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Show LEH1 FREE PRESS, LEIII, UTAH fJ T "IT? 1TTTPTT J.UULJ1. jr ' bride, Phllipp of Lancaster, PTTV VjI 11 ter of John of Gaunt A warm exemplified during the PIT A "RAT friendship, world war. haa ever since existed XUCiTtl Ti Y KjIXLiLf navigation In Oporto, on his way from Spanish Galicla, here bis boyhood was spent, to Lisbon; but he was little known la those days and is not In the tile picture. The Tines which produce the port wine grapes are not grown near Oporto, but about 6ixty miles up the Douro t alley. The sailing boats danch-JLtU- t and Portugal. between England Among the fire soni born to Joao and PhlUppa waa the prince known as Henry the Navigator. Columbus studied "Christopher Tourunny Oporto Draws ists to Portugal boats are boond upstream, long, heavy poles are employed, and progress against the current la achieved by main strength. "Beside the wine carriers on the boats lower Douro are gondola-lik- e with graceful lateen sails, an Inheritance from the Moors; and narrow boats, high In prow and stern, like which bring the barrels of wine downstream to warehouses In Villa to Nova de Gala are pr.ss over shoals and around sand-l.arThey are most picturesque, with a spoon-shapeprow and one huge, square sail, bellying tn the wind like those need on the earliest type of Phoenician craft When the a. d the ancient Grecian galleys. A book could be written on the strange craft to be seen In Portuguese wa ters." Teacher Haa Heuy Oao What is a gnome? sir. Answers Map An 'ouse, Hoy azlne. Few people realize that Portugal, colothe most ancient of the actual 6'dll rules of Europe, countries nising the third largest colonial empire. Only England and France possess more outlying domain. To call attention to the resources 330,-6- 4 nd development of Portugal's AfriIn colonies of square miles ca and Asia, a national colonial exhibition was held In Oporto from June until September. Although second in population and Importance to Lisbon, the capital. Oporto Is the best known cityit of Portugal to outsiders, because has given Its name to port wine, one of the nation's chief exports," says a bulletin from the Washington Geoheadquarters of the National means graphic society. "'Oporto' The narbor In Portuguese, but its The Harbor in Portuguese, but'Por-to Its residents the city Is simply to.' d , rainbow-tinted"Oporto's buildings terrace the slopes of a cliff on one side of the Douro river gorge. On tlie opposite side of Nova the canyon is the town of Villa warede Gala, where the port wine houses are located. Two magnificent bridges span the deep gorge. "There are three rival views. One la from the Dom Luiz bridge, lookand ing up at the city on the heights the by waterfront on the busy down chocolate-colore- d river, where quaint modern freighter and craft sailing meet Another view Is from the heights down on the granite gorge of the Douro. A third, from the Kibeira, or river road, has an unbeof lievably picturesque background houses narrow and tall, streets eteep with projecting gables and colored tile facades. "Built into the wall at the foot of the cliff are all manner of little booths patronized by longshoremen. The river road, which is always Mecthronged, is the photographer's Here are the bullock carts ca. thfilr loads: here the hu- loan carriers, men bearing burdens baskets on tneir In women nnd carrying every chnnifiprs thing imaginable on their heads, from a load of slate siaos or a fcnfii.-o- t nilpd hlch with codfish to a fcniiw iwn in a cradle. The load Is balanced on a little circular pad respmbllne a hard pincushion. Tn Lisbon the ox cart has practically disappeared, but in Oporto it holds its own beside the automobile nnd the electric tram. The rural Is singing carts, whose creaking unare from however, heard afar, known in the cities, where such sounds are unlawful, and the wheels bta kpnt well oiled. "On street corners women sell freshly boiled shellfish, which are as popular as peanuts with us. The bright handkerchief worn over the woman's head in the Minho district la hprp rpnlaced by a small, flat cir cular, black velvet hat Men, with fensfcpts shine from the ends of poles. the streets, sellinz fruit and vegetables. ' ThP homes of the middle class r are apartments In tall down town houses, but the wealthy citi zens live In the suburbs, where their ornate homes are half hidden behind trees and flowering shrubs, the gar dona enclosed within high stone walls. "in no other city save Rio de Janeiro is there such a satisfactory tram system. Twenty tight-seeindifferent lines come into the Praca Each car bears a ria T.iherrtnrte. nnmber. and a little book with a map rives its Itinerary. You can ride to the river's mouth, up the coast to telxoes, where the ocean liners fiocK, and hack to town through the rest dential section, or across the bridge r thp ronro to Villa Nova de (Jala. "In the business district there are shop windows filled with the attractive gold and silver filigree Jewelry manufactured tn and near Oporto. The finest example of the silver smith's art Is In a chapel of the old cathedral, where the altar, taber- tiapIp reredos. and nlate are entire ly of silver, a century's work of Portuguese artists. "The Inner walls of the railroad station are covered with historic paintings In blue and white glazed tiles. 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