Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-07-06
VACATION DAYS BRING
RUSH TO FERRY LINE
Plenty Of Room And Material,
However. For Studying
Human Nature
OBSERVATIONS ON WAY

mt anna poiiS-N4 uS 4 Sils ~
rushed as it has been during the past
few days. when yacationists from
Baltimore, Washington and Annapolis
have taken advantage OF the shortcut
offered 20 Ocean City and other points
on the Eastern Shore
Beginning with the heavy traffic OF
Friday night, VIXEN more than 100
automobiles assembled ready to
make the trip and were prevented
from reaching the boat by the heavy
rainfall which closed King George
street and made the dock inaccessible,
the steamer Governor Emerson c.
Harrington has been loaded almost TO
capacity during every trip. In order
that tho full traffic over the line might
be handled, and so as not TO necessi-
tate the turning back of any of those
who desired TO get aboard, extra trips
we're made several times. On each
sailing the ferry deck was packed
with automobiles. every space large
enough for a car being filled Passen-
gers had plenty OF room on the upper
decks only for the reason that the
decks arc spacious enough to allow
for the largest number of persons that
the steamer is allowed TO carry.
On board the beat it was not always
an easy thing to find seat, but there
were some features which compen-
satod for roaming around and seeing
the sights. Any number of amusing
things might be seen. For instance,
the cozier nooks,and those sequester-
ed spots which were out of range of
the eyes of the crowd, became inter
esting if one had sufficient plain nerve
TO invade them ard find out what was
actually going on. OF course, nobody
who had heart or sympathy for
youth would ever do any such thing,
but at any rate il was interesting.
Youth must be credited, however,
for being in the same class with many
of the older ones on the trip. For
there were older ones, and older ones
a-plenty who almost crowded youth
out Of the places that belong to him by
right of his youth There were some
Instances in which only the superior
agility of the younger couples made it
possible for them to get to the desired
seats ahead of the semi-bald gentle
man who made dashes to beat. them
to it. 49,, ~
Naturally enough, too, there were
children who cried. for no holiday ex-
oursion would be really complete
without the babies. Parents tried all
available means To silence the infant
howls, trying ali known ways, from
bouncing thes youngsters on knees to
stufing handkerchiefs in the noisy
mouths.
And there were varieties in the
ways in which the unlocking passen-
gers viewed tho proceedings. Some
OF them were upset by the crying
babies and showed signs of pleasure
when they were gagged. Others
thought it was just too cruel for any
thing, and that the parcnts ought te
employ ether means of silencing.
There were, too, the individuals who
tried to save chairs for others OF their
ium, and that brought the others who
sought 10 wrest The reservations from
their captors. gealthily a man would
steal upon an unoccupicd seat. while
his spouse waited in the background
for him to retrieve the folding con
trivance which she had spotted and to
which she laid calm When he was
upon his quarry the lady whose hat
lay upon it as an Indication that Il
was not open to public occupation
would sense his purpose and transfx
him with one LOOK, SO that all OF his
courage melted away He would po-
litely tip his hat End ask: rs this seal
reserved, Madam" And, somewhat
socihed by tho gentlencss of his tone
the lady would reply: yes. Sir, I'm
saving it for someone"
Bat this was only the first sally, and
a mere mark of the outbreak which
was due. The man. foiled in his at
tempt &c capture the chair, would turn
and in the turning, would catch the
look and often tho voice of his wife
MHJ NaitSu III tue nachSrOuNQ-
Henry, you bring that chair RICH
straigt out here. Do you think that
am going to stand UP all the way to
Annapol.s?"
There was no decision for Henry %
make. L was already made for him,
and he had but to act on the c I'M
mands OF the controlling voice. Again
he swoored upon the chair, and wrest-
cd it from the lady in whose care it
had been left. In the background his
wife, in the particular case that Is he
ing recited, was saying: Get that
chair. Henry If anybody wants al
chair they ought to sit in it. and III
have as much right TO take It as aay-
body else
The conservation between the c. NJ
batants at this time was growing heat
cd, but the man won out. and retreat
cd to the safety zone beside his wife
bearing the chair with him. Standing
there beside here, he was dwarfed in
cornnarisDn to his snOuSa. All OF