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Show OLD-WORL- CITY D OF MUCH CILRM Sunny Oporto Draw Tour isti to Portugal. bride, IhllliTa of Ijincnster, daughter of John of Gaunt. A warm friendship, exemplified during the World war, lias ever since existed between Englund and Portugal. Among the five sons born to Joho and Ililllppa was the prince known as llenry the Navigator, Columbus studied "Christopher Few people realize that Portugal, llie moat ancient of tba actual colonising countries of Europe, still rules the third largest colonial empire. Only England and France possess wore outlying domain. To call attention to the resource and development of Portugal's square miles of colonies In Africa and A sin, 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 city of Portugal to outsiders, because It has given Its name to port wine, one of the nation's chief exports," says a bulletin from the Washington headquarters of the National Geo"Oporto' means graphic society. The Harbor In Portuguese, but its The Harbor In Portuguese, but to Its residents the city Is simply Por- i o ?vS which bring the barrels of wine downstream to warehouses in Villa Nova de Gala are tint bottomed, to lilts over slmiils and around saml-ImrThey are most picturesque, with a prow and one huge, square sail, bellying in tint wind like those used on the earliest tyiw of Phoenician craft. When the navigation ta Oiorto, on his way from Spanish (hi Hein, wliere his boy. hood was spent, to I.Ubou; but he was little known In those days and Is not In the tile picture. "The rlnes which produce the port wine graiies are not grown near Oporto, but about sixty miles up the Douro valley. The sailing boats x. spoon-shape- bents are bound upstream, long, heavy siles arc employed, and progress Hgainst the current Is ncldeved by main strength, "Beside the wine earrliTS on the lower Ihmro are gomlolii-Hk- e bouts with graceful lateen sails, an Inheritance from the Moors; and narrow bouts, high In prow and stern, like the ancient Grecian galleys. A book lie written oil the st rungs craft to lie seen In Portuguese could His Hessy Ob What Is s gnnpte? An 'ouse, sir. Answers May- - Teacher Boy axlqc. .a :iM JS'Ws '& .. f. V .W i U3C,-1K- SAFEST TIRES in the WORLD! to. rainbow-tinte"Oporto's buildings terrace the slopes ef a cliff on one side of the Douro river gorge. On the opposite side of the canyon is the town of Villa Nova de Gala, where the port wine warehouses are located. Two magnificent bridges span the deep gorge. "There are three rival views. One Is from the Dorn Luis bridge,. looking up at the city on the heights and down on the busy wuterfrout by the chocolate-coloreriver, wliere quulnt sailing craft and modern freighter meet Another view is from the heights down on the granite gorge of the Douro. A third, from the Rlbelra, or river road, bos an unbelievably picturesque background of steep streets and tall, narrow houses with projecting gables and colored tile facades. "Built Into the wall at the foot of the cliff are all manner of little booths patronised by longshoremen. The river road, which Is always thronged,- Is the photographer's MecHere are the bullock carts ca. awaiting their loads; here the human carriers, men bearing burdens d baskets on their In shoulders and women carrying everything Imaginable on their heads, from a load of slate slabs or a basket piled high with codfish to a baby asleep In a cradle. The load Is balanced on a little circular pad resembling s hard pincushion. Tn Lisbon the ox cart hois practically disappeared, but In Oporto It holds Its own beside the automobile .and the electric tram. -- The rural singing carts,' whose creaking is heard from afar, however, are unknown In the dUes, where such sounds are unlawful, and the wheels are kept 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 Mlnho district Is here replaced by a small, flat, circular, black velvet hat Men, with baskets slung from the ends of poles, trot the streets, selling fruit and vegetables. "The homes of the middle class are one-floapartments In tall downtown bouses, but the wealthy citt-aelive In the suburbs, where their ornate homes are half hidden behind trees and flowering shrubs, the gardens enclosed within high stone walla. In no other city save Rio de Janeiro Is there such a satisfactory sight-seein-g train Bystem. Twenty different lines come Into the Iraca da Libcrdnde. Each car bears a number, and a little book with a map gives its Itinerary. You ran ride to t lie rivers mouth, up the coast to Lelxncs, where the ocean liners dock, and back to town through the residential section, or across the bridge ever the Douro to Villa Nova de tile-roof- PRICES REMARKABLY LOW! PROOF of SAFETY : 5?r-- TWO BREATH-TAKIN- d SAME TRACK- ENDURANCE RUNS ON G -A DRAMATIC COMPARISON OF SAFETY! READ BOTH LETTERS BELOW! iS Tiie proof. of leadership is performance! Many claim il, but Firestone proves it. Never before have tires withstood such severe, continuous, grinding torture, breaking 77 records for 3,000 consecutive miles at 127.2 miles an hour. Not a d cord loosened, not a tread separated, not one blowout. . 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Buy them this week before prices go higher. s,s.ar s :. 55 ruffes sgsr-srss laa of ,a g, s SitfFeSSSs' fit iBton a ttx0B&hs5 eat bestow went S?in b fecUcnW nai.ij,, ever bst cotaiosj 07tho. stay h 7 01 seeing reGS y Xak. short ' E.rr. WILBUR SHAW Sincerely y0urs. cut .. rlci la re, 2. Catiocaiie?CB-aotar- .r Gala. "In the business district there are shop windows filled with the attractive gold and slM-- r filigree Jewelry manufactured In and near 0orto. The finest example of the silversmiths art Is In a chapel of the old cathedral, where the altar, tabernacle, reredo, and plate nre entirely of silver, a century's work of I'ovtuguese artists. "The Inner walla of the railroad station are covered with historic totaling In blue and white glazed tiles. 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