Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 9 Jan 1931, p. 33

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*Dear W: "I hope .1 neyer bave to see an- other grapefruit-headed child," somie- one remarks bebind me on the train. it is truc. Jhese Javanese cbildren. liave beads exactly the shape of. grapefruit, bulging on tbe sides and, slightly flattened. on ýtop. In the short timne. since l 'eaving Ceylon we. seem to have crossed some race houndary;, these people are much ê more aboriginal than -the Hindu and Cingalese types. NVe 1bave cetainly bad a good time *in Java. -A. party of about fifty of us trive1llcd up into the conter of the island to sec the famous, Borboedoer Temple-oÔne of the great Buddhist *monuments -of the East. We were there yesterday afternoon. It. is a vast grcy. stone pile-built in terraces and capping a bilk.,It -was built ini the ninth century and, later, at a ti'me when the population feared persecu- tions, tbey cvered it with earth, and it was:not discovered again until the> * ineteenth century. * We dlimbed up the hutge steps, walking around the terraces to study the huge figures of the Buddla-a thousand of tbem, we were told, tbougb wc didn't count tbemn-and study some of the seven miles of excellent carved frescoes. It is a srneand impressive pile there in the center of tbis buge mielancholy plain. Our first nigbt in java was s pont in a botel that could scarcely. be equalled in Europe. ' Imagine our joy at piting, bot and dusty, out of etir * trains and being confronted with thoso wide shatly vcrandabs, and the tinkie of ice-cooled drinks. Our rooms were palatial in extent with baths as large as ordinary botel bcd- * rooms., You can see the bardships to which Raymond and Whitcomb sub- jects us. There is, a truly tropic heat over everything. Fricndly lizards. crawl over the walIls, and faithfullyaccord- ing to orders, we shake out our-shoes ir. the mornings for th e possibly less * f riendly scorpions. None yct! Last night we bad an extraordinary motor ride throuoeb the jungle at HEADING SOUTHI As nortb winds bowl on lonely greens and the température of upper1 latitudes drops with sickening tbud, America is scudding soutbward' to cover. Amfong the rail routes wbicb bave Florida for their Mecca, one of the swif test as wchl as.on--whieh teems with Most historié associations is thati which starts at Chicago or At. Louis and ýembraces in direct line thc cities of Evansvillc,,Nashville, Atlanta and1 Jacksonville and includes bbe famous1 battlefields, of the Civil'War. Though unusually direct, this route. first to be traversed by 'a tbrougb, train f rom Chicago to Felorida, pçr- mits tbc traveler« to sce more of the inbcrvening territ ory made niemorable by circunistance and story than pos- sibly any other itinerary. Not only does the train offer a tnip as free f rom personal responsibility as that enjoyed by bbc riders of Bag- dad's magc carpet, but it affords, a view of unrivaled beauty and historie background. P rom Nashville to Macon, Ga., it traverses a mounitain, country of breath-catching vistas which,.reacb their climax at Chattanooga, lying ini the cro6k of Moccasin Bend of the Tennessee river. ýWithin a stone's tbrow are such heroi c spots as Lookout Mountain, on whosc flanks was fough't the Battie amnong the Clouds; Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. From Chatta- nooga to Atlanta and beyond thé naine of almost every wayside hamilet is connected wîth sorne épisode of Sbcrman's grini niarch bo the sea, 137 miles which now present a bright stretch of valley, forest and orchard alternating with happy plantations. For parents whose childrcn are.1 Ail these landmarks arc reacbed easily while gencrous stop-over priv- ileges *allow sojourns as brief or lengthy as desired. Ali-steel trains afTord equipmentý compared with which. 1foman chariots- wer 1e mere upholstered wheelbarrowrs.ý De luxe' flyers 'wihtout extra fares are. at, the disposai of passengers. Accommodations. consist of spa- cious drawing-rooms, club, library, observation and dining cars in -wbicb curtained windows by day and shaded lamps by night cast a gleam ove furnishings, Whose tones are those of a well-appointed bouse or club., Both fuinishings and design are the work of some of the country's best interior decorators. Drawing-rooms may be reserved singly or en suite, an. arrangement wbich affords ceither the comfort and privacy of a.,botel roomi or a cbarm- ing apartmcent for f amily or-,frienids. Eacb compartmnent bas its quota of ventilators, heat control and, fans which keep the atiopherç ,u'frm, in température, while toilet appoint- ments in drawi.ng-room, Pullman and coach are among the finest in thé. United States. ARE YOU COING SOUTH? Custom made Gowns, Conte and Suite made by 111gh clam Chicago dressmaker. RemodeUing and Alteations Phone for apo1t.sn LOXOEEA4JN 96" CHANDLER'S now bas a ,RENTAI LBRARY: I p DiXIE .FLYER we're aU m.deulys.*Imm> rest by Apuil 14 Wr. aulthat W&. rnatele a tel* smono - or S whether 7ou'WS srem A m seos oRther busies. ÂprE *lelmwt la" husisi the g." CRUAND M0TABLES, FOR RWNT

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