Evening star., 1936-07-26
Washington Cars Head the
Procession in Search of
Pleasure There.
Picturesque Capital of Old
Maryland Has Charm for
All Sorts of Guests.
By James Nevin Miller.

most appeal to local residents? It's
no exaggeration to say that almost
three out of four Of the cars that ride
the 80 miles eastward along route
so these July Sundays. bear District
licenses.
Yes, the Summer popularity of the
picturesque capital of Maryland. and
county seat of Anne Arundel County,
| grows year after year, and for num-
ber of excellent reasons. Most i'm
portant of all, perhaps, is the fact
that there are almost countless beaches
in the immediate vicinity; on the
Bay and the South and Severn Rivers
Most of them have an atmosphere of
sincere friendlinesS and hold more
than one charm for every member Of
| the family.
Daily the gently pounding surf
lures thousands of waders and swim
mers, with the temperature of the
water now exactly right for the beach
sportsmen. Practically everywhere
along the mile after mile of fine sand
beaches there's plenty of sailing, fish,
ing, grabbing and SO on down the
complete Summer recreation list.
Mature folks who like to delve into
bit of history now and again. will
be interested in a brief tour of one
of the Oldest chartered cities of the
country-which. in fact, received its
| charter from Queen Anne in 1908.
Youngsters and adults alike, sooner
or later, will want to visit the seat OF
the greatest naval school in the world.
The Academy grounds, in case you
didn't know. are open all day every
| day in the year.
While it is well nigh impossible to
list all of the resorts in the region. it
is easy to select the outstanding ones
and point out their special charms
| OF course, you really shouldn't try
to visit them all at one fell swoop.
That would involve too much of a
frantic rush. thereby removing most
of the JOY of Sunday trip, which
certainly ought to be fairly leisurely,
above all things.
| So the suggestion is made that you
mark well the play places that are
mentioned here, visit the one today
which seems to offer the particular
kind of Summer fun you like best,
meantime pasting the rest of this in
formation in your scrapbook OF sug-
gested week end trips around Wash
ington.
WHATEVER bea ch you decide upon,
certainly it's advisable to start
your motor journey well before 10
o'clock. Otherwise you probably will
run into a line of pleasure-bent cars
which seemingly has no ending. Late
starters will be mighty lucky to
average Is miles an hour.
Getting on route so is a very simple
matter, and can be achieved in any
one of three ways: One is to head
the nose of your car onto Rhode Island
avenue and follow that until you
reach the sign pointing to the An
napolis Boulevard; another route is
to follow New York avenue right
along: or you can take Maryland
avenue just behind the Capitol Dome
and drive past Sears. Roebuck's till
you find yourself on route so, then
continue on that to Maryland's capi-
tai.
Your journey leads you along an
excellent highway pavement, plenti-
fully marked with well defined white
and yellow lines and excellent road
shoulders. Forest fringed is the road
way practically the entire distance.
There are refreshing breezes almost
always in this lovely region; and
many cool spots by the side of the
road where you may unpack your
picnic lunch.
Happily for the safety of the motor
ist, many of the sharp curves along
the highway have been beautifully
graded so that turns can now be made
more safely than ever before.
However, even though you're care
full driver, it really doesn't pay to 60
over 40 miles an hour. Often the
curves are sharper than they look
and huge buses pass you every few
minutes or so. If these reasons for
careful driving don't interest you, be
on the lookout for proof of the vigi-
lance of the Maryland State police.
Any moment you are likely to note a
speeding motorist pulled to one side
of the road in custody of q stern
visaged officer. A good many folks
dearly love to burn up the highways.
Others don't care must about big fines
or long sessions in remote traffic courts
on q sizzling day.
A pleasanter sight that greets you
here and there is of fine new farm
buildings in process of construction;
whereas lots of the older rural struc-
lures are receiving handsome coats of
paint.
While passing Mount Rainier and
Cottage City you see long line of
well-made bungalows and two-story |
stucco residences. Many Of them are
inclosed by trim hedges.
As for the farms in the rural re-
gions, quite a few Of the crops seem |
to be in an excellent stage Of culti- |
vation. Tobacco is off to a head start. |
Corn is q couple of feet high, but for |
the most part looks rather dry. Heavy |
rainfall is badly needed.
Near Annapolis, placards point to |
tiny places on the South River for |
bathing and boating.
Just this side of the Maryland cap
ital you are within a few miles of |
Epping Forest and Sherwood Forest, |
two of the best known private recre-
alton spots in this vast Summer play
ground. You'll have no trouble locat-
ing them. Simply be on the lookout
for a large sign pointing to a road
that turns sharply to the left of route
so. 1t tells you that Epping Forest
is two miles away and Sherwood For
est four miles.
However, If you want to visit these
places, bear in mind that they are