Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24
By Jacques FutreIIe, Jr.
The Stor's Travel Editor

.Keenly awaited since the war
has been the return Of Dutch ships
to New York for cruises into
southern waters. Those vacationers
who recalled the good old days" of
the 1930s felt their absence
throughout 1916, when unquench-
able rumors told them Holland
American liners would be back
soon" That day never dawned
last year, and only now is 1t prom
last year, and only now is it prom
ised officially by the line itself for
next December.
For years before 1899, ships
operated by a number of foreign
lines added to their popularity in
winter, when traffic to Europe fell
off, by taking chilled Americans
into sunny Caribbean area waters.
There was a foreign touch" the
cruise fans liked on these ships,
usually excellent service and new,
delightful dishes. Holland Ameri-
can liners were favored by many.
Now they will return. The Nieuw
Amsterdam and the Veendam are
scheduled to make one cruise each
from New York in December. The
first is scheduled December S, when
the Nieuw Amsterdam sails to touch
such longtime favored spots as st.
Thomas, Virgin Island; Curacao;
LaGuaira, Venezuela, and Havana.
The ship returns to New York
December II. The Veendam leaves
December II on a 13-day cruise
over practically the same route,
but skips Havana.
The Nieuw Amsterdam, flagship
of the fleet, will make one trans
Atlantic prior to the cruise, after
which she is scheduled to resume
her European run.
Millions Of American tourists owe
to lighting engineers the fact that
in their travels they have looked
upon some of natures more beauti-
full and spectacular scenes. While
such vast areas as the Grand Can
Won are likely to remain forever
daytime shows" illumination OF
many attractions of national or 10
cal fame dovetails nicely with the
hop skip Jump schedule of tourists,
who, with limited vacation time at
their disposal, explore different Sec
lions of America each year.
Two prominent examples are found
- yy,~,;,.;o yNyift,it, thu y,ooropy-1y of
older travellers was the day when
Natural Bridge required a daylight
visit, and the caverns in the Shen-
andoah area were seen by Pickering
torchlights in the hands of guides.
Floodlights and spotlights, placed
strategic points, now dramatic the
beauty of the caverns, and the own
ers of Natural Bridge not too many
years ago fashioned a performance"
with music synchronized to the
playing of lights on the stone arch.
Knowing that they now can see
Natural Bridge after dark, motorists
can work out a schedule of a late
arrival and an early start. Day.
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and seeing more.
Americas latest spectacle to be
geared to after dusk visitors by IL
Elimination is in the Pixies Peak re-
gion Of Colorado. Seven Falls and
South Cheyenne Canyon now are
under lights"
The project Of offering the falls
and canyon to nightly inspection
was begun last summer, shortly after
the 1,400-acre scenic area was pur-
chased by A. G. Hill, Dallas (Texo
Gilman. Eighty large floodlights and
more than 1000 small spotlights
were installed to bring out the
beauty of the canyon and falls,
where the water tumbles 266 feet
in seven separate Jumps" The pool
at the base of the falls is lighted
by eight underwater lights, and its
waters are clear enough to see rain
bow trout gliding about.
The canyon, about l mile long,
is of the box" or dead-end type,
with pink granite walls rising more
than 1000 feet. For more than IA
years. such rock formations as the