The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-07-26
4 WOMAN'S TRIP BY TROLLEY
AN EASY THREE DAY JOURNEY
FROM NEW YORK TO MAINE.
Some Hint as to Proper Dre0-Lttle Adj
ventures with Strange Hotels-A Hunt
for Clam Ghowder That Was Rewarded
-Deiightful Scenery by the Way.

for Clam anowder That Was Rewarded
-Delightful Scenery by the way.
IF you want a summer trip hat Is cheap,
delightful and entirely out of the ordinary
aid the woman who likes novelties, try
the poor mans automobile. Last year !
travelled by trolley from New York to Eliot,
Me-, a distance OF almost 800 miles; had
the time of my life, visited half y dozen
friends, saw miles OF country hat l had
never seen before and that T never should
have seen from q railway train, had a lot OF
Jolly adventures-and paid out for trans
portation Just exactly &.o5. l could have
lone It for less II I had been careful. This
year when my holiday comes around I'm
going to do the same stunt-only ! shall
strike of toward the Berkshires instead OF
travelling north as / did before.
sWhat one wants of n smelly, UNCERTAIN,
dangerous thing like a motor car whep one
has the trolleys," she went on. I'm sure l
don't know. You can travel through just
about the same country-both In kind and
extent-and you can have many OF the
charms Of motoring. II you sit on the front
seat OF an open car, as / always do, you get
iust that bracjng sensation Of rushing
straight into the teeth OF the wind that you
do in a motor car. You get the fresh air and
the GOODNESS and the -apid motion and the
beautiful and diversiied scenery. Unlike
a railway train, which usually runs on a dead
level and in a straight line and through the
most repulsive parts OF towns, the trolley
takes you up hill and down dale and around
all sorts OF fascinating curves and through
the show parts Of every settlement it trav-
erses. Furthermore-and this has always
meant a great deal to me-you are enabled
to see the landscape opening out before your
eyes as you do from ar automobile, and not
whirled past your eyes as you see 1t from a
train window.
lastly, you don't have to worry about
time tables and CLOCKS. When you get
ready to start you go out and get into your
conference.-the only differences between
you and the owner Of the most expensive
automobile being that you have to walk
out to the corner Of your street to take 1t
and that you may have to wait five minutes
or so before it comes along. For ten cents
YOU, can get at any book store a trolley
guide that win give you minute and ss.
you want to go and tell you how long the
Journey will take. how far it is and what
10 will cost.
sOf course she continued, -in ~troneying
you have to use a little more than the usual
amount of sense in the matter. of luggage
and clothes. 1t should go without saying
that the first should be the highest possible
and that the last must be designed to enable
you to get on and of cars quickly and easily,
usage and wet weather, to provide against
sudden changes in temperature to
feel light and comfortable on the body
my OWL baggage consisted OF a small
soft feather handbag of phenomenal light
and perfectly fat like a portfolio when
emnty hut like a portfolio. capable of con-
siderable distention. Into this bag I
packed a fine cambria nightRown, a soft
wrinkling, a brush. a comb, a toothbrush,
a cake az toilet soap. a cake Of laundry soap
az a brand that will wash clothes clean ia
cold water. some clean handkerchiefs and
stockings. and a fresh union suit and under
waist,
NV oost,,me WAS composed Of a washable
silk waist q short light Weight wooIen skirt,
a close fitting felt hat trimmed only with
= s,lk scarf and having a brirn wide enough
h sh,de the avas and an a,,tomobiie vail
for securing nv hat and saving INV ewes
and comnlexion All these things were of
= ~certain shade ~ orav that is very artistic
and heooming and which never shows dirt.
For underciofhing / wore only a thin cot
ron ,n;on su;t and a natticoaf b,ttoned IN
a ioosa muslin nnderwaist. 40 that its weight
was snnnorted hv the shoulders instesd
~ ,bs Nm WIZ No corsets and No con-
strict;nn waisthand 7 found that ! never
ran Ijw suffered from the fstigue Of the long
sitting on the hard seats. Also I carried
with me a long light rain GOAT. which /
found vsrv cnmforfinp "a a cushion "a
we'll as a yran'
sAs had been invited IN snend the week.
end with friends at their country place
on the Sound near Noroton' | left New
YORK about noon on SATURDAY and got TO
NV destina ton lust in time for dinner I
nassed q deIishtful Sunday and on Monday
morning after a leisIreiv late breakfast
witb nv friends went ont and took INV
car for Brideenort.
The ride from Noroton 10 Brideeport ia
very char1ning-along a green iehway
shaded with fine ala SonnectioIt elms and
through Quaint old villages with elimpses
OF the sound here and there between the
treesNand is i,ist long enough to give voI
a good annette for lunch. I satisfied mine
with a howl of bread and milk and a saucer
Of real country blleberries at a neat little
restaurant near the spot where I was mt
of the car. Thus sustained. / continued INV
tourney TO New Haven. where some cousins
Of mine we're expecting me to spend the
night, We made the run Of TWENTY-FIVE
miles between Bridgeport and New Haven
in lust two hours, and it was great fun.
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