Show 0 litt e ou to 0 revolts W h D alia PISA AN OLD CURIOSITY SHOP OF HISTORY A city if f before peter taught Alan manhattan hattan island for the of a fulper at a broadway cabaret caparel A city that auri td and traded with bet ct plunged into n dasa arous trous struggle with nith u rival rhal city over the rights to a 11 A city which was man seized after a I 1 hobson bottka up its harbor eu entrance with sunken boat boats six centuries before the battle off of san tiago bay buch Is ilsa whose leaning tower was man by recent earthquake CArth quake tremors in italy pis a record abounds in incidents as freakish ait a its famous tower yei jel it a history necessarily significant thau ony ally british or amer lean ican citi indicative of importance in the thirteenth century waa her send ing an ambassador to home rome thereby hangs bangs the story of the lapdog dur ing the coronation ceremonies cere monie of F red etick 11 II the blore florentine Horent ntine lne emissary ry admired the lapdog of a certain car dinal so 30 that dignitary promised to give the uny animal to its admirer next day the ambassador aid said a few kind word about the same dog benj an the cardinal just as readily prom iced it rt G to him the florentine sent for hig his gift and got it the sent ani an apology florentines began hoiting the bisans abbat thie this la to cadent and ensued on the roman streeta when ullen the home folks heard this it gave them an ex chance to pick a quarrel that had lone long been simmering A sort of med medieval leial boston tea party mas as staged by the pisana who ho seized all ta tb a emy merchandise within their ch eh and thus I 1 precipitated the first fint of a series of wars mars with ith liv lavrence rence which la in the subjection of pisa by her ions long titue rival tho the lapdog story seems trivial lal set et characteristic of a certain childish hinitt noticeable among ohp juvenile that preceded lu ia italy As burtler burti cr proof roof inq oni the tile occasion amlien the levorious let orious army of lucca hung upon a illson tower tover a mirror with the in oh women of ilen ue use these 16 to 1001 nt at yourselves ses iso no oth er chat challenge lenge i n needed tor div the trio ig to march to tha gue or lucca and there to plant poleo topped with mir bearing comment 1 I acre t re a junr nip van nan tinkle of med al lisa I 1 isa to come m with ith his ills latter day compatriots to I 1 ills island in 1020 1920 not only the national bird of his adopted d lanil land but ta tit t sk skyscraper scraper line of new lork might make him feel at home towers they were mere called these pisa sLy skyscrapers scrapers huddled together tor for all the world like groups of tall apartment house two to reasons are assigned for thia this method of building common to italian towns of the twelfth century one was that the wall permitted only vertical expansion when population pressure pre egure increased anetter believable in view of the constant factional fights and family feuds attributed them to the necessity for protection bridges that could be thrown from tower to tower tomer further suggested the skyscraper liken estL on these precursors of the modern ore escape many a community battle aps raglin the leaning tower of pisa served humanity wen well aside from becoming the most bit of city advertising et declied dev lied for it permitted gattico a native natlie of iia I 1 1 I to carry on his 1113 exp experiments with the ilus governing the pendulum THE FLAMIN FLAMINGO GOv A BIRD OF BEAUTY AND MYSTERY IS SAVED FROM extinction assurance that the flamingo bird of beauty and mystery will escape ex lon Is contained in a lettjr from IL 11 11 II W grant colonial governor of pf the bahamas which says you till vill be glad to hear bear that an order in council has been passed gly ing complete protection ProteCt IOU to the flamingo this glory t our marshes owea oes the expedition a debt of gratitude the action of the baham council waa mas taken following an expedition aich trailed the flamingo the moet moat ot of the world worlds a larger birds to its last stand took motion pictures of the timorous crt aturo and brought about a it realization of how near they were nere to becoming extinct lo 10 the nw arx w orld world through annihilation by native sponge fishi irinec these fishermen hemen Is hunted them down for food purposes aej at the and molting season liby lib y first american naturalist to locate and stu ly the gorgeous fanildo was as ur dr frnnk il 11 in 1001 alien hen he estimated that orm 2000 20 OW flamingoes were to be found on one of hie tile little known bolanis ot of the Ba bahamas llamas group binal u thui it Is believed that fully two thirds of the colonies have I 1 the expedition exPedit that sant ten daya days lit li the tile abi anial salt suit samps of andro andros band filming the Ila flamingo mingo and study ing his habitat for 1 owr lam s mat a tent ft nt out by the miami aquarium A yacht ivas the mother ship 0 atie expedition and an express cruiser was man tind as a scout boat canvas canoes wre were ta taken ken along tu to set get int lato the shallo shalto 0 salt alt creeks crt eks and noso nose I 1 luto 11 t 0 the la Is concluded on page seven 10 DAYS GEOGRAPHY continua from page elx ebone nn tor for deep to the tb murky damn where br the h flamingo baties 1 A bahama guld pete bannister Bann leter who v bed hod aided doctor chanc avies earty 19 years ago a also want the tb party after to the th utmost n Ityl gable potato points with the U canoes it a S leuary to traverse miles of the wash awash or tidal marl 1 marshes carry toe ing the heavy camera cameras and motion picture machles in n search tor for the birda birds wading IQ in water up to the valet walot kne deep in the marl mud was the daily program while blinding swami swarms of mosquitoes compelled nightly retreats ret reata to the yacht anchored several miles off shore but the hardships found a worthy reward when the party came upon col onles of overall hundred birds d je scribed by a member cf u the party ks k a flaming mass of brilliant scarlet bodies jet block black beneath the buce huge ft ings with their lorg lurg blender slender necks Clace fully lowering and raising their koman roman nosed heads as they bought sought beneath the water the tiny spiral shell known to as upon tt aich the flammi go lives exclusively in its ta native habitat SARDINIA THE ISLAND OF 1017 PYGMIES AND WOLF WOLFRAM RAM A graeler tra eler of 0 fine a imagination sug gess that travel a double journey one forward through space the other backward back ard through time your steamboat ticket from civil ame achin the port of rome entitle entitles you to an eight hour voiage to sar diala but affords a n premium of several thousand years back backward sard to en a earliest eari test traceable history hardinia bardl nia la hag has a double interest just now beci cuse of the reported native demand fir home rule and became a americ americana 9 have found tracts containing wolfram highly prized as a source of tung tungsten second only to sicily among terru nean islands sardinia baa has been referred red to as the lost laid isle of that tea geographically it has a been saw to turn ite its back on italy for its east mat ta Is mountainous thie this loola Is tiou has a compensation in preserving abo tb homogeneity of a people who laho hae have ha e a sardinian miner M iners interest for students of racial history i s ory sardinians r n tins are sma email of stature len L abor soldiers hae an a crape height a fraction under lite feet four inches but the most conspicuous of sardinia are its great round towers relics relies of the bronze 11 age ge which as fortified fortl fled dwellings for come prehistoric people there 81 a d or of these thee to towers era soe 60 feet high usually about 30 feet in 11 ameter at the base made of stone blocks and smeared with clay jay on the inside stairways Stair was lead to upper tipper chain bers berm and platforms Lite late resting as are these relies of un on known inhabitants even een more fawl bating are or the traces of ancient 1011 lations to be found in the dally daily life of sardinians lans of today one may find oxen plowing ae as they did in the day days of the roman empire implement implements which were ere introduced by the sire sive occupants one catalan town alghero where there I 1 no jarring note in tho the illusion of old spain and doncea dances of the cla classic mic greek period at the mountain teste feste in sardinia and corsica Is the predecessor of our sheep to be found villu al and wild boar bear are plentiful in the mountain district districts tunny fishing Is 1 a major Indus industry in area sardinia Is to amont but hai more than twice the population of that irate tate abd tbd th boand and lles directly south of corsica and is 1 separated separate 11 thor th efrom by the narro v straits of in it has his been compared com compare parel 1 to a human footprint arl AIRPLANES TO WHIR OVER thunderous FALLS etite lazara falls will continue to hold their own as a mecca for boners honey boney moon ers and other they must ht buice n deforth forth eul out mit to comparison with another natural woner r the I 1 me ic toria lalle falls of t the 7 21 as africa becomes frequented by ly to orta from being a place ef of matry my try so feared that 1 who discovered the talle falls hi in ISM 1855 bad had great culty in bis tollow to aff ompy atai the tale ta le now are 1 a ie to be tt it tie ile only ally trams jov yc reir roem ap of d it IL ible fr from a railway th that at croes the th liver b mile below them and they lie ile U onder n der the route e at the propped ed C pe to cairo aerial service louis utin ston seaman in to a com mun leation to the Vat national ional ck geographic society oc lety describes a visit 1 victoris falls and contrash contraste cont asu them with ath M I 1 acara as a follow follows barty in the aror B airs of the third day dry we were wen suddenly awake awakened ettl by the guard and to a see cent of beauty never to be forgotten borne some tea ten mile miles distant five enormous col eel timna of vapor ere shooting their rotate tinted shafts hundred hundreds of feet hea vernard while the faint loar ot of the falls told ue us the moslow amunga the that sounds as no longer a mystery each moment increased the beauty and find vivid vividness nebs of the scene nith alth the cut ra of the sun came a picture of color of 0 u wondrous ondrous loiell loveliness ness delicate tinta unto of violet cr crimson cri moon imon and ler lerl through the mounting splay play so it hot shot higher and higher disappearing as virgin clouds 11 in heaven while the merln in creasing thunders of the waters aters lent in added solemnity to the view ll hardly ardly could we wait alt to reach our destination so great was cur anthul en thul 1 adm but our hopes were mere doomed ta to momentary disappointment only to be more than realized after a study of the environment for notwithstanding banding their magnitude the first view of victoria rails falls Is decidedly disappointing although nearly a mile in width and feet in height the grandeur of their proportions Is eclipsed by the sudden disappearance ot of the river as it plunge 4 into a narrow rocky fissure extending vt ross its entire width only at a single central point Is there them a breach id in this fissure through chich the falls can be seen and appreciated in their full proportions where the converging rush audly to the zigzag canyon below so restricted Is this view that there Is an entire ab ewe of that nwe ae and most parale zing effect which strikes the visitor dumb with wonder and amazement amax ement when niagara bursts on his hl near vision on first eight of the victoria falls one ene involuntarily exclaims oh how beautifully full but they lack the majesty of f our grand niagara no aguste vlist ran adequately repeal reveal the fullness of their charms but repeated excursions must be made to their islands and precipices their grottos and palm gardens their nin rain for lots ats and projecting crags engs their iraln bows and cataracts and many sided views of their exquisite setting in the amerald Pm erald framework of tropic forests lefore their indescribable beauty can be appreciated had llad the falls been in america tho the findlins would surely have named them laughing waters 4 THE MARSHALL ISLANDS the marshall islands along etin taw Caroll carolines nes w eremi ere elded zed by japan soon after the tile outburst of the war ar and the their r demai nt deposition has been under discussion their proximity to the baa has been referred to in this connection the two chains of curiously shape 1 atolls or coral islands consisting of low 1 ing coral reefs encircling la boons goons known as the marshall group lie ile a little south of the canter of an imag imaginary luary line I 1 eteen the I 1 an I 1 hawaii guam samoa and honolulu funn form a triangle of trude trade route with its sides not penetrated by important steamship aror the center of tills PAi pacilio zone are the marshall islands defore before the war sydney was reached by steamer a voyage of more than SWO miles the only other edess Is in a steamer to which conn ls ts ath with the french line to singapore like lile two lousily strung cli chains alris of jewis jews the island stretch from north 1 est to southeast each with its lagoon setting encased by a strangely shaped circlet of coral corat some like tri angles harps and stirrups and one outlining a bull a head with its horns straight haired dark brown native o till still pres ning the religious cance of tattoo and taboo 11 are to be e found boman omun glen a higher po position atlon than among most ravage ravages because succession was through the female line hut but the chiefs chief a power was absolute to the point of life and death one ambitious ruler learned an alphabet and 1 iv said to lino haie beheaded all his lils sub a ejects who 1 likely to acquire more knowledge than he had in some lalanda islands the mother was allowed tu to klep only the oft fint three S ie e had to bury the fourth skillful and fearless s navigators the nathies datives u uel ed bread tree wood to make balling canoes in which they mould voyage for months they devised charts in ide of etick v showing the locations of islands and the direct directions lonn of prevailing ance ancestor tor worship v was ns their lomi unit nant religious 1 1 M th petitions and gifts they worshiped the departed iha e spirits were pd to return to earth in certain palm trees aich they set off in stone Inc lowres birds and fishes sometimes embodied there spirits they believed and thus certain specie became taboo homes of the antelyes were not pretentious tent ious flows were ral cd ed above the ground to escape the rate rats and thatched d roofs covered the combination bouse house and storage room the two island groups are known as a the batal and awik chains their entyre awa Is U not more than IM squam ilu jire ae bar their tritt ewer C er flita paz NO tue the mat of beman ims w 00 batau aau 4 ur the amelous 1 4 h ava JAW 1 11 J |