Show reate re ate A 0 all F 6 one of Bucha rests modern public buildings Pr prepared epard b by 7 the national geographic scle society t Y washington D C CI I 1 the latest of the R RUMANIA worlds monarchies to change kings has undergone such great chan changes geis in tile the past dozen years that it has in effect ant r bloodless revolution chis derloo has seen the distribution of bloxk acres of ion to more than peasants beare before tile the war Itu rumania manla was nas a country of the landed rich and the landless poor today bodny the maximum holding remitted to one individual Is 1235 acres kins king and nobles rave gave up their to fulfill th tin demands of the lie agrarian reform what russia mexico and other countries have done in the matter of land distribution at the cost ot of many lives and much money rumania accomplished without a shot but reform was riot not without cost uncertainties lack of organization to meet new conditions and larli lack of transportation facilities increased the cost 1 f borrowed money to 12 and 14 per cent credit Is tight in a country where all the money in circulation I 1 must pass through the national treasury as taxes three times per year greater rumania Is nearly three times as large is prewar pre war rumania the new nation tools in transylvania tile the banat bukovina Bu covina and be Bes isa sarabia rabla and tins fins yet vet to digest them old rumania was tile the size of england greater rumania ts Is larger large than england adding to itself wales scotland and ireland like the units of great britain each Is different Bes sarabia Is an extension of the russian black earth pr airle bukovina Bu covina a forested region Tran transylvania sylva nia an upland notable for industries as well veil as agriculture the B banat trial a lowland farming comes first after the war rumania saw daw visions of an industrial future the country tins lias ample re oil water wood ore and ft fk good labor supply ten years have dimmed tile the vision but allt have not wiped it out eight out of ten rumanians still are farmers so the nation hns has decided to make a good job of farming N fore turning to industry operatives cooperatives co hav d been ar organized gani nihed zed groups af peasants find they can air aff d to huy buy am american farm machinery A grain grading law was wag passed in 1028 1928 silk culture starting from nothing has inert increased absei to an enterprise ter prise enlisting workers and 1 8 N 0 NO c capital ap I 1 ta I 1 alne the world war have turned definitely from wheat to Ami american rican corn greater acreage Is planted in corn han ban wheat corn mush displaces bread as a national food Bes sarabia looks like kansas but in 1928 a second drought hit the country the corn crop wis was L t failure and rumania a country which has exported cereals for years had to import corn the government acted to forestall ft anine in some re regions gInns the similarity of parts of rumania to kansas extends to sunflowers sun flowers for which both regions are famous in rumania sunflowers sun flowers fire are a standard crop acres were planted in sunflowers sun flowers last year oil pressed from sunflower seeds serves as a constituent of butter substitutes four foundation stones support lff life in rumania cereals oil lumber abild live stock pro of oil and lumber has progressed not enough however to offset losses in cereals and live stock buys american automobiles despite the depression and lack of roads sales of automobiles most of them american continue to increase in 1028 1928 were sold a record many of them go to the oil off fields where they permit the engineers in charge of outlying wells weis to set get to occasionally tor for the enjoyment of companionship tn in tile the international club automobiles are the biggest item of american imports which include ace films dims oil field equipment radios phonographs and ami re records coeds engines insecticides and electric refrigerators to tiie tae amount of walnuts and fur far skins are Ru manias chief exports to the united states among tile the improvements to which rumania looks forward Is the reclamation ot of vast areas of swamp land seven thousand square miles of marsti marsh will afford ample land for the remain ing landless peasants numbering about bucharest Duc capital ol of rumania has long been known as the little paris of the balkans it has many earmarks of the french capital one of its tree lined thoroughfares Is called the lettla champs elysee and there Is an ara kr de boti of which suggest the atmosphere of paris the bridle paths flanking the thoroughfare constantly resound with the thud thua of hoota of blooded flooded horses mounted by smart looking men anc women and the tha i seemingly endless mass of pedestrians strolls in a gay mood with no apparent destination bucharest has fine shops bucharest impresses the traveled trave trav elex lei fro from the time he emerges from one ol of its modern hotels downtown shops i as fine as can be found i most capitals of the world line the business streets behind large plate glass windows the american traveler finds such familiar articles as american made flashlights radios and phonographs it Is not necessary to find an automobile salesman to see american au on display the streets are arc full of them in front of a hotel oz ox business building six to eight of a dozen automobiles are popular american makes and across the street a billboard is s plastered wha an adver of a car made in michigan the doorways of the large movie or el hemn houses display bright colored advertisements with the names jamea of american act actresses em blazoned la ila large letters bucharest Is a walled town without the wall CrOW crowded Led as was the custom when city walls were the main defense bucharest drops away from the glitter of the calen balea Victor lel and the boulevards to the rundown run down of the outer sections and then abruptly to the empty dusty plain its population has more than doubled in the last decade and houses as elsewhere in eastern europe are at a i premium it requires influence persistence si and b abery to get into one of the few hotels the in main a in of which are the dining often open to the sky surrounded as it Is by rich farming country Bucha bucharest iest has not lacked tot foi too food iid and the restaurants are well filled at all times the rumanian loves the uniform and high heels on soft laced boots like those of the french aviators suit the he fancy of the young dandles dandies whose perfumed mus baches preserve their dignity by reaching straight out instead of turning up at the ends tile women are chic some striking contrasts the few fine buildings aro are mixed in with unassuming structures which would never be it home in parts or i berlin and opposite tile the lintio imposing sing war college women may be work i ing at a noisy power saw which Is reducing rei crool crooked ted poles to I 1 tha r he i few main streets are lined with modern built lings and new residence av avenues are aie stretching out toward tile tha periphery of the circular city but in the crowded center of the town the tha confusing litter of tiny streets and alleys reminds one of a rabbit warren in the market place the traveler C gets a glimpse of tire rural folk who miff na cluster about stands of vegetables which they bring to the city from tho the rolling farm land nearby here the men seem to display no particular type of costume most of thern them wearing european coats and trousers and there are as many derbies ns as there ure are caps and soft hats and fez shaped woolen head coverings on the other hand the women folk blaze forth in bright colored shawls which cover the head and choul shoulders ders and aprons of a half dozen boscn co color lorF their dresses are just short enough to reveal in the tha ume time that au all feet art ar not shod |