The Newtown bee., 1907-10-18

Who Travel with their eyes open and ]
 never want to travel by daylight in any other way. My first surprise came when ] met one of our good.
 bright. intelligent. clean. pure minded
 Newtogn boys. William MeArihur. whose home h Palestine Is still dearly loved by him. The recognition was mutual. and our pleasure at meeting so unexpectedly. the same. He WAS tak- ing his vacation Of two weeks on Il tour that would take In the Jamestown Exposition. sight seeing at Norfolk.
 Richmond. Old Point Comfort and Washington. We were in company un-
 lil We reached Norfolk. We were just below Rarnegat lights. 70 miles from New York. when night closed in upon us and when turned in my berth at | o'clock We had just passed the Della ware Light Ship stationed off the mouth of Delaware bay. A light breeze was blowing from oif the land which increased enough later to cause our craft to rock and pitch enough so that at one time it made one wonder if he would soon have to call to his aid one of those mysterious hand vessels that the landsman at first sight of won ders what those things" are for. But no sea sickness came and the gentle rocking and pitching of the boat as 1 lay in my berth reminded me of my mothers cradle of more than 10 years ago.
 In the early morning l was out to see the sun rise. To the east of us lay the broad stretch of the Atlantic ocean with it's eastern shore 5000 miles away and as the sun came above the horizon without q cloud to obstruct the view it was sight most grand and beautiful. We were of Hog Island Lights and still 70 miles from Norfolk. An hour later We passed the Cape Charles Light Ship stationed near the entrance to Chesapeake bay and not far beyond loomed up against the sky Cape Charles lighthouse on Smiths Island, at the extreme southernmost point of Maryland, pointing mariners as they swing into Chesapeake Bay, which is at its mouth fourteen miles wide, and as we swing around what is called the Tail. of the Horseshoe, pass between Old Point Comfort and Newport News, we see the Jamestown Exposition buildings on an island near us on the east and in an hours time we are tied to the dock at Norfolk, where we are to leave the boat and take another boat to reach Norfolk News, when we will find the train that is to take us to the city of Richmond, the capital of Vir- ginia, and which was the capital of the so called Southern Confederacy during the great Civil war of which you, chil- dren, know something about from the study of United States history.
 We had a wait of four hours to make connections with train for Richmond, so we took cars by trolley to Virginia Beach, pleasure resort on the ocean shore for Norfolk people, as Seaside park at Bridgeport is for us when we go to the city for a days outing. The round trip to Virginia Beach and Cape Henry is about 45 miles. The beach is long stretch of sandy shore that is one of the most dangerous sections along the Atlantic coast. A life sav- ing crew is there stationed with all the appliances that our strong and hu- mane government can devise for rescu- ing shipwrecked mariners and travel CTS. When on an editorial excursion that itwas my good fortune to take as a representative of The Bee in 1884 from Boston to New Orleans, Virginia Beach was the first place we visited after we landed at Norfolk on our way to New Orleans. That visit was in the month of May. Then we made the trip from Norfolk down by carriage, this time by the improved method of trolley not by automobile. No, thank you.
 Here 1 will leave you dear children and will tell you in the letter that will follow this of the trip to Virginia Beach and Cape Henry and "on to Richmond Now l am well aware that, should any of the older readers of The Bee, read this letter, some of them may lay down the paper and in disgruntled way, say, Ugh, he might have told us all he has thus far written in less than half the space he has used" We'll, so 1 might, but l am writing to you, children, so it is distinctly the children's letter which