The Washington herald., 1920-05-09
Naym Maryland Valleys Brings The Road Frederick
Historic Villages Fresh With
Springtime Color Attrac-
ton For One-Day Auto
Trip of Hundred Miles.

Maytime calls the robin home
frcm the South, the shy sweet vfo
let from its Ieafy bed, and lures the
Jnotorist out onto the wide high.
Gay.
To the casual observer a Wash
ington May day is much the same
as the same day in the same month
In other countries and other cities
but to the Washington motorist 1t is
vastly different. Where else, he
asks you, are May skies so blue, the
grass so green, and where = with
triumph he presents his closing ar
gument-can you find so many miles
Of smooth, clear road leading away
from the turmoil Of the city to the
pleasant country places.
Roads Inviting.
East and West, North and South
bach tempts the motorist with it,
own peculiar charm, calling him tc
forget dull office cares and come to
Discover their mysteries. The gypsy
blood that flows in the veins OF
every true lover OF the road cannot
deny the call. He longs for the
touch Of the wheel and the busy
purr-purr OF the motor as he speeds
klong. The heart of him fairly
aches for the sight of the smooth
road.
. May is the month Of all the twelve
when the gypsy blood calls the
Slearest, and when to her compelling
lure is added the sunshine and glory
of a day such as last Thursday the
call is not to be denied. To the
members of The Herald motor party
who slipped away from the off1ce in
the early morning on the first OF
The Herald automobile tours this
season the National Old Trail Road
leading to Frederick seemed the
most inviting highway, leading as ii
does to the foothills of the Blue
Ridge and through some of the
IOveliest countryside imaginable.
Cathedral Avenue.
At the FOurteepth street head
quarters of the Holbrook Auto Cor.
poration appeared Guy Grimmel
sales manager of the new Wash,
ington office of the corporation, in
his cleaning new fve-passenger
Allen car. Mr.. Allen" as the auto,
mobile man was jokingly called, is
new to Washington. and he felt de
cidG dly thrille at the adventure OF
exploring a brand new road in an
equally brand new car.
As a pleasant "eyeopener" for the
"trip the car slipped out of the city
by Cathedral avenue, passing the
massive structure now rising on
Cathedral Hill-one day to be the
famous cathedral of Washington,
and already one OF the most beauti-
full bits of architecture in the Ma.
uonal Capital. Funds for the erec.
tion of the cathedral have been col.
rected from all over the country. and
many a visitor to Washington in
the future will be able to say that
as a youngster he donated the pen,
nies from his savings bank for the
building.
Chevy Chase I'm Bloom.
Cathedral avenue leads through
the prettiest part of Chevy Chase
where many Of the wealthiest fam,
lilies of Washington have their
homes. Here we found May had left
her trail in the delicate green of
the hedges. and the soft shades of
the lUxuriantly blooming lilacs and
other shrubbery. On velvety lawns
the early robin was industriously
proving to the unfortunate worm
the fallacy of the old saying that it
pays to rise early
Reaching the National Old Trail
Road the Allen settled down to bust
ness and began to eat up the miles
On the green velvet of the Chevy
Chase golf course a dozen or so play
ers were hard at work Senator So
and So and Represntativ What's His
Name were relaxing from dignity,
and saying things to their caddies
wreE :hey missed a shot.
Reminder of History.
Peyond the Chew Chase Club are
the ruins of old Fort Reno, recalling
the days when General Early came
SO near to raiding the Capital. 1t
was along the Old Trail directly in
front of the club. history says, that
Early held up Yankee wagon
train and looted IT of its goods for
his men.
Memories of the raids from the
South recall those days when the
Old Trail road was travelled by slow
moving stage coaches. and when the
solitary horseman could ride for
hours without beholding a single
man or woman.
Tempus fugit-one wonders what
those Adventures of other days
would say If they could return for
a few brief seconds and watch the
hundreds of swiftly gliding motors
that spin down the highway
Reaching Rockville, the machine
slowed down in accordance with
the request of the town fathers for
less speed. Familiarity with the
Washington motorist has not bred
torrance in the hearts of the speed
cops" of Montgomery County, and
there was no desire to spend the