New-York tribune., 1897-06-13
NOV FOR SUMNER OUTINGS.
WHERE TO GO FOR THEM.
MORE AND BETTER HOTELS THAN EVER
BEFORE TO CHOOSE FROM.
THE MODERN PROPRIETOR OFFERS PURE WATER
PERFECT PLUMBING AND ALL THE COM
FORTS AND CONVENIENCES
OF LIFE.

When the winter season is at its height when
the picturesque lakes and trout streams are covered
thick with ice whcn forest paths are impossible
with snow and the seaside resorts ana inlaho
springs are deserted villages, the people OF New
York begin 10 make their plans Tor the next sum.
mer's outing When spring has finally TRANSFORMED
the scenes and the first warm days give warhins
,ho. sun,mer ,s near at hand those who have not
decided rs TO where they will go during the heated
term make haste TO do So
There are hundreds Of families In and near New
York with whom the summer change OF resiue"ee
is an easy matter becarse there Is no Quesooh Dc
TO where they will go For years they have patron
lied the same places, and unless ther iaNo''.. ~
hotel burns down they will continue TO go 10 II
every summer Long Branch, Saratoga, the Ca's-
kill Mountains, Lake George, the Adiro"oi0N
Mountains tho various places on Long iSiahu' o'
the New Jersey and the New w-England coasts nav
their regular patrons and they are among inc
nooo,o With whom going 10 the country is almost
az easv as II s for those more fortunate ones VINO
have their own country homes. There Is another
smaller class of summer tourists who go 10 Europo
for their outing The hard times the higher steam"
ship rates the advancing prices for livins IN H"e
land and on the Continent and the desire Tor re-
,,renchment have reduced the class consiuerao!
and many people who once belonged 10 'h"' oou'
are now seeking country homes for the season'
As the outing population grows larger the ac-
com,nodatons for the entertainment OF guests e'0"
hotter Keepers Of hotels and boarding houses
must furnish good rooms, wholesome 1000 anu
pleasant surroundings II they wish 10 attract goo"
city patronage The competition is sharp. ana loca-
ton is an important item. Landlords must be aoe
10 assure their guests that the place Is heaithlni
and the house properly arranged as TO piumolhs
and sewerage. In former years hundreds OF VS.
itors TO country houses ard hotels contracted os-
ea,ea because Of impure water and oeiectVe dTaih-
age and these cases have had the enect 10 hlaNo
city patrons suspicious. The manager OF d hotei
now laws as much stress upon the quality OF inc
water with which his house Is supplied as he oiu
I'm former times on the decorations OF his par'or'
and in his circulars and notices he speaks more
about the plumbing of his hoise-if 1t Is worm
speaking about-than he does Of its ballroom OF
fancy lXines.
The country hotel has also advanced IN lis gem
eral makeup In late years. and Its metropoi'"h
air is remarkable to the observer. Away up II:
the mountains" back in the woods or DOWN u
the seacoast there are electricity, steam anu N,'
that the builders painters. decorator arc ulIoI-
s,erer's arts can produce to make the houses per.
feet and 10 these have bee1 added the laoors Oh
the landscape gardener. The result Is that the
American surnmcr-resort hotel has become Il iiioutl
OF comfort and cleanliness perfect in ls sanlln'!
appointments and desirable as place OF residence
The list Of country hotels will he interesting reau
ing 10 those people who are still Undecided as ~
where 10 spend the summer.