Evening star., 1941-04-27
summer.
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr,
Travel Editor.

Scribblings: There is enough rail-
road mileage in the United States
to form 1873 parallel tracks from
New York to San Francisco. Rail-
ways in the United States are
longer than those of South America,
Asia, Africa and Australia COM
bined. As for crossties, the average
mile has 1894.
Rising prices have ended the 90
cents day for meals on the
economy trains of the West. On
April /, the club tariffs were jumped
to s1.25-35 cents for breakfast, 40
cents for luncheon, so cents for
dinner.
Farmland in Hyde County, North
Carolina, is not measured in acres
but in hills of corn. Roughly, an
acre equals 2,750 hills.
Many of the roads in Yellowstone
Park, following the easiest grades,
have their origin not in the wise
wood-ways of the Indians nor in the
engineering science Of the white
man, but follow animal trails that
existed for centuries. The wild
beasts instinctively picked out the
best route.
Standing on every Bermuda we'd
ding cake is a sprig of cedar, which,
after the cake is cut, is planted by
the bride in a ritualistic fashion.
Many girls are married under cedar
trees planted by their mothers.
Departing from Miami by
stratoclipper for his tour to pro-
mote understanding between the
Americas through theatrical arts,
Douglas Fairbanks, jr., had this
itinerary: April "a. Port of Spain,
Trinidad-Belem, Brazil; April 25,
Belem-Rio de JaneirA; May 10, Rio
Porto Allegro, Brazil; May II, Porto
Allegro -BuenoS Aires, Argentine;
June 2, B. A.-Santiago. Chile; then,
no date scheduled, Santiago-Lima,
Peru; June %. ma-Quito, Ecuador
Cali, Colombia; June 26 Balboa
Miami.
bIlGlSll SOlulllUld y lOul 1oC III
dustry received bad news when the
owners of the famed Butchart's
Gardens in Victoria announced that
i'll health had forced them to re-
linquish responsibility for lnkeep of
the showplace and that visitors
would not be admitted. Other ar
rangements, however, were made to
keep the gardens open in 194l, and
they remain q must" on tours to
that region.
Canada will observe Dominion
Day July l. And at the same time,
the bass fishing season opens in
Quebec
Quaint and unusual scenes, plus
traditionally good weather and
bright light, make the Bahamas a
favorite spot for amateur and ex-
pert photographers. Stanley Too
good, whose pictures of the isles
are widely published, recommends
a speed of 100 at So for average
picture taking at Nassau.
Many a globe -trotter includes the
scene of the twin peaks of Popo-
catepelt and Ixtacchihuall from
Puebla, Mexico, among the &c
most impressive views" of the
world.
Dean of all the summer theaters
from the standpoint of continuous
operation, is the Lakewood Sum-
mer Theater at Skowhegan, Me
This summer it will open it's 41st
consecutive season.
America laughed at the wacky
idea when some Miami residents
attempting to get away from il
ALL" began to build lodges on piles
driven into Biscayne Bays bottom
IL miles from dry land. But the
scheme caught on, and now there
are more than a dozen huts built
over feet of water. Fishing, rest
ing, knitting and reading are the
diversions, uninterrupted by jang-
ling telephones, raucous auto horns
the whirr of lawn mowers, the
rustic of leaves. But now a novelty
has been added to the colony ir
| the form of a barge that is pre-.
sented as the Swan Club. It Is ar
ambitious layout, with a clubhouse
room, go by 20 feet; an adjoining
dining room, built on stills ano
| featuring a catch your seafooc
dinner" menu; yacht landing, 6
gaming room and bar and refresh.
ment section. A swank sundeck top:
the roof.
In New Orleans Jackson Square
is varied collection of plants anc
trees, including sweet olive, crepe
myrtle. red pomegranate. the tropi.
| cal Hibiscus and, historically i'm
portant, a tall elm transplanteo
from Mount Vernon by the Daugh.
ters of 1872.
Sleeping cars are being carried
by the Silver Meteor to Florida
effective today. Pullmans include
sections, compartments, drawing
rooms and bedrooms.
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