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Evening star., 1936-09-06
RAINBOW FOREST ONE
.OF AFRICA'S ATTRACTIONS
Color of Scene Changes Constantly
as Clouds Of Spray Encompass
Tropical Vegetation.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,
September 5.-The Empire Exhibition,
to be held at johannesburg, opens
next month, to run to January. It
is estimated that 100000 tourists
will visit the exhibition and travel
through country that has heretofore
been of the tourists itinerary.
The Victoria Falls, called by the ma
tives ''The Smoke That Thunders," T"
Is one Of the seven wonders of the
world. At its summit, where the
roaring zambesi starts its 420-foot
drop into the gorge, is mile and a
quarter wide. The terrific rush of
water carries over the falls loo, ,000, 900
gallons per minute
Almost as marvellous as the Victoria
Falls is the famous Rain Forest, with
its tropical vegetation, where in the
clouds Of spray one finds innumerable
rainbows which seem to hang from
the branches of tall trees and palms.
In this forest there Is q constant
change of color, due to atmospheric
variation. In contrast are the gold
mines on the Rand, where vegetation
is lacking but gold glitters in the tre-
mendous depths of from $500 feet to
10000 feet, or nearly 2 miles, down
into the earth.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
FINDS OSTRICH EGGS,
PATAG0NIAN STYLE, GOOD
Museum Aide Learns to Like New
Flavor Gained by Adding Sugar
and Cooking in Shell.

NEW YORK, September SIN re-
counting his travels in Patagonia.
George G. Simpson, associate curator
of vertebrate paleontology in the Mu-
scum of Natural History, tells of a
new way to cook ostrich eggs. The
following is taken from Children of
Patagonia:
"Our most pleasant contacts with
ostriches were gaStronomic. The meat
itself is edible, but it is tough and
strong in flavor and to me is more of
an experience than q meal, although
the natives prize it highly and we
found 1t an acceptable occasional
change in the universal mutton diet.
1T is the eggs to which would pen
q paean Of praise. Each equal in vol
ume to dozen hens eggs and Of fine,
even though somewhat full, flavor,
they can be used in the same ways as
any other eggs.
After the first shock of encounter
ing wholly new flavor, we came to
prefer them in the native way. This
is to cut of one end carefully, remove
part Of the white, pour in a quantity
of sugar, stir vigorously, and then cook
in the shell by piling hot ashes around
it. This is surely Patagonia's richest
and most pleasant contribution to
diet"
Evening star., 1936-09-06
DALMATIA COAST LAND
OF WINE AND HONEY
Large and Small Islands Offer
Facilities for Tourists All
Year Round.

ATHENS. September 5.-The coast
along which King Edward recently
cruised has brought to the attention
of the world a country Of colorful
scenery not familiar to the average
tourist. The Adriatic Coast Of Yugo-
slavia is rugged with fjords and some
900 large and small islands. Most Of
these islands are rocky and uninhab-
tied, but the larger and populated
ones offer tourist attractions the year
around.
Leaving Split, known as the center
Of the Yugoslsv Riviera, and the chief
town Of Dalmatia, one may cruise to
the island of Bratch, famed for its
wine, and on to Sholta, renowned In
the time Of Pliny for its honey. On
the island Of Hvar wild rosemary bios
SONS twice q year and the extraction
Of rosemary oil for perfumes is a ma
tive industry.
About three hours to the south lies
the island of Korchula. The town of
the same name. birthplace Of Marco
Polo. claims precedence to Rome, and
tablet in Latin. placed in the city
walls in the sixteenth century. reads: !:
AFTER the ashes of Troy, Antenor
founded this city" The rocks below
the city's walls are covered at night
with myriads of Pickering tiny lights
caused by the phosphorescent matter
in the sea.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
JOSHUA Tree UNIT
ADDED TO PARKS
Government Acquires S25 $40
Acres-Plans to Save Odd
Plant From Extinction.

Approximately S25,340 acres in
Riverside and San Bernardina
Counties, Calf, situated south Of the
Mojave Desert, have been set aside by
presidential proclamation. as Joshua
Tree National Monument, q new unit
in the national park chain.
Many varieties Of desert flora
abound in the area. Among them Is
the rare and rapidly diminishing
joshua tree, one of the most specta-
cular floral features of our Western
deserts. Yucca brevifolia is the botani-
cal name for this fantastic growth,
which belongs to the lily family and
feet. Its greenish- white blossoms,
growing in clusters to IA inches
long, are characteristic features of the
semi-arid wastes of this land Of
mountains and deserts. A representa-
tive stand Of this plant, which is very
limited in distribution. occurs with this
area and will thereby be protected
from commercial exploitation. Among
its uses are the manufacture of surgi-
cal splints, protectors for fruit trees,
and even fuel. The Mormons gave
this giant yucca the name of joshau
tree, seeing in its extended branches
a symbol pointing them to the
promised land they were seeking.
Other rare and beautiful desert
flora also are native to this section,
which is rich in scientific, scenic and
recreational values. From Inspiration
Point in the San Bernardino Noun
tains. one Of the most extensive desert
views in the West is obtainable.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
CHANGES BEING MADE
IN ST. PETERS SQUARE
Ancient Houses Nearby Leveled to
Give Magnificent Picture in
Front of Cathedral.

= ROME, September 5.-A vast change
In the appearance of the square in
: front Of st. Peters in Rome is tax
ing place. The whole pavement OF
the square, over which thousands OF
tourists have walked to the famous
church, is to be torn up and the
space is to be covered with cement
and travertin, known to the Romans
as the hardest of stone.
How the old Romans built their
walls is puzzle, for when the moderns
went to remove them, the pickax and
the crowbar were useless. Workmen
are now using dynamite. One theory
is the old Romans used bullocks'
blood for the mortar and others say
the blood of slaves. In the plans
now going on, the streets and the
houses built in the middle ages In the
Borgo district, near the Square Of st.
Peters, are to be demolished. So
when tourists visit st. Peters a
grandiose view of this square will
greet them, a square on which it Is
stated an army of 200, 900 men, horses
and artillery can be drawn up. And
the square, flanked by two semi
circles of colonnades of 284 columns
of travartin, 81 feet high, will burst
upon their view in q scale Of
magnificence.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
RURAL FRANCE STILL
HAS "TOWN CRIER"
Semi -oficial Of Small Towns Acts
as Policeman, Lost Property
Proclaimer and Bell Ringer.

PARIS, September 5.-The town
crier, with his bell, has virtually disap-
peared from England, but what cor
responds to him in France has sur
vived much more generally, especially
In the country districts.
This picturesque figure goes about
wearing shabby cap of semi-military
design, and a leather baldric with q
brass plate on it as his sole uniform
over the clothes in which he tills his
little plot of land. However, he has
duties and they consist Of village
policeman, bill-sticker and, frequently,
bell-ringer for Sunday church and
daily angelus. If the place is larger
than q village, the "tambour" may
be a separate official. In either case
he can be hired by private persons
to make commercial announcements,
or to proclaim lost property.
This strange semi-official Is in
danger Of disappearing. The au-
thorities are thinking of changing his
professional association from the drum
or bell to the microphone, when loud
speakers would make his voice heard
at each Of the cross roads where he
has hitherto repeated his message
to the countryside.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
QUAINT AND LONELY
RESORT BANS AUTOS
Island Of Gigha, Reached Via
Glasgow, Is Haven From
Modern World.

GLASGOW, September 5.-Of the
many holiday islands to be visited
from the port Of Glasgow, none has
this season loomed to tourists at
tention as has the dom-frequented
Island of Gigha, which well might
be termed the perfect curiosity spot
Of Scotland. Old tradition still sur
wives and the inhabitants scorn
modern things and allow no radios,
motor cars, midges nor wireless ap-
paratus on the island.
From . scenic standpoint the island
has a quiet charm that soothes the
ragged nerves of the town dweller.
Gods Island" they call 1t in the
Gaelic, and within its limited area
of about seven square miles, it displays
a surprising variety Of features. There
are real mountains, but in miniature;
many glens, caves and hiding places
for vigorous young folks to explore.
The island Is ablaze with wild flowers.
The village consists Of q row Of
whitewashed cottages located one
street above the other and are termed
High street and Low street, with a
traditional class distinction between
the dwellers on the higher and lower
avenues. Living in the upper row Of
white houses are the heroes Of the
sea, the brave hunters and the people
who have distinguished themselves for
public service and religious activities.
On the road leading from the center
of the village Is one of the most
ancient churches Of the British Isles
and Is known in church history as
the church "on the road to Ardlamey."
This Summer there was inaugurated
q tri-weekly steamer service from
Glasgow to Gigha. The voyage
circles the northern islands en- route
to the new resort.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
RESORT PREPARED
FOR BEAUTY SHOW
Week to Be Devoted to Choosing
Miss America" at Atlantic
City.

ATLANTIC CITY, September S.
This resort has prepared a fitting well
come for the so beauties and the hun
dreds Of thousands of visitors coming
here to take part in and to witness
the second annual Showmen's Variety
Jubilee, opening Tuesday.
The contests will not be confined
exclusively to the selection of Miss
America 1886" who will be crowned
as a climax of the jubilee. The Judges
Will also choose "the girl with the
most distinctive features, personality
and coiffure," Wednesday night, Sep
tember 9; "the most beautiful girl in
evening gown" the following evening
and 1.-The most perfect mannequin"
and Miss Outdoor Girl" September
IL. With each of these titles goes a
number of prizes.
The round Of fun for the visiting
beauties starts Immediately after their
arrival here Tuesday morning. Sep
tember 8. Jewel Lindsay, Miss At
lantic City," will be their hostess
during their stay in the resort.
AA~~S AA6Ae xAAAe ANCptuuC TCCGp-
ton and the first of the talent pre-
liminaries will be held on the Steel
Pier. Here the beauties will have their
initial opportunity to display their
talent in dancing. singing, giving
monologues and playing musical in
struments.
Friday IS big day in the jubilee.
That afternoon the famous Boardwalk
parade. "the festival Of floats" will
be staged. In the evening the ma
tional fashion show will be staged In
the ball room Of the municipal con-
vention hall. Here the girls will dis
play and model more than 400 gowns
and wraps. Two champions will be
chosen at this time-"Miss Outdoor
Girl" and "the most perfect man
nequin."
On Saturday afternoon there will
be sailboat regatta and a parade
Of yachts. The evening finals Of the
talent and beauty contest will be held
on the Steel Pier and Miss America
1886" selected.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
1000 Pound Tuna Sought.

LIVERPOOL, Nova Scotia, Septem-
Der 5.-Excitement is running high
among sportsmen along the south
shore of Nova Scotia to see who will
be successful In hooking q huge tuna,
estimated to weigh 1000 pounds,
which has been cruising of Liverpool
for some time, according to the fish
and game department of the Cana
dian National Railways. The biggest
tuna landed with rod and line SO far
this season weighed tat pounds and
was taken by B. Davis Crownshield
Of Marblehead, Mass, In the vicinity
Of Yarmouth. : : -..l-zzs-e .-2ss.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
Berry Peeved at Wardens.

<OISE, Idaho R)-Wallace Beery,
the Aim actor, fished several days in
Central Idaho and came out COM
planning:
They deputy fish and game war
dens) want to paw through my OUT
at three or four times day to see II
took q mountain peak or some
thing. I'm not crazy enough to
come all the way from California with
an outfit and spend few thousand
bucks without spending few nickels
for q permit to fish."
"They give me large PAIN" he
srowled and left for Oregon.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
Won'o, Giues Up Lap and Sea
To arrange Trips to Odd Places
Miss Elsie Jansen, Who Sailed Before the
Mast, Manages Far Seas Division
of Tramp Tours, Inc.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 5.-"Wom-
en- and the sea don't MIX" Miss Elsie
Jansen will tell you, but she gave up
q promising law career to make sue
cess Of disproving her own axiom.
Miss Jansen, q tall, leyel-eyed young
woman. today Is manager of the far
seas division Of Tramp Tours, Inc,
an organization that will send you all
over the world in tramp freighters.
Travel agents in New York consider
her an authority on the more remote
places in the world and how to get
there in the slowest possible time a1ioat.
But that isn't all. For the seafaring
Miss Jansen has sailed before the mast
on old sailing vessels and can skip
aloft and reef q t'gallant with the
best Of them.
Once she got herself on board q
cadet training vessel and was shipped
on Q voyage as an ordinary seaman.
Studied at G. w. u.
She was born outside Boston, the
daughter Of an Army officer and her
girlhood was spent travelling from post
to post with her parents. Graduated
from Wellesley College, where she
played tennis, hockey and rowed on
the crew, Miss Jansen received her
law degree from George Washington
University, passed her bar examina-
tions and started practice.
But, as she says, II tried hard to
practice law. but every time I found
the shekels available, found myself
heading for the blue road.
Il saw an evening course advertised
at Harvard University. and one night
I gathered up my courage and went
over. The man at the door shook his
head and said, But this is course in
navigation Yes. I know I replied,
I want to take it,"
Out of the 200 men registered, there
were just six men and herself who took
the final exam.
Abandons Law on Impulse.
A qualified navigator now, she read
that somebody in San Francisco was
taking paying guest seamen" on a
sailing vessel, so she one night threw
up her law career. took bus to the
Coast and set sail as an apprentice
seaman.
That launched her, she says. "and
for better or for worse chose ships"
But the more expert a sailor-lady
she became, the more untenable
became her position, the young
woman found, until finally things
reached such a pass that she would
have been eligible to work her way
up into a mates ticket.
That was two years ago, when
she began to realize that women
and the sea don't mix" and got into
her present line of work, where she
finds vicarious enjoyment of travel
Every once in q while she takes
Evening star., 1936-09-06
TOURISTS TO SA|L
VALE OF KASHM|R
House Boats Engaged for
Those Taking "Far Har.
Dor" Cruise.

SAN FRANCISCO, September s.
A romantic tour of q months sojourn
in India's uplands in Springtime, with
a carefree life of a house boat jour-
ney through the Vale of Kashmir, Is q
portion Of the India itinerary an
nounced for the cruise tour Of Ear
Harbors." The tour to be conducted
by Deane and Sally Dickson. known
globe trotter and creator Of Port o
Call" travelogs, and worlds feminine
shopper, respectively, is scheduled to
leave San Francisco January % on
the S. S. President Coolidge.
Entering India at Calcutta, April IS,
from the itinerary Of the Malay
Straits and Siam, q motor journey
will be made through the Darjeeling
Mountains to the Bengal resorts. Dar-
jeeling, famed in song and verse for its
majestic views from Observatory Hill
(where can be seen the distant sum-
nit of Mount Everest, flanked by the
barrier ranges, will be the India tour
retreat for the Himalayan villages.
Approximately six modern house
boat launches equipped with bed
rooms, parlor. sitting room and din
ing room, with observation verendas,
have been engaged with native ser
wants for the voyage across the lakes
and rivers Of the Kashmir. Leaving
HAHN, the house boats will drift
through the pink lotus-lined streams
to Wular Lake, where after leaving
the native town of Sumbhal, the course
will follow the main stream of the
Jhelum and thence into the Neru
Canal" says Dickson. Next day we
will leave Srinagar and drift past the
crowded towns which line the water
front, many linked by wooden bridges" 4"
Above Srinagar lies the European
quarter of the city, famed for its fio-
tilla of house boats tied up amid the
grassy spaces shaded with immense
chenar trees, first brought from Persia
by Nur Jehan, the lady of Jehangir.
Following the stream of foliage -fringed
waterways, the course will pass the
lotus-grown old gardens Of Moghul
times under a wall of hills whose
highest summit Mahadev, $4,000 feet,
stands up sharp cut, snow-capped
against the translucent sky.
. On the northwest shore of the lake
are the two most famous Moghul gar
dens in India, the Nishat and the Shall
imar. The Shalimar was the Emper-
! or's garden, the Nishat was that of
the Empress Nur Jehan. In the IL
: day house boat journey in the Vale Of
, Kashmir, which is "a miles long by 20
miles wide, visits will be made to the
! native settlements along the Sind
River, with stops at Kangan and Gund,
= famous caravan ports en- route to AZ
ghanistan.
Evening star., 1936-09-06

busman's holiday and sails of to
South America or some place in fat
wasted freighter.
During her voyages before the
mast" Miss Jansen developed some
decided opinions Of seafaring men and
how they are misunderstood.
They're the finest class Of men
in the world" she declares, "and the
most misunderstood. Everybody is al
ways saying they are terrible because
they carouse on shore Most Of them
don't, but what If they do?
They're at sea for long stretches
and even II they dpank every time
they stepped foot ashore, they still
wouldn't be able to drink more liquor
In year than the average New
Yorker does in month of cocktail
parties. Shore sprees are the sea-
mans only outlet for recreation"
Although she misses being on a roll
ing deck herself, Miss Jansen finds
considerable consolation in planning
trips for her customers-the more un-
usual trip the better she likes it.
UetS Stump question.
She was only stumped once and
that was when she got letter from
India asking how to get to Kerguelin
Island. She found the island all
right Gts of the southernmost tip of
Africa, but only IS persons live on
it and no steamer or freighter made
1t a port of call.
She finally found a French military
boat that stopped there once a year
and arranged for her correspondent
to take it.
What does she do for recreation?
She rides tugboats around New
York Harbor on her day of "just to
see what some of the ships look
like"
Evening star., 1936-09-06
LAURENTIANS HANG OUT
mo HAY FEVER" SIGN
Ste. Agathe des Monts Survey
Finds Ragweed, Bane Of
Sufferers, Absent.

STE. AGATHE DIES MONTS, Que
bee, September STIMULATING the
Gaspe Peninsula section, this scenic
ally endowed resort in the heart Of
the Laurentian Mountains is bidding
for the attention of United States
visitors seeking haven from hay fever.
As one of the few spots on the
North American continent where rag
weed, agreed by scientists to be .
principal cause Of hay fever, has not
gained q foothold, Ste. Agathe des
Monts, which has long been famous
as fishing and hunting territory, Is
redoubltng its magnetism.
It's attractions as q resort where
hay fever sufferers can be assured Of
immunity from the ailment have only
recently been discovered. as a result
Of an extensive survey conducted un-
der direction Of the ministry of agri-
culture Of Quebec Province. During
this Investigation Of ragweed, which
was made as o preliminary step to .
program designed to prevent spread
Of the plant in the province, 1t was
found that hay fever is non-existent
In Ste. Agathe des Monts.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
NEW WORKERS DISCOVER
FLORIDA RESORTS COOL
Railroad Reports Heavy Trafhc
for Summer as Temperature
Data Become Known.

NEW YORK, September 5.-That
hot weather in Northern cities has Q
tendency to increase Florida travel Is
the astonishing conclusion OF report
issued by the Seaboard Air Line Rail.
way.
The primary reason has been the
discovery. almost incredible to North
erners. that the sea coast region OF
Miami and Miami Beach is much
cooler in Summer than many Of the
Northeastern coast cities.
The average temperature for Miami
and Miami Beach is 81 degrees for
August and 81 degrees for September.
Throughout the recent hot spell the
temperature at these resorts averaged
IS degrees cooler than In New York
City. according TO the report.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
SPAN REPLACES BARGES
River Trip for Passenger Coaches
Near New Orleans Avoided.

NEW ORLEANS. September S.
Southern Pacific trains, operating over
the Sunset Route between San
Francisco and New Orleans, have a
new and faster means of entering
and leaving the Louisiana metropolis,
No longer are the huge barges,
propelled by tugboats, used to ferry
passenger and freight trains across
the mighty Mississippi River to and
from Avondale and Algiers, Just over
the river from New Orleans. Late
IN 1885. the road inaugurated opera
tions over the $4,000 900 double track
railroad and highway bridge across
the Father Of Waters" 81 miles
above New Orleans. At the same time.
new terminal facilities were opened
at Avondale. replacing the old yard
at Algiers. which had been used by
the railroad for 30 years.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
D. A. R. GROUP TO MEET
State Officers Club officials to
Hold Session.

Officers and directors Of the State
Officers Club, District Daughters OF
the American Revolution, will meet
Wednesday at the call Of the presi-
dent, Miss Lillian Chenoweth, to dis
cuss plans for the organizations an
nual meeting and dinner, to be held
at the Mayfiower Hotel, October "a.
The Wednesday meeting will be
held at the home Of the recording
secretary, Mrs. Pedro Capo-Rodri-
guez, with Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig
as chairman Of the program.
Evening star., 1936-09-06
nv JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.

- CRIBBLINGs: Hawaii's tourist
~ trade Is booming again, with
prospects that 1925 peak sea-
- son will be exceeded. Hotel ac-
commodations for the Winter months
are likely to be at . premium. Shop
early!
As Washington and New Haven,
Conn, serve New York as try-out
cities for stage successes-to-be and
flops-to-be, Glasgow. Scotland, Is Lon
don's play laboratory.
Children of Holland prepare for
St. Nicholas coming on December 6
instead Of December Is. The Neither
lands Santa, In bringing gifts, comes
on q white horse and the young tots
put their shoes out at night. filled
with hay and carrots to feed the ami
NAL.
The shrinking Of Great Salt Lake
over the past IL years has added
greatly to the area Of the beaches on
this body of water. the easiest place
in the world to float. Engineers scout
the idea that the lake will dry up,
and the bathers are grateful for the
smooth, extra stretches of salt sand.
Back of the suburbs Of Cape Town,
South Africa's largest city, steeply
rises Table Mountain. named for its
level top. Not infrequently . layer
of white clouds settles snugly over
the plateau and they are called ia
blecloth." When billowing clouds
form, Cape Towners remark that
Uncle and the devil are smoking
fast today" alluding to the Malay
myth that the Dutch pirate. Van
Hunks, and the devil once staged q
smoking contest.
WINTERS on the coast Of the
Scandinavian peninsulas are not
as severe as they sound. The Gulf
Stream tempers the weather. Buda-
pest has one Of the largest skating
rinks in Europe. Lake Balaton, IA
vortte Hungarian Summer resort.
stays open all Winter, becoming Q
mecca for devotees Of ice sailing.
Estate room" is q ship term that
originated in the early days of Missis-
sippi transportation. A Capt. Sheve
put up wooden partitions between the
sleeping quarters, and later had sep
arate rooms built for passengers He
named each room for q State. and the
term was coined.
Bootblacks Of Cartagena, Colombia,
shine shoes with split oranges.
The Town Council at Margate
widely known seaside English resort
is considering building a hotel for
dogs, cats and birds-pets Of the
vacationers.
If you must die abroad and want to