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Evening star., 1936-12-06
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IN 2O|tH|T CLASS
Only Rocks in Lot of Nine
American Leaguers to
Slug So Often.

evidence that Joe Di
II Maggie of the Yankees and
Jack Bell Of the Browns richly
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Evening star., 1936-12-06
Chevy Chase.
Y. Reserves.

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Evening star., 1936-02-16
Citadel of Faith.
BARCELONA, February l5.-E

barcelona, February l5.-High in
q mountain fortress, nestled be-
meath the jagged pinnacles and spires
of Monta Serrata and scarcely so miles
from Barcelona, Is the famed historic
monastery of Montserrat, Spain's great
citadel of faith. Following the flower
strewn pathways that kings, princes
and mobiles have trodden since the
ninth century. and to which Charles v
made nine consecutive pilgrimages,
over 10000 tourists have this year
sought vacation, quietude and rest in
the five huge hotels accommodating
1000 people, located above the clouds
on the legendary site of the Holy
Grail.
Visitors from all over the world reg
istered last Summer at the entrance
Of the great garden 10 pay homage
to the patron saint of Catalonia. Con-
spicuous among the guests were the
large number of young married couples
who came to implore the blessing of
the mother of Montserrat ON their
union.
Once inaccessible, tie monastery
dates back to the Story of the Statue,
when Saracen hordes invaded Spain
and destroyed the Christian churches.
To save dishonor to the Statue of the
Virgin, pious Inhabitants of Barcelona
fed with the image to the mountain
faStneSs.
The approach to Montserrat is one
Of pictorial beauty; a modern railroad
leads to the monastery terraces.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Tourists Revive Harmony.

PALMA DE MAJORCA, February
15.-Masculine and feminine Ma
jorca has combined its enthusiasm in
common happiness by welcoming re-
turn of Winter tourists. The arrival
Of early English and Spanish hotel
guests and the opening of Winter
villas marked the first unanimity of
opinion between the modern and ira
ditional cliques since the small town.
ship Of Catalina chose lady mayor
The followers of ancient codes were
rudely shocked and surprised by the
sudden insistence of Catalan Dona
for her rights and the spread of the
Barcelona feminist movement to the
island.
Since the island became q tourist
center change after change has dis
turbed the serenity Of the old-line
Mallorquins. For ages they have sub
jected womanhood to the domination
of the male member Of the household.
The influence Of tourists has Jared
social bonds. Ultra modern women
have brought liberty and new free
dom to the island, introduced by
backless bathing costumes, beach
pajanlas and shorts.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
New Yep Spacious.

ERIEDRICHsHAFEN, Germany.
February IS R).-Dr. Hugo Ecke-
ner believes his newest Zeppelin will
be as truly a conqueror of time
and the elements as man can make.
But of even greater personal impor-
tance to him is the hope that this
craft, the LZl29. by meeting her
builders high expectations. will JUS
tify his confidence in the speed. safety
and comfort OF dirigibles despite the
Akron, Macon and Shenandoah dis
asters.
The LZl29-"LZ" stands for 'Luft-
schif Zeppelin" or "airship Zeppelin"
is designed to be faster, more air
worthy, and better equipped for pas
sengers than the veteran Graf Zeppe-
lin, which In 1885 few about 220, 900
miles, completed her 500th cruise, and
once remained aloft for 119 hours.
Motors Of 1900 horsepower will
give the Lzl2S q speed OF sos miles
an hour. compared to the Graf's 71.3.
The flight from Frankfort-am- Main,
her future home port, to Rio
de Janeiro will take the LZ129 about
90 hours. and the return trip-because
Of trade winds-about 90 hours, as
against four to four and one-half days
for the Graf.
Besides, the new craft will have
greater capacity for freight, passen-
gers and fuel, and will have ample
reserve power for bucking head winds.
Accommodations for passengers
are much more beautiful" DR.. Ecke-
ner declared. Passengers may stretch
their legs in a room about so yards
long.
The LZ12s viii enter upon a sched-
ule Of fights ebout the end of March,
when q series Of trial fights will have
been completed
"On her performance In the tests
viii depend the further development
Of an array Of Zeppelin routes over
the ocean"
Evening star., 1936-02-16
U. S. Bicycle.
Is
Legend
Queer Tale Grows
in Germany About
Mr.. Grimes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HANOVER. Germany. February IS.
Ever since the days Of Siegfried the
Dragon Killer, the Germans have been
hero worshippers. Many are the leg
endary characters Of great strength
or courage whose exploits first were
advertised by German bards, and
eventually told or sung In the story
books or opera houses Of the world.
To Americans, however, 1t may be a
surprise to hear that at least one
visitor from the United States Is fast
becoming o legend in this part =:
Germany. On Winter nights in the
taverns Of Hanover they tell about
him.
He Is mister Grimes aus Amerika," {"
the phenomenal person who 10 years
ago introduced the American-made
bicycle to sport lovers Of the Father
land. Only the elderly inhabitants can
remember the excitement caused by
his coming, but their children and
grandchildren have listened breath
lessly to the tale.
It seems Mister Grimes was nearly
2 feet tall and weighed some 400
pounds. His arrival at the railway
station was enough to stop trafic.
The horse-drawn hack in which he
attempted to ride to his hotel crashed
into splinters under his weight. At
the hotel the strongest bed collapsed
under him. And yet the next day he
rode around on his Americana made
bicycle before the eyes of gaping mul-
titudes and nothing happened to the
bicycle. It looked like q miracle.
However. Mister Grimes aus Amerika
assured the populace 1t was not q
miracle,
No. said Mister Grimes. The rea-
son the bicyle rolled along un-
broken under his phenomenal weight
was that 1t was made In Cleveland,
Ohio, which Is in that far-away
Amerika, where miracles have been
supplanted by the marvel Of manu-
facture.
Many bicycles from Cleveland were
sold in Germany as q result Of the
Grimes demonstrations. Later the
Germans learned how to make good
bicycles themselves and today bicycle
riding Is so popular that special paths
paved for bicycles radiate from the
heart Of Berlin and many other Ger
man cities.
And when groups Of bicyclists on
week end tours park their wheels out
side a country tavern and cluster
around table quafing beer some one
Is likely to tell again the legend Of
Mister Grimes aus Amerika and how
he opened the eyes Of Germans TO the
open-air joys Of cycling.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
'Howdy, Boss in Paris.

paris. February IS R.-"Howdy.
Boss" welcomes American visitors
to the United States Embassy in Paris.
That greeting Is smiled by George
Washington Mitchell, the uniformed
colored doorman. as he bows politely
and inquiries what he can do for you.
Mitchell is a veteran in the busi-
ness of making Americans abroad feel
at home. On New Year day he will
begin his thirtieth year in the United
States consular service. At no time
during this period has Mitchell been
home on visit, but he still acts as
if he had just come from a planta-
ton in his native Carolina, although
he speaks French and German, as
well as English.
Mitchell began his foreign service
in Marseille. In 1908, after two years
in France, he was transferred to Ham,
burg. He also served the consulates
in Berlin and London before coming
to Paris II years ago.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Danes Plan
|ToCapitalize
On Scenery
Gateway to Baltic Has
Picturesque Cities
and Bays.

~ OPENHAGEN, February 15.-
4 Nature aeons ago placed
\ , Denmark as q bridge between
~ Central Europe and Scandi-
navia, criss-crossed its land by straits
and bays and projected its Jutland
coast into the storm tossed North Sea.
This coming Summer, Denmark will
capitalize on these waterways, fjords
and promontories as q vacation
attraction.
Long content as the gateway to the
Baltic Fairgrounds, the little sea-
divided country Of ramparts will itself
endeavor to bask in the tourist sun.
Descendants of the rowing Danes,
who conquered England far back in
the days Of Canute. are preparing to
entertain twentieth century tourist
rovers with q welcome traditional in
hospitality-as delectable as its ma
tional cuisine Of "Smoerrebroed. and
its famous Danish pastry.
Denmark Is the oldest kingdom in
existence, and for more than one
thousand years has held its ancient
historical frontiers. It Is within this
compass of islands between the seas
that the holiday of the beaten travel
path Of scenic Denmark begins,
Starting at Copenhagen, the beauti-
full capital city of towers and spires
the tourist avenues lead into East
and West Jutland.
The metropolis has many tourist
thrills. A host Of medieval towers
point skyward above fashionable
hotels, restaurants, music halls and
theaters. The beautiful avenues anc
streets are bicycle parade concourses
as the city's main transit vehicle Is
the self-propelled wheel. The rolling
host glides on to the ring of little
street bells. On Sundays hundreds
Of thousands of cyclists are like
armies Of birds flying over Denmark
From the central thoroughfare
linked by three ancient short streets
is the renowned esplanade between the
Citadel and the Sea-" The pivota
points Of busy life center around
Kings Newmarket, Town Hall Place
and the Tivoli Pleasure Gardens, ia.
nous for their operettas, concerts
and revues.
From Copenhagen, North Zealand
introduces the Denmark of the Danes
and starts the tour to the hamlets o.
medieval castles and churches. Pass.
ing the quaint and picturesque little
town of Elsinore, with its famed castle
Of Kronborg. immortalized by Shake
speare's Hamlet, and the nearby giant
Renaissance Castle of Frederiksbort
looming out Of the waters at Hillerod
the road leads to the small islanc
settlement Of Funen, with its atmos.
phere Of the Middle Ages, and its ole
city of Odense, birthplace of Han!
Christian Andersen. From here poetr.
rules over idyllic moors and oal
forests, as the peninsula of Jutlant
is entered. One feels the solemn deyo
ton of the old city Of Vibory by it
medieval churches and ecclesiaStica
dwellings.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
.BOulderLake
.RecreatiOnal
Plans Made
Park Service to
Develop Play
Facilities.

A ERAL plan has been
~ adopted under which the Ma
- tional Park Service and the
Bureau Of Reclamation will
cooperate in control of Boulder Lake
for recreational purposes Many de-
tails are yet to be worked out.
The National Park Service will have
charge Of the development of the
scenic lake for recreational purposes.
It will provide facilities for tourists
and sightseers, through concessions
or otherwise.
The Bureau Of Reclamation will be
responsible for tourist facilities at the
dam itself and in the power house.
Efforts will be made to increase the
facilities at the lake for entertainment
Of its visitors as soon as possible. Be-
cause Of its mild climate Boulder Lake
is an attractive Winter resort.
New attractions will be afforded
during the year. After the Spring
flood, which is due in late May or
early June on the Colorado River,
Boulder Lake will be much larger.
Already it extends IS miles upstream
and contains more than 1000, 900 acre
feet Of water.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Mystery Region Explored.
MELBOURNE, February 15.-Ex-

ploring parties have made spas
modic attempts to solve the long
hidden mysteries Of the Nullarbor
Plain, a monotonous. treeleSs waste,
covering more than $4,000 square miles
of South Australian territory. The
plain is land of mystery and wonder,
eerie silences and weird noises.
Because the land has been shunned
by native tribes, the white man has
been reluctant to venture into this
taboo country. Recently, Capt. Matt
land Thomson, harbor master Of Port
Lincoln, took eight companions, two
motor cars, a truck carrying 100 gal
Ions of water, 80 gallons Of petrol,
cameras. surveying instruments and
powerful petrol lamps, and struck into
the vast limestone expanses, pitted
with blowholes and cavernous pits. to
discover, if possible, the mystery that
held the land In thrall.
The party had its most thrilling ex-
perience when they let down ladder
in an almost verticle shaft. Capt.
Thomson and two companions went
down and found themselves in an
underground chamber 800 feet in cir
cumference. They then reached a
hole through which all crawled on
hands and knees for 20 feet. They
were rewarded by the sight Of an enor-
nous well. Here they found foot
print, but no other sign Of human
habitation.
Later, caves of enormous size, and
a lake and waterway were discovered.
In one cave they distinguished the
sign of "the Bloody Hand" a chal-
lenging red imprint made by placing
the outstretched fingers Of one hand
on the rock surface. Well-informed
students believe that it housed chu-
ringa stones and similar emblems used
in the strange ritualistic practices OF
tribesmen. Those exploring these
grottoes in the Nullarbor Plain are
convinced that they hold great scien-
tific discoveries.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Bermuda's Contrasts.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, February Is

II HAM1LToN, Bermuda, February Is.
The 1000 Americans each week
are forsaking wintry weather for Ber-
muda's sunlit coral beaches. If night
life Is wanted, there are gayly sophis-
ticated spots. On the other hand,
there are quaint places where one
may brouse apart from hectic mod
ern life.
The old town of st. Georges, the
earliest settled part Of Bermuda and
the islands first capital, is worth sew
eral days Of meandering and poking
about through its queer twisted streets.
Here one saunters along Old Maid S
lane or Shin Bone alley. passing
houses that are lived in today by the
descendants Of the folk who built
them over 800 years ago.
From st. Georges visitors can take
the ferry boat to st. Davids Island.
Here indeed is spot untouched by
modern ways. It's an integral part
of st. Georges Parish on all maps,
but many Of the older inhabitants Of
the island have never been of their
land, although st. Georges is but 20
minutes distant by ferry. For the
past two years st. Davids Island has
been connected with the mainland by
. suspension bridge.
But st. Davids islanders like To
boast that they've never been of this
rock in all my life," and they'll give
you their famous recipes for making
casava pie, for cooking pawpaws, and
90 on.
They don't have to show you their
cats, for the 500-acre island Is alive
with them.
The natives feel friendly toward the
cats and won't destroy them, so the
cats just stay an grow up apd raise
more cats, and now the feline popuia-
ton far outnumbers the human! St.
Davids folk have no trouble with mice
and rats.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Vienna and Flowers.
VIENNA, Austria, February

VIENNA, Austria, February 10
Scores of Europa's children spread
cafe tables on their boulevards, pour
cascades Of wine while music and
dancing lure the imagination to
beauty, but when one hires taxi
in Vienna for ones girl friend-and
in Vienna there are no parties with
out girl friends-a handsome passerby
is as likely as not to throw flower
dextrously into her lap.
Sometimes a note will be attached
to the stem, and though it is only
a billet doux advertising the attrac-
tions of some nearby wine garden. It
makes the strp niger feel that America
has not yet learned all the beautiful
scheme of publicity. The viennese
say it with real flowers, making
Americas vocabulary in the same
language look poor in comparison.
The lazy charm and carelessness of
pleasure in the city is undeniable. It
is "gemutlichkeit, that untranslatable
word which means easy goingness,
Ightness of spirit, carefreeness. hearth
ness. and let 1t be said, beautiful
laziness-and then something more,
for which the phlegmatic English
language has invented no word.
Vienna is the Paris where German
is spoken. Here the ancient cavalier,
spotlessly attired in the latest fashion,
still kisses instead Of shakes the
woman's hand, and maids make
curtesy to mistresses. whose hands are
also kissed, just as in some light
opera setting. It Is easy to fall in
love in Vienna, for its graciousness
detains and holds one in luxurious
Incidence.
The beautiful blue Danube. whose
turquoise and crested waves have sent
hearts alilt In q million dances a year,
was in the days Of Marcus Aureltus
the bulwark Of Rome against barba-
rian tribes; thousand years later it
made a path for the Crusaders on
their way to the Holy Land.
The true Vienna, like Austria as
q whole, Is more than q place, far
more than museum of architecture
1t Is q fascinating personality.
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Mont-Saint-Miche1.
OUEN, February I5.-Normanc

r OUEN, February l5-Normandys
greatest attraction is Mont Saint
Michel, which rises like great pyra-
mid just of the coast. Originally built
as a fortification, it was later made
an abbey Of the Benedictine fathers.
Formerly Mont Saint Michel could
be reached only by boat at high tide.
but now an auto causeway makes it
accessible at all times When the tide
goes out. the people living in the vii
lage Of the Mount follow the receding
waters and pick up Holsters and crabs
left stranded on the sand. These are
boiled and hung up outside shops and
restaurants to attract hungry tourists.
Evening star., 1936-02-16

pedigreed nerves can't stand the ex-
citement. and without their potions,
they lapse into alarming Mysteries
at the first turn of the wheelsl
NO CONFUSION.
There's nothing quite like being
explicit.
Inside the auditorium at the
JeUish Community Center are Sep
eral signs tackled on the doors. They
read:
To 90 out. use crit.
II y x
TOO VALUABLE.
THE list of mothers who think chill
dren should be seen and not
heard is longer by one today.
Behind the conversion is the Incl
dent Of Junior reading" a magazine
to his grandfather. Their literary
journey led them past picture OF
a distiller's wares.
whisky" Junior explained.
bad stuff" the grandfather said
"Your father doesn't know anything
about that, does hep"
mo" said Junior. "but mamma
does"
Evening star., 1936-02-16
WRONG ADDRESS.

WRONG ADDRESS.
How or why Lasioderma serricorne
fabricius got into the tauga nuts
of Ecuador, in the sawyer's dust box
exhibit OF the evolution of buttons
on the second floor of the Old Ma
tional Museum, must forever remain
o mystery.
The mouthful of Latin above boils
down into q mite of a white grub
more familiarly known as a cigarette
BEETLE. 1t lives, normally, by chomp-
ing on the leaves of stored tobacco.
Tauga nuts, or vegetable ivory,
which grow in Ecuador. are much
used for making buttons. The saw
dust left when a batch of buttons is
hacked out Of nut is very hard, and
not very palatable.
At any rate, tiny little footprints
visible on the top of the fine white
dust in the box, and bit of it ad-
herring to the underside of the glass
case inclosing the exhibit, made Cura-
tor of Textiles Frederick L. Lewton
curious.
He found several of the grubs evi-
IDENTIFY enjoying themselves-both in
adult and pupa form-kicking about
in the dust box when he sifted it
out In his hands.
y Il X II
SENSITIVE.
REING too well-bred may have its
~ drawbacks.
One socially prominent Washington
! matron has two Pekingese dogs-very
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Washington Wayside
Random Observations of Interesting
Events and Things.

definitely descended from those aris-
tocrats who made their homes In the
sleeves Of Chinese Emperors. When
ever q motor trip is in prospect, these
dogs have to be given doses of luminal
for q day or so beforehand-their
Evening star., 1936-02-16
Attractions.
In Vicinity of
Mexico City
Floating Gardens and
Pyramids Near
Capital.

THE PYRAMIDS: The Archie
ological Zone at San Juan
Teotihuacan offers an awe-in-
Il spring picture of pre-Colonial
times. The town is some 80 miles
northeast of Mexico City and easily
reached over a fine highway. Here
are the Pyramid of the SUN. the
Pyramid of the Moon and the Cuida-
della. An excellent museum is located
on the grounds.
THE Shrine of the Virgin of Guada-
lupe: This is Mexico's most sacred
spot and may be visited on the way out
to the Pyramids. On the 18th Of De-
cember of each year many thousands
of worshipers take part in the annual
pilgrimage and the festival. Besides
the huge basilica, which harbors the
miraculous 'tilna" of Juan Diego, the
Chapel Of the Well, where the waters
gushed forth from the barren soil
when the Virgin appeared. and the
Chapel of the Little Hill, where the
Holy Woman asked that temple be
erected in her honor, are places to see.
XOCHIMILCO: THE Place of Flow
"a ers." The famed Floating Gar
dens are only 10 miles from Mexico
City and can be reached by street car
or bus. The network of tiny chin
ampas" looks like a giant checker
board from the air and the powerful
Xochimilcas propelled themselves
about the Valley Of Mexico before the
garden plots were allowed to take
root.
CUERNAvACA: This sunlit town is
an hours drive from Mexico City
over a beautiful highway. 1t is
lower than the capital (5,065 feet) and
is a favorite health haven and week
end resort. The Palace Of Cortes,
with its much discussed Diego Rivera
murals, and the lovely Borda Gardens
are two of the outstanding attractions.
THE Cacahuamilpa Caves are but q
short drive from Cuernavaca.
They were discovered in 1885 and are
larger than Kentucky's famous cav
erns. The walls are beautiful in color
and great stalactites hang from the
high roofs.
TAXCO: Two hours beyond Cuerna-
vaca Is Taxco, the artists rem
devious. The picturesque little
town nestles on a series. Of small hills
and the narrow tortuous cobblestone
lanes present a vivid picture of the
quaint and the charming. The peace
full hamlet is a prime favorite for
those seeking complete escape from
the hurried tempo of modern times.
pUEBLA: This Is one Of Mexico's
most colonial cities and its many
beautiful churches have earned the
name THE Rome of Mexico" Puebla
Is some 80 miles from the capital and
the mountain drive is replete with
splendid vistas. Tile headquarters of
the country, the decorative polychrome
is everywhere in evidence and the
gayly hued tiles add colorful touch to
the beautiful homes and public build
ings.
DESERT OF THE LIONS: A new
highway links El Desierto with
Mexico City and it takes about half
an hour to make the trip. This was
once Carmelite retreat and the old
convent is still standing. The peace
full surroundings make the spot
favorite with mixers and horseback
riders. The lovely groves that radiate
from the crumbling walls of the an
cient convent also serve as picnic
grounds over the week end.
Evening star., 1936-02-16

"Stop drinking: stop walking around
lamp-posts and stop singing that song
and bothering people" Judge Gus A.
Schuldt told Smith as he fined him
$40 for drunkenness.
Evening star., 1936-02-16


derstand.
Resident managers have to put up
with a lot of the sadcer manifesta-
tions Of human nature-petty borrow
ers, key-forgetters and persons like
that. Then, by way Of illustrating
Just how hard it is to be a lady, she
relates the incident Of q tenant who
knocked on the R. MS door at 7 am.
the other day and asked If she might
use the phone.
It Is hard to be graceful at that
hour of the day, but the manager
tried her best.
Certainly" she said. "The phone
is in the bed room, and I'm sorry to
say you'll find the bed unmade."
I'm sure I don't care" came the
reply. II want to use the phone, not
60 to bed"
Evening star., 1936-02-16
THANKS.

~ pERATIVE 1913 thinks apart
ment house tenants have the
l wrong slant on resident man
~ ayers. II, she says, they only
Evening star., 1936-02-16

RESORTS.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
Evening star., 1936-02-16

Restaurant nomenclature is more
chubby than hterGte notD and then.
The you and Me-" on Georgia
apenue, Wds reported by an opera
the the other day and, Just feu
minutes later. he bobbed up Dith
the "U and l." on Tenth street.
He is How out looking for the
"Us"
Evening star., 1936-02-16

MUSIC GOES-S10.
THERE'S penalty for singing that
song now especially when the
singer goes around and around lamp
posts while warbhng.
William Smith, colored, was arrest
ed on U street this week. The ofiicer
testified he was circling a lamp-post
and singing The music goes round
and round" at 80 am.
Evening star., 1936-02-16

"HE PYRAMIDS: The Arche-
ological Zone at San Juan
Teotihuacan offers an awe-il-
Il spring picture of pre-Colonial