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i-ver'ihfis iFaIl France has the Seine, England the Thames, Gerrnany the Rhine and Russia the Volga, but few of these rivers have ever gripped the popular imnagination as has the. Mississippi' of the United States,, The mnost. colorfui and romfantie chapter ini the river' s history was uridou.btedly' that of the steamnboat, but stearnboat life. was beliéved to be dying ýeven in the days of Mark, Twain, whose "Life on the Missis- sippi"' is the mrost :fasc in ating book. ever written about the river. The traditions of that life, however, Were kept alive by showboats, which took their, place on the, broad river waters. .Prepare Steamboat.rTnp Today the'show boats arc fewer,. but steamship companies stili main- tain the role of the M~'ississippi in Arnerican life. As another effort in that direction, this fail the Àm'eiican Express Travel service will cooper- ate with the Greene line to send a steamer down the waters of the Ohio, down the Mississippi to. New Orleans,' following the river route of old. The steamer Gordon C. Greene will make the voyage, leaving Cin- cinnati October 1, stopping at Louis- ville the next day and on the fourth day navigating the Mississippi itself. Ntcez.h i the. heart of the Old Camp Owakonze on Baril Lake, Ontairio, Canada, W. L., Childa, di- rector, has a large number of North Shore Boys thi3 year, as usual. The camp is dividedi into Junior, Middler and Senior camps, and includes boys from 8 Vears through high $cholae Every boy ha.' been on canoe and fishing trips through the beautiful lakes and rivers of Ontario.. On a recent fishing trip Donald Ickes of Winneta cagh4t a 14-pound noth- ern pike. His fame was short-lived, however, for David Wallace (nephew of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace) landed a 15-pound. lake trout. Flsh- ing has been exceptionally good this year at Owakonze. Many large catches of wall-eyed pike, lake trout and northern pile have been brought in by thue various camp groups. Dining Hall Popular The boys are enjoying the use of Return Froni Motor Journey in East Mrs. Walter P. Bermingham and her son, Franucis, have just returned to their, homle in Wilmette after a trip o! about five weeks' duration. ThMey left i Mrs. Bermlngham's car and drove through the .Alleghenies, and then. to the Adirondacks; to Lake P 1 a c i d, Saranac, to Lake Champlain, where they stopped at the Champlainu hotel, andl then went as far as Rouse's ini Canada. on1 shore or'bWlan6 -$Io te 8su weekly. wtr il%.vry rooni -Amorlean plan <lhmeale) 2 wely and up. *DEER: * HEAI sel Milesý Milwauke 0t Of iWS IL LODGE JCT., IS C9ia1 e G~.ordon C. 'G.reene oegins ner home- ward journey. In Mark Twain Country '-Not only the ports of caîl but the. Mississippi and the life on the steam- er, are. expected to be highlights o! thecruise," states J. R. Willey, Ciii cinnati manager of the Amnerican' Express Travel service. "'The, steamer will pass the lanctmarks of which Mark Tawin wrote; it will follow the path of Evangeline-to the John Clemnan, Allan Talbot, Bob Meyers, Owsley Hill, and Tek Kons-ý berg of the North Shore are busy makmng plans for their next canoe trips which wil carry some of them though Quetico National park, and others as far north as Sioux Look- out. These trips are carefully plan-1 ned by "Duke" Childs, the director,j and his experienced staffmen.1 They also were guests of. the Max Eitels, former Wilmette residents, at Great Neck. Mrs. Bermingham and her son re- turned home on the large lake liner, the See and Bee, stopping at Mack- inac Island and Sault Sainte Marie. HOI~FROM FISHING Mir. and Mrs. M. L. Miller a nd the latter's mother. Mrs. J. H. Glass of 'ance will be reviveci plier pleasures of other enjoyèd, as the Mississiî home this group of true, ed river steamiboat trav QTours of the West []Tours of the. Nortl E~Tours of the East QBermuda ri Tours AI n Tours of 4DAYSt, .1 America