The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-20
A Trip Up the Hudson and a Tour
of the Lakes.
New England, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Long
Branch, Saratoga, Newport.
The Past and the Present-The Outlook
and the Preparations.

some problem to be solved IS, Whore shall we 60 Tor
the summer? Newport, Saratoga, Long Branch the
White Mountains tho Adirondack, the Catsklls-these
TO most minds about all there TO choose FROM
besides few special resorts suited 10 special tases
and while 1t is undcniable that every OF tn
Its attractions there people who do 60
Tor rest and recreation whcrc everybody goes and
Il becomes duty TO and fields for the pleasure
seeker The great resorts, it well known,
qucnted by peculiar class Newport Is gradually
becoming only the home OF .'cottagcrs." who
fly northvard. Saratoga, on the other hand IS col
lection Of vast caravansarcs where people who have
lett behind them "a great big house and nobody
living in ~ cramp themselves and their
huge trunks into 1ox15 rooms, in order 10
'drrnk the waters.n participate in the racing
sports or enjoy the giddy whirl OF the bathrooms
Long Branch Is combination OF the other two, its
splendid surf and its contlguty to New York being
immensely in It's lavor. Then come the mountain re-
orts where pleasure is often confined breathing
he mountain the vcrandas OF The grea, hotels
.hc people who frequent these places know long in
advance where their summer quarters are TO be, but
class, OF summer tourists and pleasure seekers who
rover until they start where they gong
Tor tho summer, and these just on the look
put Tor undiscovered fields OF attraction
UNDISCOVERED FIELDS OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
In that quaint little book, s'Decphaven,n which is
making something OF n stir in the literary world,
have SUGGESTION II not revelation OF one OF these
undiscovered fields OF pleasure. Two young girls
who had rejected Newport and Lenox and the
Berkshire Hills trip to Europe even
determined upon Housekeeping In old mansion
Al Deephavcn. Tho Old Brandon House described In
shis book those queer and acious dwellings
frcia ms Of
New England lett untouched by the transforming
manufacturing interest. IN towns and the houses
TO be found In tho most unexpected hooks and
ncrs, sometimes away inland, sometimes on the
Shore but always at distance from The railway
tons and lar OF hearing of the pun OF the locomo-
i've and the hum OF tho looms and spindlcs The book
is study OF New England lilo and manners as they
Exist in their primitive fashion and the quaint
nguies which como and 20 through It's pares N no
way reflection OF the THAR puppets whether v's-
natives, with which contac. at tho
watering placcs If any OF readers anxious to
take house Tor the summtr would say to them,
go 10 Decphavcn by all means" Geographically
Decphaven Is anywhere everywhere, either side Of
Long Island Sound, AT Huntington, Easihampton,
Fairfield, at Guiltord, at New London, on the sea-
coast from Narragansctt Bay TO Cape Cod and
beyond, in the neighbornood oil Indian Hnl
Mount Hoiyoke, Mount Iron, as iar inland
North Conway and Moosic and Memphramagog
City people who long for rest in the country would
perhaps best enjoy themselves II they where
other city people 20 not, and that place, u word rs
"Dccphaven." There one may catch his tsh anu
cook them to his own taste, gather his own niush-
rooms, fresh the rich mould out oil which they
spring. Dig his clans and bake them his own
succulcnt cambake--in short, do anything Tor ones
self and be s.bcholdcn'' to no one A summer resi-
dcncc at Decphaven is oil great possibilities II you
have the money and tho pluck ana the energy TO
realize them You have only to determine It's
geography, whether Tor trout Gunner tshing
whether Tor seashore or lakeside, country brook
aud hen settle down IN the most spacious and
the.way house you can hire IN The village. Should a
,wspaper correspondent como your way he Will
ntout the place AS "a stupId common country town.
as one did about Dccphavcn once; bat this Will make
difference long there are walks and drives.
hunting and fishing, mushrooms and blackberries,
only Deephaven aristocracy instead Of fashion,
able society.
PLEASURE SEEKING THE CITIES.
There are two classes OF summer tourists and only
two-those 60 from the country into the city
those who go from the city into the country. Wha
arc the penalties OF those who 60 to the cities in tho
summer not even those Of us who are roasted the
Offices and baked in the boarding houses OF the metrop-
oils tell. What is there in New York worth
seeing that tho stranger ever finds? The Post
Once, tho County Court House, tho Astor Library
Broadway, Fifth avenue, Central Park-these tho
like OF these all that come under the notice OF the
pleasure seeker. The hopes and fears, the gaycy and
Joy, tho life suffering and death which behind
all these hidden with deep veil the eyes
Of tho tourist and pleasure seeker Take up any one
OF tho numerous handbooks OF our American cities,
and what do they show-a long list OF hotels, res
taurants and clubs, railroad dcpots streets drives
public squares and parks, public and prominent build
ngs, churches theatres, libraries, art galleries. cdn
oil historical and antiquarian intcresi-only
these and nothing more. These, or even
part these, cannot be revealed TO the
summer tour ST, Tor begin to understand New
York month at least, and month OF very hard work
too, would DO necessary; and yet there IS an unde-
nIable pleasure IN making summer tour OF tho prin
cipa American cities, swooping down IRON the White
Mountains upon Boston, tho hub OF the universe, or
approaching New YORK from the Highlands above on
the bosom the Hudson. IL Is all commonplace
enough, IT is truc but there is some rccompcnse IN
seeing with ones own eyes what rickety, stumbling
place the famous Boston Common, "a park OF forty
eight the heart .. the city, surrounded by
handsome iron fence anu laid out in sloplng lawns and
rambling walks, shaded by great numbers Of nagnin
trccsn really Is. Philadelphia, too, has ITS OBJ
Jccts Of interest," though these mostly confined 10
the possession Of Carpenters ana Independence nails
and some noted villas and mansions. now transformed
into restaurants OF not very invtIng class. BaIti-
more, ALSO has IT'S attractions and monuments, and
the public buildings at Washington invite at least
visit from all American citizens. TIE autumn. how
the best lot tho
and this branch OF the subject may be dismissed with
out further comment
IN rnK SEIGnBonmoop OF NEW YORK
Wo are very apt 10 forget our summer resorts,
properly 50 called because they at very doors
II Staten Island was hundred miles away from New
York its advantages as retreat Tor the hot days
summer would be sounded lar and WIDE The beauty
OF lis LOCATION Its sylvan shades Its invigoratng sea
breezes, would all be told over and again, and.
stead oil tho Two common enough hotels which lay
cla i'm as summer the island would be studded
win maenlccnt palaces rivaIilng those OF saratoga
Then 100, there IS Concy Island with its magnificent
beach and unrivsllcd bathing. when has been
cry ruined by tho sharks ana sharpc.s took
session Of It; and Rockaway, which has supplaned
In pubic favor In consequence With the increased
facilities which the latter resort Will afford this year
,s 10 be hoped there Will be Increased pre-
cautions against the dangerous classes who
40 ant To make resorts OF this KIND
d,sreputablc. Bath and Babylon and Fire Island on
The south side, and innumeraplo villages and
pecks and headlands all along Long Island afford
or can be made To Afford splendid facilities Tor