Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Coral Gables Times
Thursday, June 8, 1961, page 40 (of 50)
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FIND THE EXTRA DAYS, EXTRA PORT IN THESE MATSON BONUS CRUISES
LET YOUR PENCIL TRACE THE ADDED DELIGHTS of sailing farther on Matson's famous ss Mariposa or ss Monterey. Starting from San Francisco (1) or Los Angeles (2), you can map your extra-long route — for special fall cruises only — on the chart above. Sixteen thousand miles of seagoing luxury, including one thousand additional miles, two, or three extra days and a second visit to — 3. HAWAII: Laze in sunshine and surf at Waikiki. Roam Honolulu's throbbing night spots and tempting restaurants. No hurry, for you'll be here again on the way home. 4. TAHITI, fabled mountainous isle of Gauguin and beauty. A pencil can't catch the blazing scarlets and purple-green shadows of French Polynesia — the fragrance, the friendliness, the carefree life. 5. RAROTONGA: Handsome Polynesians swarm aboard to entertain, offer timeless handicrafts for sale and bring life to the legend of their lovely island home. 6. NEW ZEALAND with its tranquil Old English towns, picturesque Maori tribal villages, glow-worm caves. A thousand natural wonders make New Zealand one of the most beautiful countries of the world. 7. AUSTRALIA, land of koalas, kangaroos and cockatoos. Luxurious shops startle you with bargains. The beaches are vast, the people hearty. For sport fans there are football, horse races, daredevil surf riding. 8. NEW ZEALAND: Since we visit here twice, your plans can be flexible. Some enjoy leaving the ship on the first call for an extended tour here or in Australia. 9. FIJI — once the Cannibal Islands — is now the Melanesian Mecca for shoppers. Bazaars teem with silks, pearls, jade, ivory, brass, teakwood — at enticing prices. Fiji is the colorful crossroads of the Pacific where in a morning's walk you'll see British cricketers, turbaned Hindus and friendly, bushy-haired natives. 10. SAMOA, where the lotus-spell steals over you. This is the enchanted "land where it seems always afternoon." You'll enjoy its drowsy harbor, its green-cloaked jungle mountains, its smiling, slow-moving people. 11. HAWAII again, a day in Honolulu and the second day in Hilo on Hawaii, the big island of fern forests, towering volcanoes and orchid farms. Then you're homeward bound for San Francisco with memories you'll treasure for a lifetime. IT'S SPRINGTIME WHERE YOU'LL BE New Zealand is splendid with flowers. Sydney's glorious Spring Festival is on. The South Sea islands are as you've always dreamed. ADD THE DIVIDENDS of 1000 extra miles of sea-going luxury, a second visit to Hawaii and Polynesia at its springtime best when the trade winds grow balmier, the sea bluer and calmer. You sail on the only all first-class cruise liners to the South Seas aboard ships that are fully air-conditioned and gyrofin-stabilized; with every stateroom featuring private bath, telephone, music selector, personal "climate control." You sail Sept. 16 or Oct. 3. Fares from $1125. See your travel agent today, or write Special Cruise Dept., Matson Lines, 215 Market St., San Francisco, for your South Seas Cruise Kit. Matson Lines A TRADITION OF LUXURY
The 7 Magic [?Herbs?] Planted in a big-as-a-minute bed, they will
IT TAKES hardly any space at all beside the kitchen door to grow sufficient herbs to supply your table all summer and to provide enough for winter use, too. One herb garden which we saw last summer in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was only three feet by five feet; yet the grower reported that she not only had plenty for fresh use but that by periodic harvesting, drying and/or freezing, she obtained enough for winter seasonings, as well. Many people start herb growing on too large a scale, she feels, but a minimum-sized bed like hers will almost take care of itself. There was even room to tuck in a couple of pots of colorful begonias and gloxinias, not to mention a short row or two of salad lettuces, reseeded as often as harvested. The seven herbs we suggest here are by no means all you may want to grow — they are offered as a good starter for a basic herb garden, in case you have no favorites of your own. Few herbs are fussy about soils or location, but as with most plants, they'll do best in full sun in rich, well-drained soils. Mint and tarragon will tolerate a fair amount of shade, and some others will do well in partly shaded spots if they have sun for several hours a day. All may be grown Basil Parsley Tarragon Mint BASIL is a spreading annual 2 feet or more tall. Leaves add a beautiful flavor to tomatoes. PARSLEY, the "witches' herb," is an important source of vitamins and an addition to all main courses. TARRAGON is a bushy perennial 11⁄2 to 2 feet in height. Buy plants to start it easily. It's a delight in eggs, fish, meats, poultry, salads, sauces, and soups. MINT, best known as a julep ingredient, has many other uses. It is superb with lamb, and used fresh, or in mint syrup, it adds piquancy to desserts or ice cream. Grow it in a separate bed or sink a large flue tile in the bed to contain its invasive roots. You may want to collect mints — peppermint, curly mint, spearmint, applemint, orangemint, or American apple-mint (often called pineapple mint) which has a white-striped leaf. DILL, cut up fine, is delicious in mayonnaise, and fish and fresh dill were made for each other. CHIVES pep up appetizers, salads, dressings, eggs, soups, sauces, and cheeses. They may be chopped and frozen successfully. BORAGE has an interesting cucumber-like flavor, but its heavenly blue star-flowers alone would make it worth growing. Once you have found how useful and downright wonderful herbs are, you'll never be without a little back-door bed. Early this fall you can pot up your parsley and chives and tarragon and grow them on a sunny window sill for fresh herbs all winter, and you can dry and freeze a plentiful supply of the others — all from the 3 X 5 bed! ILLUSTRATED BY GRAMBS MILLER Suburbia Today, June 1961