Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 5 Oct 1939, p. 25

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8,y Edna M. Truc Travel Editor Note: This is the fourth of 'a series of articles wrltten by Mrs. Truec.describing a tou4r of Europe coinducted by her for a group of Amners cans. Oth er articles ap. peared in the last three issues. We' especially enjoyed our. visit to Wales that foreign. corner of Brit- ain which, although it bas: been closely..kh~it with E'ngland for some 700 years, stili preserves a tradition- al difference and 'distinctiveness. No colored post or cso house marks> its frontier but the first village sign bearing a name in which ail vowels seemn to be.left out- Bwlch, for in- stance -- gives one the feeling of having left England far behind. wales bas its own language, its own special cbaracteristics and cus- toms that have survived the cen- turies, a nd a traditiona1 love of! soiig and music. Its mountains have been an,.-Important factor in preserv- ing the picturesque "foreignness" of Wales and it is these, rather thati, *the native warriors which have been its shield against invaders. .Many an army has been confounded *on its misty heights, and the ever present Castle recalls vividly t h e historic background of this land. Arnong the six mnediaeval casties founded by Edward, the First, to keep the Welsh in subjection, the mn4t.iteetne one tflday is Car- Relurns From Tour of, Northwcst, California Miss' Harriet McCall, .1062 Linden aVenue, Wilmette,, returned recent- ly from -a three weeks' trip through the Canadian Rockies -and Caii-, fornia. She visited Banff, Lake'Lou- ise, Vancouver, Victoria, B.C. Seattle. San' Francisco, 'and Los An- geles. During ber stay inSan Fran- cisco Miss McCall. visited the Golden Gate- exposition.'. Before returning No-ifctou.meiclWUNNETKA. ILUNOISI A General Medical Sanioçrimin Nôi-inectou.indicldiseases. Convalescent rare., Mild' nervous disorders. aunt', Mrs. B. A. - MeCali at her:-omel. ' eV 1-egfory of a western morning; [ope into in RosevilIe; Calif.. Miss, McCall'ne- 1 the rosy gl ow of à painted suns et. Capture 1he' turnied to Chicago by way of Sait Lake City, ýDenver, an-d the Royal treasure of Iong, drowsng,'carefr edays. Now.. Gorge. Ranches in California, New Mexico and Arzona are beckoning with.ne and- differenF Fhrills. Winnétka 'Parnily- Group > The North Shore Travel SerVice represents al - ranches and provides wthoui- charge detailed Flies to Santa Fe., N. M. 'eye-.wiFness reports" so necessary *c MsRichiard Sutton Bull of 43 LfeSporae*eefo f--rnh cust road, Winnetka, with ber daugh-! N O R TH young O'Brien twins, Kathleen and I C__ SH R EDNA M. TRUE, Manager a room occupied by Cromwell inJ 1651. TA E CVL Our way to London lay tbrougb - RAE SE V C the Shakespeare Country, abounding' in memnories of the great drarna- FOU RTH FLOOR STAT! DBANK BUILDING EVANSTON, ILLINOIS tist, not only in Stratford, wflere one

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