Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-15


Correspondence Of The EVENING STAR
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK,
Top OF ALLEaHANIES, Aug Is, 1888
Yesterday was a time OF great enjoyment and
religious profit at this resort Rev. DR.. Wheeler,
oil the tt'Durg Christian Advocate, preached In
the audit )rium, which was filled with an excep-
tional!y fine and Intelligent audience. In the
afternoon Sabbath school was held. Old and
young clergymen, professors and lay people
| united with the children. At night IA young peo-
Pies service was held. There were number Of
addresses. brief but o; high tone, after which
Mrs Harris, the Noted Quakeress preacher, de-
eth, come ETC. Mrs. H. is a lady OF elegant pres
ence and elocut;on. The sermon was beautiful
the great, quiet and devotional spirit here on yes
terday with the condition OF things to which we
nave heretofore been accustomed in this latitude
az canp-meetlng on the Sabbath. There was no
excltement, no promelaCfng. no crowd, making
one long for the day to b, gone Everything was
herself seemed-that Of a deep, quiet Joy. Not a
tram stopped during the entire day. Perhaps
hundred or two people came In from Deer Park
ana Oakland and the surrounding country. The
large part OF the great audience was from the cot
tages ana hotels On the grounds. and seemed
honor the Sabbath-keeping spirit which has the
direction OF affairs here
The past week has been delightful as to weather;
pleasantly warm during the day, cool and bracing
In IN the evening. calling for blankets at night
There is agreat abundance OF what "smudge"
O-o-zone J" 1t may be had here for the breath
ing with no mosquitoes, no malaria, no charging
DuilS lnval!dS gain rapidly In weight and
strength. Some dyspeptics soon fail to know that
they possess any stonachs
Wonders have been accomplished since last sea-
SON. Then Mountain Lake Park was literally "in
the woods" Now eighty elegant cottages, from the
Swiss chalet to the cottage villa" with its tow
wooded slopes Additional ones are building.
New sites are chosen daily. Every additional lot
secured means an additional cottage for they are
sold only TO those Who engage to build. New set
Elements On different slopes surprise you you
saunter over what seems to the pedestrian the
endless expanSe Of forest and glade OF the eight
hundred OF the estate. Wide avenues have
been well trimmed out. extensive drives opened
Jolly little Swiss bOat.hOuSe Is on the northern
margin OF the lake. Boats glide over its depths
Trout flash in its cool waters Rustic resting
houses are going up. An extensive chalet has
Deen erected at the entrance OF the tabernacle
closure for association offices. The auditorium Is
brilliantly lighted with gas, and en- closed at night
with heavy duck curtains
The lectures have been learned and yet brilliant
ana popular. Lyman Abbott. on the sReaSonS for
1alth In God. Christ and the Bble;" Prot Chas. A.
Young, OF Princeton, On Astronomy, illustrated
Universy, on the "Great Miracle OF the Nineteenth
Century" have held delighted audiences. Profess
sorJ. Bowman Young's lectures on the "Yosemlte.'
etc, with tie camera, begin this evening.
More than $4,000 have been already expended
by the association and lot holders. Extensive ar
rangementS Tor developing the 'front.' which is nat
urally equal to Deer Park, and vastly more eX-
tended, are now making. considerable number
OF cottages are 10 be erected during the current
year and In the spring by those owning lots. The
annual sale OF lots Will take place during the
Sabbath school assembly. Mountain l. AXE is grand
nXture, and Is one OF hegrandest moral1nfluenceS
in the land.
At this writing the clouds betoken rain, which
Is much needed