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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
AVVUEKE'S a call out for the woman
■ who writes all those travel books
which have been published from
time to time under the title of "So
.—. ■ You’re Going to .”
ijjJL (the blank space being for the name
Wj of some foreign country). If she
// wants to do It, she can write a com
/ blnatlon volume which will be a
/ guide book to more than a dozen
of them and the title of It might
be "So You're Going to Chicago.”
itch Is by way of saying that this summer
sands of Americans are “going abroad at
»” by visiting the second edition of the big
which the middle western metropolis put
ist summer. For the outstanding feature of
1934 Century of Progress exposition Is the
gn villages which now stand on the shores
.ake Michigan. Unlike other world’s fairs
•e you got your Idea of what a certain for
country was like by Inspecting a formal j
Ibit” of some of the products, handicraft,
of that land, this year’s exposition In Chi
offers you a “grand tour” of four contl
s concentrated In less space than a town
in your home county, where In the trans
ted bits of more than a dozen foreign lands
can hobnob with their people and breathe
he very atmosphere of their everyday life,
the four continents represented by villages
le fair, Europe has the greatest number. A
to the English village Is more than a trip
ss the Atlantic to call on our British cousins,
leans also a Journey back into the past—to
Merrle England of the Sixteenth century
e glamorous by the writings of several Im
:als who lived them For over here Is the
ige of Ann Hathaway, to which more than
across the fields of Stratford-on-Avon came
sweetheart, young Will Shakespeare, as yet
•nsclouB of the fame that was to be his.
-e Is a replica of Haddon Hall, home of the
ly Dorothy Vernon, whose tempestuous career
rescued from the obscurity of history In the
;s of Charles Major’s “When Knighthood
In Flower.” And not far away Is the replica
Itoke Pogls church where Gray wrote his
>gy In a Country Churchyard,” and another
ulgrave Manor, ancestral home of the Wash
> leave England and go to Ireland does not
Ive a trip across the stormy Irish sea. In
d a minute's walk up the Midway takes the
rlst” back to the "ould sod”—a village of
i than a score of buildings ranging from the
ilest thatched cottage to a replica of Tara’s
famed In song and story as the meeting
e of the ancient Irish kings, clergymen,
cesses and bards.
alk across the street from this historic pal
1 (Watch outl That Jaunting car Just barely
;ed you 1) and you’ll And yourself In Dlnty
re’s Pub, one of the most famous bars of
lln, with Its sawdust covered floor and rough
den benches. As you drink a toast to , the
It of the Emerald Isle there drifts In through
windows the sounds of music and you hurry
to Join the throng gathering In the village
n where a group of Jolly Irish lads and col
s are dancing Jigs and reels to the accom
ment of bagpipe and hkrp.
r If you’re a serious-minded “tourist” and
sn’t time to waste on watching such frlvoll
- over there Is a group of weavers demon
flqg the manufacture of Irish linen, poplin
lace, and In another place you can try to
iiher the Latin text of the Book of Kells, the
ilnated copy of the Gospel, said to be the
t example of early Christian art of Its kind,
containing also local Irish records dating
to the Eighth century,
you depart from the British Isles and five
utes later you’re In Holland—in the land of
ch windmills and dykes and canals and tu
“Where are you going, my pretty maid?”
ask that rosy-cheeked girl as she clatters
g the cobbled street In her wooden shoes,
iglng a pall on her arm. “I’m going a-milk
slr,” she may or may not reply. But any
* If you follow her, you’ll see a Dutch farm
se with Its Immaculately kept cow-stable,
ilng Into family living quarters, with Its tile
d mangers and other furnishings that would
be out of place In a modern American home.
Old North church,
COLONIAL VILLAGE
STREETS Or SHANGHAI *
But don’t spend too much time here In Queen
Wllhelmina's land, for you're due over In the
Black Forest of Germany, tn a village called the
“Schwarzwalder Dorf.” There, no matter how
blazing the sun may be on the Midway, you’ll
And mid-winter weather and you’ll enjoy the
novel experience of outdoor Ice skating In the
middle of summer. Against a background of syn
thetlc-snow-covered mountains (they were built
to order and contain more than 15 tons of steel,
90,000 feet of lumber and 2,000 yards of plaster)
you’ll see typical German houses, their roofs
mantled with snow (synthetic) and with icicles
(also synthetic) hanging from their eaves.
Over there you see—but the little door on that
cuckoo clock hanging on the wall has flown open
and the cuckoo Is telling you that It’s time to re
sume your “tour” to that Swiss vlllnge that nes
tles at, the foot of the snow-covered Alps (syn
thetic, of course). That clear, high-pitched call
you hear as you enter Is a Swiss yodeler salut
ing his native mountains (for. In truth, the Illu
sion of these man-made Alps Is almost perfect).
If you're tired of snow and high mountains by
this time. In a minute or two you can be In sun
ny Italy. You enter It through a replica of the
entrance gate to the little town of Signa. But
once Inside the village you And It's more than
one Italian town. Here is a replica of the lean
ing garrisenda tower of Bologna. Over there Is
the home of Christopher Columbus In Genoa.
You cross the Plaza Benito Mussolini and walk
up and down the Via Marconi and the Via Crlsto
foro Colombo which flank the square. You visit
the ancient Roman temple of Apollo and back of
that you stand on a balustraded piazza overlook
ing the Courtlle Italo Balbo.
A short steamer voyage on the Mediterranean
(In fancy) and you’re In Spain where you wan
der through the balls of the famous Poblett
monastery which dates back to the Eleventh
century and houses the famous Virgin of Pilar.
You Inspect other historic castles and buildings
from the six most famous provinces of Spain
and again you take ship for another voyage on
the Mediterranean (a “magic carpet” one, of
course).
This time Africa is your goal—there to visit
the Oasis, a Mediterranean village of North Af
rica, or the Tunisian village peopled by Arab
sheiks, Bedouin tribesmen and African crafts
men demonstrating their arts and handicraft
From Africa the "tourist” heads next for Asia,
for the Streets of Shanghai, a colorful repro
duction of one section of that International Chi
nese port. Pagoda towers, eight stories high and
painted in brilliant hues, mark the entrance to
a colony of typical Chinese buildings. Including
a Confuclan temple, a theater, an art gallery,
shops and restaurants.
It would take you weeks to make your way
across the Paciflc ocean from China to Mexico
If you were a real tourist But as a “tourist” at
the world's fair it Is only a few minutes walk
from the Streets of Shanghai to the Mexican vil
lage, with Its replicas of the Acatapec church,
the Amecameca chapel and the cathedra) of
Cuernavaca. But don’t let the eusy-golng, “noco
tlempo” atmosphere hold you in its spell too
long. It's almost time to end your “world tour”
ITALIAN
VILLAGE
and come back to your own, your native land.
But wben you do, when you enter the village
that stands for America’s part In this congress
of villages of the world. It won't be the America
of everyday life that yon know. For, as was the
case In the English village, you'll be transported
back two centuries or more the moment you en
ter the Colonial village.
Dominating the village Is the tall spire of Old
North Church In whose belfry tower hung the
lantern (“One If by land and two If by sea”)
which sent Paul Revere riding furiously north
westward that April night nearly 100 years ago.
Paul's house Is there, too. as Is the old Massa
chusetts state house. That little building over
there la the print shop of a young man named
Ben Franklin. In that house lives Betsey Boss,
busy with her needle and thread on a new flag
of Red and White and Blue—Just such a flag as
floats gently In the breezes from Lake Michigan
at the top of the tall flag pole which stands In
the middle of the village.
Here Is the House of Seven GabfM, the Witches
House, the Pirate Gaol, the Village Smithy (Yes,
there’s a “spreading chestnut tree”) the Pilgrim
Settlement, a Colonial Kitchen and a Wayside
Inn. Over there Is the Governor's Palace, the
Virginia Tavern and Wakefield, where George
Washington was born. You walk across the Vil
lage Green and mount the steps of Monnt Ver
non. You pass on through this stately mansion
to the colonial gardens In the rear, then out into
the blazing sunlight and noise of the Midway.
You blink your eyes as though waking up from
a dream. This is Chicago and 1894 and not Vir
ginia and 1778. And then you remember: In
three or four hours, you’ve been around the
world. You’ve been "going abroad at home.”
• by Western Newspaper Union.
Scenes and Persons in the Current News
.. — 1 f"l' 'll I ■! '■
1—Former President Herbert Hoover speaking at the dedication of Morris dam In San Gabriel canyon,
Azusa, Calif., newest link In a chain of links and aqueducts that will Join southern California with the Colorado
river. 2—Police In Toledo battling with some of the thousands of strikers near the Electric Auto-Lite com
pany's plant 8—Parade at the reopening of A Century of Progress In Chicago as It passed down the Avenue
of Flaga
Death Valley Revealed by Infra Red Rays
The radically new method of photography, utilizing infra red rays and designed essentially for spectra
icopic and research work, reveals Death Valley In California as It has never been seen by the human
tye, reproducing on the plate distant peaks Invisible to the photographer. The picture was taken from the
ridge of Telescope peak looking toward Las Vegas, Nev. Death Valley appears In the foreground, 0,000
feet below and about ten miles away. The section of the valley shown Is Bad Water, 235 feet below sea
level, the lowest point In the United States. The mountains looming up on the far side of the valley are the
Funeral range, while directly opposite Is Dante’s View, famous tourist meeca.
HEADS WOMAN VOTERS I
Miss Margaret M. Wells of Min
neapolis Is the newly elected presi
dent of the National League of
Women Voters. She has had an Im
portant part In the development of
the organization, serving In various
Important capacities In the local,
state and national leagues. She Is
a graduate of Smith college.
NAVY HONOR MAN
Join P. Wiley of Washington.
O. OL, who Is the honor man of the
1934 graduating class at the United
States Naval academy at Annapolis
Heaviest Substance in WorM
Osmium, a very hard metal nsed
largely In making gold pen-points,
Is the heaviest substance la the
world; It weighs 1,404 pounds per
cable foot, or 98 per cent more Qian
load.
Capt. Larson Gets the Mackay Cup
The army’s most valued flying trophy, the Mackay cup, which la
awarded annually for the year’s greatest aerial achievement, has been
awarded for 1933 to Capt Westslde Larson of Rockwell field, California,
for a series of experimental flights
Fly Ocean but Fail to Reach Goal
Maurice Uoaai (loft) and Paul Codon, noted Preach aviators, under
took to By from Paris to California, but wore forced to land at New York
by a defect In one wing of their monoplane. They became the first men
ever to Sj the Atlantic In both eastward and westward directions.