Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-15
TOUR Of CAPE COD
FOUND FASCINATING
Many Historic Towns. Beau
tiful Scenery and Fine CIi-
mate Claimed.

season SnOul0 pass WITHOUT THIS Suu-
mile trip down TO Provincetown.
Cape Cod is unique. Nowhere in the
world can be found Is towns compris-
ing 143 llome-like villages with such
qualifications. Cape Cod faces four seas
Cape Cod Bay, Atlantic Ocean, Nam
tutucket Sound and Buszards Bay. II
has $50 miles of shore line. 500 miles
of beaches and 277 beautiful natural
lakes and ponds.
The views are In great variety--bogs,
whence come the famous Cape Cod
cranberries. quaint villages, each with
its little white church. glinpSes of the
ocean-a beautiful green blue under
the brilliant sunshine, innumerable
beaches with their gayly dressed groups.
the swimmers in the surf and fleets of
white-sailed yachts in the distance, al
together a series of pictures OF the
greatest charm.
Hotel Facilities Listed.
The Cape is also fortunate IN its
hotels. There are houses where &C
con1modations of metropolitan quality
may be had and many picturesque inns;
the climate is ideal, the air is always
cool and the salt breezes from the ocean
are most invigorating.
One of the favorite ways of reach
ing Cape Cod from New York City.
according to the touring department of
the Automobile Club of America, is to
follow the Boston Post road to New
Haven. Leaving New York via the
Grand Concourse and Pelham Parkway,
the route follows the Post road through
New Rochelle. Rye, Port Chester,
Greenwich, Stamford. Norwalk. Bridge
port and Stratford to New Haven. Here
we leave the Post road and follow the
shore line. through Sayhrook, New
London and Charlestown to Wakefield.
Here a right turn is made over to
Narragansett Pier. then up to Saunders
town. where the ferry is taken to
Jamestown. Run across the island and
take another ferry over TO Newport.
Newport has long veen famous as one
Of the society resorts of this country:
It offers exceptional advantages IN the
way Of climate and recreational en-
ioyments.
Leaving Newport the route runs up
to Tiverton and Fall River and then
through New Beford and Fairhaven to
Marion on the west shore of BuZards
Bay. Here. many beautiful estates have
been established by prominent metro
politan families. There is also excel
lent bathing, fishing and sailing on
Buzzards Bay.
Continuing eastward from Marion one
passes through Wareham and East
Wareham to the town of BuEzards Bay
Here motorists wishing to reach the
north shore of Cane Cod NAV run
alongside of the Cape Cod Canal to
Bournedale, then cross over the canal
to Sycamore and onward to the villages
that border on Cape Cod Bay.
II one crosses over the canal from
the village Of Buzzards Bay one runs
through the towns of Bourne, Monu-
ment Beach. PocasSet, North Falmouth
and West Falmouth to Falmouth. All
these towns lie on the eastern shore
of Buzzards Bay-a broken coast line
OF many little inlets and rocky wooded
capes. with frequent beaches, facing the
waters Of the Bay. Falmouth is quite
wealthy town, due to the Summer
residents; it Is an old town, too, with
beautiful Georgian houses and fine
trees. From Falmouth there is a road
running down to Woods Hole. where
connection Is made by steamer to
Martilas Vineyard and Nantucket.
Gay Summer Settlement.
Going onward from Falmouth one
passes through Falmouth Heights, a
gay Summer settlement, and from now
on, We are on the famous south shore
of Cape Cod, with its wind-swept
spaciousness and fine ocean vistas.
Continuing through Waquoit, Cotuit.
one comes to Osterville. an inviting
settlement with its picturesque East and
West Bays. From Osterville eastward
through Centervilie TO Hyannis the
road resembles the highway through
Lenox In the Berkshires or through
Westbufy on Long Island, for on either
side Of the road are the walls and
entrance gates to innumerable fine
estates. Glimpses of the dwellings may
be had here and there through the
trees.
Hyannis is one Of the largest towns
on the cape. and In Summer one of the
hveiiest. The west end of the main
street Is the Fifth avenue of Cape Cod
Beyond Hyannis is Bass River, then
West Dennis and Dennisport TO West
Hsrwich, where very comfortable ac-
comn1odations may be secured among
the pine trees down at the waters
edge, for an overnight stop or longer,
and then one comes TO Chatham, at the
elbow OF the Cape. Protected from
the Atlantic winds by a barrier of
islands, Chatham enjoys Delightfully."-
mild climate. the waters on its beach
often being several degrees warmer
than on the north side of the Cape
The bars just of Chatham permit sim
water swimming
On leaving Chatham, one skirts
Pleasant Bay and runs northward
through South Orleans To Orleans.
where the route from Sycamore along
the north shore joins the south shore
route and the one road continues on
northward TO the end Of the Cape
One goes on through Eastman, North
Eastman and South Wellfieet to Well