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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  October, 
  1907 
  

  

  The 
  writer 
  has 
  always 
  found 
  it 
  preferable 
  to 
  lay 
  out 
  the 
  

   route 
  intended 
  to 
  be 
  followed. 
  He 
  has 
  also 
  found 
  it 
  a 
  con- 
  

   venient 
  practice 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  leather 
  case 
  made 
  with 
  a 
  celluloid 
  

   front 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  road 
  directions 
  can 
  be 
  placed. 
  The 
  map 
  

   or 
  directions 
  can 
  be 
  read 
  through 
  the 
  celluloid, 
  which, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  protects 
  them 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  rain. 
  The 
  easiest 
  way 
  to 
  get 
  

   along 
  when 
  asking 
  road 
  directions 
  of 
  natives 
  in 
  various 
  towns 
  

   is 
  to 
  know 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  next 
  following 
  town 
  and 
  then 
  ask 
  

   the 
  best 
  road 
  to 
  it, 
  if 
  the 
  road 
  book 
  directions 
  are 
  not 
  explicit. 
  

   For 
  instance, 
  before 
  starting 
  on 
  a 
  trip 
  I 
  generally 
  take 
  a 
  map 
  

   of 
  the 
  country 
  through 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  to 
  travel 
  and 
  

   ascertain 
  the 
  various 
  small 
  towns 
  

   through 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  to 
  pass. 
  

   These 
  are 
  listed, 
  and 
  as 
  I 
  proceed 
  

   I 
  inquire 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  an- 
  

   other. 
  This 
  method 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  

   satisfactory, 
  for 
  when 
  one 
  asks 
  the 
  

   road 
  directions 
  to 
  the 
  larger 
  cities, 
  

   which 
  may 
  be 
  ten, 
  twenty, 
  or 
  more 
  

   miles 
  apart, 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  find 
  

   anyone 
  who 
  can 
  direct 
  you 
  prop- 
  

   erly, 
  but 
  any 
  boy 
  or 
  girl 
  can 
  tell 
  you 
  

   the 
  best 
  road 
  to 
  the 
  next 
  town, 
  

   which 
  will 
  probably 
  be 
  from 
  three 
  

   to 
  five 
  miles 
  away. 
  

  

  Having 
  selected 
  a 
  route 
  that 
  you 
  

   wish 
  to 
  travel, 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  to 
  make 
  out 
  

   a 
  time 
  schedule 
  and 
  try 
  to 
  follow 
  it, 
  

   making 
  due 
  allowance 
  in 
  advance 
  

   for 
  delays 
  en 
  route 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  time 
  

   that 
  will 
  be 
  spent 
  in 
  viewing 
  the 
  

   scenery 
  and 
  points 
  of 
  interest. 
  

  

  You 
  may 
  have 
  a 
  fifty 
  horsepower 
  

   car, 
  capable 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  a 
  minute 
  

   speed, 
  but 
  if 
  you 
  are 
  going 
  to 
  use 
  

   the 
  car 
  for 
  touring 
  and 
  expect 
  to 
  

   get 
  any 
  pleasure 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  tour, 
  it 
  

   would 
  be 
  better 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  ma- 
  

   chine 
  geared 
  down 
  to 
  forty 
  miles 
  an 
  hour, 
  so 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  have 
  

   additional 
  hill-climbing 
  power. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  car 
  that 
  can 
  go 
  

   fastest 
  on 
  the 
  level 
  that 
  can 
  cover 
  the 
  greatest 
  distance 
  in 
  a 
  

   day, 
  but 
  rather 
  the 
  machine 
  that 
  is 
  consistent 
  in 
  its 
  perform- 
  

   ance 
  and 
  keeps 
  "plugging" 
  along, 
  up 
  hill 
  and 
  down, 
  hour 
  in 
  

   and 
  hour 
  out, 
  and 
  always 
  drawing 
  steadily 
  toward 
  its 
  desti- 
  

   nation. 
  The 
  tourist 
  who 
  really 
  wants 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  country 
  

   through 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  passing 
  and 
  to 
  enjoy 
  a 
  sensible 
  ride 
  

   rather 
  than 
  a 
  mad 
  dash 
  against 
  time, 
  would 
  do 
  well 
  to 
  plan 
  

   his 
  schedule 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  covering 
  twenty 
  miles 
  an 
  hour 
  — 
  

   or 
  less, 
  if 
  he 
  does 
  not 
  have 
  a 
  high-powered 
  car. 
  This 
  would 
  

   be 
  slow 
  on 
  the 
  smooth, 
  level 
  roads, 
  but 
  where 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  

  

  A 
  Handy 
  Refreshment 
  Kit 
  for 
  the 
  Tourist 
  

  

  rolling, 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  twenty 
  miles 
  an 
  hour 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  one, 
  and 
  

   to 
  maintain 
  it 
  the 
  car 
  will 
  be 
  going 
  at 
  twenty-five 
  and 
  even 
  

   thirty 
  miles 
  at 
  many 
  places. 
  Besides,- 
  twenty 
  miles 
  is 
  the 
  legal 
  

   limit 
  in 
  most 
  States. 
  Connecticut's 
  new 
  law, 
  however, 
  abol- 
  

   ishes 
  the 
  speed 
  limit 
  but 
  makes 
  arrest 
  possible 
  for 
  reckless 
  

   driving 
  if 
  one 
  travels 
  over 
  twenty-five 
  miles 
  an 
  hour. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  safe 
  to 
  presume 
  that 
  every 
  motorist 
  seeks 
  to 
  get 
  as 
  

   much 
  pleasure 
  and 
  comfort 
  out 
  of 
  touring 
  as 
  possible. 
  The 
  

   States 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  Pennsylvania, 
  Connecticut, 
  

   Rhode 
  Island, 
  Massachusetts, 
  Vermont, 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  

   and 
  Maine 
  offer 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  and 
  varied 
  

  

  scenery 
  but 
  the 
  finest 
  of 
  roads. 
  One 
  

   particularly 
  beautiful 
  route 
  which 
  

   I 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  taking 
  

   leads 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  up 
  

   along 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  

   River 
  to 
  Newburg 
  and 
  Pine 
  Hill, 
  

   N. 
  Y., 
  and 
  then 
  to 
  Binghamton, 
  

   Bath 
  and 
  Buffalo, 
  whence 
  last 
  

   year's 
  Glidden 
  Tour 
  route 
  may 
  be 
  

   followed 
  to 
  Rochester, 
  Syracuse, 
  

   Utica, 
  Albany, 
  Saratoga 
  and 
  Lake 
  

   Champlain, 
  N. 
  Y.; 
  Three 
  Rivers, 
  

   Montreal 
  and 
  Quebec, 
  Canada; 
  

   Jackman, 
  Maine; 
  Rangeley 
  Lakes, 
  

   and 
  then 
  to 
  Bretton 
  Woods 
  in 
  the 
  

   famous 
  White 
  Mountains 
  of 
  New 
  

   Hampshire. 
  The 
  roads, 
  with 
  the 
  

   exception 
  of 
  some 
  stretches 
  in 
  Can- 
  

   ada, 
  are 
  good. 
  The 
  return 
  jour- 
  

   ney 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  

   Concord, 
  N. 
  H.; 
  Boston, 
  Worces- 
  

   ter 
  and 
  Springfield, 
  Mass.; 
  then 
  to 
  

   Lenox 
  in 
  the 
  Berkshire 
  Hills, 
  down 
  

   through 
  the 
  beautiful 
  Housatonic 
  

   Valley, 
  across 
  to 
  Poughkeepsie, 
  and 
  

   down 
  along 
  the 
  east 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  

   Hudson 
  River 
  to 
  New 
  York. 
  This 
  

   route 
  can 
  be 
  considerably 
  shortened 
  and 
  many 
  bad 
  roads 
  

   avoided 
  by 
  following 
  directly 
  up 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  

   from 
  Newburg 
  through 
  Kingston, 
  Albany, 
  Schenectady, 
  Sar- 
  

   atoga, 
  Glens 
  Falls, 
  Ticonderoga 
  and 
  Plattsburg 
  to 
  Montreal. 
  

   Taking 
  a 
  trip 
  like 
  this, 
  which 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  attractive 
  

   in 
  point 
  of 
  scenic 
  grandeur 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  United 
  States, 
  the 
  

   itinerary 
  can 
  be 
  laid 
  out 
  so 
  that 
  each 
  day's 
  run 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  

   easily 
  and 
  comfortably, 
  allowing 
  time 
  for 
  a 
  noonday 
  stop 
  for 
  

   luncheon, 
  and 
  confining 
  the 
  riding 
  to 
  daylight. 
  The 
  shorter 
  

   trip 
  could 
  be 
  made 
  with 
  ease 
  in 
  from 
  two 
  to 
  three 
  weeks, 
  al- 
  

   lowing 
  plenty 
  of 
  opportunity 
  to 
  jog 
  along 
  easily, 
  rest 
  each 
  

   Sunday, 
  and 
  enjoy 
  the 
  tour 
  without 
  hurry 
  or 
  bustle. 
  

  

  