6 NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
The Motorists’ Mecca 
T! [A’T’ the owners of motor cars flock to New England 
in ever-increasing numbers for their summer and 
autumn outing is ample proof ot their high regard for 
this most favored section of our favored land. Nine 
hundred cars from outside the State were registered in 
Massachusetts up to the first of September, their owners 
taking advantage of the reduced summer registration fee, 
which gives them the privilege of remaining three months. 
This is more than twice as many as were registered two 
years ago. 
' From 26 states outside of New England and from 
Cuba, Porto Rico, Canada and England, came these mo- 
torists, and besides them was the vastly greater number 
of those who were not obliged to register because they 
were only passing through Massachusetts or remained 
here less than 10 days. Their numbers can only be 
guessed at, but a conservative estimate places their num- 
ber at more than 20,000, carrying 60,000 or 70,000 tour- 
ists, who left no one knows exactly how much money 
behind them, but possibly $1,000,000, 
These tourists are on the go, from North to South, 
from South to North. Routes are mapped out for them, 
so that they can follow the Atlantic Coast down into 
Maine, then turn north and go through woods over toler- 
able roads, that are, however, not so fine as the Massa- 
chusetts highways, noted the country over for their ex- 
cellence. The New Hampshire mountains loom up be- 
fore them and in that State good roads are found, partly 
as a result of the famous Glidden tour making three trips 
to the White Mountains, together with the “Climb to the 
Clouds” up Mt. Washington, showing timid motorists 
that even small cars can go everywhere. Then, farther 
south, is the enchanting lake region, the “‘Switzerland of 
America.” 
Across into Vermont is not a difficult trip, and here 
again good roads are found, even along the harder grades 
of the Green Mountains: ‘hen there are the splendid 
highways in the Berkshire Hills and down through the 
Connecticut Valley. 
In good roads and fine scenery and in excellent hotel 
accommodations everywhere lies the secret of New Eng- 
land’s attraction for motorists. Millions have been spent 
on our roads, Massachusetts taking the lead and the 
other States falling into line. Maine has a new High- 
way Commission authorized to expend $2,000,000. New 
Hampshire has spent large sums on three trunk lines 
running north and south, with plans made for crossroads. 
Vermont is doing her share, so that the bad spots there 
are being wiped out. Rhode Island and Connecticut are 
connecting trunk lines with the Bay State roads, making 
a series of continuous highways through the six States. 
These facts have become familiar to motorists, who 
know that besides ocean, mountains, lakes and woods we 
have here unrivaled historic scenes. This combination of 
good roads, historic spots and Nature’s lavish beauties is’ 
found nowhere else. So it is no wonder that nearly every 
State in the Union is represented in the touring clan. 
With the exception of the few whose homes are 
separated from us by water, these motorists make their 
trips all the way here and back in their cars. Yet only a 
few years ago the motorist who could keep his car go- 
ing for 25 or 50 miles was regarded as a wonder. Later, 
a trip from Boston to New York was as much of a mar- 
vel as an aeroplane journey across the Atlantic would be 
today. The attempt to climb anything that looked like a 
hill was considered foolhardy. Sometimes it was done 
by backing a car up a grade. Now, however, with the 
perfection of the motor car, thousands of Americans ire 
enjoying splendid health by reason of their summer tours, 
even across the continent and back, 
They are welcome, for prosperity follows in their 
wake. New Englanders catering to the wants of mo- 
torists reap a golden harvest. Of the 1,250,000 cars now 
in use in this country about 100,000 are owned in New 
England. Adding to this number the visiting machines 
this year, it is seen that nearly one-tenth of all the cars 
owned in the United States have been within the borders 
of New England during the past summer. 
As there are nearly two months left of the touring 
season, September and October being ideal for such — 
traveling, there will be thousands of cars more passing. 
through Massachusetts going to or returning from woods, 
mountains, lakes. And our own motorists, who are com- 
ing to appreciate the late fall touring season more and 
more, will also be on the read enjoying the crisp weather. 
So, when the season is over, the trail of the motor car 
will be marked with silver and gold running into the mil- 
lions—By Uncise DupLey. 
Tuk N. Y. HippopRoME 
of Néw York: it 
discards even the In the home of a Connecticut man 
The second month of the new Hip- 
podrome show ‘‘America” is now un- 
der way and all previous records fot 
enormous business have’ been broken 
at the mammoth playhouse this sea- 
son. 
The time has gone by when it was 
possible to stamp one spectacle at the 
Hippodrome as actually superior to 
another. The ingenuity with which 
these vast shows are conceived has 
gradually become so incredible and 
the scale on which they are produced 
so remarkable that among these an- 
nually recurring events there has 
come to be a little range of choice. 
Here is a staggering spectacle built 
around the slogan “See America 
First,” dazzling in beauty. “Amer- 
ica” brings America right to the door 
ballet and sets up in its place a Carnt-. 
val of Sports in which the spirit of 
our national pastimes is beautifully 
incarnated. 
The peculiar genius of Arthur 
Voegtlin is mainly responsible, while 
Wm. J. Wilson set the production on 
the stage and directed the movements 
of the 500 performers. ‘The purpose 
of giving Americans glimpses in 16 
scenes of the localities and customs 
which are their national glory is 
anazingly fulfilled. 
“Hubby, the baby said something 
clever today and now I’ve forgotten 
ise 
“We must get a nurse who is a 
stenographer, my _ dear.’—Kansas 
City Journal. 
there has been installed a private mo- 
tion-picture theatre, so placed that 
guests can view the pictures, as from 
a box, while at the dinner table. 
Denmark is slowly but surely giving 
the people of Greenland civilization. 
Polygamy does not now exist. In 1901 
there were only three men who had 
more than one wife. 
The great number of American 
tourists who visit Rome and the Ital- 
ians who return to their native coun- 
try after several years’ residence in 
the United States create a demand 
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