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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 8 Dec 1938, p. 43

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C ruise to Reach Ports in South A Pmerica, Africa, Europe The Cunard White Star Uine and the &merican Express Travel ser-' vice will join ,hands in offering a three-continent cruise on the liner Carinthia this winter. South America, Africa and Eur- ope,, the thret continents most in, the,,travel spotlight today, will be te a tur ed on the 75-dayv voyage. which will start f r or New ,York February 11: the ship headmng im- rmédiàiely south to the sun and trop ical waters. After a caîl at, Trini- dad, the cruise party will, spend two. days at Rio, de Janeiro, a travel' attraction of the first magnitude. 12, DavS in Africa Highlight of the cruise will bc the twelve anid one-half day-light days in Africa. "South Africa bas the most perfect .set-up, in the. world. for a vacation because of the great di- verslty of its lmates," says Wil- liam R. McPhail of the American Express Travel service, who bas llved there several years and will. direct the Carinthia cruise party.. In addition to its very mild climate, an average of nine hours of suri- s hine a day and cooling breezes, from the Antarctic during its sumn- mer, which cornes at the ti-me of erar y. Continuing, into the Medi- terranean, the Carinthia will then visit Athens, Naples and Monte Car- Io just as spring is coming in and will reach New York again April 27.. ON E TAX ON PITCAIRN The only tax on Pitcairn Island, of mutiny of the *Bountyý famne, is a twelve-cent one for gun licenses, says J.. R. Lloyd, manager, o!the American Express Travel servrice,ý who reports that the money is uÉed for buying the stationery needed by the chief magistrate.. Tithes . of about $1,000 a year are collected. and used for' missionary work in other parts of the Pacifac.' The is'- land-,bas a population of 200. Or- anges are its chief export andgoats are its only livestock. Chickensf soft, according to Malcolm, but bas as one, of. its, sounds a peculiar click of the tongue. This click is so dif- ficuit to make that only those:who eanthe language as children are ever- dom pletely successful ini mas- tering, it. RETURN FR OM:CRUISE Henry C. Hall, 500 Central avenue, and histwo daughters, Dorothy and jean, carne home Saturday from ,a MOTOR SALES. IIi OIdsmoé'biIe 6 and 8 I turkeys and -ducks' are raised, but - - - - -- -l ---bd the __ III ohoss ig r"6Gen e « cte iln a ohoss iso Phne:Wlm..t&a 1188 »Î Moý0 e udW TH E SOUTH[LAND (EFFECTIVE DEC. 14) LEAVES DAILY OVER THE sea level. Will Visit Cape Towii The Carinthia's first African port i will be Cape Town, on the Cape ofi Good Hope. This delightful city is bujît at the foot of Table Mountain.T which is 3,549 feet high and casts its shadow right across, the town. Fromn Cape Town the.mo st pleasant ex cursion is the 100-m il e marine, drive to Cape Point, which divides the Indian a.nd thé Atlantic oceans. port of cail, are famous. for their bazaars. Aden, where the *Ca~Ij- thia will touch, offers passengers a glîmpse of Arab life, while Cairo, with its many ancient monuments, its brilliant social life and its fine climate, will climnax the. African itin- LETTIE L JOHINSTON WANDA GREINEISEN 717 Greauwed Ave. fer lnformao.-OtLNCOE 924 OPEN DICEMSIR 20 On j!rious T.mp. i. taergetfIproI Loial on Riide'.Wn. C.ee... ais MOINS#alwikbt " est .le .... loMket CLIMENT KENNEDY F jq #le Il ý ý .. M-ft ok4w-. ý ý 1

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