nl BRISBANE THIS WEEK Descend Among Bicycles Many Strikes and Worries + Two Flags That Clash Two National Hymns low, written in Europe, traveling about by auto- mobile, will rep- resent an effort to see things scribe them sim- the old formula. Havre into a bicycle wheels, a change from the world on automo- bile wheels left on the other side of the Atlantic. Here working men and women, thousands of them, ride to and from work, ten to thirty abreast, depending on the width of the street. They have the right of way, prop- erly, in a democracy. So it used to be in America, when automobiles were new, small boys shouted ‘‘Get a horse,” and New York state law compelled the automobile dniver to stop his car and engine, while a farm wagon passed, if the farmer raised his hand, or even lead the farm team past his machine if the farmer re- quested it. Here the car stops, while bicycles circulate around it on both sides. Similarly, you stop, later, meeting flocks of sheep, on roads across the salt marshes of the Vendee. Arthur Brisbane France is a land of bicycles, of many political parties, and, at the moment, a land of strikes. Like all land of permanent war scares. America looks upon war as a dis- tant, improbable possibility, and when it comes spends billions on airships that do not fly, ships that never go to sea, and similar evi. dences of patriotic dollar-a-year ef- ficiency. Europe's nations live in a state of fear, as an American family might live if it knew that, at any moment; well-equipped gangsters from next door might en- ter, ‘shoot up’ the household and set fire to the house. — American travelers leaving the boat by railroad, descending in Paris at the Saint Lazare station, were surprised to find crowds fight- ing each other, not waiting for Germany, crowds made up entirely of Frenchmen of different political opinions. Some wore ribbons with the red, white and blue colors of the French flag; others, more numerous, wore the plain color red. One side sang of France since the revolution. Others wearing small red flags sang the “Internationale,” official song of the Communists the world over, from Moscow to Harlem. Crowds grew bigger, the French- men sang the two hymns at each other, more and more violently, of tune, all knowing the words of their respective hymns. The “Mar- seillaise” says, ‘Let us go, chil- dren of the fatherland, the day of glory has arrived”; the other Says, “Arise ye prisoners of starvation; arise, ye wretched of the earth.” It was a scene never to be de- scribed, now that Dooley is dead, and Artemus Ward, Nobody both- ered the descending foreigners from across the water. not hard, then agents of the licemen, other again the next day. Paris, or vice versa, and, meeting in the railroad station, it enrages them to encounter ‘hose that sing the wrong hymn and wear the wrong colors. Those singers have chests like drums, complexions that reveal countless billions of red corpuscles and voices that could be heard, al- Monica. One of them broke off at the sad ulated him on his vigor: “Tenez, tatez mon bras, et j'ai soixante sept ans’’—meaning, ‘Here, feel my muscle, and I am sixty-seven years old.” The muscle rose in a biceps like a small melon. The duty of a visiting foreigner is to observe, describe and not comment; but this writer, had he accepted the invitation to speak at the American club in Paris recent- ly, would have suggested that the French, whose only earthly pos- session is France, should be care ful not to tear that property apart, especially with Germany ready to gather up the pieces. might happen in a week. Sin yp arateae tae © Prepared by the National! Geographle Society, Washington, D. C.—WNU Bervice 66 ECORATED with palms” —how often the phrase occurs in descriptions of social events! Wherever florists ply their trade and have a hand in beautifying public occa- sions, palms play an important part. Without them hotel lobbies, steam- ship salons, dance halls, and churches would lack their refresh- ing greenness. Often referred to as just ‘florists’ palms,” they are taken for granted, like many of our common blessings. In reality, they belong to a small group usually called Kentia palms, fourd only in remote islands of the Coral sea, and their present wide- spread use throughout the civilized world is one of the romantic tales of horticulture. A little more than half a century ago they became an important article of commerce, and few people even today realize from what a tiny bit of the earth's sur- inates. In 1788 Lieut. Henry Lidgbird Ball, en route from Sydney, New South Wales, to Norfolk island, dis- covered a remarkable pyramid of volcanic rock rising straight out of the Tasman sea to a height of 1,818 feet. He descried land to the northwest, which further investi- gation revealed as an island of un- usual conformation and striking beauty. In honor of Richard Howe, the British admiral who played an im- portant part in the war with the Americun colonies, Ball called his contribution to the British Empire Lord Howe island. His own name was given later to the massive rock which first attracted his attention, and Balls Pyramid is his enduring monument, Lord Howe island lies 360 miles of Sydney. It has the form of a boomerang, with its length extend- ing nearly north and south, the con- precipitous eastern coast arched against the surging Pacific. In an air line the northernmost part of the island is only seven miles from its southern tip and the greatest breadth is but a mile and a half. Formation of the Island. The northern half is hilly, but the the sea. The southern half is moun- tainous, rugged, and wild. Two peaks occupy most of this area, the southernmost, Mount Gower, rising directly from the sea to 2,840 feet, The mount are thickly wooded, so far as their Between the northern Extending from the northwestern most coral reef in the world. Be- tween this reef and the island itself lies the lagoon which it protects, its eastern side bounded by a bath- ing beach of clean white sand some two miles long. The reefs prevent vessels from approaching close; they must anchor about a mile off. shore, and passengers and freight are then landed, by means of motor- towed barges, at the jetty near the northern end of the lagoon, When Ball first landed on the island there were no signs of the genus Homo; he and his men were probably the first human beings who ever set eyes on its beauties. The richness of the vegetation, the abundance of birds, and the numer ous rivulets of clear, cold water indicated plainly, however, that here was a little paradise awaiting set. tlers. Nevertheless, for many years the island lay neglected. a Sy pA mal] Som: pany from New , In several Maoris, were brought to Lord Howe, but in two years they were so discontented that they were taken back to their old homes in New Zealand, and Nature once more was left in untroubled possession. But not for long! American whal- ing vessels, scouring the southern seas, found that Lord Howe island was an excellent place to replenish their water supply. There were no government officials to deal with, no distractions to tempt desertion, and no natives with whom the sail- ors could get into trouble. By 1840 reports of these numerous visiting whalers reached Sydney, and two families established themselves on Lord Howe to grow fruit and vege- tables for the crews. So well did the settlers prosper that others fol- lowed, and by 1850 a small com- munity was well rooted on the island. Excellent Climate, and Soil, The climate is delightful, with much bright sunshine, yet a plenti- ful supply of rain; abundant breezes, but no cyclones; never a trace of frost, but very little excessive heat. The soil is fertile, and nearly every- thing which grows in warm, tem- perate or subtropical countries can be grown on Lord Howe. The island has such a tropical appearance and there are so many palms that the entire absence of coconuts is strik- ing. The explanation is that the mean annual temperature is not high enough for that heat-loving palm, With the discovery of petroleum the decline of the whaling fleet be- gan and hard times came to Lord Howe. was no market for the produce, both too far away. coveries which prove epoch-making, and so it proved in this case. who was first to offer them for sale. florists. Four Kinds of Residents. ple. posed of three New South Wales officials in Sydney, the island being politically a dependency of that state. The residents on the island are divided by two lines of cleavage into four natural groups; one line separates those born on Lord Howe, and hence known as “islanders,” from those born elsewhere, and so known as ‘‘non-islanders. This cleavage is not the basis of a social distinction; if the islanders look down on the non-islanders they con- ceal their feelings perfectly. The second line of cleavage sep- arates ‘participants’ from “none participants,” an economic division of the island's income from the sale of the palm seeds. To be a partici- pant one must be an islander, or else married to an islander, and a resident for ten years or more. The degree of participation de- pends on age and sex. All males twenty-one years of age, or more have 25 shares in the allotment. Women of like age have 10 shares, but on marriage their holding is in- creased to 25 shares. A married couple will thus have 50 shares when starting their home. For each child born to them 30 additional shares come to them, with a maxi- mun of 35 shares = children. At the present time population of the island is less than 150 and the number of scarcely consists partly of non-islanders em- ployed in various occupations, . Pattern 5560 jv out the both “Company's coming!’ —so with the best bedspread, dresser’'s matching scarf, crocheted this easy way. have reason indeed, to be proud of this lacy pair, to say nothing of a tea or dinner cloth, of it and of all the stitches need- ed; material requirements, To obtain this pattern send fif- teen cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) to The Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept., 259 W. Fourteenth St., New York, N. Y. Write plainly pattern number, your name and address. 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