Scene on the Grand Canal, Venice.
(Prepared by the National Geographic
Society, Washington, D. C.)
ITH the opening of the sum-
mer travel season the paths
of travelers in Europe lead
again to Venice, which, with
ts unique streets of water, seems to
_:xercise a lure more potent than cities
wholly of the land.
The traveler should not expect too
nuch of Venice. It is hardly fair. No
treat city can exist on narrow canals
ind be entirely a thing of beauty. One
1ecessarily has had dreams of Venice
ind goes there with marked precon-
reptions. This follows reasonably
mough, for so much has been written
\bout this city of the sea, and of
sourse the rosy, romantic aspect has
)een presented. If one does not set
is mark inordinately high Venice will
harm him. Novelty will “pinch hit”
vhenever beauty strikes out.
By all means the visitor should ar-
ange to arrive in Venice by night.
Inder soft moonlight or under the
‘ays of the dim and infrequent “street
amps,” Venice puts her very best foot
'orward and strives to make the most
xtravagant dreams come true. The
leep shadows under its bridges and
he palace arches, the mysterious nar-
‘ow black canal entrances, the ple-
uresque leaning posts, the gentle lap-
Ming of the waves against the walls
nd steps, the swish of the paddles,
he half brusque, half songlike calls
f the gondoliers as they approach
lind corners, perhaps the musical
ong of a gondolier in the distance—
11 combine to give one an entrancing
ntrance into the City of Canals. He
sans back on his cushions during the
ong boat ride to the hotel—for of
ourse traveler and luggage must go
y boat—quite contented with life.
his is Venice, and it is quite as it
hould be. .
What the Day Reveals.
A night arrival is a ruse but a suc-
essful one. It is as though one shouid
ontrive to meet a once beautiful lady,
o longer young, at an evening garden
arty. Her wrinkles become soft lines.
Vhen they face you in the pitiless
ght of the morrow they will have a
ertain suggestion of familiarity and
1emory will make them less harsh.
The first day in Venice discloses
adubitable signs of ugliness as well
gs of beauty. Picturesque gondolas
ass on the Grand canal. So do the
npicturesque Venetian “street cars”
-gquat steamboats, little, but all too
arge beside the gondolas—their
awed-off stacks belching dirty black
moke. They raise choppy waves, as
o the swifter little motorboats. The
ondoliers glare at them and the trav-
ler joins them in spirit in the choice
talian curses that they must be utter
1g under their breath.
More gondolas pass—and the trash
oats of the municipality. In the wa-
ars that seemed so fair last night
oats every conceivable sort of rub-
ish. Yonder is the beautiful facade
f a fine old palace, and beside it a
uilding from which the stucco has
allen in great patches disclosing ugly
ricks beneath, Perhaps the stones are
jlling away, too, at the waterline,
itting the waves reach in for an in-
vitably greater destruction. Green
[fme covers the steps and the tilted
rooden posts are rotting. Time is
ot the only desecrater of Venetian
alls. The hand of the advertiser has
gen busy, too. And some of the walls
1at Dandolo loved and that scores of
oets have sung about now inform the
ccupants of gondolas and “street
ars” of products that can be pur-
hased to their supposed advantage.
But thanks to a night arrival these
1ings do not worry the visitor over
uch. He turns rather to the domes
¢ Santa Maria della Salute with a
ingle of masts against the sky; to
1e arch of the history-encrusted old
onte Rialto; to the incomparable
oires and domes of the Cathedral of
an Marco.
One finds that there is a surprising
mount of dry land life in Venice. A
eritable maze of alleys and calli (lit-
é streets) and fondamenti (canal
de-walks) exist. The best one can
ope to do in a short stay is to gain
superficial acquaintance with the
\ain way between San Marco and the
ialto.
Piazza San Marco.
The ways, whether narrow alleys or
ymewhat wider calles, have no side-
alks, of course. The entire space,
ach as it is, is for pedestrians. At
tervals the narrow ways open up
to “campi” as the little squares are
called. The name, “Piazza,” has been
reserved for the great square of San
Marco facing the cathedral—the ulti-
mate in dry spaciousness in Venice.
If one hag only a picture knowledze
of Venice, as all the world has not
been there has, the Piazza San Marco
will prove a surprise. The little open
space that holds the famous static
of the Lion of San Marco is not tz
real piazza but only the anteroom, the
piazetta. Well behind the lion col-
umn, around the Campanile lies
square greater than many a city wiil
an unlimited supply of terra firi:i
at mem re HE NARNE
can boast. No wheeled or four-footed |
traffic. uses this great square. It is
given over entirely to humans and
pigeons. Thousands of the latter mal.c
the Piazza San Marco their home, and
there is seldom a time during the day
when one can cross the square without
carefully picking his way to avoid
stepping on them.
When night falls again and cloaks
the inevitable tawdry spots of a:
old city built on piles, one forgets his
criticisms of the day. Out on the la-
goon at the mouth of the Grand canal.
in a boat lighted by gaily colored lan-
terns, a company of musicians and |
singers begins a serenade. The gon
dolas of tourists join the throng cf
slender black forms bobbing grace-
fully up and down, each with a silent,
statuesque figure standing at its stern.
Soft music and the gentle swish of
wavelets fill the air. The lights of the
Lidos gleam in the distance while near-
er at hand black masts and spires
stand out against the sky, the soaring
shaft of the Campanile topping the:n
all.
The Three Lidos.
Venice’s playground is the Lidos, thie
chain of low sand islands across tle
lagoon, which have ever guarded t! e
city from the Adriatic. Without thee |
isles and the tide they control, Venic-,
or at least the Venice that is so we'll
known, would never have been born. !
On the Lidos were the original sci- |
tlements that led to the establishme't |
of the city of Venice on the islan::
of the lagoons. When Attila and 1's
Hun hordes swept down on Europe in
452 A. D. many of the inhabitants of
the regions farther inland took rei- |
uge on the Lidos. From 742 to 809 the
seat of government of the region wus
_ tain in the western hemisphere. This
the present Lido bathing resort on :
the same island. The encroachments
of the waves during the spring and
at Malamocco, a few miles south of
autumn storms, and the vulnerability
to attacks from enemy navies, led, in
809, to a general exodus to the islands
on which the present city is built.
cipal long sandy islands, divided by velopment of aerial navigation. It is
parrow water channels, and scarcely
a ,
re erga
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Photographic Survey Being
Made of East Coast
Aerial Routes.
Washington.—To make the most
comprehensive geographical and pho-
tographic study ever undertaken of
the east coast aerial between North
and South America, a National Geo-
graphic society survey party is flying
over the old Spanish Main in one of
the largest flying boats in America.
From dozens of bases along the way
tne party will make inland iights to
cover areas contiguous to the route,
and to gather geographic and meteoro-
logical data that will be valuable aids
to navigation in the future when the
air will hum with the aerial traffic be-
tween the two continents. Probably
the two most important detailed sur-
veys will be of the Orinoco and Ama-
son deltas, vast regions of low-lying
islands and plains, traversed by a net-
work of sluggish streams. These large
areas are difficult of access by the
ordinary means of travel, and have
pever been adequately studied frov
the air.
The survey party includes Fred-
erick Simpich, editorial staff writer;
Jacob Gayer, staff photographer, and
Capt. Albert W. Stevens, internation-
ally known aerial photographer, in
addition to two pilots and twe
mechanicians.
Great Airway.
With the rapid development of alr
traffic to South . America, the route
over the old Spanish Main is looked
‘WHY:
Urban Field Invites the :
Young Doctor.
Secretary of the Interior Wilbur
again calls the attention of embryo
physicians and those veterans who
find the going hard in cities, that
there is a .arge field for the medical
man in the, rural districts. The sec-
retary is himself a physician and his
words undoubtedly carried weight
when he spoke before a group of med-
ical men at the recent semiannual
meeting of the committee on the cost
of medical care.
America has more persons engaged
in the prevention and cure of disease
than any other country in the world
in proportion to population. This in-
cludes doctors, nurses and dentists
to the number of some 1,500,000. The
uneven geographical distribution of
these agencies frequently has arrested
the attention of medical authorities
and the faet brought out again and
again that the cities are oversupplied
and the rural districts undersupplied.”
It is a hard matter to convince the
average interne that his struggle in
the small town will be no greater than
in the city and the rewards in the end,
as large. He shows a far greater
willingness to put in his “starvation”
period in the city in the hope of at-
taining greater recognition and cater-
' ing to a clientele usually better abl
upon by the National Geographic so- |
clety as one of the future great air-
ways of the world. The direct flying
time for powerful planes between
Washington and Buenos Aires is seven
days, but so thoroughly will the expe-
dition comb the territory with its
camera lenses and trained observers
that six weeks will be spent on the
flight.
The journey, which is being made
in the “Argentina,” largest type flying
boat ever built in America and be-
| longing to the New York, Rio &
Buenos Aires lines, will be over or
near water for practically the entire
way. The first leg was along the At-
lantic coast to Miami. From there a
short hop was made to Havana. The
route then continues over islands of
the West Indles with landings prob-
ably at Santiago de Cuba, Port-au-
Prince, San Pedro de Macoris (Do-
minican republic), San Juan, St
Thomas, St. John’s (Antigua), Port
Castries (St. Lucia); and Port of .
Spain, Trinidad.
After stops at the three capitals or
the Gulanas—Georgetown, Paramari-
bo and Cayenne—the plane will fly
to Para, Brazil.
From there the flight will be con-
tinued with stops at Sao Luis, Amar-
racao, Camocin, Fortaleza, Natal, Re-
cife (Pernambuco), Maceio, Aracaju,
Bahia, Sao Jorge dos Ilheos, Cara-
vellas, Victoria, Campos, Rio de Ja-
neiro, Santos, Sau Paulo, Florianopo-
1is, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul,
Montevideo and Buenos Aires.
To Photograph Highest Peak.
After arriving in Buenos Aires, the
photographers of the party will change
to a smaller plane of the same com-
pany capable of high altitude work,
and will fly westward to the Andes
where they will make aerial photo
graphs of Aconcagua, highest moun-
peak reaches an altitude of 23,080
feet.
Since the days of Dr. Alexander
Graham Bell’s experiments with man-
lifting kites and the early flights of
the Wright brothers, the National
| Geographic society has lent its as
The Lidos today consist of three prin
far enough above the water to be dis- :
tinguished from clouds when seen
from a distance. The Litorale, or |
beach, of Malamocco is the largest
both the famous bathing resort and
the small village of Malamocco. The
Litorale of Pellestrina is a strung-out
village of fishermen and gardeners. :
Along it are portions of the great sea-
wall, for, although the Adriatic pro-
tected its daughter from the guns of
the heavy-draught vessels of the Mid-
dle ages, it exacted constant homage
in stone walls and breakwaters. The
Litorale of St. Erasmo, north of the
Lido, is shorter and less important.
Fine Bathing Resort.
At one time there were five ports on
the channels between the islands, but
that at St. Erasmo was closed to in-
crease the volume of water at the
Lido port nearby.
The amount of tidewater that en
tered the lagoons through the port
channels bears upon the welfare of
the city.
sistance and encouragement to the de
believed that the geographical and
meteorological fruits of the present
survey will assist in more closely as-
sociating the two Americas by plac-
. ing air travel and transportation be-
and most important, as it contains
tween the two continents on a scien-
tifically safe basis.
The “Argentina” has a wing spread
of 100 feet. It weighs 10,449 pounds
empty and 17,600 pounds with a ea-
pacity load. It is capable of carrying
22 passengers and of a speed of 127
miles per hour.
Ex-Convict Finds He's
Rated Noted Criminal |
Budapest.—On being released from
prison after serving a long term for
murder, Gustav Nick, a Hungarian
baker, visited a local panopticum and
there among the other wax figures of
famous criminals discovered his own.
. When he explained, however, to the
owner of the panopticum that he had |
If it had ever been more
than normal, large vessels could have
sailed up to the Grand canal (as they |
do today, due to dredging, however) |
and Venice would have needed heavy
fortifications in place of airy palaces.
If it had been any less, the city would
have been malarial and unhealthy.
Malamocco
today for vessels of heavy draft. The
is the main approach |
other ports, Tre Porti, and Chioggla, .!
together are not as important as the
Lido.
The Lido, however, owes its chier |
renown to the fine bathing beach fac- |
ing the sea. Along its windswept sands |
Byron and Shelley raced their horses
before the vogue of sea bathing. Here
artists set up their eagels to cateh
that soft and luminous harmony of
Venice from a distante,
reformed and intended in the future |
to lead an exemplary life the owner
immediately removed the wax figure
from the show room.
Qil Stove in Tent
Is Fatal to Banker
Paris.—A nature colony on
an island in the Seine, near Vil
lennes, has had its first tragedy
A banker and his wife found
SAB Sa
TREY
the tents too cool without
clothes and installed an ofi
stove, the fumeg from whick
overcame them as they slept.
The banker died in his sleep
and his wife Is new being
treated in a hospital.
bess Paste ertasthe ec ee odes
VRE % de se eo ee
to pay high fees. The counsel of old-
er heads makes little headway. How-
ever. it becomes increasingly apparent,
as the urban field becomes more and
more crowded, that in the near future
the rural districts will receive very
serious consideration from the young
physician. And it will be an excel-
lent thing for the nation’s health when
this finally does occur.—Columbus
(Ohio) Dispatch.
Why Depressed Feeling
Is Called “the Blues”
Why do we say we feel blue when we
feel depressed? Why do we speak of
“blue laws” and “blue songs?”
According to W. A. Gluesing, re
search engineer, we say we feel blur
because that is the way we feel.
“Blue is at the bottom of the spec-
trum,” he said, “and the lower we go
in the list of primary colors the more
energy is required for their absorp
tion by the eye. Thus, when we look at
blue we usc up more energy. When
we use up more energy than usual we
feel depressed. Therefore, it is only
right, when we feel depressed to say
that we feel blue.
“And,” he added, “this also explains
why certain laws are known as ‘blue
laws.” They have a depressive effect
on the average individual.”
Why We Say “Don’t Fib”
“Don’t tell me a fib!” we may say
occasionally to a child or good friend
as a gentle reproof for the attempt to
impose a falsehood of minor moment.
Probably not one in a thousand of
as, in using the term, has ever stopped
to think how the word “fib” should
have such a connotation. And if we
did, it would be only by the sheerest
luck that we could guess the connec-
tion. If you don’t believe it, try it
yourselft—before reading the next
paragraph!
Now that you are convinced—whe
would have imagined that “fib” is
simply a colloquial contraction for
“fable?” It was coined by the author
Congreve in 1694 and apparently was
considered so apt that it was imme-
diately adopted by everybody.—Kansas
City Star.
Why Honey Flavor Differs
The flavor of honey usually depends
on the flowers from which the nectar
is extracted. Western honey comes
from alfalfa, sweet and white clover;
eastern honey from Swedisn alfalfa
and white clover. From southern Cali-
fornia we obtain honey from the sage,
orange, bean and yellow star thistle;
from Texas from the mesquite, gua-
jilla and horse mint. The clover. pop-
lar and tupelo trees yield nectar for
bees in some southern states.
Why Yellow Is Brand
It is not known how the color yel-
low first became associated with cow-
ardice. One writer suggests that “he
has a yellow streak” refers to light-
colored feathers in a game cock. It ||
was commonly believed among cock:
fighters that a fowl with light feathers
in it was a mongrel and consequently
cowardly.
Why Grandfather Clocks?
Two reasons are advanced fo.
“grandfather” clocks being so called.
One is that their height would be right |
for an old man to see the time easily; |
the other is that they outlived by
many years their original purchasers.
and thus would be referred to as
«Grandfather’s clock.”
Why Rubber “Ages”
The bureau of standards has found
that one phase of the deterioration or
“aging” of rubber is due to the for-
mation of hydrogen sulphide which is
caused by the splitting or breaking up
of the rubber sulphur compound.
Why Wishbone Is Lucky
The wishbone of a fowl is consid |
ered lucky, owing to its resemgblance
to a horseshoe in shape. Breaking the |
bone allows the luck to escape, and it
goes to the person who gets the big-
ger piece.
Why Birds Peck at Windows
When birds peck at windows it is
called shadow boxing. The bird is
fighting its own reflection in the glass.
Thé mocking bird, the robin and car-
dinal are often atiracted to windows.
Es —n
Nurses See Telephone Men
Demonstrate First Aid Work
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tion department are skilled in first aid Roe and ra dg
to render some form of public service in emergencies.
y have occasiom
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fore buying.
Do Not Invest
....and Then Investigate
EVERSESTHE ORDER. It is so easy
to ask your banker about an invest-
ment. Make it a rule to do this be-
He has nothing to sell—has
no interest beyond protecting you.
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