Evening star., 1946-08-18
raveIer's II Notebook
By Jacques FutreIIe. Jr.
The Sfcr'x Truyei Editor

and even triplicate reservations to
be certain of accommodations.
The survey report continues:
Ample accommodations in good
hotels are now available in the Mus |
kota Lakes and the Ottawa district
of Canada. Resort areas in North !
Carolina will operate into October, |
remaining open for from 80 to 60 !
days longer, reports the Caroline |
Motor Club. Maine, New Hampshire |
and Vermont resorts report their
largest summer busisess in history
with heavy vacation applications ex-
tending into September, as do the
resorts of Cape Cod, the Maine and
Massachusetts, North Shores and
Berkshire districts.
Reports from Colorado say dude
ranches will remain open until Octo-
ber, with many resorts already TAX
ing reservations to October Is. Ap-
proximately IS per cent of the 600
resorts in the Northern Minnesota
area will remain open through Sep
tember, as reported by the Mime
sofa Arrowhead Association. The
Chicago Motor Club, reporting for
Michigan, Wisconsin and Mime
sofa, cites lively reservations for
September and October.
West Virginia State Parks and
many resorts will remain open dur
ing September and October. The
Oregon State Highway Association
reports people are making reserva-
tions for September and October;
California expects many visitors for
September, October and November.
Florida reports it's best summer
season. with excellent bookings for
fall and winter. AS reported by the
State Vocational and Recreational
Bureau, many hotels and resorts in
Pennsylvania will extend their sea-
son through September and Oc-
tober."
Advance of the resort season to
its present stage, plus a straighten-
ing out of phantom bookings, per-
mits the late vacationer to decide
with more certainty on his objective,
and the phrase heavily booked" no
longer carries the implication that
it is useless to try for accommoda-
tlons. But while some areas have
reported themselves to be the vic
tins of exaggerated reports of
"bulging at the seams" soaring pros
pectiVe visitors away from available
resort housing, it still is risky to
enter popular resort areas without
reservations. Overnight shelter along
the auto travel routes, however, Is
expected to loosen up.
AS of August l, however, the Tour
ist Information Service of the
Province of Quebec, Canada, re-
ported American visitors are food
ing the cities and the countryside,
and that elementary precautions"
are advised to guarantee quarters.
incidentally, the statement also
carries this notation: I'VE would
also suggest to visitors that they
not accept suggestions made by
street solicitors who may accost
them. This method of business is
2ot used by reputable places"
X 4 y y
On August 4, this column carried
in a list of beach resorts in the
Washington area summary of IA
cilities at Sherwood Forest, near An
inapolis. The listing failed to include
designation of Sherwood Forest as
being restricted to acceptable
guests, with arriving visitors being
screened
Summertime highway accidents
have prompted the Keystone Auto
mobile Club of Washington to re-
iterate the caution, not always re-
membered, that well-intended as
sistance to accident victims may
aggravate instead of alleviate their
injuries.
THE best practice in the case of
broken bones" says a statement is
sued by the club, "is to make the
patient as comfortable as possible
at the scene of the accident and
await the arrival of doctor or am
bulance. In cases of bleeding,
tourniquet should be applied before
the patient is moved.
Doctors tell us that by inexperi-
enced handling, the Good Samari-
tan may change a simple fracture
Of arm or leg to more serious in
jury. Then. too, improvised ambu-
lances, rushing victims to the hos
pital, often are involved in an acci-
dent through disregard of traffic
regulations, in some cases causing
additional injury or even death to
the person they are trying to help"
TRANEI