Evening star., 1941-08-24

drinks iced. They stick to the famed
tea hour, but usually serve coffee.
The beach at Ocean City, Md, is
so formed that rollers instead of a
chop come in from the sea-and the
result is the formation of an in
formal club of ''wave riders" Bill
West, beach patrolman, organized
| the group, but insists that none be
admitted who try to qualify on surf
mats.
A poll of Transcontinental and
Western air vacation travellers
showed that rs per cent chose the
route primarily to see the Grand
Canyon from the air. T. W. A. is
the only line flying over the canyon.
Another poll, conducted by a Chi
cago manufacturer, revealed that
the favorite recreation of 40 per cent
of girls and boys queried was travel
and 81 per cent of these specified
air travel. The QUESTIONABLE was
sent to children in varying income
brackets.
Queen of the Pendleton (Ore.) 32d
annual roundup will be the vivacious
Miss Maxine McCurdy, 20. who
owned her first horse when she was
6, and who now owns four. Five
thousand Indians and whites, in
their native and pioneer costumes,
will stage a Westward Ho parade
as a part of the famous spectacle.
to be held September 10-13.
Every girl who has at one time
reigned as queen of an event, from
goober festivals to pulchritude, is
eligible to compete in the Long
Beach (Calif) Queen of Queens"
contest, September 81.
Members Of the Caicaras Club in
Rio de Janeiro got away from it
all" by building its clubhouse on a
bit of land surrounded by lagoon.
A raft, manned by native, supplies
transportation.
DISSEMINATING at Vera Cruz en-
route to Mexico City, the traveller
boards a train which in 264 miles
carries him 7,348 feet above the sea-
port.
Heroic flags are given honorable
discharges and retired from hazard
Gus posts in the London "blitZ." One
such banner is now on display at
the New York Office of the British
Railways. 1t flew over historic
Waterloo Station when the Battle
for England" began last year and
braved some pretty serious mo-
ments." Earlier this year it was
retired and sent to live in America S
dubious peace.
Rising from what was once q
coffee plantation in the outskirts
OF Caracas, Venezuela, is a hotel
that its builders claim will be the
most modern in South America.
| Containing $50 guest rooms. 1t will
represent an investment of about
81 200 900 when completed.
A favorite diversion at Old Point
Comfort, Va. these DAYS is search
light party" Guests sit on the
marine roof of the Chamberlin
Hotel and watch the powerful beams
from Fort Monroe stab the skies to
| find enemy" planes. The search
light drills are held several nights
each week.
First white man known to have
climbed mile high Whiteface Noun
tain, in the Adirondacks, was John
Richards. surveyor. He accom-
plished the feat, as no doubt In
dians had done before him, in 1914.
~
Pan American clippers depart from
their Miami base these days at the
rate of So a week There are six
to Nassau. % to Havana. three to
Barranquilla, eight to San Juan
and the South American East Coast,
three to Cristobal and the South
American West Coast. three to
Merida, Mexico, and one to Mara
caibo.
Argentina's famous park, Manuel
Huapi, is named from the Indian
words. meaning Island of the Tiger"
The tiger" refers to the tribe that
lived for centuries in the scenic
area.
Californians have been keeping
weather eye on the Mission San
Juan Capistrano, where for 73 years
great fiocks of swallows arrived
promptly on March 10. st. Joseph's
day, and departed when the calendar
showed the day to be October %.
the feast dav of San Juan. for whom
the mission was named. Some con-
sternation occurred in 1899. when
the swallows moved up the date and
departed on August 9. In 1910, they
picked another, and earlier date to
leave-July 16 The event is sched-
uled for october % again on the
California calendar, but it is marked
to