Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-11
Augusta Misses "Walk"
To Fort Fairfield and
Have Wonderful Trip

Have Wonderful Trip
| They wanted to wear knichers but
| if they went to a dance or something
| like that, the Knockers would be out
of place, so when Misses Louise
| Skeene and Marie Cram Of this city
started on a 300-mile walking" trip
to Fort Fairfield recently they wore
becoming tailored suits, knobby little
| hats, ear rings, wells and the like
which delight the feminine heart.
! We are flippant in quoting walking"
f; because that is the least that they did,
even though they each spent less than
| So for railroad fare. They didn't ride
| bumpers" neither did they go blind
! bagga sc" and such wild things, in saw
| ing that 50 apiece, the balance of the
cost of the fare from Augusta to Fort
Fairfield.
The pick of the public highway was
there for them. because it would in
| deed be cold hearted driver who
! would race by two charming young
! ladies going the same direction. The
| women drivers We're the meanest," one
of the girls declared. Il remember
| one woman. I asked, Going that way"
: pointing ahead, "and she kept right on
| going. didn't even stop. But most
| everybody was nice to US. If we felt
that we were getting discouraged. we
would laugh about it all and know
that we could ride on the train If we
wanted to. as we had the money in our
! pocket. There was not an unpleasant
thing about the entire trip"
| Knickers. outing buds, which sug-
! gest hikes and the like. were scorned
! by the two young ladies. They did
not find it difficult matter to keen
clean. Eve washed up and dolled ur
! at every place we stopped"
! Not so very long ago, it would have
| been considered the heighth Of impro-
priety for two young, good looking
unchaperoned girls to attempt such g
stunt. But every summer our highways
and byways are populated with mem
bers of the fair sex, who are hiking
for their health, hiking for the fun OF
lit or just plain hiking to get there
But the two Augusta girls have some
thing still to the good in the way OF
original travelling in that they were
not dressed for the long hiking trip
they did not make the trip afoot. but
still they got there with little trouble
and expense.
Staying at home and reading about
such a stunt blurs ones perspective
! oF ho rnod has
an appeal Of its own.
How did you really and truly star
out on the trip"
I've went right up Water street
walked across the bridge. up Bangor
street and hailed a ride to Waterville
1t was right in broad daylight" anc
she chuckled as she recalled the early
moments Of the lark.
"In Waterville We had a short ride
to Fairfield. Our next ride brought US
into Benton. We were dropped on the
road The clouds began to gather. II
Numbered and looked like rain. Things
were beginning to look pretty dark to
u.s. Just when 1t seemed that the
rain was going to come right down or
US. an automobile came along and We
were given a long ride, right into
| Bangor"
The drivers were very much inter
ested in the two Augusta girls and
when accepting the hospitality Of the
autos, the two misses were kept busy
answering questions. They took turns
in furnishing information. During
one ride Marie answered questions and
then on the next lift" Louise supplied
information. If their stories did not
always coincide that could not be laid
entirely to them.
Walking a little, riding lot and
talking a lot. makes a body hungry
I'VE didn't deny ourselves good feeds
We stayed at the best hotels and had
plenty to cat"
When the girls arrived in Bangor
they went to the theatre In the
morning they started out and had not
gone far before they were given a lift
One of the most pleasant parts OF
the trip. was their visit at lumber
camp. A man. who proved to be an
owner of a lumber camp in Mflll-
nocket. gave them a ride to that place
There they enjoyed supper at the lum-
Der camp. The fare certainly tasted
good to the hungry girls. There were
cream Of tarter biscuits. meat. lots OF
1t and well cooked.
| Just before reaching their destina-
ton. Fort Fairfield. the two girls got
onto a train and entered that Aroos-
| took town very much like any other
ordinary traveller. The whole thing.