Evening star., 1938-04-17

of course, the author. Next to the
forbidden" monasteries OF Tibet. the
reviewer cannot think of any place
where writer's seem to be received more
Hospitality than at these deadly jungle
ceremonies. Well, according to Mr..
Mill it is all the bunk. No white man,
he announces, has ever seen actual
voodoo rites. The reason is, he further
says. that the theme Of all voodoo
observation Is hatred OF the white
race. AS to the visiting men Of letters,
he tntimates that when they insist on
being fooled, and pay to be fooled. the
polite natives see no reason to object.
So they just put on little show and
pocket the tip. 1t saves argument, as
they see 1t. and harms no one. So
why not? Well, why?
MAYBE it was Globe that infected
the reviewer with a mood of
spring flight. or maybe it was some
thing else. Anyway. having read
through that magazine, she cast her
eyes about for yet others, and decided
upon strange formal among all the
old familiar faces on the newsstand
The unfamiliar one was also devoted
to going places. 1t bore the title of
Automobile and Trailer Travel.
Now it had only been short time
before that the reviewer had read in
serious periodical, something like
Harpers or the Atlantic monthly, that
trailer travel had reached its end in
America, and that that great move
ment of the people" which professional
diScoverers were discovering a few
years back had quite f1attened out.
And the serious periodical forthwith
went into grave analysis of the
sociological reasons involved in the
f1attening. So the reviewer who gets
her whole stock OF ideas about the
world from the mags and believes
everything she reads-a gay life, she
assures you-was surprised to see that
trailing was still active enough to sup
port a paper.
Active your eye Who, would you
guess, is, the leading contributor to
this months issue of Automobile and
Trailer Travel? No less resplendent
a parsonage. If you please, than Comdr.
Attilio Gatti. of the armed forces of
Mussolini. You could have knocked
the reviewer down with a small
feather
Comdr Gatti, it seems, is off to
Africa once more. this time as head
Of an expedition which is to proceed
by jungle yacht trailers.' He recently
exhibited two vehicles OF this poetic
name in New York, together with the
equipment which they will carry, and
now he is in Antwerp. His party will
sail for the Dark Continent in May.
The title of his article in Automobile
and Trailer Travel is Following STAN
ley's Trail" An editorial note says
that this piece gives some Of the his
tory and background Of the route"
which the expedition will follow, and
that succeeding ones will give the real
stories of the expeditions experiences
from that point"
1t seems that the party will proceed
from Matadi across Belgian Congo to
Stanleyville, where the good roads end.
Then 1t will be rough going. The
commander writes in decidedly lyric
vein. we'll patched with Italian purples,
but mentions. too. such practical de-
tails as that his yachts have Goodyear
tires and were made by Fleetwheels
Coates Trailers, in Bristol Pa.
A UTOMOBILE AND TRAILER
TRAVEL, however, is devoted
principally to America. 1t leads of,
indeed. with an editorial Of such poig-
nantly American quality that it should
bring tears to all patriots eyes. That
is. one which discusses the grave prob
lem now confronting the T. c. T, or.
in full, the Tin Can Tourists of the
World. And do not be contemptuous,
either. There really is Tin Can
Tourists of the World Association. 1t
holds conventions. and now it is Con-
fronted by a Problem.
Stated in moving and eloquent terms
in the editorial. the Problem is as
follows:
-Four years ago the Tin Can Tour
lists of the World as an association was
almost split asunder by a convention
controversy over changing it's name.
Defeated in an attempt to do so, the
protesting element withdrew and
formed the rival Automobile Tourists
Association
The oldtime. standpat members of
the T. c. T. tenaciously clung to the
name for pioneer memories and senti-
mental reasons, while the rebels howled
their derision and bolted in exaspera-
tion.' Is that not stirring picture?
Visualize, if you will, the convention