New-York tribune., 1897-07-04
IN THE NORTH WOODS.
THE FOURTH" WILL SEE GREAT IN.
FLUX OF VISITORS.


pRoMIsE-PEorLE WHO ARE AT THE
HOTELS AND THE PLEASURES
THEY ENJOY.
Adirondack Mountains July 3.-The season In
%be Ad,rondacks Is usually reckoned as beginning
With .the Fourth" so next week will see great
nany more people In the mountains than nave
vet arrived here. The GOODNESS OF the wea'her III
the cities until within n week or 80 has operated
TO keep at home many who would nave neo i',ouI
ta,nward II there had been hot spell IN june
but there are very many others who cannot con-
yeniently come until the schools have closed ana
the courts have adjourned until tho faii term anu
the business world has settled down TO its oui'
season" Yet June is beautiful month IN tho
Adrondacks, fresh and green ana cooi anu III
Spring The trees and the grass show no sign
Of sun-baking and 1t is the season OF the oa'sE
and the buttercup Most OF the best hoteis pro-
vide accommodation for early guests ana eve"
II the main buildings are not open cottage VI
an annex Is devoted to the Of the June guests
who arc not so numerous but that each comes 10
know the other more intimately and pleasantly
than would be possible a little later In the season.
when the hotels thronged. One class espe-
cially appreciates the beauties or nature III 1uho
and the air Of semi-retirement perVao'ns ''e
mountain hotels 1t is not very large class ana
necessarily changes completely from season 10
season-the young couples who have been united
in the month of roses. and have had the Booo
fortune to choose the Adirondacks as the scene
of the wedding tour. They come from North ana
South and It doesn't need their brand-new trunks
and their brand-new clothes to identify them. FOR
their brand-new devotcdness tells the secret Inc
outlook for this month and August In the noun
tains is full Of promise and all the hotels conn
IDENTIFY expect highly satisfactory season. uoii
IS II anything, more prominent and popular than
last summer and the arriving guests get out on
the links without a moment Of unnecessary delay.
ACSABLE CHASM.
Ausabe Chasm ~ Y. July 3.-The beautiful
new Hotel Ausablc Chasm began Thursday OF
this week what there is every reason to bope and
expect will be long and highly prosperous career
The new house has every advantage or locatioh
and equipment 1t stands plain 100 feet above
the level Of Lake Champlain Its front Is toward
the lake. which is only three miles distant by
direct line and of which a splendid view Is had
from the piazza and from the upper WINDOWS. IN
the rear the house overlooks the entrance 10 the
chasn. a few score feet distant. down the niue
bluff; and far beyond 1t Whiteface and other Adj
rondack peaks So every room is front room
and 1t is hard TO decide whether the front or the
so-caied rear of the house Is to be preferred FOR
desirabity Of view. The new hotel Is nve miles
from Port Kent a branch railroad making connec-
ton there with every train on the Delaware ana
Hudson road and with the Lake Champaign steam
ers so that while to reach other hotels IN this
region an often wearisomS stage ride from the
station is necessary, the Hotel Ausable Chasm mas
railroad train for it's stage the actual trip by Dus
from the Ausabo Chasm station up to the hotei
being only few hundred feet. Being new the
hotel has every modern Improvement. as we'll as
certain conveniences not often found IN summer
hotels II has Of course, the electric light ana
electric bells and gongs, and running water ana
rooms en- suite. with bath But 1t has also shutters
with blinds for all its windows so that the morn
ing nap may not be interrupted and the afternoon
sun may not heat the rooms facing westward And
a, has too iron fre-escapes at each end on the
outside-a precaution which will be noted VIII
pleasure by many Of the guests The rooms are
elegantly fitted up. and In each there Is large
closet The table is important feature in any
hotel and here the table is Of the best This house
Sron, It's situation close to the Ausabe Chasm must
OF necessity expect to entertain at dinner many
moro guests than those occupying It's rooms ioi
every season several thousand persons make the
trip through the chasm spending only the one day
here and most Of these have dinner at the hotel.
The first large excursion Of the season here was on
Thursday when a party Of several hundred Royal
Arcanum members and their friends from Mon
treal came the day TO the picturesque chasm
and enjoy the experience OF the boat ride, COM
pairing the rapids of the chasm with those or the
S. Lawrence near their own city They all had
dinner In the new hotel dining room. and started
for homo toward evening. after q thoroughly en-
1oyatle day. Among the persons who nave en-
gagged rooms at Hotel Ausable Cfasm for July
are p H. Woodward and family. OF Hartford.
Presiding Justice Van Brunt. Of New-York City,
and Arthur D. Call. Of Elmira- Supreme Court
Justice Miles Beach. Of New-York City, Is among
the guests who took possession Of their rooms on
the opening day. Thursday
PAUL SMITHS.
Paul Smiths. ~ Y, July 3-The first Of May
seems rather early for visit TO the Adirondacks,
but that is the time Paul Smiths is opened for the
season and that the time the guests begin TO ar
he of thrown
until the middle Of June. But many persons who
think Paul Smiths is the most pleasant resort IN
the mountains also think that the weeks OF May
and early June in various ways the most
pleasant time for n stay here They come. spring
after spring. some 10 meet their guides and go OF
IN search of the trout-hshing. which Is at Its best
An Nav: others simply to loaf in vacation rest
which is sure not to be broken In upon by dances
or other social obligations. And perhaps aiter 'he
brief rest they go back TO the city to prepare Tor
the longer vacation which they will enjoy here IN
July and August. The hotel has already good
rnany guests and more are coming In every da".
The big dining room is filing up, and the posof'lco
in the basement is doing constantly increasing
business, and In all the departments OF the great
hotel are the signs Of the seasons activity Many
of the cottages and camps are occupied Tor the sea-
son Tho stage to the fine golf links overlooking
Osgood Lake went into commission Tor the sum
rner on Thursday, but the Jealous golfers had al
ready been playing on the course for many days.
The links are In charge Of a professional player.
Robert shiels By-and-by the usual baseball nine
will be organized for young Ned Trudeau and
other players will soon be here. Tennis. on the
cement court the right OF the hotel Is iairy pop
ular. but is overshadowed by golf. Boating there
,avs 4. and later IN the season there will be the
usual sailing matches.
Some OF the recent arrivals at the hotel are Mrs
c. II. Mellln and her family. Philadelphia; Mr.. and
Mrs. E. H. Faulkner. Mr. and Mrs. A. Van Deusen,
Charles F. Leland George Bird Mrs. W. A Cauld-
we'll Miss Caldwell Mr.. and Mrs. Y. ID Dechert.
Richard Van Wyck and Mr.. and Mrs. William G.
Rockefeller New-York City; Sidney Shepard and
Miss Jenny Shepard Milwaukee, Mrs. Pierrepont
Isham. Chicago; Miss E. o. Gibbes Newport. r. l.;
Miss Clarkson, Potsdann, n. Y, and Mayor James