Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

| Americans caught IN the WAf-1Wept
countries Of Europe win be the most ap-
| preciative Of all
Secretary Lane on the tourists who
Home Travel u tnass. s ovs. o. .as
year. This 10 the opinion Of Secretary
Franklin x. Lane Of the United States
Department Of the Interior, always an
ardent ''see-America-hrst' advocate,
who believes that tens Of thousands OF
the persons who have experienced untold
hardships In Europe have given more
thought about the case and safety Of
travelling In their country during the one
\ month Of the war than they have ever
| given before In their whole Iivss.
There are . certain number Of peopie,
said Secretary Lane ysstsrday, who
want 70 enjoy some novel scenes every
year-peopie who have no fixed placs In
which 70 spend their vacations. The most
going to Europe. Europe this year 10
closed and next year will be q waste
scene Of desoiation And these people
VINO have been overlooking the attrac-
next year the opportunities that the
United States offers BY way Of entertain
Ing those who love travel, beauty and
scenic grandeur.
III COURSE, inc United states cannot
oher the art galleries and the Gothic ca
thedrals and the atmosphere Of age that
one gets IN the older civilization. but II
can offer beauties Of nature that surpass
those that Europe offers. Besides 1t is a
patriotic duty for every American to see
and learn about his own country. We
Rave too many people in the United
Slafes who have made frequent trips to
an parts OF Europe. but who have never
States 'e"
Think Of the ease and relatively small
expense OF an ideal vacation trip In our
own country. Within six weeks. for an
leave New York. go to Niagara Falls and
bunalo take the equivalent Of an ocean
trip by sailing through the great lakes
see ee,,n the Yellowstone Park. the Rocky
sound. the inland waterway Of ALASKA,
with It's glaciers mountains and unequal
, ed pit OF sea: Mount Rainier National
Fark, the beautiful Columbia river, the
s sI forests OF OREGON and Washington
tie National Park. the orange groves Of
southern California and the Grand Can
yon Of the Colorado.
,., 81 have left out Of this SIX weeks
petriaed forests Of Arizona. the cliff
dwellings. the national forests and the
Indian reservations These side trips
require more time, OF course In such
az 'tHerdTy aS tnat you nit the high
places In every section Of the great west
northwest and southwest In the course
or every 800 miles there IL some different
attraction which a man who Is interest
ed In archaeology or irrigation or hydro
electrical ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of that
kina-could put in an additional three or
tour Gays. but that suggestion of mine is
an outline Of the trip on which a man
would see more natural wonders, more
things OF beauty: than he can see any
same time and for so little money.
"A glance at this suggested itinerary
Of q vacation trip will perhaps make
many people wonder whether SO much
ground can be covered in such a short
time. Yes. It is easily possible. starting
eastern cities. You take about twelve
hours to Niagara Falls. then you take
two days and a half up to Duluth. you
take day and half or two days to
Yellowstone one day up to Glacier Ma
tional Park. two days in the park. two
days to Puget sound. then you can go up
to Skagway. Alaska, and back in week.
You can take in Mount Rainier National
Park in day. another day going down
to Columbia, and day on the Columbia
two days to San Francisco a day in
San Francisco: two days. perhaps. for
the Yosemite: then. say. week coming
home. seven days more. and you see you
There is time to spare for side trips or
longer stays In the most interesting
places on the itinerary.
Some persons who have never Travelled
west Of chicago In the United States
often ask me whether they will find sat
fsfactory hotel accommodations In the
west There should be little or no worry
about this feature Of ones comfort IN
travelling in the west. We have hotels
all along the line that are excellent 4ou
the Pacific coast as you can ind IN New
York city. Philadelphia or washington.
Some of them In the west are excellent
at the Yellowstone. for instance 1t IS
not as good as they would he II there
was more Of a crowd. The remarkanie
thing is that they are as good as they
are.
Il think more people surely will go to
the San Francisco exposition because OF
thia war In my opinion, those who are
wise will go overland instead OF gong
through the canal, although that would
be a delightful three-week trip. inose
who go west for the first time next year
route one way to take in the Yellow
atone and the southern route for the
return, so that 1t will be possible to
visit southern California, the Grano
Canyon and points in Colorado.
made showing that 10000 to 10000 peo-
Mo from the United States visit Europe
each vear. and that these travellers turn
over to the foreign steamship and trans
nortation companies amounts IN a An -
can gold ranging from $2ooNUvU 70
s40O 600 600 See-Amertca-nrst aoVoceIes
noint out that the economic side OF tne
movement to encourage increased eIavei
IN The United States is most importats;
and that II will mean the saving anu
hn,d,nn IN this country Of many mhnons
Of dollars which travellers nave oee"
leaving abroad.
Cooperation among consumers WIN 'A
atm Of checking the rise in the prices %
'''-' foodstuffs has been
n. n,.,.+;o, bv popular theory
o"@SPsA~ disc ed in all
Consumers. parts Of the United
States in recent weeks since the oes'n-
ming Of the great European war. but IL
remained for a group Of government en-
p,oyes in Washington nearly three years
aeo 10 forearm themselves against the
attacks Of pr4ce-ralsers BY organizing
for cooperation in the purcmase 81
household and table supplies OF All k.nus'
The business. which has been IN cohtinu-
ous and successful operation since De-
cember 1911 Is said by students OF CO.
onera tive enterprises to be mooel oy
which persons in all parts Of the country
NAV cooperate for the purpose not only