Evening star., 1940-12-29
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr,

BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr,
Travel Editor.
Scribblings: The State flower oi
Panama is the Flor del Espiritu
Santo. a white orchid with the
center resembling dove.
Ante-bellum homes of Natchez
Miss, and the more famous garden,
will be on display in two conducted
tours the coming spring. The
Pilgrimage Garden Club will hole
its annual affair March 2 through
%; the Natchez Garden Club, March
% through April 6.
Fifteen hundred planes are ex-
pected to participate in the Miami
(Fla) All American Air Maneuvers
January 10, II and II. One of the
many features planned is dive bomb
ing by Navy pilots of a miniature
village to be constructed on the
Municipal Airport. In other bomb
ing events against towns, paper
sacks filled with -four will be
dropped
Started in 1926 and completed in
1881 at cost of about s250,000, the
125-foot statue of Christ the
Redeemer stands atop Corcovado
highest of the peaks surrounding
the harbor at Rio de Janeiro
Lighted at night, it can be seen &c
miles away. appearing as cross
1t was lighted the first time by the
late Guglielmo Marconi, who
turned the switch" by pressing a
button from a radio station at Cal
tano, near Rome, italy. Pau
Landowski, French sculptor, de-
signed the statue.
There are 365 Islands in the archi-
pelago occupied by the San Bla
Indians southeast of Colon, Canal
! Zone Some of the isles are so small
they support only four or five palm
trees: others hold the homes OF
hundreds of natives.
Tourists visiting New Orleans fol
Mardi Gras have some youths OF
rich Creole planters to thank TO
today's fun. Returning from studies
in Paris in 1927, the group surprised
the Vieu Care residents by frolick-
ing in the streets in motley costumes
and masks before going on to q
private ball, singing, shouting anc
dancing about the streets. The
first planned parade was held ir
1887. Twenty years later the first
carnival society, secret social order
or "krewe," was formed-the exclu.
sive ''Mistick Krewe Of Comus" Fol
the first time women will ride or
parade floats this year, in the parade
Of the "krewe of Venus"
In Rio, callers don't knock on the
door of a friends house but CLAP
their hands.
| Snow-covered runways for Trans
Canada Air Lines planes interes
travellers, the surfaces showing s
geometrical pattern. It is planned
that way, the snow roller equipment
being made of corrugated pipes ane
the resulting ripples preventing
snow glare into the pilots eyes.
The festival of the kitchen god
the "Trao Chun," will be held ir
Los Angeles China City January "a
A week later, vegetable mard
gras" will be held at Ell Centre, ir
the Imperial Valley, the winter
salad bowl of America" the point
from which many an iced lettuct
train leaves for the East.
Many cisterns for holding rain.
water-an integral part of each
Bermuda house, for there are n,
wells-encompass years supply.
That peculiar screeching one hear
in the Puerto Rican orchestra /.
produced by an instrument shaped
somewhat like summer squash
and called a "guichara."
Matinee and night programs grey
hound racing has begun at the st
Petersburg Fla) Kennel Club. tn,
national shuff1eboard championship
tournament will be held at the re.
sort January Is to II.
Climaxing the annual Carnival o.
the Republic Of Panama, which
opens February %, is the 'buria
of the sardine" at sunrise on Febru
ary rs. The carnival itself bring!
before the tourist one of the grow
ingly popular travel souvenirs col
lected in journeys-the tembleque
It is standard equipment" in tn,
traditional national costume O
Panama, known as the pollera. Th'
queen of the carnival, chosen b!
vote from among Panama City
debutantes, will wear tembleques Il
the shape of a coronet, COSTING
about $500, but less expensive one
may be bought. Tembleques are tin!
jeweled hair ornaments, wired OF
springs, so that they simmer witt
each movement of the wearer
Equally interested are those mad
of fish scales in the form of flower
and butterflies.
Feminine travellers are advised II
take plenty of stockings on trip
to South America, for they ar
more expensive there.
The picturesque Greek Cross Da.
ceremonies will be held at the quain
sponge fishing colony ut Tarpal
Springs January 6.