know whether this will ha the
presidents church or not, but it
would make a notable one. It is
dedicated to st. vitus. who is said TO
have come here from Rome about 500
years after Christ to give the people
salvation.
These will be new surroundings for
ST. Vitus. He was not only an evange-
list, but also q physician. He had
that faith that could move mountains.
and charity as well. He performed
many miracles. including the cure Of
diseases of the nerves.
/ Copyright. 1928. Carpenters World Travelsj
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! crossing the boundary We rode four
or five hours through a beehive of
| work. Every station had its factories
| OF one kind or another. and the coun-
try was a crazy guilt of rich farms.
| The Bohemian basin is well watered,
| and the farms are better than those
| of any tract of a similar size in the
United States.
The buildings are substantial and
larger and more costly than ours.
saw hundreds of huge barns, made
of stone or brick covered with stucco
and rooted with red tiles. The houses
of the owners are commodious and
the farmstead often consists of a
dozen or SO large buildings, some of
which are given up to the laborers.
Everything has been painted and put
in excellent repair since the world
war. and the country seems to be
prosperous.
At Eyer, near the boundary be-
tween Germany and Czechoslovakia,
where we passed through the GUS
toms. we stopped several hours. and
took car and rode through the coun-
try. Every one I met seemed happy
and enthusiastic, and all spoke proud
ly of the new republic. They are
still rejoicing in their freedom from
Germany and Austria.
was surprised at the number of
women and oxen I saw in the fields.
The methods Of cultivation are old
fashioned, and women and cattle fur
nish a large part Of the labor. The
oxen draw the plows and carts, while
the women hoe and weed and help in
the harvesting. ! saw some swinging
scythes and cutting grass in the
meadows. They also draw carts. and
some of them carry, slung to their
backs. great cornucopia baskets, so
heavily loaded as to bend them
double.
The men and women work in gangs
In the fields. Often I saw one man
and twenty women. and the man
bossed the gang. photographed
some girls digging potatoes. They
were clad in blue cotton. with hand
kerchiefs wrapped around their heads.
They laughed as I snapped the cam
era. Some OF them were good look
ing. So likewise were the oxen-fine,
burly animals-which pulled by their
heads instead Of their necks, as with
US. A strap Is, fastened across the
forehead just under the horns. and
this Is hitched to tugs on the plow.
They pull loads the, same way. / am
told yokes are used farther east.
I like Prague. It is a live, up-to-
date city, although the white hair of
the middle ages still hangs on it's
shoulders. It has more enterprise in
business than any capital Of the new
republics have yet visited. Its
people seem prosperous. The stores
are large and full OF fine goods. and
the spirit Of the people is excellent
The population Of the city is now in
tho neighborhood Of 100000. and it
expects to keep step with the growth
of the nation. It Is already creeping
out into the country. There Is a
necklace of smokestacks about the
old town. and many new factories are
going up In the suburbs.
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ocean. The river il navigable all the
way to the North sea- The Elbe also
cuts through Bohemia, and It Is now
proposed to make a canal from 1t to
the Danube, and one from the Oder
to the Danube. as well. The Elbe-
Danube canal has already been
started. and they expect to complete
it In eight or ten years. It will cross
tho divide between the North and
Black seas on the Mora
vian frontier at IN altitude Of one
thousand feat. the elevation being &C.
complained By locks.
The Czeohs have . seaport ct Ham
burg where they are given certain
wharvss by the peace treaty. They
have also wharf rights, at, ststtin. on
the Baltic, at the mouth Of the Odsr.
and wharves at Trieste at the head Of
the Adriatic sea. SO that although
thsir republic is In the interior. It has
access to three of. the more importsnt
seaports Of Europe.
I came by railway from Munich to
Prague. The trains are excellent and
Evening star., 1923-11-25
Evening Wraps Now Made With Purpose of Giving


are cut circular.
There are several clever and sub
stantial limitations OF ermine. also
woven fur fabrics, that enable .
woman to appear very we'll indeed
for a season. II not longer. Shc may
prefer these to plain cloth or velvet.
Inexpensive peltry is used also a.
a lining for velvet and hrocade wraps.
1t should not be coarse. The hairs
should not be rough and long. There
should be sufficient suppleness to fol-
low the swing Of the outer fabric. II
Is more easily removed than wool in
terlining when temperate weather ar
rives. which is in it's favor.
II the wrap Is not of fur, an effort
should be made to add immense COL
ing all the other fashions and give
more warmth than other decoration.
When one works with velvet there
Is q chance to turn q protective wrap
into something pictorial. In this field
medievslism has gripped the de.
vet coat with a. splendid collar Of
for walking. but is a beautiful thing
for an entrance into a restaurant. It's
sleeves carry the full glory OF line
and grace. They are waist deep
where they begin and wrist tight
where they end. They wrinkle the
length Of the arm. From each fore
arm drops a scarf OF velvet that
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incorporated into several OF the crepe
de chine frocks from Paris.
> The dressmakers have found that
duvetyn makes the best lining for
velvet and satin wraps. as 1t obviates
the necessity Of padded interlining.
which IL clumsy at the best. 1t may
match the outer surface or pleasant
ly contrast with 1t. Too much brill
liancy is taboo. Chinese blue. dove
gray, water green. leaf brown. russet
red, are colors that. In duvetyn, are
particularly adapted to evening
wraps. Choose any Of these without
fear
RLACK velvet u the FIRST color and
- fabric chosen by the majority:
but any color. except red. pink or
shade the better. Black and white
combination has no superior in fash
ion coloration today. but there are
women who are weary Of its con-
slant repetition, and who. like a GER
tain heroine, need a thread of color
in clothes to make life gayer.
The Chinese and East Indian COL
orings are wisely offered as an offset
to black and white. Women Of any
age can wear them. The revival. of
rose pink and even pastel shades for
evening gowns has not reached to
wraps 1t may. but 1t Is safer to keep
what the Orient has to offer rather
than anticipate change to Watteau
tints.
The only way to make q satin wrap
look and feel comfortable In winter
weather is to heap its surface with
fur. Even then the Job Is not quite
done. It's not fabric for snow and
sleet. but as women once wore chiffon
capes without complaint. there is no
reason to believe they will cavil at
sturdier satin It 10 . season, hap
pily. when warmth 10 fashionable
Satin for wraps 10 merely q caprice
Of the extremists. It should be an
couraged only when duvetyn lining
and fur decoration eclipse 1t.
Broadcioth 10 most acceptable. It
carries a duvetyn lining also. It's re-
vivai for coat suits and one-piece
frocks this season attracted the at
tention Of those who make evening
coverings. In gray, with fox oYna-
mentation to match. 1t is admirable
Copyright, 1897
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by mountains. 1t is peppered with
factories and almost every inch of
1t is intensively cultivated. 1t has
a population equal to that of Great
er New York. In the east is Slo-
vakia, almost as large. 1t is land
Of mountains. the high Carpathians.
which have scenery that vies with
that of Switzerland or the Tyrol. 1t is
a land of farms, but is also exceed
ingly rich in other natural resources.
Its people number more than three
times those of Detroit. Between
these two states lies Moravia,- which
partakes somewhat of the character
Of each Of the others. 1t is as big
as Massachusetts and It's population
approximates that OF Chicago.
Czechoslovakia as a whole Is one Of
the best lands in Europe from q de-
velopment standpoint. It has q fat
soil. and its farmers are proportion
ately greater in number than those.
of any other European country. ex-
cept France and Russia Four-fifths
Of the mines of the old Empire Of
Austria Hungary are to be found
hard coal, producing more than 3o,-
100000 tons in a year. while it mines
annually 100000 tons of iron and
it's oil wells yield 10000 tons of pc
troleum. 1t has gold, silver. cop
per, tin. opals and garnets. and in
Bohemia is the richest radium mine
in the world. Its annual output Is
two grams, an amount which, ven-
ture. may be somewhere near the
size OF q pin head or small pea.
The land is one of the most richly
wooded Of Europe. OF every three
acres one is covered with trees, and
the annual timber cut amounts to
more than enough to make a board
walk an inch thick and five feet in
width from Prague to the moon.
Czechoslovakia g., has altogether
about 100000 Inhabitants. which Is
about twice as many as Holland or
Belgium, about three times as many
as Switzerland, and about one third
as many as Italy or France. II 10
more than double the number left in
the new Austria. The bulk OF these
people are Slavs. They bsloag to
the same race az the Russians, and
their civilization and strength form
striking object lesson OF what the
Slavs. who number perhaps 10000
900, may do in the future. The
Csechs. Moravians and Slovaks total
more than 100000 and they come
OF the very same stock. The new
republic has. in addition. something
like 100000 Germans, who have
their own language and their own
schools and theaters. In time II Is
believed that the whole will be weld
ed together into the new nation.
Many of the. Germans are Of Slav
origin and are classed as Germans
only because they speak the Ian
guage and have been allied to that
nationality In the past.
=
-FOUR out of every ten. OF the peo-
= pie Of Czechoslovakia live on the
farms or IN. small villages. but there
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were plenty Of chances to eat at the
station buffets, and at Pilsen beer
was brought out to the passengers
and sold at ten cents q quart. We
had some trouble in settling with the
beer peddler who would not believe
that three thousand Germans marks
was ample exchange for one Czecho-
siovakian crown. 1t must delight the
Cxechs, who were formerly despised
by the Germans. to know that their
money 10 80 much the better. can
imagine how Bismarck would feel II
he woke from the dead, donned the
suit Of clothes he wore when. he
passed away, and tried to pay some
Of his bills In Bohemia with the Ger
man marks left In the pockets. 1t
would now cost him millions OF
marks for q single dinner. while in
his day 100000 marks were worth
$250,00o.
+ + X
r HAD Q good chance to see some
! thing Of the industry OF Bohemia
on the train ride to Prague. After
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BIZ FRANK G. CARPENTER.

PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia.
ZECHOSLOvAKIA. The name
Is a new one in the geogra-
phies. 1t sounds like Ultima
Thule, and it seems to indi-
cate the tumping-off place of crea-
ton The country has no abiding
place in the minds of millions of
Americans, and 1 doubt if one man
out of ten on the street can iden-
tifS it. Still, 1t contains five times
as many people as Denmark, seven
times as many as Norway and
ten or more times the number In
Esthonia or Turkey. 1t is country
right in the heart Of the busiest and
best part of Europe, and one which
has already taken it's place in the
finance. business and politics Of this
side of the world. Others of the new
republics seem on a more or less un-
stable foundation. Their currency is
wabbling. and it takes a CARLOAD Of
their money to buy square meal.
Here in Cxechoslovakia the crown.
which corresponds to the French gold
franc in par value. is now about thirty
20 the dollar, and 1t is so stable that
the world.
Most of the other new republics are
largely land or farm propositions.
Czechoslovakia is a live, industrial
entity containing mighty factories.
ready to turn out goods not only for
the nation, but for the other peoples
OF Europe, South America, and even
for US. I came across the Atlantic
with . representative of the largest
OF the Chicago mail.order houses. He
was on his way to Europe to buy
goods for his firm, and one OF the
most important lands on his list was
this. Czechoslovakia will give him
glassware and notions, laces and en-
broideries. linens. and other textiles.
necklaces, brooches and similar nov
cities which our woman will skimp
their house money to buy.
But first let me tell you where the
land Is. Czechoslovakia Is the "hot
dog" in the great sandwich of central
Europe 1t is a piece of fat sausage
lying between Germany and Poland
on the north and Austria, Hungary
and Rumania on the south. The tail
Of the sausage is in the Carpathian
mountains on the edge Of Rumania,
and the great fat head. about 600
miles away, Is right In the heart Of
Industrial Germany. The country is
long and narrow. Turn 1t on the map
OF Europe and 1t would reach from
Milan to London; drop It down on tho
United States and It would extend
from New York to Detroit. From
north to south at its widest the boun-'
daries are not as far apart as New.
York and, Baltimore, and In some
places the country is not wider than
from Baltimore to Warrington. It
70 almost seven times as big as Mas
sschusetts and nearly the size Of
Ilorida or Iowa.
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SILVER I've Ba M % PE TFk
A
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THIS stretch OF land varies in
character. It is composed Of
three provinces or states. At the
west u Bohemia. half the size Of
Ohio. q rich plain almost surrounded
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EoUR out Of every ten OF the peo-
= pie Of Czechosloval<ia live on the
farms or IN. small villages. but thsre
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-29
Baseball and Tennis Are Two of
The Sports With Which Sailor
Men Develop Their Muscle and
Morale. Other Helps.

Wherever large bodies of men get
together, particularly when the men
are Young and have lots of surplus
energy to get rid of in normal way,
the problem of keeping up the morale
is one that is understood today as
more important than any other. Nor
ale won the late war, and it IS morale
that has to be kept up whether it is
in an army. a sales force or a ships
crew.
The old method was drill Discip-
line through wearing drill was the
goal of the marinets OF the past, but
drill alone is not enough, as the best
drilled army in the world war. learn
ed. Something more is needed. Psy-
biologists have declared that better
than anything else is contentment,
physical and mental With contented
men, not intimidated men, the worlds
work can be best done.
How then can large bodies OF men
be kept contented? That is the prob
lem that when the war was over faced
the navy, particularly since; gathered
on shipboard. the crew had to depend
upon the ships resources alone with
out the advantage of having visitors
or shore leave to tighten the strain OF
continuous life together. How the
problem is being met in the United
States navy forms one of the things
upon which Americans can especially
pride themselves.
Sailors Were Once Slaves.
Long ago when the first navy
known to history was put to sea ii
was manned not by citizens or even
by paid crews, but by condemned
.prisoners, who were chained to their
places on the ship and who went
down without a chance for their lives
when the ship sank There was no
such thing as play for these sailors
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-29
Exhibit of Freaks Is
Being Shown in Dawson
Crippled Ex-Service Man Has Inter
esting Collection Here.

One OF the largest and most inter
esting collections OF freaks OF nature,
both dead and alive, ever shown in
Dawson are now being exhibited by
H. Clifford Cherry, crippled ex-sol-
der OF Dothan, Ala, who has col.
lected and exhibited his collection OF
freaks for the past twelve or eighteen
months in many towns OF Georgia and
Alabama r
Mr.. Cherry's unique exhibit is be
ing shown under a tent on NORTH
Main street opposite the Dawson Inn
and next door to the Gulf Refining
Company's filling station. Mr.. Cherry
being crippled for life is exhibiting
his collection OF freaks, charging a
small admission to those desiring to
view same, as a means Of making a
livelihood rather than throwing him
self on the public as a beggar. He is
to be highly commended in that he IS
not connected with some carnival or
poor class side show, but has chosen
to go about alone with his collection
from place to place, taking the pro-
ceeds of his show to afford him a
livelihood. Among the curious and
interesting freaks of nature exhibited
are the following:
A two-legged pig that can walk;
three-legged chicken; chicken without
feet; cross between chicken and duck;
cross between turkey and chicken;
cross between turkey and guinea;
cross between rabbit and cat; goat
with four ears; dog with apparently
human eyes; all of these being alive
and preserved in alcohol are a pig
with an elephant shaped head; cali
with bull dog face; chicken with four
feet three legs and two bodies; biddy
with four feet, shoulders and arms
somewhat like those OF person, Be
sides the above Mr. Cherry has sew
era guinea pigs a raccoon and a
monkey. He is working his way up
to the peach growing section, where
he intends exhibiting his collection
during the rush season. He will leave
Dawson the latter part Of this week
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-29
MOUNTAINS RISE
FROM OCEAN DEPTH
EARTH SPASMS SPREAD TER
ROR AND DEATH IN CHILE,
CHINA AND HAWAII.

EARTHQUAKES, far under sea on the
floor of the Pacific ocean, are con-
founding navigators and engaging the
attention of scientists.
Mountain chains, 1000 feet high,
suddenly rise almost to the top OF the
water, islands slip into the depths,
tidal waves and earthquakes carry de-
struction in Chile, China and the Ha-
waiian Islands.
Tectonic Movements.
These cataclysms are "tectonlc
movements" according to DR.. E. O.
Hovey. geologist of the American
Museum OF Natural History. In other
words they are earthquakes which
come from the action of mountain
building forces.
Recently Lieut. Commander Schuy-
Ter Helm, OF the United States navy,
returned from making soundings IN
the Pacific and reported a new range
of mountains, which had risen l,o50
feet above the floor of the ocean.
This range of peaks, suddenly APP
pearing. may be responsible for the
seven tidal waves which swept Hllo
and Kahului, in the Hawaiian Islands
recently, causing property damage
and serious loss of life.
On. the same day the tidal waves
appeared seismographs throughout
the country reported a severe earth
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-05-29
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