The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-08
National Bowling
 Tournament to be
 held in Paterson

In selecting the City of Paterson. New Jersey, as the location for the sixth annual tournament of the Ma. tional Bowling association, the Board of Governors of that body, have pick ed out one of the beauty spots on the Eastern Coast of the United States.
 For the man, who contemplateS talk ing short spring vacation no more interesting trip could be arranged than the Paterson one, even through there was no National Bowling Tourn- ament for an incentive.
 It almost seems as though the Ma. tional officials had consulted Dame Natures almanac in fixing on the month of March as the date for their tournament. Spring breaks early, in New Jersey, and Paterson never shows to better advantage than during the first warm days of spring time.
 The town is situated in the valley of the Passaic river and on every hand can take rise the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains. On first alighting from the train, one gains the impress sion that has landed in great land locked fortress. A short trip in any direction will carry you to the base of these natural barriers, and then a few minutes steep climb rewards the tourist with panoramic view worth coming miles to see
 To the south maybe distinguished the spires of New Yorks tallest office buildings, rising in the air like gi- gantic tombstones. The intermediate scenery is a riot of green and brown, with slight silver thread winding it's way through the intermingling green, to mark the course of the Pas saic river.
 Directly at your feet lies the City of Paterson. looking for all the world like a picture of d Swiss village. The end with thfs view however. Pater- son is the Lyons of America and in al- most every block can be heard the chatter of a loom, busily engaged in making silks and ribbons for every city in the country Two of the larg- are also located in. Paterson, and a tour through one Of them is an edu- cation in itself.
 No descriptive history of the silk city would be complete without a word about the Passaic falls, which are second in size, only to Niagara, and much of the city's industriar pow CT is derived from them. During the early spring months, when the winter has just begun to break in the moun- tains,, the falls are at their best, and visitors to the city during the month or MarCn VIII see a WdCeTIdIl tudt CdL not help but be impressive.
 The Paterson promoters, of the Ma tionaI Bowling Tournament are not blind to all the natural advantages their city affords to visitors, and in laying out their plans for conducting the tournament, they have made pro- visions for an entertainment commit | tee An information bureau will be at the tournament com panys office during the course of the event. and every visiting bowler will be invited to register his name. Mem- 1 bers of the entertainment committee will then see that he has an oppor- tunity of visiting the silk mills. and locomotive plants. while other guides will conduct him to points of natural around the city.
 An opportunity of this character comes only once in life time. And whether person is a bowler or not, | the trip to Paterson is well worth talk ing, and the five dollar entrance fee, l that the National Bowling association charges would be cheap for the ser l vices of a guide, like those whom the tournament company are going to fur nish gratis to their patrons.
 The bowlers of Paterson, N J., are I making great prepara tions for con- ducting the Sixth National Bowling | which is to be held in | that city from March 2d to March 23, | When 1t is considered that the Silk l City has the support of every town | and village within a radius of twenty | five miles, there can be no doubt but | that a tournament of classy dimen- sions will result.
 Paterson is the smallest city that | was ever awarded a National Tourna- ment, but the National body evident | ly knew what a hustling bunch the | bowlers of Paterson are. An example | of this is shown by the fact that the | Passaic County association is the best | and the best managed of the 1 local associations, in the National | body. This statement was given out | by no less a parsonage than President | Kirk, of the latter body. This asso- | citation recently started a membership campaign and inside of three months