Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-09-04
EXPOUNDING
THE SCENERY
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN

1ilOoI SPECTACULAR OIL the scenery, but
nowadays the strain falls on the
pocketbook, the imagination and the
ear drum.
All Of these presSureS are applied
by the highly organized and opuIent
gentlemen who conduct you in auto
mobiles over the wildness that gave
so much of toll and danger to our
forbears.
These conductors of sightseeing
parties charge you a good, steep
price, and in order to give you a
moneys worth, they literally throw
In an unbroken stream of conversa-
ton. You see the Rock mountains
now in the same way you see China
town or Coney Island. But the
mountains. call for more Imagination
than the city. In the Garden of the
Gods, for example, which looks to
the uninstructed beholder like sort
of celestial stone quarry, strewn with
huge red monoliths, you are called
upon to see camels, porcupines, mush-
rooms, Indians and Oriental architec-
ture.
The Cave of the Winds has it's own
special guides and it's own special
admittance charge, adding another
| dollar to your trip ticket. Here the
sightseers are collected and separat-
ed into small groups, each guide tax
ing. about a dozen persons through.
Although the system is efficient, &C.
casionally two or three guides and
their parties get crowded into the
same part of the cave at once, so
that it is difficult to tell which part
| listening to. Is the particular forma-
ton you are looking at a battle
ship, Or is it the elephant the other
guide is talking about?
A Little nuray
The Cave of the Winds is merely
another Luray on a much smaller
scale. 1t contains the same sort of
stalactite and Stalagmitic ornamental
ton in the same beautiful rainbow
small lakes, creeks and spring of
Luray, but there is an opening
through which drippings from the
nearby cliff are supposed to fow-so
slowly that they barely dampen the
rocks. 1t is the slow flowing Of this
water over the iron, sulphur and cop
per deposits in the rocks that causes
the forming OF the stalagmites, &C
cording to the guide, who declared
that it required one hundred years
of this tedious process to form one
inch of sta1agmite. So the great days
of the cave of the Winds will be in
the future.
AS in the Virginia cave, desperate
efforts have been made to find appro-
pirate names for all the conspicuous
formations. There is an Inverted
Frying Pan, Pige's Head, a Nina
ture Battleship, and large slice OF
Breakfast Bacon. These are lighted
placed about the walls in contain
ers resembling ordinary dustpans, II
you are going in for the interpreted
ton business. The floor of the cave
is carpeted with rubber covefnng &,
designed to keep the visitors from
slipping, but every once IN a Whlie
some careless person disregards
this protection and skids rapidly over
the rocks. Bridges have also been
built at certain places to tacllltate
babies can make the trip in safety
and comfort.
"Our first visitors used to make
the trip by ladders and torches, salo
the guide in explaining the various
precautions, "but now you folks get
It easy with electricity and STAIRS.
This room we're in now is called Re-
cention Hall, because the early Wis
itors used to leave their visiting
cards here.
"This." he announced, leading the
wav through a tall, wide portion OF
the cave, lis Lovers Lane Notlce
how easy it Is to travel. On the
right is the largest n sfaaagm 1ong III We
h nas1 + is dangerous, but to keep
IT. from being broken off by tourists
Passing through this open1ns' ata
come to Diamond Hall. Inc ula
monds are prlnc;l r;,aai b on t,l0 Of the
Shredded wheat Biscuit, which you
viii see ON the left. Also group OIL
Chestnut BUTTS. r,,
"Next we come to F1ndiey taa1tf
named for Colorado geoios oe+ a
You will stoop, down y you can Near
~ ieT is Shriner's temple, and the
Yelled Madonna. On the celn4g a.
we 20 out you will see the Arlsh'
mans clay pipe. -
"Here is the bridal chamDoermr1 m, e
there a minister in the party ~ =
NAV NAV almost be said to be runnl ani
marriages have actually been PEI PEI
fnrmed h,re. Over there is Lpt
wife who turned to rubber ano. Inei
TO salt. And next to Dante' IN ~
ferno, although why 1t shoulq pe .,
close to the bridal chamber never
could see.
The Hadrpin Superstition
s.Here at the end of our trip IS
collection of hairpins-not stang,
mitic but real wire ones-tor III III
hanefit of old maids. Any old malc
in the party. is asked asked TO Oil, 1eI brint
hairpin. This hi gse e4nfefnes'f married RTE 1
anv members of the party are al
ready married and want divorce
leave a hairpin not on the VIZ
but on the ceiling e -, p oq nre Se
Were TTrr@s9 aren't any on the ceiling yet.
but b this is a good time to starr
! the collection"
The trip being completed, sever a.
members of the party deslreu ~ "a" r.
Photographs of the a,,i Gave ob Iai IL
nppoduced a tripod for the benefit O
the tourists. One couple who ma ma
a small baby with them placed IN
| voungster on a large, colo, staIas
mitic rock, but ne refused ~ had +,
he ha hrrried from the cave, loudl!
protesting.
According to the last words O.
+ba euide. the Cave Of the WINDS
was discovered by two small ooyS
in 1885. The parents of the ooys ar
said to have been greatly re- ng+ co G1faR /,
pointed that hat, the eaXe o'o f ngr
ssnega Gfi it does today 1t is. ess
tipmated that 1000 persons visit :, j
every day. which attendance at 81
4or neap revenue. The "Cave of thu
! Winds" is a title based on Sigh
draught, which may be felt at on'
end.
The Inevitable Curio shop
i Connected with the cave. Of course
is the usual curio shop. Its tenn
perature seems to be hoverlnl'
around 140 degrees after the c4ol
It nah holds only the fleeing attention
of the tourists. At its door tn
rubberneck wagon was waiting. AM
the party was soon seated and o.
its wav. the chauffeur taking up tn
business of Interpreting the land
scape where the guide in the cav
' "see that square hole in that elf
over there" he said. as the car ST..
Pete Gate-as close as you'll eve
The Garden of the Gods is rea11,