Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-23

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enough away to make the tall, azure
ridges seem the beautiful frame OF
lovely landscape, with the picture OF
green fields. waving corn rich mea-
dows and lowing streams lying In be-
tween. II is wonderfully charming
here among the initial hills OF the Blue
Ridge range. | stopped first in TINS
section at the Mt. Fay Cottage, MISS
Vera Coyle. proprietor. The land
seape here in every direction is one
perpetual scene of sublime beauty.
II would appear that the first ideal
of the Creator in creating this spieh-
did country was to make 1t lovely ana
inspiring TO man. Its Insurance ana
its nroductiveness gives prosperity 10
its people.
Emmitsburg has savings and ma
tional bank, it has an enterprislns
newspaper. the Chronicle, Mr. Ster-
ling Gait editor and proprietor The
town has a stocking and wrapper
factory, and many stores and other
places of business, hotels and work
shops
Mount st. Mary's and Mount at
Joseph's Colleges are near the town.
and add to the national fame of the
thriving locality The editor OF the
Chronicle is the brother-in-law of
Mrs. Wilson, the wife OF the Presi-
dent One day the Chief Magistrate
of the nation took lunch with Mr.. and
Mrs. Gait. The presence of the Presi-
/ dent stirred all Emmitsburg A thous-
and people gathered near Mr.. Cats
house. The President came out and
was very sociable, extending his
conversation with the citizens along
the lines down to the boys of graft
fed company assembled TO do him
honor
In this town a former citizen of An
napolis. the late Elihu S. Rileyy Sr
published about the year 1910 news
paper. probably the first ever print
ed in the town. The publisher was
then not 81 years old He soon after
moved to Annapolis, and with the
late Samuel Davis, Esq. bought and
published the Maryland Republican.
Mt. Fay Cottage is a very hospitable
| house. A number of persons from
Baltimore spent their vacation there
and found pleasure in the home and
enjoyment in the delightful atmos
phere and the delightful scenery
surrounding the Cottage.
A Mountain Village.
Fountain Dale is a mountain viii
lage. lying in between two spurs of
| the Blue Ridge, and stretching out for
a mile along the Kings Highway AL
most every house in it is in good re-
pair. The geographical locality of
this pleasant hamlet is Adams coun-
| ty. Pa. Its vital section is proximity
to the popular resorts of Penmar,
Buena Vista, Monterey and other well
known summer homes. Fountain
| Dale is in a most interesting neigh
| borhood of plain and mountain. 1t
| is most inspiring to live for while
in the glow of summer in this delight
| full land of rivulets, hills and luXuri-
ant fields. The village has it's church.
its scho61house, three stores, its
garage, its inn, and its boarding house.
! Among these last mentioned places is
Mrs E. NJ Hills. an established re-
sort The peaceful atmosphere Of
| the hamlet is a tonic to the nerves.
The truth of the people in giving the
stranger distances is phenomenal.
Contrary to the usual, if a mountain
eer here tells one he has a certain
distance in miles to walk TO reach a
designated point. it is truth itself.
These villagers are not out of the
world either The number of auto
mobiles that pass through the town
every day rivals the total that use the
Baltimore and Annapolis Boulevard
on Sundays. F. S. r.