The morning call., 1891-07-26
NOTES ABOUT
CALIFORNIANS.
A Crowd That Is Away Up in The
CatSkil Mountains.
A Millionaire's Summer Diversion - Where
Some Known San Franciscans Have Been.
Larks for Fun and Frivolity.
Special to THE SUNDAY CALL.

HOTEL KAATERSKILL Green County, n.
", July 20, 1S91.-"You haven't anything
like that in California" pridefully spoke a
man pointing from the porch of the Hotel
Kaaterskill, which is 2700 feet above the
level of the sea, to a beautiful landscape
picture before him. 1t is wonderfully beau
tiful, with the Hudson far in the distance
below like silver ribbon waving in the
wind, cultivated land like golden blots amid
the deep green of the wildwoods in mount
ain and dale, and clouds wrought of gilded
thistle-d0wn" above and belo one, until it
seems that the hotel really is palace in the
sky. thought all this, and also thought OF
the glorious view from the Lick Observatory
in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and refused to
be squelched. notwithstanding was in the
roman tic land Of Rip Van Wrinkle, and ac-
cording to tradition beheld 1.-The finest land
scape view in the world" simply remarked.
as If it was a usual and ordinary occurrence,
coaches and six-in-hands 60 through trees
in my native country and l proceeded
to watch without invidious comparison the
marvellous sunset, and thought that even
here in these Businesses and great heights
was the ubiquitous Californian. The hotel
is millionaire's summer diversion, "his
hobby" some call it. 1t is owned by Mr..
pha lawyer, a eonfrere of Charles Stanton,
Grant and Lincoln. His son. Mr.. George j.
Harding, is lawyer, too, who promises to
gain the eminence his father has achieved.
His wife is no other than California belle,
who was Miss Lille Jones of San Fran
cisco. She is here with beautiful baby boy
eight months old and is as vivacious and
handsome as ever, il not handsOmer. And
over in the Grand Summit House in the
Western CatskillS Is Summerlng. Mrs. j.
Goodrich of San Francisco, and counting
myself, if you will pardon the introduction
OF personal, l can say with all due regard
for the truth "that crowd of CalfoTnlans
are pleasantly passing the summer in the
Catskill Mountains" "Three's crowd"
you know.
CALIFoRNIANS EVERYWHERE.
The Californlans, however, are disporting
themselves everywhere. The brilliant Mr..
Joe Redding, whom the musicians say sis a
lawyer" and the lawyers say sis must
cian," fled the whiting heat of New York for
cooling outing on MI. Gillig's yacht Ra-
mona. Other Calif0rnians = Julian Xix,
Charles Warren StOddard, Clay NJ Greene
and Charles Thomas-also enjoyed Mr. and
Mrs. Gillig's hospitality that day, and itcan
readily be Imagined what a flow of-of-
brilliant wit, like champagne, frightened
the hours that ne'er could lag in such
"goodlIe cOmpanee."
At the New York Hotel are stoppin Mr..
George d: Toy of Bovee. Toy & Co., Mr..
and Mrs. Sonntag and daughter.
The happy little work-a-day colony of
young Californlans are scattered far and wide
during the summer months. AS wro.e you
before, Miss McChesney is in Holland Miss
Blakesee, who is steadily gaining recog-
milton as an illustrator of no small de-
gree of talent, is summering at old Cape
Cod; Miss Jessie Gregg has closed the piano
and has given up practicing to enjoy yaca-
WiCpOn q
Miss Ida Bentley is on a reading tour, going
West, and Will arrive in California ca rly in
August; Mr.. Percy Garvey is having play
time before he really begins ito play" with
the Booths in their lovely country home;
Miss Olive L. Oliver is spending the sum-
mer in New York preparing for her season
with Frederick Warde, which Will begin
late in August. Miss divers friends will
rejoice, know. to learn how steadily she is
going up in her chosen profession. She has
an excellent position in Frederick Warde's
company, and her California friends will
have an opportunity of seeing her act before
many moons have waned.
Miss Minnie Dupree viii also remain in
New York. She will rest in her cosy
home over which her mother presides. and
she herself is the bright particular star, after
her engagement with Mansfield closes. Miss
Dupree has had very successful season
with this Beau Brummel of the stage and
society.
Mr.. James Y. Coleman is with his mother
and sisters at New London, one of the most
charming of fashionable resorts in the East.
Mr.. Coleman has his yacht and can sereDely
defy the weather to wilt MIN these lazy
lettering days as he goes a-pleasuring on the
water. He is such loyal Californian that
he will soon be turning his face toward the
Golden Gate and the hospitable city of san
Francisco.
JOLLY IN THE MOUNTAINS.
1t is too jolly up here in the mountains
for one to write anything but an incoherent
screed. Tie daisies are all over the hills
like white star tracks, and tiger lilies and
clover are blooming apparently in the white
woody clouds, and delicious greens of every
imaginable tint delight and rest the eye. OF
course did not confde to any one, when l
dilated upon the extensive view from the
Lick Observatory, that one could not see
such daisies and trees-but, then, it isn't
every country that can have such bare
brown hills to show off the shadows of the
clouds and to- nestle in such bold relief
against the-tender blue of the lovely skies
thar have drifted from Italy to California,
but
In the Catskills.
The debonair lark that gaily triis,
Is not more gay than
The dainty. dancing daffods
Meier danced with more free.
This mountain air has tang divine