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try t[iIÎk ot the . b. Ai. and Ilow do asigned to Melbourne in TJecember, they like Americans? What are the 1923. "4The visit of the American fleet living conditions? inu 1925 and tours by American tennis, Questions like these- arise in the golf, and track stars have given the minds of, most people when as and if average Australian a better impres- they.think of the consular service at sion of theUnited States, however." ali-that is,, people who are not en- Maur ROaMV=tie Caer gaged in internationtal commerce.' So much for the. officiai pficture, An interview with Haskell Coates, which might. well include -the por- formerly American vice consul in traits of two-men greatly admired by Melbourne. Aust'ralia,. who now, lives Mr. Coates for their ability and, en- at 487 Park avenue, Glencoe, answers gaging personality: Conisul,,Genera1, Both Mr. and Mrs. Coates speak of Australia affectionately. They con- sider the Australians a sincere, f riend- ly type of IEnglsh people, rather sturdy in* their independence of the niother country but holding the ideal common .te al Englishmen away from Englandi "going home." Couutry'aide Has 'Solemn BeaUty The countryside has a solemn beauty of its own, according to Mr. Coates, graced by slender, white-barked gum trees and the grandeur of thé, "Aus- tralian Alps ". Famous :scenic spots. are the, Sydney harbô'r,'Melbourne 's St. Kilda road and Botanical gardens, Adelaide's broad streets, fine univers- ity, and hall -mýile belt of park en- circling the. business district. The in- terior, as eveyone knows, is a vast désert inhabited cbiefiy by trillions of jack rabbits. Given time to think of them, Mr. Coates can prôd&ce an endless array of notes on 'the Aussralia.i,.scea.e all. of them fascinating . .. a picture of .Christmas day, 100 in the shade, "bobbies" in bhie serge unifornis but- toned close te the chin and blue hel- mets .. . Sunday morning, no trams running until 1 o'clock .'" . . walk through iFitzroy and Treasury gar- dens te work, and home for lunch .. . Sunday drive to the "niotntains," tree ferns and luxuriant foliage, wide pan- orama of plains and the bay .. . dinner dowsitown and taxi ride to the docks, -1608Chicago Av.. Evaniton THEY'REEN AGAINI Scott's AMEICAN Album-193ç edition, in- cludling the National Parks-only........ x.oo The new 44 arley, Favors'. viii be hue on thé lUth.'Place your orders nov! C. HAHN four StompsI Suite 16- 545 Lincoln Ave., Wianetia (O~ioss,. ta Ntia Shr taaIau) Seven Smniit SIaodsil these questions and in the doing paints two verbal pictures. ce, at Tangiers before day. certiyîng to the fumgation, against rats carrying bubonic plague, for the Philippine health service. Vacadons la "BuLs Once by night to Portsea at the bead of the bay -to certify fumiga- tion of ship held at quarantine sta- tion, a wild ride through driving rain along a road with straight drop 'at side into the bay .. . Easter holiday at Mt. Martha, golf and bathing, danc- ing, week-end ini Mountains," five aNle, but >the typical *Yanlc to tliem 1 uflpressed,7' CxpI iprobably a blustering. fellow of thel fingering, in her1 a. pile of Au. eIVaughts' hoi al- o f a month. me during, ing the ci absence Lloyd H.Ulster uUre, 1232 Central Ave.. WiImeff* 200CK