Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-28
THE SUMMER REsORTS.

THR SEASON OF Sl-BRIGHr oUTIO0K-NBw Ho-
THIS IN MOUNTAINS AND sxAsIpB-waKRE TO
Ge-wHAT 10 DO.
The season OF summer recreation and resort
Is at hand With the month Of June the va
rtous hotels and houses In the mountains the
country, and the seaside are open. The attrac-
tive places are In the field earlier than usual.
that they are more numerous than usual The
accommodations range In price and locality TO
such an extent as to be adapted to the means OF
sent their claims in the Vicinity Of washington.
and old Capon leads OF. On Wednesday next,
June LIST, the Capon Springs and baths and the
agement Of W. 3. sale, win open. The chaiy.
beate and sulphur waters, the alkaline poals
(Which are open to ladies and children) the
mountain air, the good roads, well-kept hotel
and reasonable prices are attractive enough, to
say nothing OF the wonderful curative proper
ties OF the water. Full details can be had In
pamphlet form by Calling at w. s. Thompson's
drug store 18th street. opposite the Treasury
department.
Rock Enon Springs and baths also open on
Wednesday next, under the management OF Mr..
A. A. s; Pratt. well.known Washinggonian. VINO
has Kept them for several years. They are Sit
uated Ia picturesque region. only few hours
from Washington. 1t is essentially q family
place, and as such has been for years a most
Jordan's White Sulphur Springs Will open
June LIST, and are almost too well known TO
Washington people to need mention here. M.
Jordan Is popular host OF many years stand
ing, has the reputation OF supplying an excel
ent table, and has one OF the best sulphur
springs In the state. Pamphlets giving fun
Information can be had at the Riggs and Eobitt
House and Star ONCE.
Mrs NJ. j. Coliey, OF the Hamilton House.
who Is so well and pleasantly remembered at
the Jordan Alum, has the famous Montgomery
White Sulphur Springs this year, and Will open
them on Wednesday next These springs are
among the most attractive and homelike sum-
mer resorts In the mountains OF Virginia, and
no guarantee is needed that they will be We'll
kept.
r wiley Springs are so much frequented from
THIS City that 1t hardly Is necessary to say that
In the air. and have hotel capacity for 7O5
guests. A company, as usual, manages them.
The Hygeia hotel. at Old Point Comfort, is a
sumner sun ana winter resort and open ali the
known management OF Mr.. Harrison Phoebus-
= 1t Is easy OF access by delightful sail down
the Potomac on the Lady OF the Lake or George
Leary. and guests OF the hotel rarely fail TO
make second visit.
The lockwood house. at Harper's Ferry, on
an elevation several hundred feet above the
be one this year, under Mrs. Loyett's manage.
meEt The terms are exceedingly reason able
Orkney Springs, In Shenandoah county, Viz
ginia, open this year on June 10, and very for
tunateiy are under new MANAGEMENT. They
have an altitude OF $500 feet and are always
cool. The hotels accommodate over seven hun
dred people, while the springs are in wonderful
variety. The fullest details are given In the
advertisement.
Congress ball, Cape May, will be under the
excellent management this year Of q. J. and
delphia. The new building is of brick, newly
furnished, has an elevator, electric bells, full
orchestra, and table OF particular excellence
The season opens June 18th.
On Monday next, decoration day, the GettyS.
burg Springs hotel opens for guests, though
the formal opening took place to-day. Pas
sengers can go almost direct, changing cars In
the Charles street station at Baltimore, either
for the ceremonies on Monday next at the
National cemetery or at any time for the season.
The Park hotel. at Williamsport, Pa, is fine
building, beautifully situated in grounds with
shade ana fountains and prettier or cooler
summer home, with farm house freedom, - as
the proprietor calls 1t, can hardly be found. Ii
is good place to stop over on the way to
many washington guests last year.
Beautifully engraved cards OF Invitation
have been Issued for the inaugural reception at
Cranston's West Point Hotel. on the Hudson,
which will take place on the evening Of Tues
day, May 81. This most attractive hotel is
always filled with a fine company aud is
brilliant at the June examinations. Rooms
should be engaged early.
A wellknown washington firm, Messrs.
Harris LoSekam, are the pioneers In inaugl-
rating the. Saratoga season OF 81: They open
the Clarendon there on June l for the accom-
notation OF the several hundred guests VINO
are sure TO greet them as the season advances.
The Clarendon is beautifully located, has a
new elevator, and Is In every way charming.
1t is the only hotel In Saratoga that Las a
spring In its own grounds. The new frm have
many rooms already taken for the opening.
is the Long Beach, at Long Beach, n. Y, forty
minutes ride from the city on "Long Island
See Girt Shore" IL is the largest watering
place hotel In the worlc. It is open
now. but on June is SchreinerS great orchestra
will arrive from Berlin and open the musical
feature with other attractions. The bathing
Is excellent and the nights very COOL 1t Is
under the management OF an old and Well.
known hotel man, X. II. Southgate.
The new Hotel Kaaterskil said to be the larg.
est mountain hotel In The world, opens on June
25, for the first time. 1t is 5000 feet above the
sea, commands view OF sixty miles, and has
all tie modern Improvements, elevators cleo.
tic bells, etc. on the 25th prox. the New jersey
editorial excursion visit the house to remain a
made the new Congress at cape May success,
ard the stewsrd is Mr.. Teaiing, OF WIZARDS
Egtel OF this city.
c'he U. s. hotel at Saratoga opens June 18th,
with its 600 rooms reaoy Cor guests. The
building encloseS seven acres OF ground IN she
form OF an irregular pentagon, having 'front.'
eye OF two hundred and thlrty-two feet on
Broadway, six hundred and 1fty-slx feet oa d.
vision street. with cottage Wing" on the south
side OF the plaza, extending west from
main front for five hundred and sixty six feet.
This hotel Is palace In ITSELF and it need only
be added that Tompkins Gage & Co., keep it
this season, as usual.
The Stockton hotel at Cape May opens this
year the last OF June. 1t Is almost too Wen
known In this vicinity to need any mention.
Since last season new wing has been added,
q ladies' cafe introduced and other improve
ments made until II Is about the most complete
hotel on the Atlantic coast. 1t is owned by the
Pennsylvania railroad company and man aged
as usual by Mr.. Charles Duty Of the Continen-
tai hotel, Philadelphia
The Bedford mineral springs hotel opens on
June 5th. and the proprietors advertise that
these wonderful curative waters will be re-
stricted hereafter to the guests OF the hotel
Full details as to rates and fares Will be found
In the advertising columns.
In Delaware the seaside resorts are covered
by the well known Bright house, at RehoSetA
Be acb, under Wallace Burton's management.
1t did well last year and promises well for 81.
The Cape May, OF Maryland, is located at OK
guests. The rates are moderate and the az.
commodations are claimed as firstclass. Send
for q circular.
Ocean View, between CapeS Henry an
Charles, and only few moments from Nor-
folk, Va, Is large, elegantly furnished house
with many new attractions as seaside place
Liberal arrangements are made for the season.
Many summer resorts along the Hudson
which Of late years have been neglected. have
this season experienced the effects of the boom,
and once again loom up prominently. This is
particularly true OF Tarrytown, one of the
prettiest and most attractive places on the
river.
The Clarendon houel at Atlantic City, under
DR.. Lipptncotts management, opens o-day.
This place Is already filling up. and has mon
visitors than any other in the country.
The New Windsor (Maryland) College, In
sight OF the Blue Ridge region, Is very cool,