Evening star., 1951-01-14

ury liner sailed from New YORK
January 5 on world cruise. The
vessel was the Cunard Lines Ca
ronia, and it carried more than
200 passengers. Others will be
picked up in calls at Long Beach,
Calf. on Thursday. en- route to
Honolulu, and still others will
board at Australia. The passenger
list included several who made
world cruises in the famous Fran
coma, before the war. The Caronia
will be gone about four months
and call at 80 ports on a $4,000
mile voyage.
Nassaus winter season has gone
into high gear, what with racing
and the reopening of the various
night spots. The British Colonial
Hotels Garden Grill came to life
December 81 with a New Years
eve party. Dancing is to the 10
piece orchestra of Eric LANCER.
Jack Harris and his band are play
ing at the Jungle Club. on the
grounds of the Fort Montagu
Beach Hotel. Star of the show is
Marion Harris, from London S
Embassy Club. The Royal Vic
toria Hotel is Offering two orches-
tras-Frank Fonda's S musicians and
a native group putting out calypso
tunes and ditties
The Southwest Florida city of
Fort Myers is planning its most
lavish celebration of the Edison
Pageant of Light on February 10
I1S.
Totally destroyed during the
war was Italy's Neapolitan land
mark Of more than 10 years, the
Nuova Bella Napoli Restaurant
Rebuilt and recently opened, it is
located at 10 Piazza Garibaldi.
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SEEN yer ee-The Seigniory
Club. exclusive and luxurious va
cation retreat on the north shore
of the Ottawa River, in Canda S
Province OF Quebec, has been
known in the past as LII
cerne in Quebec" The pres
ent name has led to some
odd pronunciations. among them
Sinory. Scenery. Signory. Saynory
and even Seniority. The varia-
tions, spoken or written. are noted
in the clubs booklet. which then
says the proper way to say it is
SEEN-yer-ee. with the accent on
the SEEN.
About 20 miles uorth of Santa
Fe. N. Mex. is the colorful San
Ildefonso Pueblo. With primitive
pomp. Indians Of the pueblo will
perform the famed Buffalo dance
there on January %. Visitors are
welcome. and many return year
after year to see the ceremonial
of supplication to the ancient gods
to assure good hunting.
Unde ra oW-clearance direc-
tive of Prime Minister Maurice
DuplesSis, motorists travelling to
winter sports centers in the Prov
ince Of Quebec can expect to find
cleared highways this winter.
More than So million has been
earmarked to make 2.195 miles of
main highways and $500 miles Of
regional roads passable and safe.
All main roads leading to primary
winter sports areas, including the
LaurentianS, north of Montreal:
the eastern townships in the Sher-
brooke area and the ski centers of
Valcartier, Las BEAUFORT and
Mount Ste. Anne, located in the
mountainous section extending
from Montreal to Quebec City,
will be kept in summer condi-
ton" under the program.
White SlOpes-With the East S
ski areas awaiting ski-able snow,
Idaho's Sun Valley already is 'in
the white" has been for some
time. A recent report to the local
office of the Union Pacific Rail
road says: Top Badly Mountin,
Is inches new snow, over "a inches
of OLD. Roundhouse, 13 powder, "a
old. Dollar Mountain, II new, 13
old. Valley floor, 10. Skiing eX-
cellent."
The 14th annual silver sailfish
derby of Palm Beach and West
Palm Beach, Fla, opens Tuesday,
under the auspices of the West
Palm Beach Fishing Club. It will
continue until February 9, with
special daily prizes and, as CHI
max, major awards.
To smooth the path of the trav-
eler in Austria, conductors on the
federal railways are being given
intense and comprehensive lessons
in English. Most of them know
enough of the language to answer
routine queries, but the extra
knowledge will fit them for advis-
ing passengers on the ms and outs
of touring the country.
With about $25 million in post
war building, Florida's Daytona
Beach now can house a vacation
population about equal to the
number of permanent residents
Expansion of facilities brings the
total number of hotels to 81, in
addition to 403 apartment houses
IS beach cottage colonies, 1853 mo-
tor courts and trailer parks for
602 housekeeping vehicles. Com
bined facilities can care for 8,00C
vacationers at one time.
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Easter in Hawaii-A 21-day
Easter cruise tour to Hawaii i!
one of the more interesting trave
packages now being offered. Tht