Evening star., 1950-09-17

First Of the four Mauretanic
cruises leaves New York on
January Is. This 13-day trip will
visit Nassau, Kingston. La Guaira,
Curacao and Havana. Following
this are two 18-day trips, the
first leaving February and eX-
tending to st. Thomas, Marti-
nique, Barbados. Grenada, La
Guaira. Curacao. Cristobal, Kings
ton. Havana: the second leaving
February "a for St. Thomas,
Martinique, Port Of Spain,
Grenada, La Guaira, Curacao,
Cristobal, Port-au-Prince and
Havana. The final cruise of the
season will be of IA days duration.
starting March IT, with calls at
Port-au-Prince, Curacao, La
Guaira, Havana and Nassau.
Shlpboard activity and diver
SionS on the cruises will include
first-run movies, Broadway talent
and dances. Shore excursions are
being arranged at the more in
teresting ports Of call.
Europa Cruises-Another trans
Atlantic vessel, the Europa, will
enter the cruise field in Novem-
ber with a series of nine-day and
l2-day trips to Nassau and Haiti.
Efforts to keep the price low have
brought the fare and United
States transportation tax total
down to about $22 a day.
The nine-day cruises permit
full day ashore at both Nassau
and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. allow
ing time sightseeing. shopping and
other shore activities. The H.
day cruises add a halliday in
Haiti, allow a full day and a half
in Kingston. Jamaica. in addi-
ton to the day in Nassau.
SailingS from New York are No.
vember 8 and %, December 8 and
%. January 5 and %, February 2
and Is, March Q and 80.
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Direct to Jamaica-Since 1919,
Colombia has operated an airline
1t now calls, "the oldest airline in
the Americas" It's proper name
is Aerovias Nacionales de Colon
bia. S. A., but usually 1t is called
Avianca.
The line comes to further atten-
tion this week end by inaugurating
new service into the Caribbean.
Tomorrow at l am. one of its
four-engine Douglas ships will take
off from New York to start once
a-week. nonstop service to ia
maica. The round-trip fare is
pegged at $185.80.
Under ordinary circumstances,
the Washingtonian flying to any
of the Caribbean points finds it
cheaper to go South from National
Airport to Miami, then take a
plane to any of the vacation islands
he prefers. But a New York de-
parture and return might serve
some particular purpose and is
handy to know about.
In trying out the fight, the
WaShingtonian can save enough
money for tips by not buying a
Washington-New York round trip
air ticket here. Buy a Washing
ton-New York single fare; then
buy the New York to- Washington
return ticket in Jamaica.
II
Late Season Hotels-No one
ever expected summer resorts, es-
pecially along the Atlantic shore,
to break entirely with the tradi-
ton that Labor Day is the time
to send guests home. What the
theory of extending the summer
season into the late fall has &C
complished is to make at least an
adequate number of accommoda-
tionS available to those vacation
ers who must, or who prefer, to
take their yearly vacations in Sep
/ tember or October.
From the Manteo-Nags Head
On. c. region, the word is that
some facilities not only will be
open to visitors during the fall
but through the hunting season
and the entire winter.
The Carolinian has remained
open the year around since it