Trains and huge steamers move today along the great trade routes of the
modern world, exchanging both the people and their products
Trains and huge steamers move today along the great trade routes of the
modern world, exchanging both the people and their products. The holds of
the ships are filled with coal and grain and manufactured implements and
commodities of every description, while their steerage space is crowded
with modern Marco Polos and Magellans going forth to see the world. The
Hindoo walks the streets of Cape Town, London, Sydney, New York, San
Francisco, and Valparaiso; the Russian Jew is found in all the Old and New
World cities; the Englishman and the American travel everywhere; the
Japanese are fringing the Pacific with their laboring classes; toiling
Italians and Greeks are found all over the world; peasants from the
Balkans gather the prune and orange crops of California; the moujic from
the Russian Caucasus tills the wheat-fields of the Dakotas; while the
Irish, Scandinavians, and Teutons form the political, farming, and
commercial classes in many far-distant lands. In the recent World War
Serbs from Montana and Colorado fought side by side with Serbs from
Belgrade and Nisch; Greeks from New York and San Francisco helped their
brothers from Athens drive the Bulgars back up the Vardar Valley; Italians
from New Orleans and Rio de Janeiro helped their kinsmen from the valley
of the Po hold back the Hun from the Venetian plain; Chinese from the
valleys of the Tong-long and the Yang-tse-Kiang backed up the Allied
armies by tilling the fields of France; and Algerian and Senegalese
natives helped the French hold back the Teutonic hordes from the
ravishment of Paris. So completely has the old isolation been broken down!
So completely is the world in flux! So small has the world become!
06/29/2007 08:03 AM
WoodFair returns to fairgrounds
Celebrating the North Coast’s vast woodworking tradition, College of the Red-woods will sponsor WoodFair 2007 from July 13 to 15 at Redwood Acres Fairgrounds, 3750 Harris St.
06/29/2007 08:02 AM
The Price is Right
Yesterday was a bit of an exciting day here at Chanel College. For the past few months a woman named Carol Morgan has been helping organize raffle to raise money to help fix the college’s teachers residence.
06/29/2007 08:02 AM
Potter star’s nerves at first kiss
First kisses can be tricky. Even for Harry Potter. Daniel Radcliffe, in Tokyo for the world premiere of the latest Harry Potter movie, said it took a few takes to overcome the nerves of getting the young wizard …
06/29/2007 08:02 AM
Massey & West: watching two old pros
The pair met shooting pool about 15 years ago and are still friends. When I contacted Josh on his cell phone, he said, “Mike and I are shooting some pool at Raggs’ right now.” “Some pool” is quite an …