The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-12
SEE NEW ENGLAND
This Region Is Now Yenr-Round
Place of Holiday Delights, Where
You May Enjoy Your Kind OF
Vacation In Spring, Sum-
mer. Autumn or winter.

| America.' Men and women who know
1t and have Travelled widely have
named 1t Vacation Land" This was
long ago. Some one in recent years
went step further and coined a new
phrase. Your kind OF vacation awaits
You in New England" and the phrase
IS 'ruthtul. Riding. driving and
automobiling, golf. tennis, mountain
climbing and boating. yachting. swim
ming and fishing, to say nothing of
the pure and idyllc rest, splendid
Vows. quaint towns and historic
mere Is no taste that cannot he
suited.
you must get away from the fdea
mat only in summertime does New
england have charms for the yaca
'ion!st In spring il lures the anglers
ana those who seek rccupcration from
season OF SOCIAL life in the big city.
In the autumn come the sportsmen
and those who know full wei tbo
charms of New England country NJ
this season. And In the winter tho
ADVANTAGES of a brief rest amid the
snowy and bracing silences of tho
New Eng land hills, as compared with
nasty flight to the warm Southland
and nasty return. are obvious Many
pap SiS"io nowadays advise their
oVerworked and rundown patients to
rest awhile among the White High
lands of New England.
Most OF this vacation land" 10 so
close TO New York and so easy to &C.
cess that literally no pocketbook is
SO scantlly filled to enjoy its pleasure.
4 nlshts Journey will take one al
most anywhere except to the very
1arthest point. There arc mountains,
WOODS. lakes and seashore. rs the
holiday-makcr wishes. He can COM
blne them all in n series Of little
trips.
Or no can pick out one place that
suits his taste and stay there. Won
der1ul diversity Is to be found as soon
as New England is entered. There arc
within easy reach the hills of YER
mont, the White Mountains OF New
Hampshire. the famous Maine coast
ana tho Maine lakes and woods; his
torical Massachusetts and the Atlantic
Ocean coast from Portsmouth down
cape Cod. Buzzards Bay. Ncwport.
Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and
NnrraEansett Bay. Nearer are tho
Long Island Sound shore Of Conncc-
ttcut and the Bcrksh.res of Massa-
chu.etts.
The New England lines-the New
York. New Haven and Hartford. Bos-
ton and Maine. and the Maine Central.
toSether with their steamers up tho
Sound-lead the traveller to anv OF
these hundreds OF points There are
so many that their mere catalogu!nC
would fill pages. a dozen different
books-all to be had by writing for
.henn-arc published each year TO de-
scribe these features
Those who feel that they must etav
ciose to New York can share in the
beautie" OF this New England vacation
land by settling down on the shore
OF Connecticut. New Haven is not far
away. and Yet here one begins 10 be
in New England's heart From here 10
,em London and beyond Is exquisite
scenery and country life of much
charm. = noble sheet OF water is at
hand. All this Shore Is famous for
It's clambakes and aquatic sports, New
London being a centre
But once as far a New London, it Is
n pity not to go further. Just n l't,le
way on from here begins one of New
Iherc arc Narragansett Bay and New
port, Block Island, Martha's Vineyard
ana Nantucket, one following another.
AZ Nantucket the summer tourist Is
on the rim OF the Atlantic. To the
north is Cape Cod. with it's old. pic
turesque and delightful features yet
untouched, a vast beautiful restin %
l.
ties for sport. all the more wonderful
! when 1t comes TO he remembered that
New York IS only a nights Journey
away.
For fifty years Nantucket and
marina vineyard have attracted at
tention everywhere for their health
| restoring breezes, their wildness, their
romantic scenery. the quaintness of
| their villages and homes and their
hshins and bathing. To be on either
| OF these remarkable islands Is like
/ passing into another world. The
! country OF Ruzzards Bay. which juts
INTO the south shore of Cape Cod. and
cape COD itself, is picturesque and
! charming. some of the localities
about this shore land that the wise
! man and woman will visit are the
! villages OF Nantucket Oak Bluffs
! geometry Cottage city,. Edga-town
and Vineyard iiavan. on Marthas
! vineyard. Woods Hole. outset, Fal-
! mouth and BASKERVILLE. on the lower
/ end OF Cape Cod. and Fairhaven, on
| snzzaEds Bay. near to the old city OF
| New Bedford TO say nothing of the
| lesser known Elizabeth Islands that
separate Buzzards Bay from Vineyard
| Sound.
Bsrnstable Dennis. North Dennis.
! Provinceto~n, Sandwich. Cotuit. Chat
nam and Orleans arc some of the
Hot@u Towns OF cape Cod. 1t Is I'm
, possible to describe Cane Cod in n
word or hundred Of them. Several
noyelists have written of its people
that they are more "old timey' than
a great many IN this country. They
are al! to be seen aud talked with in
the little towns. Caue Cod has broad
streets Of squat white farm houses
/ plenty OF old flowers, clam choWdcrs
and FISH dinners that one gIoats over
ana boating That dwsrfs ali other
boating into insisn!ficance. Once II
was altogether primitive. Now 1t has
very modern touch. Automobiles
scurry over the sandy courtry. 1t is
. y very pleasant motor car trip up &c
Cape Cod Massachusetts, has built
some OF the finest roads in New Eng
land upon the Cape. To reach Cape
Cod unless You so by mdtor car. tbs
pest way is to take the FAN River
Line or New Bedford Line from New
n "a ii rANty n