Show SPANIARD TElLS OF i I BEAUTIFUL ISLE i OF MAJORCA Ten hours out from continental Spain fairly fast and quite comfortable on a a. little archipelago the archipelago the BalearIc Ba- Ba steamer Islands whose Islands lies ti a whose whose largest island i called Majorca is perhaps the most Mallorca or perhaps most enchanting corner one of ot the most Interesting in- in an and pleasing as as- wel las one of most forgotten islands of ot the the I the beauties is aSean An account the of ot its is summarized from the description of an Colonel Ernesto do de March but y eyewitness feBa Spanish a army In a bulletin bul- bul dc the National Geographic society lean letin n of writer called It and n painter great P A of Calm f for there even one the Island talks walks and conducts moves rests as If the day had tort forty this I hi courtships mile m-lo about feet teet eight hours the tle of f human human life lito years years so soby nn and the span do they make In living living- living and andI haste little article One the ar I enjoying life lite noble says sas family Is said to toj ot of I Mallorquin in determining deter deter- j have waited wafted f rt sweetheart sweetheart years s to the altar mining to lead his without from her and Uth anion with no protest in exasperation by his been slain having mother In during the latter part ot of fast summer In thermometer deton de- de July when the stood around 90 degrees de- de ton and New York and in Madrid ran to grees ees in the shade fan fanned these island heat the breeze blood folk roll to the tune of ot 76 degrees NATURE OF TERRAIN extremely the island is The y surface inns or of admirably cultivated cultivated lands varied The flat feat almost entirely wIth covered and almond and olive trees o orange lemon to spread out beyond feet high Upon the sides of these Peaks snug little villages seem to hang Like LlIe I many of oC the Mediterranean Islands whose names are suggestive of or mythological lore Mallorca's l littoral especially that extending from to Pollensa and from Seller Solier to the extremity of oC 1 Tormentor For For- mentor is indeed picturesque The natural natural natural nat nat- ural beauty of ot its huge cliffs seeming to be untouched by bv both wave and cloud at the same moment is Inspiring awe-Inspiring and mysterious Nor Js is js this wonderful island an Impractical Impractical Im im- Im- Im practical place to spend a few Cew months There are about miles of railroads on the island and a system of ot local roads which permit of a travelers traveler's visiting visiting visiting visit visit- ing many of the chief chic points of ot Interest with ease and comfort These people who take life so leisurely leisure leisure- ly are not laz lazy shiftless or unpleasant In personal appearance or manner The They are intelligent honest capable of ot work worl sober and economical These characteristics characteristics characteristics character character- preserved throughout centuries of uninterrupted peace and tranquility have ha made them peaceable trusting and home loving The men are of at medium height strong and agile They have competed brilliantly In many of ot the championship sporting events held In Spain and wherever wherever wherever ever they have gone on the continent their undertakings have been marked with success And as for tor the women Colonel l In writing of or them says BEAUTIFUL WOMEN They possess SS the same lovely skin as the women of North America features as 31 If sculptured by Phidias or I and they walk wall like goddesses But he laments in the next breath that they know nothing of or the JO Joy of livingS due partially to ancestral Arabic Arable Influences I and to the tho fact that their island has for forko foro fco ko o long Ion been under I strict religious sion He calls Mallorca Mallor 1 the loveliest I cage on the planet Its wonderful Intelligent intelligent Intel Intel- e ta and gracious women O b being ing g as bored ed I as s 1 I a harem e without o a s sultan t Like many of the regions and cities of ot Italy thi this Island of the Balearic group lost amid the waters of the Mediterranean l ean has many interesting treasures In Inart inart art history archaeology and architecture ture Its cathedral and the palaces of ot some of the nobility are truly enchanting And an Important all feature the feature the cost of ot living is cheap in Mallorca Who would not be astonished to know that he could become a member of ot the Royal Roal Club of ot Regattas fully and comfortably equipped for about 20 cents a a. month In dues Though prices have risen here as elsewhere during the war the Spanish colonel says that It Is the spot of ot all J Europe and America where one could have lived the most reasonably during these last five years ears The Balearic group belonging to Spain consists of five main islands and several islets It Is ruled as a military district but the mother country has been wise enough to recruit the tho soldiers she needed for tor discipline from among the islanders themselves thus Insuring a satisfactory satisfactory sat sat- rule I |