Evening star., 1919-09-28

Wheh one h'ts the oyster thsll,
road ON the eastern shore he faal,s
that he Is in a different country. Thar.
is something about the velvety so,t.
ness Of the roadbed that suRse.....
ease which /. never before had al.
perienced. One rolls along tho white
chalky ribbons. picking up a eeo1.
deal of dust. 1t is. true, most uain.
lessly. .se5;
Look all about You and you VIM
see no one hurrying. 1t seems tb.sl
nerves have been packed AWAY eo.l
the summer on the shore.
After we had driven Ave or a.
miles. in the general direction III
Ttlghmans island. we stopped a. col.
ored boy and asked him what was be,
yond. He was real negro. Ma
city airs about him. And black. my.s
oh, he was eight shades blacker than
shoe polish. VA
"Nothin' but Ford, or two" heg
said.
We laughed at his reply. but 1t was
about right at that. What towns We
saw beyond were as nothing.
Finally. we crossed a little bridge
which connected the island and the
mainland. A few natives sat In the
shade of a shed enjoying their SUM-
day siesta. A Greek barber seemed
to be the livest man in sight. =, His
shop was open. He guided us onas
down to the end OF tho island. Far-I
ther on we knocked at several housess
in vain search for some ono to;
guide US farther. but found that
every one was in church. Later wei
learned that the church in this
strange little village runs almost
continuously on Sunday. When ones
service Is completed, another starts
Furthermore. the folks work hard ats
their churchgoing. Four blocks away
from the church. on a hotel porch
we could hear the singing plainly.
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Many day has passed since / atea
such a dinner as we had at the hos
tel. The portions Of ham and roast
beef would have made Herb HooveEs
weep, and the fat turkeys that strut-s
tod around the back yard told Of oth..ss
er good dinners to come. And. the
landlords daughter. who waited ems
the table. Well. I know whore Tmg
going to spend my next vacation!
After dinner tho superintendent of
the schools and tho landlord told uSs
much about the shore. Land Of thea
finest quality which grows wheat and
corn and truck in profusion sells forA
$50 an acre. And much stun grows.s
but goes to waste because 1t Is not
moved. in time. The superintendent
told us that he had rented a house
and forty acres right in the viflageXE
Think of that. some of you District ofS
Columbia school teachers who would
be slow to go back to the country tos
teach! '7r ssT
All over the shore-and we moved
on down to Easton--we heard storieaa2
Of fabulous cropst and easy living. &
1T Is too easy" one authority ex.s
planned. because the crops grows
with such little effort, people are not
energetic hereabouts and they DO notA
do their best. Hence land 10 cheap"
At Claiborne, on our return journey
the ferry was delayed about an hour
in starting, and at Annapolis 1t took
us almost two hours to dock.
THAT" said my cynical. friend. az
we went ashore. "is why land ts
cheap" III
But, all the same, I know why J%
Franklin Baker likes to stay at honey
Think of it,! Grow oysters In the
front yard. garden truck on one side
Of the house. grain on the other ana
chicken and pigs. in the rear. /, Ana
children in the house. for all Of that
for the shore folk are prolifc. 81. t
Some day I'm going back. And IIlz
tel you when. The day they build tha
eighteen-mile bridge across Chesa3 s
peake buy. THE OBSERVER. 4 I
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