Evening star., 1935-10-27
The Truveler'S Notebook
By Jacques Futrelle, Jr.

= CRIBBLINGS: A statue is to be
erected in the Epernay cham
payne region Of France to honor
- the discoverer Of the bubbling
wine. He was Dom Pierre Perignon, a
Benedictine monk.
The palm grove Of Elche, a curious
little city in Spain, contains lis 900
date palms. The trees tower IS feet,
far above the walls Of the town.
Amsterdam is preparing for world 5
exposition in 1899.
The Gina is Tokio's Fifth avenue
and Broadway combined.
Nine countries of Europe-Albania.
Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark,
Holland, Italy, Norway, Sweden and
Switzerland - have either abolished
visas on American passports or do not
charge for it.
Pulque, the popular Mexican wine,
comes from the agave plant.
Pizarro founded Lima, Peru, 43 years
after Columbus discovered America.
Irwin S. Cobb describes it as a fine
little combination of Paris and Wash
ington, with that piquant dash of
Seville thrown in for seasoning"
Halls THE Laughing Cavalier" is in
the Wallace collection, Hertford
House, London. Turner's Bridge Of
Signs" is in the Tate Gallery.
ONE of the most beautiful altars in
the world is in the Mission San
Luis Rey, an hours drive from San
Diego. The mission was built in ITO
and is still occupied.
Switzerland is less than 10000
square miles in area, ignoring the
huge surface in the ups and downs of
its hills and mountains.
The hardest language in the world
to learn is that of the Basques, who
live in the Pyrenees Mountains be-
tween France and Spain. The ap-
praisal is made by Prof. Watson K.
Connel Of Wesley College. Winnipeg,
who says the tongue is cluttered up
with so many prefixes, suffices and
infixes that only the natives know
what to do with them. Prof. Connel
has a speaking acquaintance with SIS
languages.
The circular marking painted on the
side OF a ship, indicating the depth
the vessel may be loaded, is known
as the Plimsoll Mark A liners glory
hole is aft, where the stewards live
Lake Titicaca is reputed to hold
much Of the gold Pizarro failed to
find when he conquered Peru. The
Incas sank it to foil the invader.
Ramon's well, at San Diego, Calf,
also holds a treasure. Legend has it
that those who drop in a coin will
find happiness and see their wishes
fulfilled. Thousands have risked coins,
large and small, to bribe fate.
JAMAICA is Indian for land of
many waters" 1t is the third
largest island in the West Indies. It
is 1,457 miles from New York
Six thousand square feet of white
sand from the beach at Ostend, Bel
gium, was imported to create the
Lido Beach aboard the liner Colum-
bia. The real Lido Beach, by the way,
is opened customarily by Lucerne,
Switzerland, on May IS.
The Huey P. Long Bridge over the
Mississippi, less than 2 miles above
New Orleans, is scheduled to be opened
about December !. 1t is 1924 feet
long and was begun in 1882.
Vina del Mar, where Chile's fash
ionables play. is known as the Monte
Carlo Of South America The resort S
beaches, casinos and the race track are
perhaps better known to Europeans
than to Americans.
Easter Island, so named by Admiral
Roggeveen because he landed there
in 1922 on Easter Sunday, has been
established national park by Chile
1t is about 1000 miles from the coast
The Aleutian Islands of Alaska
were named for the Aleuts. whose hab-
its were those of the Eskimos and
their appearance Asiatic.
IN COMMON usage, the Seven Seas
are the North Atlantic. the South
Atlantic, Arctic, Antarctic. Pacific,
Indian and Southern Oceans. The
northern Adriatic used to bear the
large-sounding name alone.
Bats led to the discovery Of the
worlds largest cave, Carlsbad Caverns
New Mexico. They reside in different
part from that open to visitors. II
takes six hours for the thousands OF
the flying mammals to leave the cave
winging away in close formation.
Peshawar is India's largest caravan
city.
On the Jungfraujoch Plateau
Switzerland, stands a huge glacier
AS the supporting ground is level
it does not move. Man has taken
some liberties with it on this &C
count. Ice experts have carved out
huge halls, created virtually fairy
land of crystal. Winding steps, with
guard rails and mats, lead down
to the frigid palace. 65 feet below
the surface of the glacier. The bar
comes first-a room equipped with
furniture fashioned from pure ice
In the spacious room adjoining is