Outing . MOTORING TO THE JAMESTOWNEXPOSITION BY WILLIAM N. PARKER PHOTOGRAPHS BY N. LAZARNICK. ERHAPS no one but amotorist thoroughly un-derstands the abyssmaldifference between con-sulting a train scheduleand examining a roadmap, though on the faceof it the latter is the more complex. Thefine simplicity of the former is at best atainted thing in which intellect and freewill have no place and slavish dependencebecomes a necessity and almost a so many hours to travel, with no de-lightful deviations five minutes here andthere allowed — save the mark—forchanging trains or making conne


Outing . MOTORING TO THE JAMESTOWNEXPOSITION BY WILLIAM N. PARKER PHOTOGRAPHS BY N. LAZARNICK. ERHAPS no one but amotorist thoroughly un-derstands the abyssmaldifference between con-sulting a train scheduleand examining a roadmap, though on the faceof it the latter is the more complex. Thefine simplicity of the former is at best atainted thing in which intellect and freewill have no place and slavish dependencebecomes a necessity and almost a so many hours to travel, with no de-lightful deviations five minutes here andthere allowed — save the mark—forchanging trains or making the map with its glorious intricaciesfills one with a sense of freedom; true itmay be the freedom of the lost sheep,but we felt that Norfolk would rejoiceover us more than over the ninety-ninewho had never strayed from the sanctityof their parlor-car. In this cheerful frame of mind andaccompanied by a forty horse power ma-chine, well stored with tools and supplies,we left the Battery by the Staten Islandferry en route for Philadelphia, the firstnights objective. We had provi


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