Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-03
MANY June VISITORS
ENJOY OLD Town
New Ferry To Eastern Shore
A Delusion and i Snare In
Electric Line Cars
TOWN GUIDE IS NEEDED

TOWN GUIDE is NEEDED
This is the season when excursion
lists are looking for good cool spot
10 spend week ends. Or are reading
advertisements of railroad companies
and boat lines and planning short
trips FOR Sundays. Annapolis has Al
ways come iii Tor its share of these
visitors. but il seems that this year
tEe number of eNcnrsiOnists il much
larger than ever before.
II may be that d degree 81 this diff
ference is more apparent than real,
coming ais 4 contrast to the somewhat
restricted pleasure trips Of war time
But even allowing for that difference
sit is certain that there are more visit
Iars for week ends and Sundays than.
The city has ever known before.
Many or the visitors come from
Washington. and saving that they are
from Washington now means that any
party will comprise representatives
of almost the entire country For in
stance. or small party Of seven
ladies who were here for the past
week and from the national capital
one came from South Dakota, another
from Maine, third from Texas, and
the others from Wisconsin. Tennessee.
Georgia and California The larger
parties. too, are made up Of visitors
whose homes are spread over pros
sportionalIy large number Of states
In this there can be seen the effects
that the war and the end Of the war
have had. 1t was the service in wash
ington which drew SO varied an army
OF workers theres and, nov that they
arc being released. those who come
from far away want to see as many OF.
the historic places hereabouts as they
can before they return to their native
states.
Perhaps the greatest thing which
attracts them ii the Naval Academy
.At least the impression that some Of
them have of Annapolis Is that II Is
the Naval Academy, and nothing much.
else. Many Of the visitors. however.
know something Of the other places of
interest iii the town Il speaks we'll
for the power Of advertising that sew
eral parties have been moved 70 come
Is the city BY having read the article
entitled Annapolis and Annapolftans.
which appeared in HarpeT's Maga-.
zinc for April
The sojourners sometimes bring THIS
article with them and use II as a
guide until they learn Of Riley's map
of Annapolis. which usually becomes
the guide of all Of the parties Hav-
ing obtained it they are nearly always
surprised at the number of historic
spots 10 be found in the town, and
wish to see them all
Those who have read the Harper = !,
article frequently insist on seeing
every place which Was used AZ An III
lustration, and from the exact spot
where the artist placed his easel To
strangers the town Is not an easy one
to learn the streets Of, but some Of
the visitors who have been for sew
eral successive week ends and who
have made really a systematic study
IL the town know the circles and
streets and alleys as well as we who
have spent our lives here. One large
marty which has been over by excur-
sion from Washington for seven sun
DAYS is guided By 4 lady who now
knows more Of the towns history md
geography Than does the average An
. napolitan,
There should be a good business for
someone who knows the town thor
I oughly in guiding visitors 70 the his
! foric places In which they find inter
est. Still IT gives less mercenars
appearance when there are no pro
Gessional guides. II is true. too. as
visitor said last Sunday, that every
body Ia Annapolis seems glad 90 tel
ali that they can Of the toNn to ans
stranger
II is certain that at St Johns there
is never any lack Of q guide around
the campus. and this IS strongly trus
il there are ladies IN the party tha'
wish 10 be guided Some Of the stu
dents always volunteer to show then
around the college grounds and build
ings. Here they always and great IN
ferest in the Liberty Tree. the Frencl
Monument. Shoe Leather Hill, ant
the tablet erected ii honor 0f ST
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