Evening star., 1947-04-06
raveIer, Notebook
By Jacques Futrelle. J
The Stars Trovsi Editor

require their capable services"
Bermuda claims more churches
per square mile than any other
country in the world. There are
40 of them in her 201a square miles.
The islands have no gambling casi-
nos and no night clubs" IN the
accepted sense of the word.
Laundry Is a vexing problem In
England. Laundering generally
takes two to three weeks, and the
visitor Is advised to take sufncient
clothing to tide over this time span.
Round -the-world bookings aboard
American President liners President
Monroe and President Polk are open
to pleasure travellers again. The
trick is to get reservations. Bookings
are being made on q ration basis,
agents having been asked to conf1ne
their sales to one passenger or one
couple from each State, per ship
The ayowed object OF this plan is
to spread the space over as wide
geographical area as possible. Pas
sengers making the complete cir
RECOMMENDATION without stop-oyer
are expected to experience little
difficulty In obtaining passports, the
company states. The Monroe and
the Polk call at 23 ports in IA coun-
tries-San Francisco, Honolulu,
Yokohama, Kobe, Shanghai, Hong
Kong, Manila, Singapore. Penang,
Colombo, Bombay, Suez, Port Said,
Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Mar
settles, New York, Boston. Havana,
Cristobal, Balboa and Los Angeles.
United Airlines' superintendent OF
dining service estimates that more
than 3,300,000 meals will be served
aloft in 1947.
Canada, anticipating heavy va
cation influx this summer, already Is
warning Americans to make their
reservations early. The capacity of
Canadian hotels and tourist estab-
lishments is not much greater than
it was last year, according to ]. H.
Fountain, public relations man for
the Canadian National Railways.
Mr.. Fountain reports that sports
mems camps, particularly those off
the beaten track, already have begun
to book parties for the 1947 fall
season. He also reports the season
dates on several of the better-known
Canadian National summer resorts:
Jasper Park Lodge, in the heart OF
the Canadian Rockies, will be open
from June Is to September Is this
year; Minaki Lodge in Ontario's
Lake of the Woods district, June 20
to September /; Pictou Lodge In
Nova Scotia, June 28 to Septem-
Der 2; Maligne Lake Chalet,
Medicine Lake Chalet and Tonquin
Valley Camp. Canadian Rockies,
July to August 81 and Shovel Pass
Camp in Jasper National Park,
July 10 to August 81.
X II II
The Grand Canyon is 217 miles
long. However, only 105 miles of
it are included In Grand Canyon
Park.
The French Line has scheduled It's
we'll known prewar liner, the De
Grasse, for transatlantic service In
July. She will have a carrying
of III passengers, with 357
berths in first class and 354 berths
in cabin class. '..
More than 100000 persons visited
the Caverns OF Luray, Va, In 1916.
Polling its members, the American
Association recently re-
ported the average rnotorist spent
1886 on his highway vacation trip
in 1916. "The average vacation time
was 16 days and the length OF the
representative vacation was 1857
miles," the motoring club reported.
"As to overnight accommod odations,
IS per cent of the motorists used a
combination of hotels and motor
courts or tourist homes en- route; rs
per cent used hotels exclusively, rs
per cent chose motor courts, while
IA per cent stayed at tourist homes"
Resort Airlines is to institute New
York Washington Pinehurst, N. G.
service over week ends. Twenty
Douglas DC-3 aircraft will
leave La Guardia Field on Saturday
Sunday and Monday mornings and
stop for Washington passengers en-
route, arriving at Pinehurst in time
for luncheon. Northbound planes
will leave Resort Field everS Friday.
Saturday and Sunday afternoon
under the announced schedule, stop