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TRAVEL SHORTS
England's Most Romantic Rocks

England's Most Romantic Rocks
Between the Scilly Islands and
Lands End is cluster of rocks
known as the Seven Stones, but
called "the City" by people on the
mainland. They represent all that
is left Of Lyonesse, the Arthurian
land of Tristan, which finally went
to the bottom of the sea ff1Ai the
great storm of A. D.. 1899.
Ski De Luxe In Poland .,
Poland has started a new thing
in ski sports-a ten day railway ski
tour held every February You
travel by night in the train sleeper
and spend the days at leading ski
resorts. The train has a dance car,
dining car, and bathing car.
The Four Prides OF The French
A native of France has four
prides, in the art of his country, in
its chateaus, in its cuisine, and per-
haps the greatest of all, in its
wines, produced from four million
acres of vineyards and famous since
the Roman Empire days.
Charm OF Rhine Supper Boats
One never knows the full charm
of the Rhine until one has had a
".Supper-boat" trip. These boats
are small but specialize in serving
Rhine wines, Rhine salmon and
Rhine peas on deck with soft music.
They go out into the sunset when
the river is gold, and return by
moonlight through a silvern stream.
The Crypt OF Skulls
One of the most gruesome sights
that tourists see in Rome, and thou
sands seem to like the gruesome, is
in the crypt of the Capuchin Mon
filled with human skulls actually
embedded in the walls and ceilings.
The Cold Shiver A Gala Event
Every New Years day Copenhag-
en-, Denmark, holds gala swimming
fete in Hellerup Harbor, at which
swimmers of all ages and both
sexes enter a life-saving race fully
dressed The event is known as
"the cold shiver."
Where Robinson CIIsOe Was Born
The little Scottish village of Lar
go entertains hundreds of visitors
every year who come to see where
Alexander Selkirk, the prototype OF
Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. was born.
He has statue near the harbor,
and visitors may stay at the Crusoe
Hotel.
A Six Weeks Song
When the carnival comes to Nice
on the French Riviera, there is a
charming custom Of launching a
new song whose melody is played
daily by every orchestra and street
band until everyone is whistling or
humming it. When King Carnival
dies the song dies too, and the fol
lowing season another takes its
place.
What To Do With Your Wife In
Paris
Tourists in France who wish they
could bring the famous cuisine OF
that country home with them to
America may now do so. The ia
nous cooking cshool at 129 Fau-
bourgh Saint-Honore in Paris will
now accept American women visit
ors for class and private lessons at
convenient hours.
American Decoration In Ex-kaiser's S
Palace
American visitors to the Ex~
Kaisers palace at Potsdam are not
only reminded by the guide that an
American president once dined
there, but are shown the famous
Shell Room whose walls and ceiling
are studded with semi-precious
stones, and an agate-looking slab
which he describes as ''petrified
wood from your own country, from
a petrified forest in Arizona
Most Interesting Ms. In England
What is called 1.-The most interest
ing Ms. in England" can be seen by
visitors in the Library of Corpus
Christi College at Cambridge. 1t is
the copy Of the Gospels which Pope
Gregory sent with Augustin when
he made his first missionary jour
ney to convert the English to
Christianity in the year 597.