Evening star., 1938-03-27


were open to light travel the day after
the storm" So its all right now to
tune up with california, Here
Come"
Motoring along unfenced highways
in Mexico, the tourist sometimes meets
with hazards in the form Of straying
burros, horses and cows. The Mon
terrey Club of the Mexican Automobile
Association decided to do something
about it on roads to Laredo and to
Tamazunchale, and will send out
brigades of inspectors at regular in
tervals to return stock to green
pastures.
In New York City are more than
500 hotels. Marseilles, France, has
more than 1000.
The widest avenue in the world is
the Avenida Nueve de Julio, in Buenos
Aires. With fire roadwayS, separated
by grass plots and rows Of trees, it
measures 460 feet across.
TWO years ago Frances commits
sioner general for travel set up
trouble bureau" at which anyone
who didn't like the way things went
could do something about it-at least
find official ears into which they could
pour their static. The results for
1Oo7 rocantlv hoyo hoar Iicc1ocod .
France played host to more than
100000 foreign visitors last year, with
only one official complaint for each
1000 tourists. OF 374 protests re-
ceived, 143 were from the French
themselves, leaving 23l divided among
the English (83); Americans (55)
others t93). From the foreign visitor
complaints 1856 were weeded out a.
unjustified. Fifteen per cent, lacking
details. could not be Investigated and
more than score of the indignant
withdrew their charges when con-
vinced Of misunderstanding on their
parts. OF the 211 valid complaints
more than 80 per cent were arranged
to the satisfaction of those making
the protests.
In some Paris restaurants latest
news bulletins are printed on the re-
verse side of the menu, allowing the
patron to keep abreast of the world
while lingering through his courses.
Found on the wall of an old inn in
Lancashire, England, is the prayer:
Give us, Lord bit O sun,
A bit O. work and bit O. fun:
Give us all in tn struggle and splutter
Our daily bread and bit O. butter:
Give us health. our keep to make
An bit to spare for poor folks sake;
Give us sense, for we're some of us
buffers,
An heart TO feel forsall that suffers:
Give us, too, bit of a song,
An tale, and book TO helm lis
along;
An give us our share O. sorrows lesson.
Ihat we may prove how grief's a
blessin.
Give us, Lord, a chance to be
Our goodly best, brave, wise and free,
Our goodly best for ourself. and others,
Till all men learn to live as brothers
Hammerfest, the worlds most
northern city, has electricity, movies,
telephones and newspapers.
THE Anchor Line, which for years
has operated regular steamship
service between the United States and
Ireland and Scotland, recently took
over the newly built pier. No. As. at
the foot Of West Tenth street on the
North River, New York City.
One hundred and twenty miles
north OF the Arctic Circle lies the
Swedish summer resort of Bjorkliden,
Here the ardent golfer may play all
night, the midnight sun lighting the
course.
Bermuda is weaving a more potent
spell over its visitors. In 1880 the
tourist stayed on an average of seven
days. BY 1896 the average had in
creased to l1.01 days Last years
statistics, not yet broken down, are
expected to show more of gain.
Children of Holland generally are
allowed to smoke if they wish. and il
IS not unusual to see a lad Of IL
putting contentedly on a cigar.
Four -fifths of the worlds coffee i
produced by Latin American re-
publics. The coffee tree came from
Africa, a continent which produce.
most cocoa. The cocoa tree was ma.
tive to South America.
WISCONSIN became known as thu
Badger State soon after its ad.
mission to the Union. The name came
from miners in the lead-mining sec.
ton in Southwest Wisconsin, called
badgers" because they lived in caves
Here's the low-down on the scheme
the Canadian National Railways use
for naming their passenger cars
Sleeping cars are. named after sta.
tionS, sleeping room cars, or cham.
brettes, take their names from sea-
ports. Parlor and parlor- buffet car!
are named for Canadian lakes, cafe.
parlor coaches for Canadian rivers
Capes are the sources of names fol
compartment t-observation- library cars
while another type of this car
equipped with buffet, draws it.
name from famous forts.
The Tai Mahal, architectural won.
der of the ages, was inspired, almos
every one knows, by the death O
Mumtaz-i-Mahal. the beloved of Shall
Jehan. But as Arjumand Banu, sh'
almost died in infancy, abandoned
by her father in his flight from Te
heran into India. A burden, she wa
left by the side of the road by he,