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Show i Trinidad Isle CARIBBIAH Make This Useful Bag on a Hanger Lies Quietly In Caribbean ADVeNTURERS CLUB v If V 9? HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF! by Columbus, The island of Trinidad lies Land Now Belongs to icithin sight of South AmerGreat Britain ica's nation of Venezuela , in PrfOired by National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C. WNU Service. the southern reaches of the Caribbean sea. ' Vr V? V 'V Murder Ship . Columbus discovered white cotton, young girls and boys dad in 1498, on his third voy- playing all clatter under the trees age to the New World. In a while the air is cool and the world It will not be the same at letter to Ferdinand and Isa- good. noon. Hello Trini- he explains why it was A sailor named Trinity: to went up to the main-to- p look out and to the westward saw three mountains near one These peaks, loanother. cally known as the Three Sisters, officially are Trinity bella, e City hills. the islands the explorer Sailing along southern coast, i ft 1 irmliW l J Suo- - saw lands as lovely and as green as the orchards of Valencia in March. After crossing the Gulf of Paria, he turned westward along the coast of what is now Venezuela. This shore he termed the most lovely in the world. 2 i 1 rN AS 3 'ABIg rona S te City Convinced that the "earthly paradise of the ancient philosophers somewhere in these newly discovered regions, the admiral later petitioned his sovereigns for authority to explore further, but his proposed expedition was never carried out. Across the gulf, dimly, Columbus saw the hills of the South American continent rolling away in recurrent waves. Dismissing them as another island, he set around lay Trinidad, superficially, seems the reverse of an ant heap, for its activity shows best at the surface, the veneer of the water front. You stand by the cranes where cargo is fed into the maws of omnivorous tenders and come to the conclusion that the island is crudely modern. The coconut Is one of the faces. Out of the palm groves, mile after mile of them, come millions of coco-- " nuts a year. Many of them are turned into copra, which is the dried broken meat of the coconut. In some regions of the island you see East Indians working in the flooded fuzzy-greeareas of rice fields, their legs bare, their heads shielded under big hats, their whole aspect suggestive of the Orient. But rice is rare. Mile after mile of sugar cane rolls down from the mounand high. Water tains, buffaloes work in these fields at cutting times. You happen upon a group of women who are chopping stalks into small sections. n pale-gree- n They plant these, says your guide. After a while another sugar cane grows out of each section. They get about five new sugar canes out of each old stalk." X ' ' '4; 4 Charley had been working there for a sugar concern in La Romans, for about six months. He was off on a weeks vacation in Santo Domingo City when orders came transferring him to Barahona, in the same country, where a new project was being started. Each land has its own Yuletide customs. Above, at New York's Rockefeller Center, carolers sing Books 00. nightly before Christmas. In the Italian Alps, right, children pray before a shrine. Passage on Sailing Vessel. At about that time a strike in the steamship industry had tied up all the boats. Charley was told that there wouldnt be a steamer sailing for Barahona for three weeks. There are darned few railroads or motor roads In the Dominican Republic, and none of them went where Charley wanted to go. It was a boat or nothing. So Charley did the only other thing he could do. He strolled down to the waterfront and booked a passage on a sailing vessel which was leaving port that night. It was supposed to be an overnight trip. Charley had heard strange tales about these sailing packets, so he left his belongings behind to be shipped by freight. With two guns in his pockets and a round of fi -, ammunition under his shirt he walked aboard the vessel. It was pitch Use Weapons Craftily. The cane workers wield their maRaleigh Burned City. chetes with consummate skill. They In 1595 Sir Walter Raleigh came are predominantly East Indians. to Trinidad, on his way to El DoTrinidad is crowded with East Inrado, which had been located bedians; about a third of its population yond question in the upper regions belongs to that race. After slavof the Orinoco. Being of a milit- ery was abolished in the island, ary mind, and knowing the danger they were brought over from India of a hostile city at his rear, he between 1845 and 1917, under a sysburned the Spanish capital. He tem of indenture, to work on the t1 for Irocere h b home. Above, dressed costumes, Polish children stage scenes from biblical lore and sing religious songs, serenading villager's homes. I dark. His bed the only accommodation the boat afforded was a common wooden box placed on deck. Charley sat down on the box and watched the boat glide out of the harbor. They had barely reached the ocean when a storm blew up. Dark shadows began rising from the deck. There were 40 Haitian natives, also bound for Barahona. It was then that Charley discovered he was the only white man on the boat and the natives of those parts have been known to kill a white man for his shoes. The storm was now knocking the little sailing Scared? says craft around with all the fury of a tropic cyclone. I was ossified." The captain himself was jet black, but I Charley. slipped him ten dollars for protection. He offered me the hospitality of The odor of it damned near killed me. It was crawling his cabin. with bedbugs and roaches and alive with rats and mice. When I awoke next morning I was really sick from sleeping there, but it was a safer bet than sleeping outside. That morning there wasnt a breath of air stirring. The captain had bad news for Charley when he awoke. The ship had been blown ten miles off its course and the steering gear was out of commission. The captain was depending entirely on the wind. If they waited long enough it wouti eventually blow them to Bara- ,, PhU hi ft VI q Lv I CSpif A' . . i la At tropical Cairo, in Egypt, European visitors erect their Christmas tree in thp shadow of the pyramids. Left: Swedish street decorations. ii JyLevV' Jb & f I. v I cut- - The Natives Become More Restless. business to the natives. tarried in the Gulf of Paria to calk plantations. After their period of service was ended, they were either given free passage back to India or allowed to remain. Many stayed. Another arrival, Sir Ralph n in sailed to East Indians throng 1797 and demanded that Don Jose They crowd the streets and marMaria Chacon, the Spanish gover- kets with a lusty carelessness; they nor, surrender the island. Chacon regard work but little, and seem to as a humane man, out of touch subsist, almost miraculously, withwith his times. Sensible of the out it. They stride on their way bloodshed which was certain to rewith easy carriage, rather a lordlis sult from any conflict with ness, and incessant amusement superior force he turned And they laugh at themselves, Trinidad over to the English. There wholeheartedly. An East Indian and then the island settled into its was having his hair cut or rather niche, became steadfast, loyal, and (although unwittingly) having it serene. shaved. Absorbed in conversation Ranking next to Jamaica In size with someone standing in the dooramong the British West Indies, Triniway, he was unaware that the bardad has nearly twice the area of ber was half asleep at his work; it tlie state of Rhode Island. The colwas near siesta time. Not until the ony of Trinidad and Tobago has a patron had risen, clapped on his population estimated (in 1935) at hat and found it upheld only by more than 439,000. More than 1,000 his ears, was he conscious of what miles of good roads and 123 miles had happened. of government railways help trade A flood of terrible abuse descendand travel. ed on the barber. It continued unabated until finally, screaming City Not Distinctive. Perched on the bow of a tender aloud his misfortune, the bald victim emerged onto the street where you see the capital from the humble to witcalled on the passers-bhe of visitors. the viewpoint early today is rather enig- ness his misery. Heads popped from matic. Unlike most cities of the windows, men stepped to the doors of their stores, even the donkey world, it has no established personcarts paused. ality, no tangible formula of atmosphere that one can grasp and hold Everyone thought it was funny, aloft with triumph. It is a tropl-a-l very funny. The victim stormed metropolis of about 75,000 peo- away, shaking his fists at the heavple, with some of the finest hotels ens. m the West Indies. But after a while he came to a Hot in Mid-Dasilent alley, where he turned aside Some of the British residents rise to contemplate himself. IIis big at sunup vhile the air is cool to hand explored the stubble that stuck Walk the circle of that vast space out on top. After a moment a f He meadow, Queen's Park Sdvan-nah- . smile spread upon his face. It is a long walk. But morn grinned. He put both hands to his igs in the tro)ics are a compensa-t,lhead and chmklcd. In a moment, for tiie day: the English in hands still on his head, he started white linen, the East Indians in to roar. I SI f Aber-cromb- Port-of-Spai- Port-of-Spai- Aber-ciomby- , .si f wr A J fa- St, But yon dont get much sleep lashed to a railing. AII night long Charley lay awake listening to the snores of the natives around him and thinking of the comforts of home. The next day was hot and humid. Hunger gnawed at his innards, but he had to make the best of It. The natives were getting more and more restless. They eyed Charleys clothes with covetous looks that became. more and more insolent and apparent. And still there was no sign of the wind that would blow them into Barahona. That night, worn out by two days and nights of wakefulness, Charley fell asleep. Sometime in the dark hours he woke up suddenly, by sheer instinct. In the dim light of a tropic moon he saw two dark figures creeping along the deck toward him two natives great, husky blacks with machetes in their mouths! They didnt know my eyes were open, he says, if they had known it 1 wouldnt be alive today. But their ignorance gave me an opportunity to draw my guns. Charley got those guns out just as the natives were taking their machetes from their mouths. He whipped up one gun and fired twice. In an instant, two men were dead on the deck and the whole ship was in an uproar. Dark figures came swarming toward him. The captain was a big, powerful fellow. Charley says he was built on the style of one hand, threw Harry Wills in his prime. He picked Charley up withof a revolver and the aid with and then, head cabin first, his into him his powerful physique, held that furious njob at bay. vl ,,.'2 4 1 from the That whole day, says Charley, I sat staring at the natives and they sat looking at me. There was no food on the boat and the water had turned hot in the tropic heat. Toward evening I noticed several natives holding s conference and I felt trouble brewing. The blacks were getting hungry, and theyd take it out on me. And what was Charley going to do for sleep that night? He knew darned well he could never stand another night in the filthy, stuffy cabin. He spoke to the captain again and made another bargain. The captain stood the night watch at the wheel, and he agreed to watch over Charley while he slept near him on deck, his body lashed to the rail of the vessel. ' ling up stalks which will be replanted and produce new cane. iis, like almost everything else, is an immensely humorous his ships with pitch mous Pitch lake. i t 1 ' Set J - i i t - i .1 Fe tv ceremonies are more colorful than those of Rumania, where villagers portray the wise men, shepherds and angels. xml y .4 r , i ; 4 t - 't ft ' I off cut JJI f .,1 tiffin f0LD bag inside out and stitch the seams again so that the raw edges are covered. Punch a small hole in the center top for the hanger hook. Clip todays lesson and add it to the many gift suggestions contained in the books offered be- low. NOTE: Mrs. Spears Book 2 Gifts, Novelties and Embroidery, has helped thousands of women to use odds and ends of materials and their spare time to make things to sell and to use. Book 1 Sewing, for the Home Decorator, is full of inspiration for every homemaker. These books make delightful Christmas gifts. Mrs. Spears will autograph them on request. Books are 25 cents each. Crazypatch quilt leaflet is included free with every order for both books. Address: Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St., Chicago, 111. usually indicates curiosity. Brown And a flattened may indicate too much. A i Customer (to head waiter) Just as a matter of curiosity, did the waiter who took my order leave any family? Topsy Turvy World Customer Isnt the price rather high for such a little pillow? Shop Assistant Well, you see, madam, down is now up. AT CODFISH BALL say he belongs to the codaristocracy. Where did you You fish meet him? At the fish ball, of course! The Guide Yes, it must be over a thousand years old. You can take it from me they dont build such ancient castles nowadays. Its a Dress My wife is very busy. Shes going to address the womens club. I suppose shes working on the address." No, the dress. OUT 0? SO? Here Is Amazing Relief for Conditions Dus to Sluggish Dowels If yon A e y Tromso, Norway, most northern part of Europe boasting a radio station, residents listen to the story of Christ's birth. At Meaning The word I5.YDUR xancM GnnnviNG Write for ppllfjtiooi ddifionl , . informihoi ithotjf obligation ''V ATWN McCOiNiCK IlDG, Sait lake ent Copyrhl.WNU of Word Beccafieos beccaflcos literally means fig picker and is applied to a small, sparrowl.ke bird found in Cyprus. They arrive from Syria in enormous flocks to gorge on can figs and become so fat they scarcely fly. Their plump bodies ar salted and spiced and made Into an excellent pickle by a rare recipe handed down from the Crusaders In the process of pickling, the htmes ore softened and the whole bnd is eaten. P'juUU&Aoj' irJHUnnriHE n mingO City. I Servlc. All itiviKomtlng. i, b.lhw with OOlWllimtlofl 0 br?T of VR from your KJieb K' I a tf;4t.AM4 YllinOUX IuSR dr iutInI Mfike the lent thn If d( lighted, riiuru lixe bus to us. We wiil refund t e tiurchane f price. Out Ml TablfW toduy IitM.ii.K rhk Inml'K'n A iMOTlHUiU nt Thit'i QUICK RELIEF e, iru. think bliltft, Ju it try Hus all vntabla laiMlvi. ho niil'l tti'iri tub, rt. IXfHMMlthln rilf from tmd fcHiiig Wlitu feBt Captain Threatens to Sink the Ship. The next morning the captain held an inquiry, announced that and threatened to sink the ship Charley had shot in Calm was restored If any more attempts were made on his life. at last, says Charley. And in the meantime, for four solid days and n'ghts we had nothing to eat and little to drink. On the fifth day they sighted land but when they tied the boat up to shore later on that day, Charley was too weak to walk the gangplank. a hundred and ten pounds all that They carried him up it, weighing pounds of good solid flesh he had was left of the hundred and forty-fivat the waterfront of Santo Do- that aboard he lugger when got carried nd one hona. J. East Indian employees at work on a sugar plantation, coat-nOi- HANGERTNDS-- ) Before and After Robinson I think a sharp nose He saw two dark figures on the deck. v s. Charles Mahler of Brooklyn, N. Y., stepped onto a boat weighing a hundred and forty-fiv- e pounds on a bright day in the winter of 1921, to stagger off it five days later weighing a scant one hundred and ten. Not many reducing addicts would want to follow Charley Mahlers formula for growMAKE SECOND STITCHING! OF FRENCH SEAM ing thin, though, for it was sheer unadulterated terror that 6PIACE HANGER INSIDE took the pounds off his body. Five days and nights of the seams on the right side. Trim most helpless fear he had ever experienced in his life. close to this stitching, turn the The story starts in the Dominican Republic, down in the West Indies. ev'1wA',V I- everybody: know, boys and girls, there are two kinds of adventures the kind that hits you like a ton of bricks and i3 all over in about five seconds, and the kind that sneaks up on you slowly and subtly and sticks with you until youre worn down to the point of exhaustion. And its the latter sort of tale youre going to hear today the story of how V suc-ces- Several others can ba made for different purposes. They are good to hang in the closet or the sewing room for patterns or small equipment. When traveling I find a little bigger one perfect for laundry. The size shown here requires yard of bright ticking. You will notice in the sketch that French seams are used. This makes the first stitching of the ; Discovered it Uh By RUTH WYETH SPEARS a great '"Tins bag has been f INDICESTI0N WATCH TTOU can depend on the Tusks Shipped to London Elephant tusks from the African and Indian Jungles are shipped to London, says Pearsons London trade, the Weekly. Hero an age-olcutting and selling of ivory to buyers from all over the world, goes ou much as It has for unchanged, years. It takes 1 200 elephants to provide the market with ivory for one year. Few elephants are killed for their tusks. Most of the ivory Is collected by natives from dead elephants found in the jangles. d special sales the merchants of our tewn announce in the columns of this paper. They mean money saving to our readers. It always pays to patronize the merchants who advertise. They are not afraid of their merchandise or their piicos. TS IE SPECIALS |