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furnish fresh poultry? They would if the hotel people 
wished to serve fresh poultry. 
_ The great need of the New England resort region 
is more publicity. With the right kind of publicity the 
icome to New England could be doubled. ‘The other 
month I was in Dallas, Texas, and a friend showed me 
a new “addition,” about three miles from the center of the 
city, with a dozen houses nearing completion. It had 
been opened for sale but three weeks previously when 
all the lots were sold within two hours after they were 
offered, and here were a dozen or more houses almost 
ready for occupancy. (‘They can build a good 8 or 9- 
room house there ready for occupancy in three weeks. 
They have no cellars, use no plaster. ‘They use plaster 
board, their heating schemes are simple, and they have 
about all the houses made in the shops that furnish the fit- 
ted finish). Publicity does it for Texas, and can do it 
for New England. The drift to our resorts is steady, 
and is steadily increasing; but it is not increasing fast 
enough. There ought to be organized co-operative pub- 
licity work, in which all the elements that may profit 
should have a part. 
Cape Ann as a Tourist’s Haven 
BY W. LESTER STEVENS. 
R EFALIZING that only a few weeks of the summer 
vacation are left for summer residents to enjoy, 
I will not attempt lengthy descriptions of the many beau- 
tiful places and pleasant walks, but will merely attempt 
to mark the way. that these places may be easily found. 
Just below Shepherd’s Turnout on the line of the 
Gloucester and Rockport trolleys is a huge rocky hill, a 
climb to the top of which is well worth while. Glouces- 
ter habor and the coast toward Boston can be seen from 
here and in other directions are beautiful woods. 
Descending from this huge pile of rocks and follow- 
ing the main road a short distance toward Rockport one 
comes to a road which leads to Cape Pond, a beautiful 
body of water about a mile long and one half a mile wide 
in its widest part. Not only is the pond itself very beau- 
tiful, but the pine and hemlock groves and the rocky pas- 
tures near the shore of the pond are also well worth see- 
ing. Returning from the pond and going toward Glou- 
cester a short distance, one comes to Joppa road, (Witham 
St.), one of the most beautiful roads on the Cape. This 
leads to the marshes near Long Beach. Many places 
along this road are very attractive and there are paths 
which lead into the woods to secluded nooks. 
Long Beach we have visited before and at the time 
of our previous visit we had determined to visit the 
woods which are but a short distance away. More than 
half way across the beach is a creek which empties into 
the ocean called “Saratog.” From here is a path which 
goes by a cottage set well back on the marsh and enters 
the woods near by. The path through the weeds is about 
a mile long. ‘There are several offshoots, one to the left, 
leading to a pretty brook where was formerly a saw mill 
and one which comes out of the woods not far from 
Turk’s Head Inn at Land’s End, Rockport. The main 
path leaves the woods near what is called ‘‘Beech Plains,” 
wide fields and meadows through which are many pretty 
lanes. There are several paths with the woods again, the 
“Lost Woods path” being perhaps the most attractive. 
One should have a guide to see these paths as some of 
them are hard to follow. A walk across the fields to 
“Bottle of Rum Rock’ (near Beech Grove cemetery), 
brings one to a path which leads to beautiful woods near 
the northern end of Cape Pond, or one can follow the 
road which ends at Overlook farm. 
In the town of Rockport, chief among the beauty 
spots not already visited or mentioned, are the hills on 
either side of the railroad tracks, typical New England 
hillsides, the Mill Pond, off King street and many paths 
in the northern woods, the most beautiful of which is 
called “Doctor’s Run” leading from Granite street to 
one of the larger quarries. 
The Mill Pond is not nearly as beautiful as it was 
some four or five years ago, many of the trees having 
been cut, but it is still beautiful and one can find much 
to please here still. 
Doctor’s Run is one of the most quiet and peaceful 
paths I know of, and although so near the din of the 
quarries one could wish for no place more suited for 
quiet meditation. 
There are paths which go across the Cape to Lanes- 
ville starting from Squam hill, which are also worth fol- 
lowing. 
At Lanesville, Annisquam, Riverdale and West 
Gloucester are also many beautiful spots. In the few 
weeks that remain I will try to call attention briefly to 
many of these. The visits will be hurried, but perhaps 
another summer will bring opportunities to learn. still 
more about the beauties of Cape Ann. 
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