The Washington herald., 1922-06-11
MOTORISTS JAUNT
INCLUDES FISHING
ANDLARCE CATCH
Solomons Island Trip
Proves Worth of Motor
And Anglers.
OLD CHAPEL NOTED
Splendid Scenery En- Route
Adds Immeasurably to
Joyous Tour.
By @JEFF, KEEN.

Solomon, whose name has become
synonymous with wisdom. is con-
siderably overrated with regard to
intellect.
This presumption is based on the
fact that. after having a commun-
ity. which resembles Utopia in the
main, adopt the same name as ne
bore. he did that which even the
most stupid Of human beings would
do-he remained dead instead of
returning to this world and taking
up his residence at Solomons Island,
Nd.
II what Sir Oliver Lodge and Sir
Conan Doyle say about spirits of
the departed returning to earth Is
a fact-and both Of these eminent
persons insist that IT is-then II is
our bet that Solomon's ghost fire.
Quently sits on the numerous
wharves that dot the Patuxent
River at his namesake town and
bemoans the fact that he did not
establish his home there before the
days of the housing situation.
Whether or not the presumption
about solomon Is correct, Solomons
Island. Nd. is an established fact.
5lEudlc0 just q SHUT Instance dDONC
the point where the Patuxent River
empties into the Chesapeake Bay.
and spreads its glory and splendor
after the fashion OF the famed
man whose name IT bears-for the
view Of all who care to see.
Although the islaand-which is
now Joined to the mainland by an
artificial road-with it's great
1Fr - Ill
the principal feature OF beauty, the
countryside between II and wash
ington is by no manner OF means
Objectionable to the eye.
over a road which for smoothness
rivals many of the principal arteries
of traffic In this city. lined on both
sides with fertile fields and build
ings OF historical and architectural
interest. the Washington motorist
traverses seventy-two miles of what
might aptly be termed The Prom
ised Land"
Last Tuesday morning, shortly
after I o'clock-a morning such as
every motorist hopes for when
planning a days outing-a party of
Washingtonians embarked upon the
journey to the little community
where the chief industry is fishing,
grabbing and oyster dredging. COM
fortably seated in a Maxwell tour
ing car which was piloted by Whit
ney Leary, sales agent for the H.
B. Leary. Jr, Auto Sales Company,
1921 Fourteenth street northwest,
Maxwell and Chalmers motor car
dealers.
After a short trip across town we
embarked upon the main b{0bUay
and were soon within the confines
of the State of Maryland. which
State, by the way, has roads that
are without rival in this section of
the country-roads that are con-
tinually under the care of the State
highway department.
At six places along the seventy
two miles OF roadway we passed
huge especially equipped motor
trucks, each manned by a crew of
road workers engaged in scraping
the surface of the road to eliminate
any small, uneven places which
might exist.
The towns, separated by pictur-
esque farm lands. were passed in a
Kaleidoscope manner. First came
Meadows. followed in rapid Sc
duence by Marlboro. Mt. Zion.
Friendship. owings. Mt. Harmony,
Prince Frederick, Lusby and, last
out by no means least, Solomons
Island.
One Of the principal points Of in
terest en- route is the Middlehan
Episcopal Chapel, a small brick
structure, across the face Of which
Is inscribed the date of its erection