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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 29 Nov 1929, p. 43

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N:J:ov:e:m:b:e:r:~:':l:~===================================W~I~L;M~E~T~T~E~L~I;F~E============================================~~ t:S~HER. GOUlD~S · TRAVEL CORNER. Holds Court," "Roads to Wonderland," and "The Pilgrims." The last named film will be of special interest because of its bearing on the Thanksgiving season. There will be two performances, one beginning at 10 o'clock, and the other at 11 in the James Simpson theater of the museum. ' ON TO CHINA late and Tea" and "Habitat Groups"; ·:··-·-------~--·-··· It might almost s~em that then.: has \Nednesday, "Chinese Art" and "Cer·~ been a conspiracy of silence in the edu- als"; Th'u rsday, two general tours of cation of most of u s concerning China. the museum, and Friday, "Primitive As if we who arc mere upstarts on Homes" and "Gems and J ev·elry." the face of the g lobe had decided to These tours of mu se um exhibits, conand ignore this far older inhabitant. It conH~-'. ducted by staff lecturer s, are free. Parthen, as rather a shock to our unpre- ties assemble inside the north entrance. School Uniforms pared ears to learn that the most brilliant of the Chinese dyna sties, that of Custom made CHILDREN'S MOVIES Tang, was coincident with Europe's Dark Will Call on Appointment At the free Raymond Fund entertainAges, that another of its three great 911 LAKE STREET, . EVANSTON dynasties came at the time of the Middle ment for children at Field Museum of Ages. and that during the Renai ssa nce 1'\atural History Saturday morning, Josephine Taylor Edith Normoyle ~ovember 30, three moving pictures will the ~ling. Dynasty held sway. Greenleaf 5374 Wilmette 122 Of the se three great dyna~ties, the he shown. The titles are "King Snow ear 1iest was unqucst ion a hly the greatest. \Vhich mean s that between the vears of (JlR and 970 China reach ed her i1ighcst de,·elopmrnt in statesmanship, religion, art. . The que stion of \\'hy she ha s never progressed farther is one of those which ha s kept the hi storians you ng hy making tlwm iet'l their importance in the wnrld . · The backwardness of ChinL·sc writing has ht.·eJI put fnnyanl as one tm<louhted rl'ason. Another is tht· iun<lamental . consen·atism of the Chinese people. They believe that heaven a11d earth. what we call the Law s of !\aturl' and the dujngs of m en ctrc a ll parb 11i an indivisible whole. As easi ly change the one as the other. This makes fnr an extreme conservatism, a deep ronted Fatali sm, a static concep ti on ni the \\'orld no t conducin~ to changt·. "Hesitating like the matl \\·h1 1 tra TO verses a river in winter. TUCSON, CHANDL'ER, PHOENIX Cautious as the man \\·IJ, ) iear ' hi-; m.> ighhours on all sides. ){cticent , like visitors, Simple, like unused material. They were w ide as profundity INDIO, PALM SPRINGS Thty were impen etrable as opacity." This, \vrittcn ot the ancients can also EN llOVTE TO he applied to the modern Chinese. 'l'ht·se characteristics besides delaying prog re ss have given China the longest cnntinuitv 1)f civilization th e \\'orld has ever kno\Vl;. Cowen and Hall, Hall being better known as "Upton Close," have written To the tropical gardens surrounding the 1uxa readable and penetrating hi sto ry of China. ' · urious hotels of the Southwest; to winter golf, I I ' ·CbUdrea's MOR·TAY Dresses . I ·:·-·-------··· RAYMOND-WHITCOt.tl -NEW de luxe GOLDEN . STATE LIMITED Fastest by Many Hours EDI- TERRANEAN CRUISE A THE ITINERARY-To an already comprehensive cnJile, route are added to our Wirar Mediterranean Cruise the Island of Rhodes and Valona in Albania. A ARIZONA CALIFORNIA THE CRUISE SAILS from New York on January 23 on the famous Cunarder "Carinthia·. The rates are $1000 and up. PICTURES OF ABYSSINIA "Through S outhern Abyssinia," a f r~e lecture for the general public, illustrated with . both motion pictures and stereopticon sLdes, will he given Saturday afternoon, November 30, at Field Museum of Natural History. C. ]. Albrecht of the museum's department of zoology, who recently returned from Aby ss inia, where he worked for nearly a year as a member of th e Harold \Vhit e-John Coats-Field Museum Expedition, will be the lecturer. The lecture will begin at 3 o'clock, and will be given in the James Simpson theater of the museum . Remarkable movi ng pictures of lions in their wild state are one of the f ea ture s of the films Mr. Albrecht will show. Pictures illustrating the lives of the people as well as the animals of the country, and depicting its many sce nic wonders, will be shown, and Mr. Albrecht will relate his many strange adventures experienced while on the hunt and in camp in wild places. In one instance he was charged by a gored and maddened buffalo, and at another time he m:arly stepped on the back of a ~teeping lion. · tennis, polo, bridle paths; to guest-ranches that recall the thrill of the old-time West, "Wh~re ROUND SOUTH AMERICA A complete visit of the South American Continent, sailing Feb.. ruary I on the "Samaria". Limited to 280 members. $1250 up. the tints of the earth and the hues of the sky In color, though varied, in beauty may vie." Comfortable, low altitude, warm winter way -· to Los Angeles and San Diego. No Extra fare Superfine-expressing the utmost in travel luxury Convenient schedule-minimum daylight hours en route-only two days Chicago to California Aek about our ~ew AII-Espenee Califor-;-ia To~n9 includins the. reeorta of the Sunny Southwest and a gloraoua carcle of the acenac Weat Leave January 189 February IS and March 15. 1930 OTHER CRUISES for 1929-1910 Round the World North German Lloyd S.S. 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