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Show Sjrff4rtji Thl N.rieij CwcftiU ffl H Sot'f,', Wtydnffon. OAl, ft, Dnp(Cy H Jj WnfctW,BtjG ,f (yrtloB, M CHERSOt MAY BE THE HELGOLAND OF ADRIATIC Tho Itopallo ugreement of last November No-vember which llxed tho Btatus of tho troublesome city of Kluine nnd ills-posed ills-posed of other moot points In regnrd to territory on tho eastern shore of tho Adrlntlc sea, gave Italy an Important Im-portant foothold near Klumo In tlwj ol-scuro ol-scuro Island of Cherso. ' Practically unheurd of on this sldo ot the Atlnntlc, eluding most travel-er travel-er even escaping many of tho seekers seek-ers nfter tho little-known places of Europe, Cherso neither Is Inaccessible Inaccessi-ble nor unattractive. It dangles llko a pendant In tho Gulf of Quarncro, low hung from tho neck of Flume. It Is tho Long Islnud of that port, Its shore line rising 12 miles to tho south. Its slender form extends to tho southwest for 40 miles, though It never exceeds seven miles In width, nud Its area Is somewhat more than twice thut of tho District of Columbia. Holding In mind this location, near tho head of the Adriatic, In view of tho plans to malco Flumo n buffer state between Italy und Jugo-Sluvla, tho stratQglc possibilities of Cherso becomo apparent Inded ouo may picture pic-ture It ns a potential Helgoland of tho Adriatic. A natural curiosity of tho lslund ls Lako Vrann, or Crow's Lake, with a uurface 40 fcaj nbovo tho sen level, fed and drained by Invisible streams. Thp Island Is rugged, with, ono mountain moun-tain pcik rising more thnn 2,000 feet obovo tho Qunmoro' waters. Glbrul-tnr-llko rocks rlso precipitously 1,000 feet nlong ono of Its shores, Hero nro tho dome-llko caverns of Smcrgo, now protected from tho sen by a wave-built rock barrier. ' ' Tho devastating Uom, which sweeps tho Dalmatian coast drips Its salt spray over Cherso, excluding mrtny varieties va-rieties of plant life. The nbsenco of lnre trees nnd scarcity of springs are two physical characteristics. In .tho north laurel and mastic grow, nnd vines nnd ollvo trees nbound In tho southern portion. Politically Cherso was Included In (IstrJii, ;whcn under Austrian rule. "With Its neighbor Islands. Lussln, to tho southwest, nnd Veglln, to the 1 cast, It was n part of tho Lussln district. dis-trict. Cherso lies off the shores of tho northern part of Dalmntln nnd the Croatian littoral, a region formerly known as Morlacchln. The Morlac-chlu Morlac-chlu channel preserves this name originating orig-inating with the Slavic Invaders of Dalmntln, who "culled tint Lntlnlzcsl peojilo they found there Vinchs. or Muvro-Vlachs Illack Vinchs." Thus tho Slavs of this region 'hnvo como to bo known, by a corruption of this title,-ns Morlachs. In. rural districts Morlncchlan women wom-en rctnln their historic costume, which Includes n kerchief for tho head, tnnny strands of bends, a waist band from v!ilci hang amulets and various trinkets, trink-ets, nnd, over n blue cloth gown, nn I npron of exquisite embroidered pattern. pat-tern. About her neck nn uumnrrled girl wenrs n string of coins and rings, which comprise her dowry. Formerly tho men woru their hair In 'a plulL |