Evening star., 1932-10-09
NEW ENGLAND TOUR
PLEASANT IN FALL
Roads and Resorts UncroWd-
ed and Ocean Waves
Dash Higher.
BY ERNEST n. SMITH,
Executive Vice President American Automo-
bile Association.

BY ERNEST n. SMITH,
Executive Vice President American Automo-
bile Association.
Thousands Of people enormously be-
lieve that the touring season ends in
the East with Labor day.
A Fall tour, intelligently planned, is
unforsettable in its memories Of gorge
GUS colorings In the leaves, rich sunsets,
cool days and nights, uncrowded high
ways and more solitude. The resorts
will not be jammed with hectic mobs.
The ocean may not be so soft, but the
waves will dash higher. The hills will
be rainbow colored and vivid leaves will
be a-swirling underfoot.
For delightful Fall tour suggest
New England, for nowhere else in this
country will be found such a combina-
tion of alluring mountains, quiet lakes
and riotous seashore. And everywhere
Will be found excellent inns, hotels and
tourist homes.
To you who would desire profitable
tour I suggest run up the Boston Post
road to New Haven, then leave the
Sound and run up the beautiful Con-
necticut River Valley through Hart
ford. on to Springfield. Mass, and
Holyoke, as far north as Greenfield,
Mass. Here turn to the left to North
Adams, then climb the mountains to
Williamstown, and double back south
down to Pittsfield, and return to New
York by way of Canaan, Poughkeepsie
and Peekskill This is trip that can
be made in two days If you move along.
Call this the college route If you wish,
because you'll pass Yale and Williams
and Vassar Colleges en- route. Or the
river route would go just as well, be-
cause there viii be miles of beautiful
scenery as you follow up the stream OF
the Connecticut River and equally fas-
cinating scenery of another sort as you
follow down the Hudson. And in be-
tween will be excellent roads, winding
in and out among the Autumn tinted
New England hills.
Seashore Route.
If you prefer. however, a seashore
route, with sound and ocean nearly al
ways in view, follow along Route
through New Haven, New London to
Narragansett Pier and jamestown, ferry
across to Newport, r. l., take the fa-
nous shore drive. then continue to Fall
River. cut across to New Bedford, theme
head for Cape Cod and drive to the tip
or through such part as will appeal to
you. That is one days drive If YOU
don't linger too long en- route. The
return trip should be by way of Plym-
outh, Taunton and Providence. r. l.,
then inland through Willimantic, Hart
ford Meriden. Waterbury, Danbury and
into White Plains
This IS trip over perfect roads and
along the seashore for great distance
and is a journey of much historical
and artistic importance. Along the !
Rhode Island shores are Summer homes |
of many of Americas first families, and !
they are much more visible in the |
Fall mean the homes. not the fam |
ilies-when the leaves are falling and |
the vistas from the highway are more |
satisfying. And you may inspect a |
Coast Guard academy, submarine |
base, a torpedo station. "ye ancientest |
burial grounds the oldest Jewish syn
agogue and the first Friends meeting !
house on American soil New Bedford, |
city. once the leading whaling port
of the country, contains a whaling nlu-
scum of unusual interest to those who |,
go down to the sea in ships.
Go to Provincetown.
If time and weather permit. by all ,
means go to Provincetown. at the very |
tip Of the cape. and enjoy the sights !
of an old fishing village, one of the
most artistic towns upon the Atlantic |
seaboard and the mecca of artists the |
world over
On the return trip pilgrimage must !
be made to Plymouth, Mass to view the !
rock where the Pilgrim Fathers and
rhi1dror 1ooioS from tho |
Mayflower. There is an ancient burying |
ground and in Pilgrim Hall are inter-
esting relics of Miles Standish and John
and Priscilla Alden and Elder Brewster.
1t seems to be the custom OF many |
tourists to spend ample time at small |
and historically interesting towns but
to hurry through the larger cities. For
that reason I call your particular at
tention to Providence, r. I. The civic
center will attract those who are In
terested in city development. Here is
the John Carter Brown Library. with !
its priceless collection of Americana
printed before 1900. Also Gilbert
Stuart's full-length portrait OF George
Washington. In Pendleton House is an
equally valuable collection of Colonial
that will make the antique collector
turn mental thief
Home of Insurance.
En- route home this route takes you
through Hartford, Conn. No doubt you
have contributed money to this town
for years without realizing it, for it Is
the home town of 81 insurance compa-
nies and undoubtedly offers as much
protection to American families as our
Army and Navy Hartford has par
ticularly beautiful assortment Of parks.
On the last stretch Of the journey
pause short time at Water
bury and inspect the town Green"
with the mansion houses Of the original
81 settlers clustered about it, each house
being 18 feet long and 16 feet wide.
At Danbury, Conn, you will pass
through one of the hat centers Of the
world and catch. your last glimpse OF
the foothills of the Berkshires.
If you would have final remnant
of history as you strike the Hudson,
then 60 by way of Peekskill instead of
White Plains, for this Hudson River
town was Dutch trading post. was a
supply base for our Continental Army
during the Revolutionary War and last
but not least Chauncey M. Depew was
born here in 1884
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