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Turkus: Finland's Ancient Capital
TRUE STORYHORSE DERAILS FREIGHT TRAIN
WASHINGTON, IJ. t.. JUI
AIo, Finland' formrr c;iptl;l.
ln.Mi rrllr.utiii it Tu'Mi, an
niversary. Turku, fnt'iinT ritpitiil f I'i il
ium), hit (to (he i-.mf n-n-n v( the
new s)mi)ri -i I'.uliiiu pul'lU t Ium h
C'lfl)iHttti it " ""1 h 4 tmi vorj;i ry.
"Thi-sr lire hot twin ntii-s." ex
plains u I'll lift in fmin i ho V;ih
liisitm. l t. hr.i.hiii.'titrrh .f the
N.iiiunat c i ;i n h 1 c mtrii-ty.
S.THtrli AIo and .-U Will find
Turku.
"Like ii).in '!Iht tin in eoini
1 1 it v that d t h' ir indi iilu-
nlily Hfter ihr i-i lil war. ttu fm -imr
Kinnmh (..pun! wii-luc (
dr..p Its nil! lin tin- c;i-r of
Swedish on 1:1 11 and i" I"" kiwwn
to the world 1-y a n;sine fmrn itf
own lan'uaue I tut ll: l-its elin.
find Abu uml Turku miii-t for a
time II vi' t-hlr l.y ?uv in Un- w ti '!
IP' vs.
linkers rnrnUli "INmiitiiI OikV
"Aim. or Tut ku mi tin- "Uth-
rM trn ro.iM of Finland u h'-v tin
Aura rivrr i-nip" into tin- l.altlr
M.'.. Thr i:y i a tnut l.ifi-rliMl
l liic naiioxv. Hm Aura, w hi h
1h dottrd w ith nil kinds of i ft :
learners, trailers. nnHor lioats
and white-sailod niai kct lmaf.
many of whitli are paint d a lniy'it
red.' snys tlu- hiilh tin. "Altliouci
It lias nunc tha n 6" "ii p. uplr
Tm kit If ;t iuict plaft w hrn- t In
Finn. walk 1 i.-nrcly alone tin- cnli-hlc-stunt'il
Mn-etn and thrones of
people mii h as rush down Anirri
cau thorough fa res are unknown.
The street: are traversed hy tunele
Inrk fmll.-v .;iih ;mil the
I lielnt hang from tall, white, hand- j
MUtiely carved KiMiidardM. '
"The nifiikfl place in the l)ult't j
!)ut In Turku. lvery inurnins !
o'clock pea na nis and p-ddltin ar
rive to set up si.ills and booth in
he iniineiiM' square in the middle
of the town which serve an the
market. Sump roine In wacm and
some in hoatft. The latter ran roinr j
, tip the river Aura and land In the
-tie'ts nej r-by. Conirncrrp Is riff I
unlil noon. After that Iho Malts '
are bundled up and the quaro 1m
deserted ex ept for Mry pedeii- j
tiians.
"An unuual feHture in Turku'c
food Is furnished by the 'mourn- j
iuu chke.' whieh the rlty baker'
eitk fur distribution at funerals.!
They are wrapped In blark crepe
and tied with black ribbon. The
variety uf rakes In .1 Turku pastry
-hop in addition to thee sombre j
tidbits, would bewilder an Ameii- I
can baker. j
rinland's I list ami id tlty !
"Turku s the piiucipal start!
hie point for passeneer traffic In
Sweden, but it takes an experienc
ed mariner to reach the sea from
ih.tt place. 'The town is protected;
by the A land at chip-lat:o. thou- '
sands of island am) islet and
rocks which form uiie of the den-(
sest islHtid groups in the w orid. ,
In winter an icebreaker in Used to'
keep a channel open anione thej
islands, and i s Kinnlh winters are
mm
.-, -f" r.V--
C00d Appearance
Demands Fresh
Shoe Complexions k
The moon, near I he full at ha.- KcddiiiK. al has nu,, ,
v,,t lime, or ju-t after the au- .ow airport or a It.1V(j
tumnal oHymx, is eaih'd the liar- Lie,Jt John Unto,,. l"An.A
vet Moon, accord in- to LH.cn) -", w
. , . ed in ! '' .
A fresh, neat shoo complex loll
is Just as Important an essential
of wood appearance u.-s proper fa
cial can.
M inldy, dull, or spotted foot
wear is as deimiM-nial to a wom
an's appearance as a shiny nose
or a caielrssly applied make-up.
The pale of racks to ham; in
Miji' of cbiM't doors indicates that
it's a pour clti.-ei indeed tlmt has
n't half a doezn pairs of shoes.
A d o z e n pairs is no uncom
mon siht. Hut you do not te'J
a well shod foot by the number
of tdioes in the closet. H" pris
tine freshness of two or three
pairs may a ivl arrive at a hiyh
standard of pretty -foot edit ess.
Twenty-one cars and an eifjire v.-e-c wrecked near Wibaux,
horse. Damage was stimatcd at S"00.0r3.
-r
niene it is second to tli present
ca pita I, 1 lelsincfor. In cult ure
and learning it is first. Kin land's
first university wa- located there
and iit present there :;ii two ueh
institutioiis. bne for Kinnish-speak-Inu
Mild olio for Swedish -speak 1 1;;;
st tident.
"Turku was Finland's first cap
ital. Christianity was first taught
loni; and cold, the Icebreakers arc1 there and the first Christian -m-kept
busy. verts were baptized in t he river
"Turku has n anomalous posi-j Aura. The oldest cathedral and
Hoii. It If Finland's first and sec-, the oldest castle Jn Finland are to
ond elty. In "'Mi!;i't"n and com- bo found In Turku and iv-arly -1!! ;
the histo
nobility a
"With
ic homes
re In of n
the exception
f the
r the
Finish
city,
of the
lalhcdral and the castle, modern'
Turku has been built since ihe dis-a-trous
fire of 1 -T. when tho old
(own was almost entirely destroy
ed in a bl.t.e that burned for five
days. Iloth the c.itie and th"
catherlral are en in siructures w-'th
little i-xterir ornament. The cathe
dral has a louu, narrow vaulted in
terior rind most of the immense
treasure which was once kept
here lK' di-Tlppe.ired
when the locomotive struck
"Part of the castle is now a
mus'ojth and is furnished with
pieces of old Finnish furniture.
Visitors t-an still see the dungeon,
six fat hojns deep and black as
pitch.' where prisoners were kept.
In the i;rea central hall is a hieli
yallery from which a cruel ruler
once had unruly subjects hurled
to the floor below. One cell in the
castle is still known as the Male
tactoi'a nesting Place."
i I.o.VDON A woman juror
j who look minutes instead of the
i ailoicd half hour fur luncheon was
lectured by .Mr. Justice Horridue
I and made to sit in a chair below
; the jury box. in full view lf tho
: crowded room.
i
' When the farmer "retires" and
nioves to town hj keeps on work
; ins. says Dr. Carlo C. Zimmerman.
' Minnesota eocioloist.
Clean rat;s wanted at the Mall
Tribune office. tf
Kach elementary school for
w hite children in Charleston. S. C ,
is equipped with a motion picture
projector.
The first president of the Uni
ted States to dio In office waa
William Henry Harrison.
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