Evening star., 1940-06-02
COME SEE AMERICA
BY C. P. HOLWAY

what if you do! That's half the fun Slow down. take it
forget about little dust your shiny tenders
little mud the tires Go slowly enough really see the
country Take potluck little town inn Stop for
cool drink in farmers yard. Stay overnight at some
country hotel
Then you will meet real America And you will dis
cover new Beauties things people, new pleasures
you never knew existed
When the first explorers set their wondering eyes on this
fabulous land of ours they fguratvey blind men
gropng through untracked Wilderness And how many
things they missed Many of travel today just as blndy
We rush through strange regions knowing little than
did La Sale and Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark
Most OF us. were we planning trip to foreign land,
would first read book, two three, the land we
to visit Yet bthey forth exploration
into California New York Wisconsin or Massachusetts,
Maryland often knowing nothing of the places are to
And we cheat ourselves of half the fun
OUR Libraries and bookstores, have shelves bulgmg
with fascinating books about America sentimental jour
neys coorfu regional novels and the series of
state guides No one OF us ought to visit Maine and
Mackinac for instance, without rereadng little of
Northwest Passage roll through the upper Mississippi
country without renewing acquaintance with the writ
ngs of Hamn Garland; should try duding it
These only starters, of Your bookseller and
your librarian will gladly help you by suggesting scores of
Others Read of them this year. and you will find your
vacation pleasures doubled!
Then, come out into America this summer!
Come motoring. training planning, busng cycling hk
ing boating, canoeing Come with fine clothes and come
old clothes Come in party, and come all alone. Come
private car, and come shoestring.
Come in June when the daisies glowing in the fields
f,,p Auftar ifc in tboh
Come in midsummer when the butercups dance across the
meadows and the clover along the lanes
peruing the day and night with its sugary Come
in early autumn when the naples aunt their yellow silks
and the oaks fame red and scarlet
Come out into America and see where you live!
Come climb the lighthouses, come walk the country
lanes, sail inland Come and stand before
the tomb of Lincoln the home of Jefferson. the birthplace
of the Constitution Come look upon the sights the first
explorers of America looked upon the Pilgrim Rock at
Plymouth the Mississippi of Psre Marquette the snowy
peak of Zebulon Pike, the blue Pacific of Balboa.
Come the land where peoples from all the earth have
gathered to live in peace and friendness and freedom
Come see the tall pines and the big redwoods of our
forests, little lakes and big rivers
the thousand peaceful little towns the tasse
ing and the penng oats and the heading wheat;
singing waterfalls gentle hills, vastly
ing mountains, green valleys and canyons
Come fishing golfng hiking, riding, camping, sailing
swimming.
Come with your eyes the beauty, the imnensity
the richness the goodness of the land live n the land
where democracy lives Come its majesty and its
magnifcence.
The open road is calling Come see America
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