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lplace, both attract the patriotic
Tourists because of the splendid
structures which mark the begin
. ming and the close of life, every
moment of which was devoted tc
1.-The betterment and uplift OF hui
lmanity. McKinleys tomb, a classic
lin architectural design, has been the
mecca of some. It Is as impressive
as that erected to the memory OF
lGrant on Riverside Drive in New
York, and visit to it is an inspira-
ton. Arlington and Mount Vernon,
both on the banks of the Potomac,
recall deeds of valor and lives OF
devotion. How many Americans,
who can speak Familiarity Of objec-
tive points in Europe have visited
the Old Dominion? How many have
gone to yorktown, jamestown or
williamsburg, made famous by the
Industrious Washington? How many
have visited the early haunts of
Washington, sat in his pew, in the
old church and begged a cutting
from the ivy which clothes its
walls?
A number of routes along the
! thousands of miles between the east
and the west offer themselves for the
selection of the tourist, whether his
tour be leisurely or hurried. If
time is an element and he be hur-
ried, the trip from New York to San
Francisco can be made in 20 days,
but, with little regard for the scenes
and pleasure en- route. Such a trip
would naturally be over the Lincoln
Highway, which to-day is consider
ed the main artery of local and long
distance travel by highway. A trip,
so chosen, would take the tourist in
turn over the "Old Plank Road"
(now the Lincoln way, an historic
highway crossing the Jersey mead
ows between Jersey City and New
ark; the distance from Newark to
Philadelphia, via Trenton, is over a
series of roads, all connected and
highly improved, made famous dur
ing the continental wars; west of
Philadelphia and on to Pittsburgh
every foot of the road is historic,
made up in part of Braddock's trail,
the Lancaster Pike, Kings Highway,
and over trails and roads traversed
in turn by the Indians, the early
settlers, the British red-coats, the
blue-and-bu uniformed Continental
troops, and later, but in close sue
cession, by the great armies of the
South and the North. Between
Pittsburgh and Chicago the great
Lincoln Memorial road traverses
trails and roads made famous dur
ing Indian wars and later during
the Northwest wars with the French
and their Indian allies. More than
passing interest attaches to the
memorial monument erected to the
memory Of the gallant Crawford,
burned at the stake at Upper San
dusky, Ohio, by the Indians. The
Colonel and his entire defending
party met the same fate. Historic
roads and trails continue, as units
of the highway, until west of Chica-
go the Overland Trail begins. The
Overland Trail! Is there a native
American who at some time has not
spoken the name with a catch in
the breath? Our grandfathers and
our fathers drove their OK teams and
prairie schooners over this vast ter
ritory as trackless as the sea. Their
blood was spilled and their bones
whitened along the two thousand
miles over which they travelled,
blazing the trail of the pioneer set
tiers and those of the western end
of Lincoln Highway. On the Over
land Trail trudged the Bonner
party, taking six months to cover a
distance which later has been trav-
eled in two weeks without undue
effort and in a degree of comfort
and approximates luxury to the low
er of nature
There is no time more opportune
than that following the disaster OF
the present European war. The dis
appointment that may follow an en-
forced ''tarry at home awhile" will
soon be forgotten in the greater en-
joyment of a series of long or short
distance tours over American roads
and to points of interest within oul
own boundaries. Why not a trip tc
your home town." It may be in
Iowa, Kentucky or California. Have
you watched its growth? Would
you recognize those scenes to which
your memory reverts when cares Of
business bear down hard or you fee
like getting back to nature? Taking
you out of the country has not TAX