Bizr.rre Float in the Carnival at Nice.
(Prepared by the National Geographic
Society. Washington, D. C.)
'\~\T 7 HEN millions of Americans
\Y W / leave weeks, for three three days, months three at
or
the beach or the lakes, on
the farm or in the mountains, they
are hitting an age-old trail.
Laps, of Lapland, and the Bakhtiari,
of West Persia, take the vacation trail
to a cool summer climate, and it is
called a migration because they have
to go. The Athenian gentleman went
to Olympia and called his recreation
interval the Olympic games. In China
and India popular thought satisiies the
vacation impulse by religious pilgrim¬
ages. Some people, not yet entirely
accustomed to pleasure for pleasure’s
sake, go to health springs, “bads,” or
spas, but it is a vacation, nevertheless,
and a salutary one.
Olympic games of ancient Greece
were probably the first vacation ex¬
cursions. Before their organization,
800 years before the birth of Christ,
traveling was risky. The mountains
might invite in summer, but if a man
loved life, he stayed in bis own little
kingdom, though he cooked and boiled
and baked in the sun. In Greece, for
one mouth following the first full
moon after June 21, every four years,
a general peace proclamation went
out through the states of Greece, per¬
mitting contestants and hordes of ex¬
cursionists to go safely to the beauti¬
ful vale of Olympia.
Rome marked its conquests not with
lead plates or flagpoles, hut bath
houses. ATany of the innumerable
health springs of Europe, gathering
places for multitudes for the cure of
disease and, the enjoyment of rest or
sport, boast of Roman origin at the
bands of the “amphibian legionnaires.”
The site of Bath in England attracted
one of the largest Roman settlements
by its famous springs. “Bad” in Ger¬
man means “bath,” and towns with
“bad” before or after thp names are
•almost as frequent as “Main Streets"
in America. This word “spa,” for
health spring resort, has its origin in
the Belgian town Spa, once the most
famous in Europe.
Resorts of Royalty.
Tiie prince of Wales goes in for out¬
door life on a Canadian ranch; the
king of Spain summers at San Sebas¬
tian, the Spanish counterpart to Biar¬
ritz; whereas Peter the Great of Rus¬
sia. and monarchs of Austria and
Sweden, snaked in and drank chemi¬
cally-scented water in Spa. King
George, of England, goes to the sea¬
shore or to tiie Scottish moors for a
vacation, but tils ancestral namesakes
went to rhe pumphouse of Bath.
In the bills west of Reiv>in„ (Peking)
are the ruins of onp of the most beau¬
tiful summer resorts the world has
seen, the summer palace of Mnnchn
emperors. The Jade fountain, a fine
large spring, has been the site of sum¬
mer palaces for Chinese sovereigns
since the Tenth century. But the
most beautiful was that built by he
poet emperor in 1061. Jesuit priests
described to him the beauties of Ver¬
sailles palace and he wove some of the
designs into his own plans. A Jesuit
supervised the development of the
palace enclosure. Here the emperor
took his ease on a royal barge floating
on a sapphire lake in the midst of
which rose an artificial mountain gird¬
ed with marble bastions.
Climbing Fujiyama is the cherished
Japanese idea of a vacation. Although
the numerous hot springs of the na¬
tion attract thousands annually, Mount
Fuji is their mecca. Every true Jap¬
anese expects to climb it once in his
lifetime it is sacred to both Shinto
and Buddhist believers; to the former
It is the beautiful goddess “causing
flowers to bloom brightly.” to the lat¬
ter it is the folded bud of the sacred
lotus. The desire to climb the perfect
snow-white cone of Fuji has given rise
to vacation lotteries throughout Japan.
The lucky ticket gives its holder suf¬
ficient funds to ascend the supreme
altar and salute the sun as it turns
the sea of cotton, as the Japanese
call the cloud root into a fleece of
gold.
Lucky are the Mohammedan pil¬
grims bound for Mecca when their
shifting calendar brings the holiest
time for this journey into the spring,
for that is the most delightful season
in the deserL
Playgrounds by the Sea.
Each nation has its Atlantic City.
Peruvians go down to Barranca on the
Pacific the French in Algeria go to
Tlemceif’in the hills back from the
Mediterranean, Athens listens to
French operettas in Phaleron on the
bay, where galleys of ancient Athens
were sheltered. Egyptian^ desert the
muddy Nile for Ramleh, a few miles
from Alexandria and on the edge of
the delta's fan. The Lido, an island
near Venice, is the famous ocean re¬
sort of Italy; and the east shore of
the Baltic is one vast bathing beach
during the brief summer which that
region enjoys.
One of the best known of the world’s
playgrounds is the Riviera—that sun¬
drenched shore of the Mediterranean,
where France and Italy meet Nice,
chief town of the Riviera, is often
caviled at as too boisterous, too crowd¬
ed, but it continues despite all that
to be the capital of Europe’s winter
playground. Cannes draws to its villas
and hotels those of quieter tastes.
Mentone lures Its invalids, while all
tiie other scores of resorts along this
sun-bathed Mediterranean coast draw
to themselves aproprlate groups of
those in search of pleasure, rest, or
health. But Nice is tt. > meeting place
for all as well as the place of tem¬
porary residence for thousands who
find this bustling city and well
equipped resort, roiled into one, ex¬
actly to their liking.
Nice’s gaiety rises in crescendo to
the carnival which takes place just
before the beginning of Lent each
spring. This more or less historic cel¬
ebration, a type for numerous festi¬
vals around the world, began as a
modest fiesta many years ago. It be¬
came an organized celebration in 1871,
and has drawn increasing crowds
since. It must be admitted, too, that
it has grown in rowdyism. There are
quiet-loving souls who leave Nice for
the carnival just as there are those
who flock there for it. The celebra¬
tion centers about the battle of flow¬
ers in the Promenade des Anglais.
There are parades that feature liie
ludicrous as well as the beautiful, and
the inevitable dominos, masques, street
songs, street dances, horns and con¬
fetti.
Many English in Nice.
There is a considerable English col¬
ony at Nice. It. dates back many
years as one might surmise whert^he
learns that the Promenade des An¬
glais has borne its name since 1821.
Some of the earliest of the seekers of
winter gunshfhe from the British Isles
were in tiie modest Riviera town that
year when an unusual cold snap ruined
the orange crop. They clubbed to¬
gether and gave the unemployed na¬
tives work hy building a road along
the seashore—the Promenade des An¬
glais. A wag has said that this road¬
way was built by the unemployed and
has been used by the unemployed ever
since. The chief boulevard and shop¬
ping street in Nice is the Avenue de
la Victoire. With its smart shops and
smartly-dressed shoppers, It is a typ¬
ical Parisian boulevard in miniature
form.
New Nice, with its wide streets and
bright buildings, has grown over a
large area, almost obscuring quaint
Old Nice. One finds the old town in
a seemingly compressed quarter across
a little torrent from the newer city,
between the streai^ and a buff-iike
promontory, Castle Hill, which was the
acropolis of the earliesi settlement.
On one side of the stream are narrow,
crooked streets, houses centuries old
and here and there ruined palaces. It
is a medieval-looking place, but is in¬
habited by thoroughly modem me¬
chanics, tram drivers and other less
opulent inhabitants of the city. On
the pther side of the stream lies the
new city with its avenues and prom¬
enades. theaters and casinos, sweep¬
ing up hill inland to a zone of hotels,
palaces and villas.
Although many criticize Nice for its
modernity and its too-rapid growth,
all agree that its setting on a spacious,
sparkling bay enfolded hy green and
lavender hills, is superb- To see the
city and its surroundings at their
best one should ride over the famous
Grande Comiche road. From Nice it
climbs to a high shelf (the name means
“great cornice or shelf”) on the island
hills overlooking the entire region both
seaward and off to the snow-capped
alps. Napoleon built the road between
1S05 and 1812 to facilitate military ex¬
peditions toward Italy. Now it is giv¬
en over almost entirely to pleasure
traffic. Over it “during the season”
whiz char-a-bancs and motor buses and
private cars. After warm weather
brings an end to the season this road
of incomparable views is almost de¬
serted.
Hire Kitchen
Cabinet
«c). 1929. Western Newspaper Union.)
Not what we have, but what we
use,
Not what .we see, but what we
choose—
These are the things that mar or
bless
The sum of human happiness.
Not as we take, but as we give,
Not as we pray, but as we live—
These are the things that make
for peace
Both now and after time shall
cease.
THIS AND THAT
In the South guava jelly is much
used as a garnish for various dishes,
____
One in particular is cheese (the cream
or cottage) formed into a ball and
served on a crisp lettuee*leaf with a
spoonful of jelly as a garnish. This
makes a dainty salat) and one quickly
prepared.
Balls of cottage cheese, pressed in
at the top to form a cavity and filled
with the crab apple jelly is a nice fin¬
ish for dinner with a cracker and demi
tasse of coffee.
Few of our housewives appreciate
the food value of dates. Stuffed with
I nuts or cream cheese they serve as
a delicious dessert and one that will
not strain the family purse or the en¬
ergy of the cook. Sometime when
pressed for ideas try this: Slice stoned
dates into small glass serving dishes,
sprinkle with a few pecans and top
with lightly flavored whipped cream.
The dates ure sweet enough to not
need sugar.
When serving tea for the afternoon
bridge club make very small baking
powder biscuit, not more than an inch
across. Split while hot, spread with
butter and fresh raspberry jam or
any other well-liked jam. These are
so good with tea—but make plenty.
Melville Cookies.—Cream one cupful
of butter, add one and one-half cup¬
fuls of sugar gradually and three eggs
well beaten. Dissolve one-fourth tea
spoonful of soda in a tablespoonful of
hot water and add to the mixture. Sift
three and one-half cupfuls of flour
with four teaspoonfuls of baking pow¬
der, three-fourths teaspoonful of salt
and one teaspoonful of cinnamon. To
part of the flour add three-fourths of
a cupful of raisins and the grated rind
of an orange. Add the orange juice and
one cupful of nuts to the mixture,
then mix all together. Drop by spoon¬
fuls on baking sheets and bake in a
hot oven.
Coffee Recipes.
As coffee is such u universally liked
drink, the flavor, too, is enjoyed in
,q l/
i
Strain into cups set in hot water and
bake until firm.
Coffee Tapioca.—Soak two table¬
spoonfuls of pearl tapioca overnight
in water to cover. Drain off the wa¬
ter and add three cupfuls of strong
coffee infusion. Add one-half cupful
of sugar, a pinch of salt and bake or
cook in a double boiler until clear.
Serve with sugar and cream.
Coffee Cream.—Soften one table¬
spoonful of gelatin in two tablespoon¬
fuls of cold water and add one-third
cupful of boiling water. Add one
quarter cupful of sugar and one cup¬
ful of strong coffee infusion. Fill
eight individual molds half-full of this
jelly. Meanwhile soften two teaspoon¬
fuls of gelatin in a tablespoonful of
cold water. Beat one egg slightly, add
two tablespoonfuls of sugar and one
quarter cupful of coffee infusion.
Cook over hot water until thickened,
then add the gelatin and stir until
well dissolved. When thickened fold
in two-thirds of a cupful of whipped
cream which has been flavored with a
few drops of vanilla. Fill the molds
with this mixture. Set on ice to chill.
Unmold to serve.
Malted Coffee.—Take two cupfuls of
strong coffee infusion, six tablespoon¬
fuls of malted milk, one and one-half
cupfuls of milk, one-half cupful of
cream. Add the coffee to the malted
milk, stirring until well blended, or
beat with an egg beater. Add a pinch
of salt and sugar, if needed. Chill,
add milk and cream and serve with
ice as a cold drink, or heated, for a
hot stimulating drink.
Coffee Sirup.—-Make two cupfuls of
extra strong coffee, add after strain¬
ing, three and one-haif pounds of
sugar, boil three minutes, then bottle.
Seal and keep in a cool place. This
sirup may be used in various ways.
Coffee Egg Nog.—Take three table¬
spoonfuls of the coffee sirup, three
fourths cupful of rich milk, one egg
yolk and white, beaten separately.
Vanilla, if wished. Add coffee sirup
to milk, then beaten egg yolk, a pinch
of salt, fold in the stiffly-beaten white,
chill and serve.
iWu
CLEVELAND COURIER
ns a breakfast jelly
for many dainty dishes.
The crab apple jelly
made from the fall crab
apples is just as delight¬
ful and to many a more
agreeable flavor than the
guava. Serve it as the
southern people do, and
otiier combinations.
Coffee Custard.—Scald
two cupfuls of milk with
two tablespoonfuls of
ground coffee, and
strain.. Beat four eggs
lightly and add one
fourth cupful of sugar,
one- eighth teaspoonful
of and the milk.
No Appeal From Verdict
of Chinese Death Squad
Whatever may he said about China
as being backward, at least there is
one modern note struck with more
than visible insistency in the nation’s
capital. Nanking has brought the old
time execution squad thoroughly up to
(late. A familiar sight in ancient China
used to be tiie squad of honor which
percolated through the streets with
drawn execution sword, meting out
summary justice (or injustice in some
cases) upon all who disobeyed the
law. Gilbert and Sullivan used to sing
about the snickersee. But this has
been put away. The execution squad
now carries rifles. It is to he seen
In Nanking—seven men and an officer
The leading man, as they wend
through the streets in single file, hears
a flag upon which is inscribed in Chi¬
nese characters a warning to ob¬
serve tiie law. There are several such
squads on duty 24 hours a day, and
its word is life or death to offenders.
It supplements the police force, hut
ils action is far more swift and
deadly.
New Film Marvel
Tiie rotoseope, a machine invented
in London, will take slow motion ,pic¬
tures of objects revolving at a rate
of .700 revolutions a second and slow
them down to one revolution a min¬
ute. Test pictures taken hy lliis means
reveal that drops of water are spher¬
ical, lightning a single intense spot of
light, and that the flame of an or¬
dinary gas jet fluctuates considerably
Instead of remaining steady, as it up
nears.
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