The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1935-06-07
"See America First" Now
More Than Just a Slogan

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will be as easy as apple strudel to
image you are floating down the Rhine,
especially as you pass the castles"
of the United States military academy
at West Point. If you're looking less
for romance and more for recupera-
ton, such as you might find in the
baths at Baden-Baden, why there are
Hot Springs in Arkansas, French Lick
in Indiana, Waukesha in Wisconsin
and numerous other spas that rank
with Europe's finest; you can find the
romance there, too, If you want it.
Or perhaps it's the weather you're
worrying about. Sweltering in
stuffy Office or shop, or toiling in the
fields with the torrid summer sun
beating down, more than often gives
inspiration to fanciful revels in fields
of snow, skiing down a mountain side
or watching your breath dart forth In
lief in getting away from the heat of
July and August. Where? At St
Moritz, famed cooling-off place Of the
Swiss Alps?
Forget the Alps.
Forget about the Swiss Alps. The
Pacific Northwest is calling you.
Rainier and Glacier National parks,
Mount Baker and other snow-capped
peaks beckon with promise of cool,
clear weather and scenery not even
surpassed In the Alps, Paradise val
ley in Rainier National park is one of
the worlds greatest winter sport GEN.
tiers, and the real winter season lasts
we'll Through June. Even after that
you will find plenty of snow In the
vicinity, for the giant glacier areas
haven't yet wilted under the summer
sun.
Don't worry about missing the sights
of the Riviera. When you see them
you will be likely to deprecate them
anyway, for it is almost bound to
strike you that you've got something
like this back home, only better.
That's one objection Europeans gener-
ally find to American visitors. They
just can't help Dragging about some
thing bigger and better back home.
What the average European doesn't
realize is that it's the truth.
Summer along Lake Michigan
brings the vacationer the climate of
the Riviera. (Have you ever stopped
to realize that Lake Michigan is just
as far south as RivieraO The long
stretches of white beach, wide ex-
panses of blue sky and water, tree
crowned bluffs along the shore line
have charm and beauty that is en-
enjoyed by hordes year after year.
Swimming, fishing, summer sports and
opportunity for relaxation are ever
present; so are the amusement
gaieties of the resort world, such as
dancing and cabaret entertainment.
Educational and historical relics,
monuments and atmosphere are part
of the magnet that used to draw
American tourists to Europe. 1t is
true that Europe's attractions are dis
tinctly Its own in this respect. BY the
same token it is also true that Amer
lea has tradition and historical educa-
ton possibilities that are certainly in
dividual. The American tourist has
too often overlooked the lore of old
time battlefelds and spots consecrat-
ed by the blood Of his ancestors right
here at home.
Historical Trips.
The South is replete with such at
fractions of a more serious nature. So
is New England and so are many parts
of the Middle West. There are many
tour arrangements that plan complete
historical trips for the vacationer,
sandwiching In enough sport and en-
tertainment to afford him sufficient
advertisement from his everyday la
bors and keep him from going stale.
Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, vir-
ginia, Mississippi and other southern
states have preserved many of the
most historic buildings and battlefields
of the Civil war. No Americans edu-
cation is complete II he has not
scanned the countryside from the
crest of Lookout mountain, spent a
few moments in reverie at the sites of
the battles of Chattanooga, Chicka-
manga and the Shenandoah. Andrew
Jackson's home. the scene of Sher-
mans march to the sea and the sites
of some Of the great Confederate vic
tories should not be overlooked.