The Portland daily press., 1892-08-24
AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.
The Season at its Hcight-The Glen House
Overlooking with Guests-Mt. Washing
ton Search Light-Portland People
Among the Mountains.
Tspecial correspondence.l

Especial correspondence
GLEN HOUSE, August %, 1692.-The
height of the season! How meaningless
to most people. Only those who have
been so fortunate as to journey through
the White Mountains during the past
week can conceive it's meaning. Day
AFTER day, in seemingly endless success.
sion, the tide of people comes and goes.
Yet these beautiful hills always seem full
OF welcome to all and ready to afford a
resting place to the nation.
The Glen, always the most popular of
the mountain houses, and invariably one
of the first to fill up, is enjoying unex-
ampled prosperity. During the hot,
moist days of the past week the Glen has
seemed Paradise of GOODNESS for the re-
freshment of heated humanity.
The new search light on Mt. Washing
ton which has been put in operation the
past week has added greatly to the en-
joyment of the guests. Until one has
seen the huge beam of light pierce the
inky blackness of night and throw in
bold relief the picturesque outlines of
the Glen House, he has missed the finest
sight in the world. The Glen, nesting
at the foot of Mt. Washington, is she best
situated of all the hotels in the entire re-
gion for enjoying this wonderful light.
The grounds have been SO brilliantly
illuminated the past week that guests,
sitting on the piazza would read their
evening mail, while the soft strains of
the orchestra floating on the breeze,
made it more idyllic than any of the
pleasures described SO well by Horace.
The light appears like beautiful comet,
shining full upon the house. Always IA
nous for the unrivalled list of attractions
peculiarly it's own, it is a great favor of
fortune to SO lengthen the list in such
magnificent way.
The drives to Glen Ellis Falls and Crys-
tai Cascade have always been very pleas
ant, but now they are doubly SO. Mr.
Milliken has added several twelve-seated
buckboards to his stable, and it is en-
chanting to take this drive on such
blackboard, drawn by six magnificent
grays.
The-Brown College Glee Club gave
fine concert in the parlors last Friday
evening, which was thoroughly enjoyed
by the guests and those who drove over
from the surrounding hotels.
The Glen stage lines are famous from
Maine to California, and none excel them
in safety and reliability. The carriage
road over Mt. Washington has been re-
nowned since the days of Starr King, and
every year it grows more popular. Mr..
Milliken has been SO fortunate as to
arrange with the Maine Central, Concord
& Montreal, and the Mt Washington
railway for grand circuit trip over this
monarch of New England mountains. A
person can leave his hotel in the morn
ing. ascend the mountain by rail, take
dinner at the Summit and enjoy the
grand view. After dinner he mounts the
Glen House stage for the drive down the
mountain over what has aptly been called
1.-THE most picturesque road on the CONT
nent, and the finest one day trip in the
world" At the Glen he changes to
tally-ho drawn by six horses for the ride
through Pinkham Notch. The advan-
tage of this arrangement is that the tour
ist can make this trip either from Inter
vale or North Conway, or from Profile
House, Franconia, Bethlehem or Jeffer-
son, yet return to his starting point in
time for supper. Crawford's Notch is
passed in an observation car, from which
ever hotel the start is made. The past
week has been one of the biggest in the
history of this stage line. and when the
total was footed up it was found that
$50 had ridden on the Glen stage during
the six week days.
1t has been said thata house is never
appreciated by those who are near at
hand, but this in no way applies to the
Glen House. Among the Portland peo-
pie here of late have been, Mr.. F. II.
Prince, Mr.. VIM. Wood, and Mrs. r.
Wood. Hon. Mark P. Emery with Mrs.
w. K. Heath and Mrs. p. L. Watts came
over the mountain few days ago.
Mr.. G. E. Thompson and wife, Miss
Eleanor Shannon, Mrs. ]. r. Brazier and
Miss Brazier have enjoyed the hospitality
of the Glen of late.
Mr.. Joshua G, Libby who has been
stopping at. the Glen assembled Mt. Wash
ington Sunday by carriage.
Z DraS. 9. Gordon has been here the
last few days. Other recent Portland ar
rivals are d. A. Meaher Esq. and wife,
Prof. F. l.. Rankin and wife, G.. F.
Thurston and wife, Miss Kelly, Mrs. L.
S. Brown and Mr.. Fl. S. Payson.
The Bar is well represented here:
Judge Enoch Foster and family of Bethel
accompanied by Mr.. Frank S. Warren
and wife, Biddeford, are stopping here.
Judge f. W. Fuller and family of
Someryille are spending few weeks
here. II
Mr.. Francis Blake, the inventor and
proprietor of the Blake Transmitter for
telephones, is here with his family for
the 18th season. They will remain dur
ing the rest of the season.
Indians Dancing Again.
GUTHRIE, o. T., August 23.-Marshal