Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-11-07
4 TRIP TO THE COAST
ACROSS THE CONTINENT
Graphic Deception Of Travels by
Student Of Architecture.
SEES BEAUTIES OF OWN COUNTRY.
Vivid Portrayal and Pen Picture cf
Scenic Grandeur in The United
States.

MS return was eutnuSiESLlc over IDe
grandeur of the see merry, and the glor-
les of his own country. He is Mr..
Henry P. Hopkins, son of Mr.. Harry
j. Hopkins, president Of the Far
mers' National Bank, and for many
years the Chief Clerk to the Comptrol-
Ter Of Maryland.
Tue young traveller was prevailed
upon by the editor of the Evening
Capital. who had some years ago
taken this trip, in part, to write q
description of il tor this paper.
After some persuasion, The Capital S
Young friend agreed to do this, and
the following from the pen Of a St
Jshn's al lmnus and Columbia student
cannot fail to interest and entertain
The Capitals readers:
Dear Editor 1t is the ambition
of every student Of architecture to
come into close relation with the
master minds of his profession, to
personally study their creations, and
thereby draw inspiration that shall
not only intensity his love of the
useful and beautiful, but his profess
slon as well. Ny studies in the
School of Architecture of Columbus
Univt rsitg, as we'll as in one of the
best ateliers of that great city Of
New York, created in me a longing
10 see something of the beauties of
ny own country, its people, buildings
and natural scenery. It was my good
fortune tc be able to do this, and
after much study / routed my trip
from the borders of Canada to those
of Mexico, travelling up the Pacific
coast as far north as Portland, Ore,
and from thence back east to dear
old Annapolis.
Our train left the Grand Central
Station in New York at p. m pull
ed out through the city between rows
and rows of the poor houses on che
East Side, crossed the Harlem River
and was soon passing under the many
bridges separating Manhattan Island
from the Bronx. From there it was
but few moments before we were
racing along the banks of the Hud-
son, passing Poughkeepsie and many
other small towns along the river.
The train stopped at Albany thirty
minutes. Many of as turned out to
10y paper anc stretch ourselves,
and after the train started we turned
in to awaken the next morning about
an hours ride from Niagara Falls.
The country, as far as could be
seen from the car window, was just
a., 49, &c ~ Maw,,lorJ ~o4ko~ goN
a little timber. that being oak, pine
aud cedar. We reached the Falls
about 8 a. m. climbed out of the train
and took in the sights. Wonderful
ia their scale and monumental grand
sur, the Falls leave an impression
upon ones mind never to be forgot.
ten. Pictures were taken, the usual
comments passed, We caught our train
aud were off again for the Canadian
border. Upon going into Canada the
customs officers made their inspec-
ton, pasted tags upon our bags and
were gone. The air was cool and
refreshing. continuing so until we
reached Chicago Here was city as
long as New York, fiat as table top
with many fine buildings to break the
skyline.
Beautiful drives aud residences,
to say nothing of their wonderful
stock yards. I'll pass over the odor
which one gets while going through
them, even upon fast railroad train.
Crossing the wonderful Mississippi
at Fort Madison, Ia, the river of
mud, fat bottomed, stern paddle-wh
steamboats, and the setting of Mark
rwain's famous stories. Kansas City
was my next stop. Here / was met
by friends and wonderfully entertain
ed The country through Missouri
was fairly fat until very near Kan
sas City, where it became billy and
in the city proper the grades seem
to be small mountains. We read of
good roads in Maryland, but rode in
an auto for forty miles over roads as
smooth as glass, with b sautiful
homes on either side. These latter
are not Of the palstisl order, but
mostly modest structures of the New
England Colonial type. The business
pa TT of the city contains some fire
architecture, the Baltimore Hotel be-
ing . splendid example and the new
railroad station, when entirely COM
pIeted, will have as fine an approach
as any terminal in the United States
Upon leaving Kansas City our
train ran right through the cattle
country. The first evening out we
saw the sun sink behind fiat table
land with not a thing to break the
surface. You could look for miles
and miles and see nothing but grass
covered land. One has the same
feeling IS upon the ocean, seeing
nothing but sky and water. The view
was just as had pictured it since a
boy-plains over which buffaloes
wands red and cattle grszed, the land
Of the Navajo and Apache. From the
State OF Kansas we ran through the
southern part of Colorado, where the
mountains began with spots Of sage
brush growing here and there. We
were too far south. however,,to run
into the larger mountains, and soon
passed into the beautiful hills Of New
Mexico. When there, one can easily
understand where the western PART.
ers obtained their wonderful colors.
The richness Of the reds, Colds, yell
lows snd puppies is beyond telling,
in fact beyond painting. People are
scarce in this country. For IS long
as half day we would run through
not more than one or two towns, OF
so called, for they consisted OF few
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