Evening star., 1938-09-04
BY JACQUES FuTRELLE. Jr.

= CR1BBLINGS: Perhaps anly an
Englishman would know why
the Briton got homesick for
~ England while in the delight
full isles of Bermuda. but so goes the
oddly bittersweet marker. Near the
old fort at Scaur Hill, in Somerset
Parish, he erected a craven milestone
which still stands: London, 3,076
miles"
A sign near Clarkton. N c.. points
to the birthplace Of Anna Mathilda
Mcneil Whistlers. known throughout
the world through the famous por-
trait, "Whistler's Mother"
From the word "seamrog" of the
Gaelic comes the word that has be-
come a synonym of Ireland-"sham-
rock"
On the Black River in Northern
Wisconsin are the Falls of the Great
Spirit, as they were known to the
Indians, now Big Manitou, higher
than the Canadian Falls at Niagara.
1t is estimated that 100000 cyclists
NONs- ANAopN N'SAt sSoI, dHiOAls tilCill
number Of Americans who sail with
their wheels.
Little did the pirate, Teach, know
that in disciplining Is men by ma
rooning them without water or rum
he was inspiring an immortal chan
tey of the 'yo-ho-ho and a bottle
of rum fame. Few have missed hear
ing the refrain, but few know that
Dead Mans Chest" is barren
rock in the Virgin Islands.
Cairo, Egypt. is having traffic trou-
bic. a safety drive and speed war.
like modern American cities. The
new traffic code is printed in Arabic,
French and English and prescribes
speeds of not more than "a miles
an hour for private cars, IS miles for
buSses and trucks. Pedestrian cross
ings are marked in yellow.
YELLOWSTONE PARK sUPERIN-
TENDENT ROGERS estimates
that motorists may plan on trips
through the park until about October
l5-untll, in fact, snow blocks the
road. Lodges will close September 8.
hotels September Is and housekeep-
ing cabins September 25, but accom-
modatlons will continue at the gen.
eral stores. In order to permit visit
ors to see the informal Wildlife show
IN the northern part of the park in
winter the 56-mile highway from
Gardiner through Mammoth Hot
Springs and Tower Falls to the north
east entrance will be kept free of
snow all winter
In Copenhagen. taxi drivers display
little flags to indicate the foreign
languages they speak. Special badges
IN national colorS are worn bv police.
men to advertise their linguistic abil
tiles
The superliner Queen Mary, which
now holds speed records for east and
west crossings several hours under four
days, will begin her Tooth crossing in
sailing from New York September Z
Since showing off on her maiden voyage
in May, 1896, the Queen Mary has
steamed approximately 100000 miles
and carried about 10000 passengers
The Lion Mound Memorial to un-
known soldiers who fell in the battle of
Waterloo rises 1872 feet and contains
about million cubic feet of earth
Thousands of tourists each year visit
the battlefield near Brussels, in Bel
gium
The Towering plants that stretch
along the sills and balconies of the
houses through the streets of Bern
Switzerland, are obligatory on the
residents: sweet law, in fact. Poverty
is no excuse for lacking such floral
decorations, for the city buys for those
whose purse is too slim.
The carillons of Middleburg, in
Holland, are far from stingy with their
music. Eight times an hour-every
7l2 minutes-the Al bells ring out their
JOY.
Finland was one of the first coun-
tries to take up American baseball and
has a world series" of its own every
Octobef.
THE Iroquois Indians were impressed
by the beauty of Americas we'll
known bodies Of water, and to ex-
press their admiration called it the
"O-hi-on-hi-io" River The white