Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-13
The LAND or THE BLEST
America the Treasure House of
Natures Scenic Jewels.
Now That War Is Raging In Europe,
Americans Are Beginning to Re-
allie wonders of Their own
Country.


| How pecuIiarlv host arc the Ameri.
can neonle no, ora, in tina, thew have
been spared the horrors of the great war
now devastating most of turope. but in
tho wonderful resource and unparalleled
hoau,ies Of tho courtr, itself is strikinalv
set forth in a communication to the Ma
| io,al ceogro,bic gocIoty fro,,, ue direc-
,or and editor C;ilbort n Grosvenor A
mart Of tho communication. Issued as n
I hulletin from the socieiv's Washington
headouariers saws.
"RHrelv has there boe,, afforded moro
! impressive illustration of tho statemen.
that II NAYS tn advertisc than is to 10
found in the story. Of tho andloss stream Of
tourists hssteniup TO Euroue during rne
savaral dccndos berora tho great war
"Thc appeal Of the art treasures and
! associations of the Old world which ia
the original home of nil Americans. ia
really not sufficient exrlanatton Of the
fact that until last veor 1ao American
tourists were crossing the Atlantic 20 one
American tourist who crossed the United
States. The DELIGHTFUL literature which
the E,lropean travel bureaus ana steam-
shin companies nlaced at our DISPOSAL 50
| annette
Ilakes of ireland and scotland If tho
castles on the Rhine and Danuhe of the
scenes made famous by shakesneare.
Dickens Victor Hugo and Goethe that
we turned our backs upon scenery more
beautiful. wild flower gardens and for
ests incomparablv finer. mountains more
sunerb. and lakes more radiant than any
to he seen in the lands across the At
llantic.
| "Tt ia true that ono fn-s a more ancient
culture in F,Irone II is also true that he
finds there halter art. fo, bafora America
was born into the family Of nations Eu-
rome had castles and cathedrais and mas
terpieces of art and culnture.
Put in that architecture which is voiced
in the glorious TEMPLES of the seouo!a
| grove and in the castles Of the Grand Cam
Won. in that art which is nnirrored in
American lakes which is painted in cey-
ser basins and frescoed upon the side
walls of the mightiest CANYONS. thero Is
n majesty and an appeal that the mere
handivorl1 Of men splendid though IL
NAV he. can never rival
Nor ia our country lacking in halloved
and historic soots l. Waterloo whore
NsnoIeon's star of enonire set forever.
any moro sacr.d to tho American heart
chan Annon,a+-oy. whore a new nation
was horn ont Of the throas of internecine
etrifAo Are Austerlitz and 1Vaarafn with
,beir high tides ~ tho French er,ni,e Of
soil moro sacrad or otrnosnhsr. mora hall
,oued than Valley. Forge and cettysburg.
plvnouth Rock. Indenendence Hall and
Mi Vernon Does London or Paris or
Rerlin contain more of insnjrotion 70 ia
as q neop,e than Washington. the nations
csnital7
we havs wandered far IN find +ha
nicturesous and tha r,agniecent and vet
~ is NO, antira,v ,,ro,.,nc,al nhiIosonhv
which s.vs tb,t Nav, yor,, ;e u, ,,anv
vovs ,be mos, uopderfrl tho most s,rll,.
inc and tho most irtarestipp If al, cit;e.
Of the earth. neither Is II on1v the voice
H. -, -. -, ..,,..
the most marvellous picture book of ma
tures horarN' nor yet Is II me narrow