Evening star., 1934-06-24
Clever Lighting System.

Cleverly arranged lighting systems
display the weird formations to their
best advantage and it Is difficult to
realize that the vivid coloring III the
stone is natural. Castles, miniature
cities. palaces and VeilS-all are found
in the strange results of natures ways
there under the earth. The paths
over which the visitors are guided
cover nearly two miles under -
acres OF earth surface, and the
greatest depth to which they descend
is 264 feet below that surface. The
temperature, by the way, is interest
ing. 1t remains almost constant at
"a degrees, SO don't go below in your
shirt sleeves and expect too much
comfort.
Perhaps you'd rather stop at Luray
over night. If you do. there's
wide choice OF hotels and inns. There
is one, however, that deserves men
ton here because Of the sheer beauty
and good taste of its appointments
and setting. That's the Mimslyn,
situated on a green-lawned hillside.
1t has one Of the prettiest dining
rooms in the East. Full-course din
ners are served there for SIPS, be-
tween and pm. Breakfast hours
are between and 9 am. and lunch
con is served from noon to 2 pm,
On Sunday the dining room is open
all day. Rooms on the European plan
are available at from 81 to $3.50
single and from SO to Sc double.
From this schedule you can choose
downward to as little as so cents
for a course dinner there at Luray
and overnight Accommodations for as
little as rs cents And the tourist
homes in which these rates prevail are
pleasant and wholesome, too.
Beauty All the Way.
Leaving Luray. the traveller follows
| the Lee Highway up over the rugged
Massanutten Mountains to New Mar
ket. This stretch of road is marked
with beauty all the way and. except
| ing on the actual mountain turns,
good time can be accomplished. New
| Market is 103 miles from Key Bridge
and Harrisonburg farther south in
Shenandoah Valley. Shortly after
leaving Luray, you'll cross the Shen-
| andoah River and on its near bank.
as you head for the bridge, you'll
! see a little white house, 200 yards
| or so off the highway. That little
structure was built in 1850 as fort
! and it has been a valley landmark
| ever since.
At New Market the visitor treadS
! the scene of the historic charge OF
| the Virginia Military Institute cadets
in the Civil War. One fairly breaths
| the atmosphere Of that war up there
| in the valley and he can't deny
reverence that comes when natives
point out the interesting places there.
| From hers one may visit Endless
/ Caverns, Shenandoah Caverns and
Virginia Caverns. Each has its own
distinction and its own particular
claim to fame.
On the trip to Natural Bridge,
New Market is marked as the turning
point, for after following the Lee
Highway all the way from Key Bridge,
the bridge-bound tourist takes route
! No. IL for one of the pleaSanteSt
and most restful drives imaginable
the trip, down Shenandoah Valley.
SOkOmOn's Temple.
| Scarcely outside New Markets buSi-
/ ness district. the traveller reaches the
roadway leading to the entrance to
Endless Caverns This sideroad, run
ming off the Lee-Jackson Memorial
Highway to the left, leads to the
caverns buildings. In the colorful
depths there await such enhancing
spectacles as those known, as Solo,
mons Temple. skyland. Diamond