Drumright Evening Derrick (Drumright, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 207, Ed. 1 Monday, November 29, 1920 Page: 3 of 8
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LUXEMBURG REPRESENTED
AT WASHINGTON
I Luxemburg, latest and smallest of
the countries of the world to send a
ldl|>loiiiatic representative to the Unit- j
'ed Suites, has a ruler with a better ,
'popular title to her throne than per- i
haps any other reigning monarch.
Though the little grand duchy is
smaller even than IthoUe Island, It has
a history reuchfng farther into the
past than many of the great nations
Inmong which it now lake's a pittce.
'it has been buffeted about like a shut-
tlecock by the countries that hem it
in, and at one time or another (luring
the past thousaud years has been mi-
lder the control of nearly every one of
the principal nations of the western
part of the continent.
j While a part of the Holy Empire,
'Luxemburg furnished an emperor for
the German throne. Count Henry IV
of Luxemburg was elected to that po-
sition In 1308 as Henry VIL Luxem-
burg later came under the control of
Ijurgundy and then fell successively
to Spain, Austria and the first French |
republic. It remained under the sov-
ereignty of the king of the Nether-
lands from 1815 to the accession of
Queen Wilheimina in 1890, when the
existence of the Salic law—that anti-
feminist outburst of the old warrior
Franks—brought the grand duke of
Nassau to the throne.
Even while the king of the Nether- j
lands w ,i.s sovereign of Luxemburg, it
was a member of the German confed-
eration, with the city of Luxemburg
garrisoned by Prussian soldiers. Re-
tention of this garrison in the city after
the division of old Luxemburg between
Holland and Belgium In 1881, ar.d es-
pecially after the dissolution of the
German confederation in 1866, almost
caused the Franco-Prussian war to
start three years ahead of time. The
matter was compromised by an agree-
ment for the withdrawal of the Ger-
man troops, and the demollshment of
the fortifications of the city of Luxem-
burg, so st:' nt ti : ' the fortress was
known as "the Gibraltar of the North.
In addition til • grand duchy was set
up as an Independent stale with its
neutrality guaranteed, like that of Bel-
gium, by the powers. This guarantee
was one of the "scraps of paper of
1914.
During the Worjd war Luxemburg
was practically a prisoner to Germany,
but because the inhabitants did not
resist, the Germans treated them with
a certain degree of consideration. 1 he
sympathies of the people were with
France, however, and several thousand
Luxemburgians served with the tri-
color. This popular sympathy for
France and the belief that the reign-
ing Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide,
had pro-German leanings made her un-
popular. After the armistice brought
about the retirement of the Germans,
a bloodless revolution broke out, and
Luxemburg added another to Its long
list of sovereignties by being a repub-
lic for a few brief hours. Conserva-
tive elements brought about the abdi-
cation of the grand duchess in favor
of her sister Charlotte, the present
ruler, and by liberalizing the consti-
tution. Marie Adelaide has entered a
convent and become a Carmelite nun.
BRUSSELS: CAPITAL CITY
OF THE LAND OF THE
LOOM
I Brussels, conspicuous during the
war, again became a center of world
attention with the meeting there of
the international financial congress.
1 Brussels' fame rests partly on pop-
ular misapprehensions.
Its name is linked with a carpet
that Is not made there, and also with
at cathedral which, properly speaking,
jls not a cathedral at all but a church—
ithat of St. Gudule.
But even after deducting this much
prom Brussels' credit, enough remains
to give II a foremost place among
.world capitals. Were the romantic
adventures of the city cast Into a
|*inovle" scenario, the title might ac-
curately be 'From Swamp Dwelling to
'Petit Paris."
i The seventh century village on the
Senne, near the center of what now is
Belgium, was called Brueselle, liter-
ally "swamp dwelling," with descrip-
tive intent. The genius of a people
product was patterned after the tap-
estries for which Brussels was famous
for centuries.
In addition to Its weaving Brussels j
gained renown for its lacemaking, and (
Its needle-made laces still find their
way all over the civilised world, in-
cluding a considerable quantity to the
"United States. The feminine culture
of feudal times sought to express in
itlie delicate designs of filmy fabric
what men wrought In the lace-like
architecture of its cathedrals.
q.
MEXICO CITY: THE ROME
OF THE AMERICAS
"In all the world one cannot find
a more remarkable capital than Mex-
ico City," says William Joseph Sho
waiter. In a communication to the Na-
tional Geographic society.
"Situated In a valley whose floor
is a tulle and a half above the level
of the sea, and whose borders are sur-
rounded by towering mountains; lo-
cated where the beautiful volcanoes.
Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuati, real
snow-capped heads above the plain and
stand eternal guard over it, its situ
ation Is one of rare beauty and grand
jur. Its climate Is mild, the temper- >
a tare ranging from 35 to 70 degrees,
with a mean of 60 degrees. No man
sleeps without a blanket in Mexico
City, nor needs an overcoat at midday.
I "Prior to the conquest the lakes of
i the Mexican valley were extensive and
' the barges of the Aztecs sailed unin-
terruptedly from the gates of Chupul- j
lepec to Ixtapalapa. A large number
i of canals Intersected the ancient me-
tropolis of Tenochtltlan and connect- j
ed with the lakes in the suburbs, mak- j
lug it a sort of new world Venice.
"in 1607 the celebrated Portuguese
engineer Martinez undertook to drain ,
the Valley of Mexico by cutting a J
canal through the mountains. The j
work, however, was largely a failure, j
I since it druined only one small lnke •
and an unimportant river, leaving j
lakes Texcoco and Chalco still perpet-
nal menaces to the city.
"In 1879 a huge drainage canal 30
miles long was begun, which was
completed in 1900, at a cost of about
$8,000,000, American gold. Its com-
pletion removed the danger of inunda-
tions from Mexico City and solved the
problem which occupied the thoughts
and engendered the fears of the
Aztecs as far back as 1449.
"Mexico City is the most complete
mixture of the ancient and the modern
to be found In the new world. The
old city might date anywhere from the
tenth century, from Its appearance.
Thctfiew city is ultra modern, and yon
step from the sixteenth to the twen-
tieth century by walking across the
street.
"The parade ground of Mexico City
Is the Avenlda de San Francisco.
This short street Extends from the
Mexican White House to the Alameda,
and is only about 24 feet from curb
t J pUrb Here, at the approach of twi-
light every smart equipage in the cap-
ital comes. Down the one side of the
street and tip the other side moves the
procession at a slow walk, while ev-
erybody looks at everybody else.
"As Avenida de San Francisco unites
the old and the new cities, so does the
Cinco de Mayo (Fifth of May) unite
the cathedral, stateliest of all the re-
ligious edifices on the continent, with
'the National theater, which was
planned to be the most beautiful of
all the amusement places In America.
The Cinco de Mayo is the Wall street
of Mexico, and the buildings which
line it are modern in every respect.
"The Paseo de la Eteforma, extend-
ing from Cbapultepec to the Avenida
de Juarez, a short avenue connecting
ithe Paseo with Avenida de San Fran-
cisco. Is one of the finest driveways
'of the world.
"The national pawnshop is one of
the unique institutions of the capital.
It was founded by Pedro Jose Ro
jmero de Terreros."
mines the whole Internal googrsphy
of the country as definitely as th
Alps do Its outline1 northward
"In central Italy, west of the tnoun
tains, the valleys of the Aroo and the
Tiber— Ihe only stream* of importance
r—give the keynote to any geographic
study of the region. Over on the east-
ern coast no rivers of Importance can
exist, because the mountains there ap-
proach too close to the sea, though the
tortuous, mostly dry beds of the tor-
rentl' scar every height
"In this connection It is interesting
to note that nowhere is the peninsula
more than 150 miles wide, and gener-
ally uot more than 100, while down
In Calabria the width dwindles In two
places to 35 aud 20 miles respectively.
One of the most inspiring views In
the whole length of the country also
displays this narrowness triklngly|
when, on a cleur day, from the Gran
Sasso, the highest point in the bleak
Abruzzi range, central Italy, at near-
ly 10,000 feet, one may look not only
eastward over the Adriatic to far Dal*
matia's rocky shores, but also west-
ward over the mountain and moor, city
and sandy coast, to the dim and misty
blue of the Tyrrhenian sea. In vol-
canic southern Italy, likewise barren
of any great waterways, the A pen-
mines break up into groups of hills and
peaks, not usually so loftj s farther
northward. •
"As In the case of Japan, the sur-
rounding sea makes a vast difference
in the Italian climate. Judged by its
position alone, the peninsula should be
about the hottest part of Europe—It
is only 90 miles from the southern
shore of Sicily to Africa. But the twin
seas and the ever snow-capped moun
tains temper the hett, and the region-
al peculiarities are such that we find
Turin, for Instance, colder In winter
than Copenhagen, and Milan as warm
in summer as Naples."
We Want your Work. Get your or-
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rush. Wo do all kinds of plain and
fancy sewing. Baby clothe* and
party dresses a speciality
Pake It to Mm Ethel Bagwe* Boom
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Phone 421. "
DAILY 15c PER WEEK.
WHO IS TOUR DENTIST?
If yoar need ilenbd work, let's talk R aver, It cost* you
nothing but a IMtle fWrw My motto la, ®eod with Jess I M
lnw pain. All waHl Buaraotaad.
Lady in tM*)
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■for making much of meager physical
circumstances fully warrants the nick-
name often given the modern city of
parks, boulevards, art galleries and a
famous university.
Suffering was no new experience for
Brussels. More than three centuries
earlier Its great square had seen Count
Egmont and Count Horn walk to the
scaffold, as the former recited the fif-
ty-first Psalm, and a little later both
heads were displayed to the assembled
multitude on iron spikes. More grue-
some still, both heads finally were
boxed and sent to Philip 11 of Spain
so that latter-day Herod might exult
at another victory over his northern
(iubjects.
Though the Brussels carpet of mod-
ern times is not made In Belgium,
Brussels was paid a deserved tribute
In Its naming, for when It first was
manufactured at Wilton, England, the
HOW GEOGRAPHY SHAPES
ITALY'S DESTINY
Italy's peculiar geographic position
always has been one of the chief
sources of the country's remarkable
individuality—an individuality marked
by Its political and economic course
since the armistice was signed. Ar-
thur Stanley Biggs, writing to the Na-
tional Geographic society in this re-
igard, says:
"From the beginning Nature set It-
aly apart. Every boundary is perfect-
ly clear. The historic sea enfolds it
to the south, east and west. On the
north the terrific Alps sweep around
It In a great semicircle from Mediter-
ranean to Adriatic, closing the circuit.
"To be sure, from the time of Au-
gustus the boundary of each side of
northern Italy lias been juggled, now
to the east, now to the west, by poli-
tlos; but the physical boundary is still
definitely there. So thoroughly did
the ancient chroniclers recognize these
natural limits that long before the
name of Italy had any political sig-
nificance or entity the writers applied
It to the country thus Inclosed. The
peninsula, with its tremendous Apeu
nine backbone, makes a huge boot
'which thrusts out practically into the
center of the great midland sea.
Necessarily, then, Italy was exposed
to attack and Invasion from three
j sides. Indeed, it was the invading, or
rather colonizing, Greek who combined
with the aborigine to form the pop-
ulation that stocked the peninsula.
Taken in a smaller way. geographical
site or position exercised no less dis-
tinct an effect upon some of the fore-
most Italian cities; and in shaping
♦heir affairs and men It also influenced
the entire world.
"After forming this basin—northern
Italy—the Apennines sweep southward
in a rugged backbone which deter-
A VOLCANIC BARNUM AND
BAILEY
Young America will drop anything
to run to a fire. In some parts of the
world—Hawaii, for example—one also
drops everything to run to a volcano
eruption, unless he already Is too close
for comfort. Then be runs from it
Have you ever wondered what a vol-
cano, in action, looks like? Here Is a
description, not by a scientist, but by
a young Washington woman who went
to Hawaii to live Just before Mjtma
Loa's terrific eruption last year:
"It seems as If Hawaii, though small,
must have just so much attention, and
so eve* so often she explosively prejects
herself into the arena of the world's
happenings," wrote Mrs. Shirley l*os-
ter Allen. "Not content with her s'lare
in the 'Big Show' in Europe, she de-
cided to stage u first-class side show
all her own—and the two volcanoes, ,
Mauna Loa and Kllauea, have certain- j
iy done their best lo make it the 'big- |
gest show on earth.'
"Just a word about the geography
of the place. In the first place so
many people seem to think the word
'Honolulu' embraces all there is to the
islands; and in Ihe second place, the
general conception seems to be that
the volcano is located in Honolulu s
back yard, as it were, and that
we Honolulans take our daily
exercise by running up to the
crater every morning, before break-
fast. Honolulu is located on the
Island of Oahu, third island in size
in the group, while the volcano, or
! rather volcanoes, are located on Ha-
waii, the largest and youngest Island,
with an area of more than 4,000 square
miles, which lies nearly 200 miles
southeast of Oahu.
"The first indication of volcanic ac-
tivity was the presence of a peculiar
cauliflower-shaped cloud hanging over
the mountain. Three (lays later, on
September 29, the whole heavens were
lit up with an apricot -jlow when, from
ia huge vent In th > -i's side, a
flood of molten lava wbelched forlh.
i Spreading out . > ,reat shallow
stream, It came roaring down the
mountain slope, burning forests, car-
rying huge trees and Immense bould-
ers on its surface—sweeping every-
thing before it. With a speed varying
from one to twenty miles an hour, ac-
cording to the country It was passing
over, It broadened out until It was
nearly a mile in width. After wiping
out the government belt road, razing
telephone poles and destroying a vast
amount of property, the red-hot lava
tumbled over a high precipice and
plunged hissing into the sea.
"A number of excursions were made
In October from Honolulu, and, in ap-
proaching the flow from the sea in the
early evening, the glow from the lava
was visible for many miles before
Allka was reached.
"Drifting within 200 yards of the
point where the liquid rock was rush-
ing into the sea, the scene stretching be-
fore one was awe-inspiring. Slowly
the smoky haze, from the burning for-
ests, which hung over the source 20
miles away, lifted and the river of
fire stood ont In its full glory, holding
one speechless and spellbound. leap-
ing from pali to valley, rushing up-
hill and roaring down, the fiery flood
thundered down the mountain slope,
j carrying on its bosom rocks as big as
houses that were tossed about as If
1 they were mere pebbles. As th^
| stream of blazing lava neared the
coastline, It appeared to gather more
speed, taking a final plunge over a 100-
foot cliff at a terrific rate, and look-
ing for all the world like a fiery Ni-
agara. As the red-hot lava came In
contact with the water, great colnmns
of steam and gas, like huge water-
spouts, were forced hundreds of feet
into the air. Huge boulders, hurled
; Into space, exploded with thunderous
[reports into auras of red and green
SfirtfcCj .on JYlur tjorfc!
HERE WE ARE, PETE!
Camped once more in the plumli centre of our
old stamping grounds—rubbing elbows with the
roaring racket and running flush into more electric
displays, blazing posters and smashing signs that
sound the joys of Camel Cigarettes than you'd
ever believe could be jammed into one town!
When I hit Broadway this p. m I'd said the
Reynolds folks had transplanted Camel City '
right up here!
It seems like all New Yorkers have adopted
Camels as their own personal brand! And, Pete,
since this is the original speed town it's only what
you expect when you see 'em carry a package t>l
Camels in each coat pocket. It their right hand
is busy, they dig out their left hand deck—they
just won't lose time getting a Camel lighted!
That's the gait around here, old thorobred!
And, Peter, the New Yorker has his own A-l pet
reason why he's so keen for Camels. or instance.
Doc Marshall will bet his car on Camels quality
against any Cigarette tn the world! Bill James
says to me—" Shorty, there never was mild, mellow
body like Camels." And, as for Dan Boggs —he
— spills it that Camels are the only cigarette free
from any unpleasant cigaretty aftertaste or ciga-
Tetty odor! And, he knows! Frank Prazev will
tell you it's Camels wonderful Turkish and Do-
mestic blend! And alt of them are right!
And. Pete, old proof-of-the-pudding—you tell
'em that Missouri hasn't anything on little old
New York when, it comes to that "show me" stuff,
on cigarettes or anything else!
Sincerely
New ?ork
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