New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-09
At MOUNTAIN RESORTS.
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK IN THE
ACKNOWLEDGES.
MOST OF THE HOTELS cRowDED-'h@
TOURNAMENT AT THE GRAND VIEW
LAKE PLACID.

woar OF THE HOTELS cRowDED-THE TENNIS
TOURNAMENT At THE GRAND VIEW.
LAKE PLACID
Adirondack Mountains. Aug. tspec'a'. %
.,o,e ~ the first week Of August finds most Oh INC
80. 800 IN IN. Adirondacks crowded. Ms mad
$50 .vnected. Every hotel will be full by another
week. those which have not yet reacheu ''o -
NJ their capacity being as a ruie p".0
usuallv have a 'late season. the guests ~
late and staying late. The not wa'e- So
.hn Ground swell from twas felt IN 'he ihou''
-. ,ho more because hot weather is not 'ie
visual thing up here and nobody except ,"e '''o
arrival from the city had had any pIe', =.
course of training TO enable him 10 "i'ne'u "
NTH case The chief occurrence interesting INC
WIN ~ - a.. notes has been the tennis tour
vn.r, at the Grand View. at Lake PLACID. Next
,,..x comes thu similar tournament on the ms
court at the Ampersand; and goii r"''ne, s..
games and other contests without hu"oei a
arranged The roads are In good cohoi''oi. '"a"H'
20 the occasional showers and driving parties from
49, .r,ov. hotels are TO be seen in all directions
tor an extremely popular days outing is 10 orNe
from ones own abiding place to some o'ner ~ IT,
for dinner returning In the late AFTERNOON INC
raspberries are still plentiful along the roau'ue'
and the goldenrod Is beginning to make oeau'"" VI
the countryside
HOTEL wAwBEEK.
wavbeek N Y Aug. (SpeciaD.-An evening OF
euChre
narty at wawbeek Lodge on Upper saranac LAKE
1ost Thursday Many of the campers were pres
Ont Including Mr.. and Mrs. Howard BucKheH MISS
Harlan Miss Evans. Miss Miller. MISS ouchhe"
and J. A. Van Vrast. from Birch Island MIS- iie'
ter Mrs Charles II. Davis MISS Mar'ehe' MISS
Ress,e Pace Mrs Ireland. Mr.. and Mrs. Scott MT
Mattinsly w Garland Fay. Arthur Comstock ana
Miss Comstock The prizes and TALES were erect
tveiy decorated by one of the guests. $500
A novel and highly interesting welsh raoo'.
n,cnic took place the other evening on point oi
land not far from the hotel. where there were rus
tic tables and benches for the convenience Oh ,Ie
merry-makers blazing bonfire was quickly KIN
d.,d which threw great welcoming flashes out over
the lake An oil stove and a large stewpan' OH OF
cheese a good dash OF beer and unlimited quai'''es
of crackers made the rabbit and the hour speeu
oheeri,y: and afterward college songs ana piah.a
,,on melodies came In for their share OF appreca
ton on the part Of the young people ana 'he''
chaperoncs
A sheet and pillowcase party at Hotel "awoeeK
tonight has afforded all invited much run III prep
aratfon sAr>nac will assume weird aspect "heh
Us pretty launches and canoes go Iaueh VIII"
chostly figures 10 the dance.
At the sacred concert at this popular ho.ei last
SUNDAY Miss Florence de We're Boese, OF New
York sang among other selections calvary Inc
Lost Chord" and Daddy"
STEVENS HOUSE
Lake Placid y. Y. Aug (SpeciaD.-No resort IN
the Adirondacks has had more prosperous season
thus far than Lake Placid. with It's me cohio''"
ton OF lake and mountain views; ana perhaps "o
hotel here has had since the season opened
os largo q number of guests the old-established
and always popular Stevens House. The big motel
and its annex the slope OF the hill whose Top Is
crowned by the Stevens House proper are hIleu 10
the last room. II is congenal houseIul ana run
loving one And there is never any lack OF enter
tainment for the guests. Just to the left OF the
hote 10 ba kent
this week in consequence of the tournament al the
Grand View. IN which some OF the stevens guests
are entered. but generally occupied for hours each
day by sklfu players. whose games are wa'o"eu
Inv an interested throng on the hotel piazza over
looking the court. Next week the golf links Will
be laid out by an expert. who gives II as MS opih-
ION that the ground selected for the purpose Is ad-
,nirably adapted for golf. from It's uneven charac-
ter and it's many natural obstacles The stevens
House Gun Club is practising asslouousiy on
its grounds near the boathouse. In preparation 1or
a match which is to be contested next week with
the clever shots of the Hotel Champlain Gun Club'
Rowing and driving OF course are recreations con-
stantlv followed and there is dancing every even
ing the Fadette Ladies Orchestra supplying the
music with frequent card parties Forty OF 'he
guests of the Stevens House have planned 10 MAKE
a tally-ho trip day next week over 10 faui
Smiths where they will take dinner. returning In
the afternoons forty-me drive.
All who come to the Stevens House concur IN
saving that the view from here is the most striking
10 be found at any hotel in the Adrondacks But
after enjoying the general impression. people Ike
10 pick out the various peaks with whose names
they are familiar; and a helpful and ingenious lit
tle device on the Stevens House piazza enables
them to do II. On supporting stand Is a nat
board with a movable pivoted marker. On this
hoard large circle has been drawn. from the
centre Of which radate straight lines. each sight
Ing a separate peak. whose name and altitude are
written at the end of the line. that one may
place for himself every mountain in tho noble
range Of which Marcy is the central figure
THE RU1ssEAUMONT.
The Ruisseaumont is another of the large hotels
In which the flood tide of summer arrivals has
been reached. tide which will show no sign Of ebb
for weeks Such variety OF out-of-door contests
and expeditions and card parties and diversions
of all sorts is constantly under way at the RUS
Beaumont that 10 attempt to give a detailed list
of the occurrences of week would be like giving
the catalogue of ships" Even the children are
doing their share and this week they have been
holding a spirited tennis tournament, for which
there were about fifty entries The notable tri-
umph OF the Ruisseaumonts crews over the oars
men Of Whteface Inn IN the recently rowed
on Lake Placid was celebrated the other night
by an orange dance'-orange being the Ruisseau-
mont colors-in honor Of the victors. In the hote
parlors. NJ p Collins OF New-York City. is CIV
ing a series Of enjoyable coaching parties. num-
Der of friends accompanying him each day. Mrs.
]. W. Clark of New-York City. who is oc-
cupying one Of the handsome cottages which are
scattered here and there in the grove by which
the Ruisseaumont is surrounded will on August
IL give a fair in her summer home for the benent
Of the ST. Thomas Fresh Air Fund
W. u. Larned and family, Of Summit. n. j.. are
occupying their cottage here.
John II. Prall. Of New-York City. who is stay
ing at the Ruisseaumont with his family, is build
ing fine camp at Echo Lodge Point.
Mrs. John II. Waydell of New-York. is the guest
of Mrs. George H. Moller jr., at the latter's cot
tage. Mrs d. Sherwood. also Of New-York is
a guest at the Castree cottage
LAKE PLACID HOUSE