Evening star., 1948-06-27

Inc ldl6 Joseph ". LlIltolll, Wllooc
stories about his native Cape Cod
first aroused general interest in that
fascinating Massachusetts, COM
munity 40-odd years ago, probably
would be mighty pleased with the
publicity job that is being done on
his old stamping grounds this
summer.
Mr.. Lincoln, who died four years
ago at IA. made the American people
aware of Cape Gods attractions with
a succession of widely-read books IN
which he employed a marvellous
talent for picturing the local scene
and it's delightful characters. Later
he gave series of sparkling lectures
on Cape Cod Folks"
But the old gentleman, who came
from a long line of seafaring fore
bears, was past his prime before the
era of fashion models and luxury
trains. 1t never would have oc-
Cured to him to have group OF
bathing beauties from the Cape Cod
beaches descend on New York and
virtually take over Grand Central
Station on the night before the
New Haven Railroads crack Day
Cape Colder made its first run OF
the season to Buzzards Bay, Hyannis
and other cape points.
Parade in Grand Central.
That's what happened Thursday
night, June 10, when bathing suit
clad models paraded beachware on
a 1,O00-square foot expanse OF white
sand transplanted from Cape Cod to
the balcony of Grand. Central. To
say that the stations crowds were
surprised-and interested-is an
understatement.
The next day, the girls repeated
the performance aboard the Cape
Colder, parading the isles OF the
Pullmans and streamlined coaches
shortly after the train passed
Bridgeport on the trip along Long
Island Sound. None of the dozen
newspaper and magazine writers
making the trip as guests was rash
enough to question the modest state
ment that this was the first time a
fashion show ever was staged aboard
a diesel-drawn train.
Go-getting Sam Boyer, assistant
vice president of the New Haven
Railroad, and Norman H. Cook,
able executive secretary of the Cape
Cod Chamber of Commerce. are
among the guiding spirits In the
drive to sell Cape Cod as a vacation
land the way Steve flanagan sold
Miami Beach and Sun Valley. That
they are succeeding Is evidenced by
the fact that 5000 persons obtained
literature On the cape during the
week that an information desk was
established at Grand Central.
Irksome to most Cape Codders
are the widespread misconceptions
concerning their garden spot. Cor
rection of these is the joint ann OF
Boyer, Cook and their associates.
Three Trains to Cape.
For instance, Miss Doris Bassett,
office secretary of the Cape Cod
Chamber, told our newspaper group
that during her week at Grand
Central information desk she got
the impression that Everybody
thinks we live on an island"
People kept asking where you
take a boat to get to Cape Cod"
At that point Mr.. Boyer started
handing out mimeographed New
Haven releases which reveal that
his railroads summer service to
the cape-the most complete since
before the war-includes three
name trains. all completely air con-
ditioned. These are the Day Cape
Colder, running daily, the Nep-
tune, a weekend afternoon and
evening train, and the Night Cape
Colder, an overnight, weekend
train.
The Day Cape Colder makes the
run in about six hours, leaving New
York at 1926 am. (EDT) and ar
irving at Hyannis at 4:40 pm. Re-
turning, it leaves Hyannis at 1920
am, and is due at Grand Central
at AIT pm.
The train makes steamer connec-
tions at Woods Hole to and from
the islands of Marthas Vineyard
and Nantucket. Motor coach con-
nections are made at Yarmouth to
and from Provincetown, up on the
tip of the cape about IS miles from
Hyannis.
$50 Miles by Automobile.
BY automobile. i is about $50
miles from New York to Cape Cod.
Hyannis and Provincetown have
airports, and there are several
smaller airfields. Northeast Air
lines provides daily service from
New York and Boston.
Cape Cod is larger than most per-
sons think, comprising one complete
Massachusetts, county-Barnstable.
1t stretches out easterly into the
Atlantic for about 40 miles, then
northerly about Is miles to Prov
incetown. The county is divided
into Is townsville confused summer
visitor will discover that these ac-
tually are townships-each with the