r13 city of Ireland. a con-
‘pa rt 01! which was recently
ea by fire,be11rs a sery super~
l- mmblance to our onn New
rVk in that its nucleus is situated
an island enfolded by two arms
river where its waters meet a
‘ThVVe' comparison soon becomes
nicest. however, for C01 11 is a city
ss'thnn 80,000~souls, has few pub-
buildings or thoroughfares of im-
lance, and was built on a 1011',
ampy site instead 111’ on the rocky
I or VMotlier Earth.
Tl: 31111111111 that eni'olded Cork be-
re it grew across its watery bar-
13 is the River Lee which rises in
‘ttle lake to the 1103111 From .1
'lsland in the lake came the pious
rmft. St. Fin Barre 11 ho:e~.t.1hhshed
monastery on the island at (he
321011111 of the river in the s: \Q‘th cen-
ry, and from this start the present
ty has grown Both the Catholic
(I Protestant cathedrals of (‘ m 1: are
edicated to this 11111'11 Irish saint.
.V At the head or one of the finest
arbors in Ireland—:1 111111-1111ked cove
;1'se enters are as placid as those
of a Zaire—Cork has been subject since
Vts establishment to attacks by 501th
' aruudcrs invading Danes burned
e city in 821 and again "in 1012.
77d after the «1'1 mid destruction
unded on the site a Danish iradin 13
'most. The, Irish again in c'oimol of
we city, submitted to the anlish in
'72, who for many years maintained
precarious foothold.
The Irish exentually regained Cork
V at by force of arms but by “infiltra— ‘
:Vflon.” for before 11 meat 11111111 theI
tie-time Fn'rlish post was 1111 most.
iri<h (”115‘ in Ireland, its government
Venlit'1‘1 in the hands of the people
of 1 1111.
:1 11::1 My overtook Cork the you"
(’1' l :11 q discovered Anterit a. and
.: 11>lli’11 most heavily on its 1111'11
During that your the city‘ 1'05
~11! assisted Perkin \Vnrhot'k.
1-1' m the English throne. The
his head and the city its
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l
i
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l
1' i11~l
( ‘_.111;' .c "onderi‘ul harbor has given 1
it a 1:1:11'111: ne importance siutc earl; I
'dzns. 11m 11,111110n 01‘ this fact is 91.1111 '
in the/title admiral of the port
‘gnestowet on the lord mayor of Con:
by Edward 11 and hold by the lords
min or to the pr1>::11'.t clay.
Queensto11'.1n : 1 111 111 of the outer
1Blather and Ill'ilCllL 111,1 :1 part of Cork.
the port of (1111.11111 11.1111'ture for
ns—Atiantic 1111114. This fa1t has
ade Cork {1 city of sadness to many.
or perhaps a million «11' more men
1111 women, in lurt'twt part, Int-re boys
(1 girls forced by economic pressure
remigratc. have there 1111111011 good-
y with set faces and streaming eyes
'1 the land they love so well.
’Vi’hile there are practically no points
,. great interest in Cork, close by is
one of the best known 111111 most fre~
» entiy Visited spots in all Ireland.
the ruined tow-1'1 of Blarney cus—
stro .ghold of C‘mmut' McCarthy.
legend has it. in tr-utted by 1111
1111: he had rescued to kiss one
6 stones of the tom-1 ~tl1e fam-
“blat'ney St()11e"'-——~11u.1111(' irresist-
y eloquent.
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SYRlA: UNDER FRENCH
AND ZIONIST RULE
Syria, for the conlloi 111 the northern
. of which 11.1: Turkish National-
_ are threatening to tight the French-
ndateholders. 111111 the southern part
1 which is settling: quietly under Zion—
;and British control. is another name
.1' ‘.‘the'Holy 1.111111 ;" for under Till"
V'ey it comprised the region extending
01:11 the Taurus 111111111t11ius to Egypt.
ad from the desert to "the Great
“'9’.
Its population numbers 11110111 three
11 a half millions, of Semitic-origin.
1211111111; the Arabic 111112111121: and yet
1th .60 many races internfiugled
ugh. the centnries (11’ 1111: Various
ests and occupations
V'ple cannot Claim any one
heir own.
Greek, Roman and lint-1111111111 crusad-
have all blended 111111 1111- :nuient
mitic stock to 111111111011 the Syrians
Ltoday, Whom Lord (.‘1'111111'1'.
Volts, termed “the cream
1‘ .
lure us
“I: the
Syria was the one green spot of
eye-the Lebanon mountains. in
tent times the mountains 111-1'0 ev-
ere covered 11111 fore-its.
“ 5 Lebanon not only furnished
or the 1111111111117; :11" Solomon‘s
Jerusalem 1111 the kings of
951 of the cilia; of. the, Nile :
slant demand. from foreign
raced to a height or 4.000 feet and
I' sons to schools and' college.
in his .
The ,
Vther with the lack of anyVV
E:
'The m mountain sides were ten.
planted to olives, figs and VM '
es were low, safety. to persons and
V.property secured good 10111151111111 and.
kept in repair. The people
structed
more come homes and sent; their
1
RESOURCES 0F MEANIA
Now that the Rnpallo agreement be-
tween Italy and Jug‘o- Slaviu‘ has
cleared up the status of the northern 1
part of the eastern coast of. the Adri- l
atic, Albania is the only country hor-
derlng on those historic waters about I
whose boundaries there is still some
doubt. As one of the countries whose .
confines will probably be fixed in the
near future Albania takes on an added
interest. The resources of this portion
of the Balkan peninsula are dealt 111th":
in the following communication to thc
Natitmal Geographic society from
Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven U. S. A.,
11110 made a tour of the country short-
11' after the Austrians had been driven
out in 1918.
. “The Albanians are probably neither
so good no so bad as they have been
painted. but certainly thev are worth
the effort necessary to manage their!
min uil'alis and to work their little
farms in the fertile 111111211; lo herd
their sheep and weave their garments
of wool, if only they are let alone.
They do not submit easily to govern-
ancnt; have no love for chance strang-
ers, and are slow to accept change
in the manner of living or '05 cultivat-
ing the fields.
“The mountains of. Albania are prac-
tically unexplored. Mineral pitch, or
asphaltum. has been 1111111111 since the
time of the 11011111113, and heir 111101111
I have seen specimens, clean black
and hard 111111'11 promise 11' ell. Traces
of petroleum ion lime been found ivy
the Italians, and I an) (old boring is,
or is 111111111 to be. undertaken. Copper
and iron are helimetl to exist in the
fiber-ed, spotless 13001,!11 dyeing}: in
Ithe young bride took with 1111:- to her
I had formed and he in turn paid a cor
‘responding price to .her parents.
(It
Tekklntzi 1:: 1118 its rightm place .1.
queen of m88.V
"-1..
“Years of care in selecting; :the long—.1
reds from Bokhara. blues from At~
1.111111111111111, or. black; horn mar.» mo:
11; touch of m or yellow men
hot sun in: tiie'dr: deserts!“ the.
Tehkintzi 11'- character chick Who“-
ried 1111111110113 cannot give. It reveals
no trace at fm'elgn um {01' its
language of lasting beauty is bred in
the blood.
“lior centuries. possibly extending
back to the Iranian peoples whom Al~
exurider found here on his way to In-
din the ’I‘L‘E‘fifi mmlz% heégeee laugh;
to dye and weave. When she was
married to her Mohammedan husband.
master's hut the rugs her patient toll
Her
donry “as her skill and its product.
She 11 as 'a menial but .n'lth the soul
of an artist. llcr toil was long, but
it “as not drudgery. She was not a
slme. for her 1101'11 demanded the in‘
spiration of u soul and she had an
enviable 110" 1111111 compared with that
of many of her Oriental sisteis in
poh' gumv.
.“Giutluiiiiy these masterpieces in.
mahogany, 1110;) chocolate tcrra-cottp,
old rose, 11111111 orange and black found
their 11'111' to America, “liére their lip-
pcal “as irresistible. B vers raced
one anoiinr across Europe into the
'1‘1'1111st'11s11'111n home of histon to se-
cure the priceless treasures of a con-
quercd race. 'lhe skill of the Tekke
1101111111 1101:1111 to win its rew.ard ller
genius 111111 ('i|fi<tr(i the art world it)
wear a path to her but and her open-
1111' 10111111111: 1111111 11118 the unhappy
side. .
"1va the rlt'11,_1'oung Turkomans
could afford to buy a wife at the er
m-bitant price her skill made possible.
Parents raised the price of their
then, and in Weaviogflt beneath the ’.I
daughters consoling themselves with,
hills about the 311111111 valley, and coal,
silu-r anti lead me said to he pit-sent .
(risen-“1111(- in the lllOlilli11‘1~ (111111.
mines “we “orked in 1111111111 time“:
111111 Albanian siherV 1111s knoun it)
the V 1 netians, but the whole
country has lain 11111911011 for signs
“The tlimnh- oi Albania is consid—
1'11'11 111.111111‘111 in the 11111:: 11115 1111111311
suhiw't to Violent 111 .11121-‘51, which are
tz'ving to the strung: 1' 111 1'11'1'11111 scu-
sons even if he is (ontinvtl to one 10-
01111111111” when 11 tt'u1".ch~1 moving
rapidly ulmut the 1111111113 in 11 1110101‘
~tho only pmttiruhlo \1'111 of trnwlv
111;: in these d11ys~1ushos severul thou-
sand feet from a mountain height,
00113111111 11 1ndy and probably snow- cov-
ered into a 11"111111, sunshiny valley and
hark 111111. 11 in the fraction of an hour,
it is net! to lune a care.
“3111.1, is the pleasantcst month of
the your 11111.1 11112111111211; then look
their best. Show. (11’ course, lies in the
mountains until 111-11 into the spring.
hut seldom lusts throughout the sum-
mer, us the tuliest peaks do not attain
an elevation of more than 8,000 feet.
"The fever of the Balkans is per-
sistent, but is not especially fatal.
Still it is to be dreaded for its linger.
ing effects and 1111'» great dehillty it
causes. The usual specific is quinine,
a supply of which is placed on the
mess table or carried about in the
pocket.”
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TURKESTAN: RUGS "AND
WOMAN PROBLEMS
Turhestnn has heen figuring in the
world‘s news lately because of «the
activities oi! the Bolshevlkl in the
central Asian borderlnud or the old
Russian empire. but it is known best
to Amerltans by its wonderful ‘mgs.
How the rug industry has affected the
that the I
' (lilt‘i‘. 1111111111111 rum.
people of Turkestnn is told in the fol-
Tho interest :0: every woman will be actuated by the charming
beauty or these that: which we are showing in new spring models.
They are fascinating in the varied color 16119:. 11111111111111 him my. . '
Every Daddy’s Bab.
“Come to daddy. "’ See habf stretch 1111111 :1:
flesh and honeydew. 'All are of reliable (it-131.1161! made find arms. ”Could anyone build a can-111:0 100 1111.21 :
smartly trimmed. little fellow?
And mother? S119, IUVOS 1110 811111110] ill'gnh «1.1.1. \
lovely, graceful lines, the 5111311 (11513111111011 <11
Lloyd Loom Woven Baby Carries-1'
because she loves her 1111111'.A1111 1111113”?
Ah! There we have it. ' I111 xk‘hows 111111 11::
can’t tel momma and (near quite Vxei 1 1111.1 11111“: 1
hold every dainty cone, ewrv 111111311111 :11. -.
wee body as gentlv as mother s 111‘111s..111\t .1:11 '1. 1. ..
varied sty ice of Lloyd Loom \\ men 1111113. 1 .11 . .1
1' Sterling Fumiture CO"
Prices $5. 98 and Higher
the full 111111 11' they could not pro-1.:
"du<c oil‘sprgin ' ”no-11111111 at least pr_o-
The age of mar
11111.1- hm- 1111111 highcn
young 111011 11-1 oiled from the mature-1'
111ml 1111111111113 of the 'nnrlcluus and
unrolnnutit' par-1112.4
or “111's Cit-1'\\’lit'i'1~,
en, 111111111 of 1111.1
their 01111 s1: 1-: ‘11: of
while 'i‘ckke \"(llll‘
11.1111 cmncshcd in
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WHY SALTON SEA [5 SALT.
Reports that p on» are under 11115“
.to develop 11 ater power from the Go!» "
Woman ri1ex-uhirh gives ample proof
of the 111111 c" it (an exert in the can"
ing of the Grand (‘unyonware said
to lime aroused apprehension in the
minds of the operators of irrigated
farms in the: Imperial valley or Cali-
fornia.
5011,1110 lmptiinl \nliey depends on
the Colorado in: its irrigation waters.
the Gulf of i‘uiil‘umia with a great
who of silt separating it from the
"renter 111111; of outer.
"\luny centuries ago the Gal! of
California extended to a point about
1'10 miles 1111111111'estward m in:
present head." says a communal!
to the National-
i'rom Arthur 1’. Davis.
valim of the Colorado river at least
to Yuan: and probably mew“:
above. The Colorado river, rising in
the Wind River mountains of Wyo-
ming and the Rocky mountains at Cob
credo. carved the rocks $10113 Ills
course and brought the resulting ands
discharging them into the am of the
gulf near Im.’
cessation century after century.t!1e
valley was gradually filled. a delta.
» built up. may which the river flowed
for out into them I cited
joining the foothills. of flie— Cotonou
mountains on the western aim This
cutoflth'eheadotthegnlt. nndtlte
1111111 climate rapidly evaporated the
waters thus separated and left an in-
- land depression, “111111 at its lowest
‘ ,: point was nearly 381) feet below sea‘
It is estimated that: the amount ‘
level.
of silt carried by the Lower Colorado
IT in the Bazaar at. 111.1211. I
1011 in" communication to the Notional
Geographic society:
“If some
American love for Oriental:
changed the martin
nomadic people,
one asserted that the
h
belies one foot deep with dry alluvial
3011 each rear. -
V“Th‘e riser continued to bring down
V- its load of sediment and to build its
. delta higher and force it further into
1119' gulf. Bike 1111 such deltalc streams
the channel on the top of the delta
is constantly shifting,
tank building up the other overflow
ing both hanks and during high water
sometimes entirely abandoning an nit}
{channel for a new one.
the river has from time to time flowed
into the $121th sea for some years
or centuries? and anon has shined to
the (rearward 11111} (14153113113311 again
into the gulf: This is the general
course the river has memo ever.
(‘ ought in 11 trap' .
mountain Inhich skillful women had woven the
will sought cheap- é
fine 11' ml. drugged I
out hue) lites 111‘ i. aled spinxicri.mod“;r
The Sulilm 40:1 is really apart at"
Geographic society I
“It also extended up the Mt"
and mod down in its swift current. _
pmgressively up the shores of the gal: .
until it built“ up 11 11111111 entirely across. .
'_ river is sufficient to cover 53 square .
cutting one .
In this 1111.11
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