Evening star., 1940-07-28
The Travellers Notebook
SenibbIings About Crossing the Canadian
Border, Mexieo's CoIzodo Tejido
And Jopon's O-Bon

can parents, that you live at such
and such an address, etc. Make
this home test to determine how
easily you can satisfy the Canadian
and the United States immigration
Service inspectors that you are
peaceful American traveller: Do
you look American, is your speech
American, is your name typically
American? If so, several cards and
papers you ordinarily carry in your
billfold will serve as Identification
and win your way across the line.
No specific document, such as
birth certificate, voters registration
card or such, is mandatory There
are cases, however, when legal proof
of citizenship is advisable, even re-
quired, to satisfy the inspectors
Primarily. these demands are made
on persons who have foreign ap-
pearance, accent or name charac-
teristic of Canada's enemies in war;
or were born outside the United
States. OF course, every one may
carry as many documents as he
pleases, and no inspector will OBJ
ject. He might even ask each Amer.
ican for legal proof of citizenship.
But unless there is something sus-
picious about the person or the
circumstances, he won't hold him
back if he doesn't have the docu-
| ments. Naturalized citizens should
carry their naturalization certifi-
Gates with them.
Scores of Washing gtonians, en-
ployeS of the Federal Government,
sailed Friday on the S. S. Wash
ington of the United States Lines
for Havana and through the Pana-
ma Canal to Acapulco, Mexico. and
California, taking advantage of
rates so per cent below what the
usual traveller would pay. The same
travel bonus has been offered to
Government employees and heir de-
pendants for the Manhattan, sailing
for the first time on West Coast
service on August 9. Local travel
agencies report lively demand for
space on the Manhattan's trip, also.
But on subsequent sailings, until
the offer expires, Federal workers
will be permitted a reduction of
only 25 per cent from the advertised
rate.
Oddly on Nantucket Island,
Tapped by the waves of the Atlantic
Ocean, is the Pacific National Bank.
The travel firm of Thomas Cook
& Son this month completed its
99th year. The name of son."
seldom heard, was John Cook.
Recommended maximum enjoy
ment-minimum exertion trips on
Bermuda: Hamilton to Coral Beach
or Elbow Beach-the route skirts
the harbor for mile or more past
the Cenotaph on the Parliament
grounds, the Historical Society and
stellar estates. Hamilton to Bel
mont Manor and Warwick Parish
choice of routes over good coral
roads; miles; return by ferry if
desired. Rural Somerset, near the
western extremity of the island;
allot half a day; 40-minute ferry
ride from Hamilton gives close-ups
of island in the harbor and sound
and the Pembroke water front;
Somerset is likened to the country
side of the British Isles; two-hpur
return trip by bicycle; of the alter
nate cycle routes, the western mid
die road winds the length of Ber-
muda's hilly backbone; the western
main road skirts the shoreline.
One-hour land journey to historic
st. Georges. The Government
Aquarium is located on a neck of
land that separates Harrington
Sound from Flats Harbor. Here the
visitor may don a diving helmet
and explore the submarine gardens.
Ten thousand persons may be
seated in Mexico City's new base
ball park, called "Claveria." It
cost $4,000 pesos.
The Canadian Province of New
Brunswick boasts that the span
over the st. Johns River at Hart
land is the longest covered bridge
in the world. Containing windows
to allow views of the river, it is
1882 feet long.
The Buddhist ceremony known
to westerners as the Feast of the
Lanterns is called O-Bon by the
japanese.
Kings Canyon National Park got
its name indirectly from Spanish
explorers, who discovered the Kings
River early in the 18th century.
They named it Rio de los Santos
Reyes driver of the Holy Kings.
Summer and winter, the 424-foot
tunnel that leads from the top end
of the Whiteface IN. " Mountain
Memorial highway to the elevator
that takes visitors to the peak has
temperature of 40 degrees.
Most of Mexico's pyramids were
built so that the corners point di-
rectly north, east, south and west.
AS four main roads In Wisconsin
will be heavily congested with mill