The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-07-23
AMONG THE WHITE HILLS
Breezy Paragraphs Concerning the
Summer SOjourners.
COACHING PARTIES MAY BE PUT
OFF UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

Among the Personal Items, You Will Find
the Names of Portland Friends and of
Others Who Are Well Known in
Mountain Resorts-How They Staged
1t Round the Burned Trestle.
[From our Special Correspondents
NORTH CONWAY, N. H., July Pal
though July is rapidly nearing its closes
yet the real social season is just opening
here. For some unaccountable reason
the arrival of guests during the first part
of the summer has been limited COM
pared with that of former years. But
now the exodus from the city and sea
shore to the mountains has begun and
will continue undated throughout Au-
gust and September which are ideal
months to pass among these gigantic
works of nature and enjoy the ever-vary-
ing beauties, inhaling the balmy breath
J of the famous northern pine. In fact
the hotel proprietors predict AN unprec-
edented rush at this time, as all the
rooms in many Of the larger houses have
been engaged in advance With the ex-
ception of the meeting of the NewHamp-
shire worlds fair committee, and the
New Hampshire Board of Trade, held in
North Conway last week, and the
Pharmaceutical Association which regis
tered at the Crawford House, Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week, the only
diversion offered the mountain visitor
but which in itself has been all-sutficient
to many-has been the admiration OF
nature, as she appears in the everlasting
hills.
This evening the initial hop will be
given at the Kearsarge which by the by
is under the sole proprietorship of Mr..
Ric ker of the North Conway House. The
hop at the Sunset Pavilion will follow
Wednesday of next week. The orches-
tras at all the houses have arrived,
The Boston Symphony
being represented in that of the Glen and
Crawford Houses, while the orchestra at
the Sunset is composed entirely of
women, including the distinguished mu-
sician Miss Milandy of Nashua, N. I'll.
The rnmor that Jack the Hermit, with
his wonderful house situated in the fast
ness of the forest and his rare accom-
plishment of swallowing live toads
would no longer entertain the visitors at
Crawfords as he had accepted an offer of
Mr.. Pope's to reside at the latter's hotel
in Wellesley, Mass, has proved false
since a guide board still directs the
stranger to the House That Jack Built
and Jack is present in person as delight
fully interesting as formerly.
The burning of the trestle over the ra-
vine of the Sstco on the Boston q Maine
| road between Conway and North Con-
way has somewhat impeded travel in
that direction, as it has been necessary
to carry passengers and freight by the
ruins in carriages. 1t appears that the
fire caught in the middle of the bridge
from sparks from the engine and burned
in both directions, destroying about 500
feet of the structure.
A meeting Of the committee to form
plans for
The Annual Coaching Parade
will be held at o'clock tomorrow morn
ing at the East Branch House. 1t is pro-
posed,to postpone this event until the
9TH OF It'll of September.
A sale for the benefit of Christs
church will be given the first week in
August. As a large number OF the
guests at the different hotels are inter-
sested, it is anticipated that it will prove
both financial and social success
Mrs. Carroll and daughter of Portland
are at their charming summer home.
Among the guests at the Intervale
House are Rev Dr.. Linsley, rector of ST.
Paul's church, Boston, with his family;
William Dean Howells, wife and daugh-
ter, New York; Miss Iungerich, who has
the enjoyable reputation of being the
best dressed young lady in Philadelphia;
Mr.. and Mrs. f. N. Deane, Mr.. Edward 5.
Deane, Mrs. Caroline Brewer of Port
land; Mr.. and Mrs. Clement Ferguson,
and Miss Van Bokkelen of New York;
Miss Fannie Stetson of Bangor.
Among the well known guests of for
mer wears who are at the Sunset Pavil-
ion, are Mrs. E. C. Carraseo of Newport,
Mr.. Laforme and the Misses Laforme of
New York. Mr.. J. f. Liscomb, of the
Portland Steam Packet Company, with
his wife and daughter; Mi. Gilman b.
Smith, correspondent of the Boston
Globe; Mrs. NJ. A. Clark of Brookline,
Mrs. E. S. Wells Of Boston, Mrs. s. Y.
Nash and family of Boston, and Mr.. w.
Fl. Wood, son of Editor Wood OF the
Boston Herald.
There are over hundred
Guests at the Kearsarge.
Among them are T. W. Saxton and
wife, New York; Mrs. Knowlton and
daughter, Beacon street, Boston; Miss j.
Breed, Lynn; Mrs. w. E. Armstrong,
wife of the proprietor of the Armstrong
Transfer Company, Boston, Mrs. VIM. A.
Ham and family, Boston; Mrs. Walter
Pitkin, Washington; F.. L. Talbot, and
wife. East Machias; Miss NJ. E. Ordway,
Dorchester; Dr. E. Abel: Brookline; MI.
and Mrs. H. j. Patterson, Biddeford. A
party of $50 Raymond excursionists az
rived Friday.
Mrs. w. H Conant and Miss Conant,
and J. S. Barnes of Portland are regis
tered at the Crawford House. Mr.. Hight
Rines of Portland is at Gray's Inn.
General Wentworth has added greatly
to the attractiveness of Wentworth Hall
I,u hand como now p9Sino