Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-16
AMERICA TO RIDE I
PROSPERITY WAVE /
T0VACAT|ON LAND
Thousands Of City Folk to En-
Joy WhirI of Pleasure at
Beaches or in Hills g
LEDGER BUREAU IS BIG AID
Rail and Ship Lines, Under Cons
troI Of Owners, Join With j
Hotels for Rush al
LEDGER BUREAU IS BIG AID

Riding the crest of the tidal wave
Of prosperity, which is flooding America
from coast to coast and from the Great
Lakes to the gulf, almost every one In
these United States will be carried to
seashore or mountain top some time dur
ing the summer season.
With the railroads back in the hands
of their owners, many new hostelries
being constructed and old ones remod-
eled and the great American public
with the wherewithal to pay for a
whirl of pleasure, there is expected the
greatest vacation period in the history
of the nation.
Incidentally the railroads will be in
better shape this year than last, for
the diversion of cars 10 other sections
of the country and for other purposes
will not prevail this year. Apparently
| the problems of reconstruction have
been solved, to some extent at least,
and the vacationists this year will be
assured of ample accommodations by
rail and boat, according to present fore
i casts.
Atlantic City, of course, because Of
| its nearness to Philadelphia, will, as
I usual, have the lions share of patron
age. Other resorts, however, will draw
their thousands on thousands, and
Wildwood, Cape May, Ocean City,
Beach Haven, Sea Isle City, Ocean
Grove, Asbury Park and the northern
New Jersey resorts will all draw their
crowds, bent upon pleasure and reSrea-
tion at the seashore.
Society Exodus Started
Society, as in previous years, has
already started its exodus to the New
England resorts, while others have
chosen hcalthful spots in the Adiron-
ducks, the Poconos, the Blue Ridge
mountains and the Catskills.
Even now applicants for informa-
tion are pouring into the PUBLIC
LEDGER Travel and Resort Bureau,
and Judging from the number, the
travel to the Rockies, the Northwest
and the Canadian Rockies will be un-
usually heavy this summer.
To those who are fond of the life
outdoors where rough clothes go" the
great north woods of Wisconsin and
Michigan are calling again. With
travel limitations still existing on Eu-
ropean tours, many PhiladeIphians will
seek their vacation pleasures in the
vast Yukon country.
To the east the Bermudas, Pearls
Of the Atlantic" extend appealing
charms. Their easy accessibility makes
them especially attractive as a vacation
ground to those who enjoy a brief sea
trip.
Forest and stream, lofty peak and
sandy beaCh--all are eChoIng with the
joyous cries of young and old, who have
thrown aside all care for a time and
are devOting themselves entirely to thor
ough enjoyment of natures wondrous
gifts.
Many Resorts Opened EarIy
Many of the hot weather resorts are
opening earlier than usual to accom-
modatc the early emigrants from the
cities, and travel shOreward and TO the
hills and forests and the fishing grounds
already is growing heavy. High prices
very evidently are not going TO interfere
with plans to take well earned fling
at being young and Carcfree and lazy, IL
You please, for the customary two weeks
longer, if you're one of the lucky
number.
Relieved of the greater part of the
burden Of traffic incidental to the prose
= cution of the war. the federal railroad
70 administration, contrary to its attitude
, toward resort travel last year, is spend
, ing huge sum of money this summer
in advertising the resorts themselves, ad-
Visiug NaratiOnists as to the best routes
and encouraging summer travel in every
way possible.
In most instances train and boat
, service to the rendezvous of the. city
dweller on Il holiday is far more ade-
/ quate as To frequency, and operated on
faster schedules. The vaCatiOuist with
! limited time, and making a long jump
! by rail from his home city to his summer
; playground. will not be subjected this
year to the long and annoying delays
imposed during the war. when the
] fastest express trains were sidetracked
. and held up TO give the freights Of the
c ordnance and quartermaster depart
mcnts and the troop trains the right Of
. way.
i Resort hotels, anticipating crowded
. houses, have been renovated aud ex-
! panded. and new establishments have
d been built. At the seaside places In
3 New Jersey, there hag0 been many
4 amusement features have been added.
: Summer colsnies are springing up
along bayshore and riyerfroDt In Nsw
4 Jersey and Delaware, and IN The
mountains and .Elong the leke shores ia
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