The Washington herald., 1918-07-07

Presidents daughter, Mrs. sayre.
had a cottage last summer while her
husband was doing Y. NJ. c. A. work
in France.
It was little more than a month
ago that the vote to allow automo-
biles on the island was taken at a
special town meeting. There have
been scores of town meetings at
which the same question was
brought up but the town always
voted q big mo" majority. Not n
few sojourners owning beautiful
estates there objected while others
were content to bring only their
driving horses. But this year It Is
different. The Nantucket Railroad
running between Nantucket and
"Sconset" has been scrapped.. The
rails were torn up a few weeks ago
and shipped away by water. Even
the little locomotive and two light
coaches. which more than once have
jumped the track and rolled over on
the moors. have been sold to- junk
dealers.
This left horse drawn vehicles as
the only means of transportation on
the island where there are no troll
ley lines. Anyway the year round
residents. the natives. had the au-
tomobile fever. Even the seventy
year-oJd sea captains who long ago
retired. and settled there were rath-
er inclined to talk in favor OF the
gasoline buggies" as some of then,
call them.
Though they felt that they had
to come some time. so why not now.
most OF them admit that 1t was the
'scrapping of the railroad which has
been called the Twentieth Century
Limited" that had the most to do
with it. The railroad had always
been a poor investment and the COM
|muters were frank in admitting that
they almost took their lives in their
hands riding over the uneven road
bed. 1t took more than half an
hour to go eight miles. Post cards
bearing pictures of the train were
sold by the thousand. mainly be-
cause they referred to the train as
able to make a mile in more than
twenty minutes"
A mail carrier on the island was
the first man on Nantucket to op-
crate an automobile. Away back
in 1911 he purchased a machine and
used it two or three times to carry
mail pouches to Siasconset. After
each trip, however. he was hailed
into court. The steamship boat ply
| ing between New Bedford and
Woods Hole, on the cape and Nan
tucket, carried scores of automobiles
the first few weeks following the
vote. There Is still a long waiting
list Of owners who wish to have
their automobiles taken across.
The Washington colony at both
York Harbor and Bar Harbor have
assumed about their usual proper
tions for this time of the season
and promises to grow larger with
the advent of August. jamestown
il the usual rendezvous for many
navy families this year. as in past
summers, as a large number of offi-
GERS stationed here and on the feet
are making that resort a summer
home for their wives and children
Among those already there for the
season are Mrs. Hugo w. 0sterhaus
who. with her son, is at the Tenent
cottage: Mrs. James NJ. Cresap. who
has gone there from Annapolis, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Benoist. OF
st. Louis, who are at their cottage
on the Cliff walk. Rear Admiral
George c. Remey. U. s. N, retired,
and Mrs. Remy are at the Gardner
House for the summer; Rear Ad-
miral Edward D. Taussig and Mrs,
Taussig are at their cottage on
Shoreby Hill. and Rear Admiral
Charles H. Davis and Mrs. Davis
are established at their cottage al
the Dumplings.
Mrs. Coffman, wife OF Vice Admiral
Dewitt Coffman is at her new cottage
in jamestown and with her are Mrs,
Owens, wife Of Surgeon William d.
Owens, and her children. The Robert
Fitch Shepards do not expect to &c
there as in past seasons. Oswegat'
chie's beautiful summer colony neal
New London, Conn, are hoping that
Miss Margaret Wilson will pass sew
eraI weeks there as in several season,
in the past, although they realize 1t IL
possible. due to her interest in WON
| ans part in the war, that her timt
will be occupied by war relief rathel
than social activities.
With the arrival of Robert NJ. jan
ney from Philadelphia at the Equinox
House, Manchester. VT. about a week
ago, the famous Lincoln foursome 1!
complete for the summer and will ap.
pear at the Ekwanok Country Clut
every afternoon as of yore. The mem
bers of the foursome are Robert T.
Lincoln Of this city, H. G. Young, G.
H. Thatcher of Albany. and Mr.
Janney.
Despite its exposed position Cape
Cod Will be quite safe from submarine
| terrors this summer owing to the
thorough patrol by naval vessels anC
warships. The government has sc
many footholds on the cape that 1t is
taking special precautions to guard
its own property. 1t seems likely that
the Cape Cod Canal will soon be in
the hands Of the government. In tha,
for the passage of warships and other
large craft. A report said to have
been made to the Secretary of Wal
by army engineers who have studied
II, recommended government control
of the waterway.
In that case there would be a fleet
of naval craft in the vicinity Of the
canal at all times. The naval patrol
now guarding the Cape frequently call
at the Cape ports. The government
has established a large airplane train
ing station at Chatham on the elbow
of the Cape and aircraft are scout.
Ing over the Cape and adjoining
waters daily. Help is so scarce on
Cape Cod that college girls are
passing their vacations there working
on the farms and cranberry bogs. In
stead OF lounging in the hammocks,
playing tennis or sailing, they are
going to follow horse-drawn plougns
and cultivators or pull weeds and
clean bitches on the cranberry bogs.