Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-05


| ing for comparatively short tour.
| which combines most Of the beauties
| OF long-distance run, will be inter-
| ested in the account Of the trip just
concluded by Dr. John Foote. While
! most of the two weeks he was away
was spent of the road, DR.. Foote
motored more than 700 miles. and,
| what is more important, nearly every
mile was over fine roads
| On his return to Washington Dr.
Foote called at the local automobile
club to tell Touring Director Ferguson
about the conditions he encountered
| and to make several important sug-
| gestions in routing motorists over the
roads he Travelled. He was particular
ly enthusiastic over the beauty of the
country traversed, the lack of road
difhculties and the absence Of those lit
tie things which offtimes mar the
pleasure of such trip.
Leaving Washington, DR.. Foote went
Fher via he toek the s sna
quehanna river road to Pittston and on
So mis- hone At Archbo1d through
The return was by way Of Scranton
and Delaware Water Gap to Atlantic
City. and to Wilmington via the Penns
Grove ferry
Il know Of no trip of that distance
which combines so much of beauty,
fine roads and generally ideal touring
conditions" said DR.. Foote, who is a
veteran Interstate road traveller. That
Sunbury to Shickslrinny is perfectly
beautiful. Instead of one water gap
| view you get several, and they are
every bit as beautiful as the famed
entire drive Is over a fine macadam
! road.
OF course. the most interesting
| thing. from the Motorists viewpoint.
see the improvement that has been
| made in the past three years. You can
, pest appreciate the conditions between
| here and Archbold when 1 tell you
| that I made the 260-mile drive in a
| day. 1 had my wife and two small
| children with me. so the riding could
not nave been very rough or tiresoIne.
| Even from Gettysburg to Harrisburg
course. you don't And much fne ma
i cadam on this stretch, but the roads
| are kept in decent shape.
The entire route along the SusQue-
macadam. In some places the road is
rather narrow: but on the whole /
found this part of the trip ideal. The
scenery scenery is delightful. You pass
est farming land, and the contrast OF
the colors of the cultivated fields is
something to awaken your apprecia-
ton of natures beauties.
There was only one stretch on the
return trip that was bad. 1t was
where we left the main road at Gin
ton to cut off ten miles to Pennington.
We struck this dirt road after heavy
rains. and naturally it was rather hard
going. However. the main road be-
tween these points. through White
Horse, is good macadam.
Il want to correct the Impression that
driving through the coal region. where
the mining towns are so close together
Is irksome because you have to pass
through the heart of the villages
where the houses abut the road. The
children do not hamper your progress
or cause you any worry. We made
twenty miles an hour through the most
populous districts.
You pass through much of the roll
ing country, where on every hand is
evinced the thoroughness of the Penn
every inch of the land is titled. At
times you see in one sweeping glance
the bright green of the forest, the buff
color of wheat stubble, the darker
green Of newly sown acres, while the
homes bespeak an unmistakable air of
prosperity"
At the time formation of a District
Of Columbia branch of the American
Automobile Association was in con-
temptation it was asserted by the
present secretary that it was possible
for the National Capital to have the
most brilliant automobile club in the
country from the standpoint of a mem
| bership made up OF nationally and in
! ternationally famous men and women.
A reading of the clubs present list of
members will serve to prove the cor
| rectness of this estimate. Many of the
| nations prominent men are members
| of the local organization and each day
sees another enrolled.
| A. F. King. editor of the st. Mary's
Beacon, published at Leonardtown,
Md, was a visitor to club headquar-
ters last Tuesday. Mr.. King was en-
route home from a motor tour of New
England and stopped in Washington
! long enough to become member of
the District club.
This was my first motor tour far
Their north than Washington" said Mr..
King, land 1 had to seek so much
information from brother motorists 1
met on the road and received such uni
form courtesy from tourists whose cars
bore the three AS. that ! resolved to
join the organization as soon as I re-
turned to Washington-if you'll take
me. Here's my money and my heart
and hand go with it. You may count
on my support In the good work the
association is doing" Mr.. Kings car
now displays an American Automobile
Association emblem.
The club loses one of it's most ardent
supporters in Robert F. Rose, who re-
Gently resigned as foreign trade ad-
wiser to the State Department to re-
sumo his legal practice in his home