Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-15
Hig Nights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

the French government will no longer
recognize off1cially future marriages of
French citizens contracted in Spain.
The consideration may also come to be
retroactive as regards the marriage Of
French nationals previously solemnized
In Spain. Such tendency on the part
OF the French government is signifl-
cantly typical of the different view
point from which this vital relation is
estimated in the two countries. In
France the marriage ceremony is O..
sentially civil one. The religious
ceremony Is often considered of minor
importance, and frequently omitted. In
Spain. the religious ceremony is the
essential part. Civil requirements are
complied with, but they are only
formal incident, not the solemn, bind.
ing part Of the contract. That is why
Spanish marriages endure better than
French ones, and also why French ON
c1aldom does not consider Spanish &C.
clesiastical records the equivalent Of
their civil data.
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Transfer School
Work to Woods and Fields.
impartial, MISUNDERSTANDING the
Winter months some Of the school work
has been transferred to the woods and
f1elds. Under the guidance of teach
ers OF biology and entomology, as well
as OF botany, classes of children study
ing subjects comprised in the sciences
mentioned are taken out to the rural
districts to study bugs and plants and
certain smaller animals-in fact. a
whole croSs-section of Uruguayan fauna
and f1ora--in their native habitat
What was formerly a dull and tedious
study has now become for these chill
dren delightful pastime, an inter
esting occupation. Boys and girls that
were formerly afraid Of all inserts in
discriminatory, now instructed as to
their lives. habits and varieties, see In
them only creatures Of beauty and
service.
For the study of birds and animals
not found close to the city and also
for the study of marine plants. animals
and mollusks, the Ferrocarril Central
del Uruguay. uruguay Central Rail-
ing the children to points where these
subjects could be seen. The Oriental
Brewery IS also entitled to the graft
tude OF the children for supplying
naranja (orange) crush, on repeated
occasions, and Chiarinoy Persico and
the Cafe Uruguaya for sandwiches The
firm of Serratosa & Castella also fur
nished radio apparatus and connections
for use on these excursions, and other
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have given useful little souvenirs to the
children to interest and benefit them,
One store, that Of Trastorza & Cha, pre-
sented them all with tubes of tooth
paste.
At Piriapolis swimming classes were
organized Of children Of all different
ages, and after strenuous exercise on
shore, to start perspiration, the little
ones were all taken into the water, and
taught either the rudiments or the fine
arts of swimming as their ages per-
mitted.
Soft Drink
Makers Must Mark Bottles.
FL Nuevo Diario. Characterization.
in accordance with new health laws. ali
importers or manufacturers of soft
drinks, whether gaseous, carbonated,
synthetic. artificial or natural. must
cap the bottles in which their beverage
is contained with the trade name of the
beverage, and the name Of the manu-
facturer or importer. The bottles con-
tanning the beverage do not need to
contain these names, but no bottles can
be used by manufacturers or importers
with names other than their own an
pearing in the bottles. Formulas of the
beverages in the bottles must appear on
labels pasted upon same. Six rnonths'
grace Is allowed manufacturers and i'm.
porters after this date TO comply with
me provision Of the law.