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Show AUTO TRIPS ARE CURE FOR BLUES "You don't need to go abroad to see now land and unusual scones," said an Ogdeulte. "There are just as worth while places to visit within a radius of 100 or 200 miles of this city as you will find anywhere In tho world. If people only realized what they miss by not exploring the scones at their own door there would bo less regrets over a trip to Europe. "I will confess that I myself had no idea of tho beauties of my own country coun-try until I explored them in a motor car. It Is thlB great invention which has opened up new scenes to people who live In cities. "It Is surprising what an entire chango of scene and atmosphere one will experience in a few hours' ride out Into the country. Take any road you will and follow its course; you are soon In a new land. Every turn of the road reveals some unkonwn wonder won-der of nature. There is an indescribable indescrib-able pleasure in liding nlong not caring where you may land only sensible sen-sible of the joy of life and motion. "'If riding with a horse and buggy were a pleasure, how much more enjoyable en-joyable is it to travel swiftly along the road in a motor car. Then a day's trip was only 30 miles at tho .most, now 'In an afternoon's auto ride you can cover 100 miles easily "One of the most enjoyable things about a motor tour Is the dlffeient atmosphere at-mosphere It bilngs to you It takes you back to your boyhood days, when you lived In the country, and what man with real blood In him doesn't lovo the country? "You breathe tho fragrant, pure air and drink In the beauties of nature. Ahead of you looms' a steep hill, bordered bor-dered on one side by heavy woods, on the other by board meadows. You know not what lies beyond that hill. You forge to the top and see an oven more beautiful vista of water and gieen fields before you. And so the road goes on oach scene more attractive at-tractive than the last. "You sec the farmer on his land, tiling his fields and bcajing the air of Independence that his isolated, outdoor out-door life gives him Ho waves you a hearty gieeting and you feel as if ho has grasped your hand in friendliness. "The great surprise is that more people do not take these motoring tours. An automobile is worth having if for nothing else than an experience such as this." |