Evening star., 1938-07-03
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.

= CRIBBL1NGS: Atlantic City's
Convention Hall. which becomes,
overnight. a football field, an
- Armyencampment or a tanbark
arena. Is at present Swiss mountain
side. with a chalet at the base Of =
snowy peak. The floor area has been
flooded and frozen for the ice Follies, I"
which opened a 67-day engagement
last night.
Lake Placid. which also plans an
ice-skating program for the hottest
weeks of the years. offers as well
summer skiing. A new pine needle
run has been laid out on Grand View
Hill and ski stars of the Adirondacks
give exhibitions from time to time.
Four rail lines serving Yellowstone
National Park-the Union Pacific, the
Burlington, Northern Pacific and the
Milwaukee-report wide interest in
travel to this peer among Uncle Sans
playlands.
The American tourist visiting France
has been found to spend IL and a
fraction days within the country, di-
viding his time one-third in Paris and
two-thirds in the provinces. The tour
lists daily expenditure averages $ll.45
per day. which includes gifts and
articles bought for personal use, as
we'll as his room. meals, transportation
and amusements.
In Southeastern Europe the eouiva-
lent of the and 10 store is the tor
bar" not shop at all but a travel
ing peddler. Walking from town to
town, he carries a bag from which
he produces such variety Of notions
as buttons, shoelaces, combs and sus-
penders.
Decorous informality prevails in the
usual night clubs in the cities of Po-
land. and Orbis. the Polish travel bu-
reau maintaining Offices in New York,
Is authority for the statement that it
is perfectly proper for a man to ask.
even though he has not been intro
duced, woman for a dance. And he
may, If the courtly manners Of the
Poles prove too contagious to resist.
kiss the hand Of his partner in thank
ing her for the dance.
INCLUDED in Names summer CAL
endar: Old home week, Rockland:
July 40, old home week observance
at Camden; July 7-8, Old Bristol fiow-
er show, Damariscotta; July l0-ll.
Rangeley Lakes open golf tourna-
ment, Rangeley: July 1917, New
England Association of Left-hand
Golfers in southpaw tournament, Po-
land Spring; July 1926, grand cir
cult meet. Old Orchard: July 1924,
Pine Tree Fish and Game Protec-
tive Association water carnival, Ma
pies: July 1920. Mount Desert flower
show, Bar Harbor; July 1881, Wind
ham bi-centennisl. Windham; July 80,
Mereconeag Yacht Club races. Casco
Bay: July 81. Mere Point Yacht Club
races, Casco Bay.
The 81 his majesty's postmen in
Bermuda. carrying their orange mail
sacks. have a reputation Of thanking
the person who accepts his own mail.
Full of quietly humorous candor is
the vacation fishermans prayer:
Lord. give me grace to catch a
fish so big that even I. when talk
ing Of it afterward, may never need
to lie
About 10 miles from Lyons. France.
towering on the Plateau of Dombes.
will stand the worlds largest statue
OF the Virgin Mary. more than 100
feet high. Weighing about 1.500 tons.
the statue will rise from a 25-foot
diameter base, in which will be built
chapel.
1t will help the novice's pose as a
veteran seagoing passenger if he takes
note OF the stripes on the sleeves of
steamship officers. Line officers, with
plain gold stripes. are legitimate prey
for questions concerning navigation
and ship mechanics. but questions
concerning tickets, baggage and liq-
uid and solid refreshments should be
reserved for members of the purser's
or stewards department. the officers
of which have white or colored plush
between their stripes.
Mount Rainier. focal point in the
377-square-mile national park of the
Pacific Northwest, was to the Indians
the Mountain that was God
In Sweden, the liquor-control laws
see that one drinks only If he eats
bona flde meal-or at least buys it.
The United States would be a coun-
try of 100000, 900 people, instead Of
about 130,000,000, if America were