The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-03-29
WILSON TOSUMMER
IN MASSACHUSETTS.
MaytIower Will Garry Family
To Woods Hole Middle
of June.
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as ideal in different respects. 1t had
been hoped that some refuge near the
Capital could be found. but none so
altogether adapted TO the needs and
desires OF the President and Mrs. Will
son as Mr.. Cranes was available.
The village OF Woods Hole Is in tho
township OF Falmouth, Barnstable
county, and. despite the homely APP
pellations. is regarded as a region OF
exquisite natural beauty and gran
deur IL Is just Ave or six miles di-
rectly north OF Martha's Vineyard.
that historic island so rich in Indian
lore and Revolutionary fame. and is
the mecca each season OF seevral hun
dred summer colonists. most OF whom
have cottages along the rugged shores.
The normal population OF the place
approximates only about 200 people.
Retreat For Houston.
Secretary of the Treasury David r..
Houston and his family have spent
nearly every summer at Woods Hole
during the past six years. and IL Is
presumable that he Joined with Mr..
Crane In commencing the locality to
President Wilson as nearly perfect
for his purposes this season.
Woods Hole is the site of one Of
the largest stations OF the United
States Bureau OF Fisheries. the struc-
lures consisting OF a big residence
building, a laboratory. and a huge
hatchery. A large station is also
maintained there by the American
Marine Biological Association. and
that fact attracts scores of scientists,
including many prominent university
heads, to the resort during the sum-
mer months.
A steamship line from New Bed
ford, across Buzzards Bay. and the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
Railroad comprise the only transpor-
tation facilities aside from automo-
bile service. Boston Is about sixty
miles away on the north and Woods
Hole is reached by rail via the Hub.
There are no street cars.
Village Always Crowded.
There Is one hotel, the Breakwater.
and an old-fashioned tavern, the Dex-
ter, as the sole source OF accommoda-
ton of transsients. IL all kinds OF
boarding houses ara not considered.
A a result of the limited hotel ac-
commodations, 1t Is said by those who
have been there that the snug little
village. now destined to leap to fame,
not lOItuHS has oVeh
ed" during recent summers.
Rest and recreation aplenty is af-
forded within the confines OF that
section tutting from the southwest
corner Of the main Massachusetts
capes. Within easy access IL a de-
lightful golf links, and fishing posi-
bilities abound, so that the spot may
be properly described as "a rich mans
playground" although the idle poor
have opportunities whereabouts them
selves.
Beautiful Night Views.
A panorama OF exceptionally inter-
esting and enhancing scenes may be
behcld from the veranda Of the Crane
mansion both day and night. After
dark may be seen in the distance.
west across the bay, the illuminated
city of New Bedford and myriads of
other lights along the main coast,
while to the south, 200 feet above
Gay Head. the highest point on the
island six miles away, blazes the
lamps in the famous lighthouse. Dur
ing the day may be sighted the ships
at sea on the one hand and the busy.
thriving cities and towns on the
other, while Martha's Vineyard to the
south with great bluffs along the
coast and forests inland presents a
wonderful scene of natural grandeur.
Martha's Vineyard is an island
about twenty miles long and ten
miles wide, and is also popular
summer resort. Its northern shores
are bounded by bluffs. while along
the southern coast are shallow la
goons and sand bars. 1t was dis
covered by Capt. Bartholomew Cos
mold, in 1902, and with 1t are asso-
ciated many tales of romance and
Indian tradition. Relics of the abo-
rhymes still exist to excite the inter
est OF the visitors.
Scene Of Camp Meetings.
IT has been the custom to hold
camp meetings there each year, and
besides there are many other summer
time attractions to lure the tourist
or rest-seekers. The island was plum
dered by the British during the revo-
luton, as it was in a defenseless To-
cation, although the Indians remained
loyal ia the early white settlers.
Southeast. about thirty miles from
Woods Hole. is Nantucket. an objec-
tive of many yachting parties. Other
small islands are innumerable to men
ton in connection with points virtu-
ally in easy proximity TO the 1920
summer home of the President and
MRS. w llSOn
Other Vacations.
President Wilson spent his first va
cation after he began his administra-
ton at Past Christian, Miss, n quiet
village on the gulf coast. He spent
three weeks there durings the holiday
season of 1913--14. While there he
conferred with his special Mexican
envoy. John Lind, former governor of
Minnesota, who made the trip from
Vera Cruz to a point within twenty
FIVE miles of Gulfport, Miss, on the
scout chuiser Chester.
The following two summers he
spent at Cornish, N. H., occupying the
home of Winston Churchill, the nov
elist. Because of urgent official bust
ness In Washington he virtually com
muted" between the Capital and the
New Hampshire village.
During the late summer of 1916,
the Summer White House was at
Shadow Lawn, a palatial dwelling
surrounded by spacious grounds near
Asbury Park, N. J. From Shadow
Lawn he went to different sections on