Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
ROOSEVELT A VICTIM
Footsteps Haunted by the RUIZ
berneck Wagon.
MAN WITH THE MEGAPHONE
Strident Voice Desecrates Stiffness of
--'-'.' Sycamore Hill.
ALMOST LIKE WASHINGTON
Flowery Prospectus Touts the Presi-
dent as the Star Attraction Of
the "Scenic Route"
MAN WITH THE MEGAPHONE
ALMOST LIKE WASHINGTON


OYSTER BAY, N Y. July oo.-The rub
berneck wagon is still after President
Roosevelt. It has followed him even to
the wooded Businesses of Sycamore Hill,
and the flippant remarks of the wise
young man with the megaphone to whom
nothing is sacred. has become as annoying
in the shady dingles of Cove road and
Punks Hole they were along PennsyI-
vania avenue opposite the White House.
The rubberneck wagon started yesterday
for the first time to make regular trips
between Huntington and Oyster Bay 1t
stops at all the intermediate villages,
cross roads and objects of interest, but
it tarres longest in front of the Presi-
dents farm.
The President was seated on his veranda
yesterday morning shortly after breakfast
when voice foated to him through the
shrubbery. He must have thought for the
moment that he was back in Washington.
''On our right you Sycamore Hill, the
home of President Roosevelt, the greatest
man in history 1t said. 1T is here that
the President turns farmer every summer
and works with his hired men in the hay
field. To the right is the swimming. hole
he used to swim in when a boy Right
front is his tennis court. where all his
visitors must tackle him before they are
allowed in the house. Over there is the
stable'-at this point the President was
seen to jump from his chair and retreat
precpitately into the house The Nassau
cred the new scheme, and 1t is called the
scenic auto route. and while it furnishes
means of transportation between a number
of villages that have no railway connec-
tons, It's principal scheme is to give the in
habitants of the two counties an oppor-
tunity to the summer retreat of the
President of the United States The viii
lagos on its route are Huntington. Cold
Spring Harbor. Woodbury. HicksyilIe
Westbury, Mineola. Jerico. East Norwich
and Oyster Bay. The fare is very cheap
and the machine makes two trips a day
each way. The wagon avoids the hills
around Cold Spring Harbor as much as
possible but part OF the route is through
some of the finest scenery on Long Island
On the Scenic Route.
Inc arrival and departure of the wagon
is new source OF interest to the inhabi-
tants of the village. 1t starts from the
Oyster Bay post office. and a little knot
of people is always on hand there to see it.
Last night 1t rolled in an hour late, having
met with an accident near Yaphank. The
car was loaded with twenty people at the
time and they passed time while repairs
were being made singing and skylarking
For a time 1t looked as if the passengers
would have to remain in the lonely spot
all night AS mosquitoes are plentiful along
the route the management has promis ID
to supply the patrons with MOSQUITO oil
and netting.
There are many objects of interest along
the route, and the scheme promises to be-
as great a success with the summer Wis
itors as with the farmers and the viii
layers. The managers, however. know that
the people hereabouts will gladly pay for
the privilege to see the home of the Prest-
dent as the following extract from their
prospectus will show
THE new method may be termed a re-
incarnation of the old. but all! what
changes the new method accentuates! In
the olden times the stage numbered over
sandy roads The auto holding twenty
people. will spin over smooth roadways
so rapidly that it will make two trips in
one day. In the olden times the horses
had to be watered. Now good supply of
gasoline Is all that is necessary There
will be no time for stories at the village
inns. but there will undoubtedly be rem
inlscences by the passengers, for the stage
will run through Cold Springs Harbor.
where once fiourished the whale fisheries,
and the ships Sheffield. Splendid and others
made their great records catching whales
in the Arctic and South seas
THE auto stage. on its journey to Nine
ola, will skirt Woodbury., where Walt Whit
man. the immortal. was born and taught
school, and 1t will run through country
equally fruitful with interesting reminis-
cences until Sycamore HILL the home Of
that hero. Theodore Roosevelt the Presi-
dent of the United States, Is reached"