New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-08
NORTH WOODS DIVERSIONS.
PLEASURES OF THE WEEK AT THE NOUN
TAIN RESORTS
CARD PARTIES IN THE VARIOUS HorELs-doLF'
r,su1xo ROWING AND OTHER SPORTS

CARD PARTIES IN THE NAhlotS iioA'''~' '
FISHING. ROWING AND OTHER SPORTS
Adirondack Mountains Aug. 7.--Despite the UNI
favorab bic weather conditions prevailing un'ii w'n"
the last few days. the AdirohaaeNs nav me.
cuYtomed throng Of summer visitors. ihese mum
,oins arc at Auch a distance from the great cities
that the temptation TO return home amer sunel'ne
few days Of unpleasant weather Is not SO s.'o"e
az II would be In the case Of the nearer seasiue i
sorts 40 the Adirondack houses have held the'r
Julv guests and Of course. are now receiving ''ie
rnonv additional guests who always come III
Aus,,st Even In the rainy SPELL though 1t dion'
rain every day. and there was frequent oppor'u''!
for recreation out of doors The ram mas a"".
TO the attractiveness OF the North Woods IN Keep
inc fresh and green the forests ana heios an"
ss,s,tn9 the brooks and rivers and also In aVer'"s
any danger OF forest fires. 1t cleared up on pun
aay and since then it has been cool ana ,n'isofa'
ing although not every day mas pee" iee ~"
clouds The hot wave. which the papers ~
he 'r,ovins eastward is not likely to be len "uen
,n here for the Adrondacks have had one per'ou
~ no, weather. and it is seldom indeed that TWO
such yis,atioas come In the same seaso'
HOTEL DEL MONTE.
ss-an.c Lake a. V. Aug. THE Hotel Del
Monte Is thriving under the experienced "'"e
n,ent of its new proprietor. c. F. carpenter. "u 10
guests are enjoying their summer nm! me ~ nv.
Is close to Colby Lake and not hve minutes wa"
go, ,ho Lover saranac at the Ampersand. so the
,.s,s have every opportunity for boating ana hsn-
ing Driving parties are maze up i'oiii nm
time. and on Monday jolly party went Over on
tally-ho 10 visit Paul Smiths Last oa'u,o's Us. rs.
,h.ra was large dance in the hotel parior' ""eie
,,orma, dancing takes place almost every even
INC Al the progressive ouchre party the o'hei
night tie winners as follows: FIRST p''N
Miss Dolores 1caza and Robert Johhson' s '
Nnss Sarah Caterson and S. Frank; poop! pilN
Mrs G. r. O'Connell and j. C. Nei'en' Gum. "
49, ,,,o arrivals nj the Hotel Del Monte are MIS-
he Neuyle. Miss De Melville, Miss Esther j.
Yvh,,e Miss Eliza Caterson Miss Sarah Catersoh'
AR and Mrs j. vei;ch Mr., and Mrs >. >. rrnnce
ard family Frank b. Timothy New ork N"s
Miss sarah F. Clark. Miss Mary J. Clark hrooh
lvn: Robert Johnston. Norfoik' N"'' -"'
Weaver and daughter. Cohces. ~ l.
RALPHs.
,vo, Mountain. ~ y Aug. 7.-Where there are
,.o,,,c neople at a summer resort there Is sa!eH,
ca At Ralphs something generally Is gong Oh '''o
one can always ind recruits-some'iheH 0i'''
l. desired-for any enterprise OF "'uh"s VI ~"
,re or driving or evening merry-makng. A"os'
every night there Is informal dancing III inc '.e
r,or and nm several evenings recently there nave
been ,mpromptu charades. in which mucn c'e' =,
ness was shown and tableaus. 'he "e",V'
which represented characters from w.
novels An enjoyable feature OF iaSl '' ~
heen introduced again in the arrangement ..
"po,nhs Medley" for 1891 combining parts Oh many
,ouular songs of the year. which meuie! 10 su.e
u,i,b vest by the girls and young men ever! w..
Ing In the hotel parlor. Raphs Is III ,Ne W. 49,
and not within easy distance OF chnrcn' u"'
cassonally services are held In 'he par 60.
every Sunday evening the guests gather 10 sn.s
" 49, or so using chiefly the Episcopal n! nina.
rho u,,,s steamer Adirondack Is now mahihe W
regular circui, Of the TWO lakes ana she due from
Ralph Siten Lake visit the Chateau a
gay Chasm. Boating Is b; on he lake: and with
Rspn s Of the sun view bathing bdss 1 saye
,,ipg y.
SWeatber and the Some 81 Miss
arrivals W Ct KsPH fro o5s n Khd Elmer NsW
YORK city: F. W. Knowlton' MISS '"''e ''
SON Malone. y. y
THE CHATEAUGAY.
Merrill " Y. Aug. 7.-One who seems " S'' I'VE
- n,b,ch shall be quiet and restful ana AT inc
- time nrovide a good table and inVl'ihs ioo'
NIL, he ant to think. II his good luck eaus i'i
saIec, the Chateaugay, that mere he mac -
h,s desire The house stands on h4"''N a,.
looking the beautiful Upper Cha'ea"e"s' a. onso
.o, which nearly the whole OF the iahe eNp.Se
ioh, a shore Is a view of lake and noun
, to,, every room. Naturally Mr.. Bachus
guests spend much Of the time on ,''e w s,,ad
ewing or fshing-for there are Hs"' So .n,
opas TOO 70 he caught. II one mas o'' r,na ,s
OF skill ana boa on he lake the Wizard ownG Gs
by Mr. Backus's broiher' 7 vino him for sail:
hrrnusb the woods close by the Chateausis o fire.
shaded paths Of beauty anp ar 1--WE Which may be
auenty en1 STs,ons directions, with the notei az d
starting point There ae na amd the outlook is for
sa,sfactory season fey ,s OF iSs Miss Laura
eh sne 81 louis Mrs. John Barclay MISS
Montreal MERRILL HOUSE.
,,os.ah,shed Merrill House also has had a
,s.o,,. Number of arrivals lateiy. l's se"so''
&c lo;e one as the sportsmen come III WV" =,
summer guests begin &c go OUT III .I,,a, not
,oo &c a quiet place. although aWe'ness mus
he understood to signify dnlness' an" - ,',on a.
,he Cbateaugay the lake is the most p0pa;;st
rac,ion Some Of those who have LATELY smee T
at the Merrill House . aps Nj a Turner and family
Lansing. Mich; MI aad M M;ss + b. lie Heiray
s Summit fa%i \. J. MRS. "'''S''' ''''''
PAUL SMITHS
d., cr,,.h,s n Y. Aug. This big hotel IS
t,u and for nearly two weeks 1t has been fioo-
cons choice as TO in the case OF guests ar
irving here without having made previous aIianee
ynents as 10 accommodation. Goif nous us P'e
eminent place In the estimation OF the guests anu
n,ayers are on the links most of the time every
Hav Perinning with last Wednesday. a handicap
match is 10 be played on that day each week un'i'
scptember s. for the cup offered by the preslaeh.
~ the St Regis Golf Club George Bird MEDAL
play" Is the rule. and the person winning TOT the
largest number of times will receive the cup vi
Monday there was played an interesting game ne
TWEEN Colonel Archibald Rogers and George Bro
ON one side and w p. Thompson and Hush WILSON
on the other. IL was an eighteen-hoie match an"
Messrs Rogers and Bird won both ROUNDS inc
first six up the second one up. The feature OF the
game wa. Mr. Birds seventyyard approach. land
ing the ball in the hole on green No 8. There was
lively game of baseball the other afternoon on
the diamond beside the hotel between mines repre-
senting the employees and the guests. The former
team won By the score of to s. McGafin. OF
Princeton pitched for the guests. whose regular
pitcher Maclay unable to be present. The
trout-hshing record made by Mr.. Forsyth last week
has not yet been surpassed in quantity though the
hooking the other day In the Lower 81. Regis Lake
OF three-and-a "a aif-pounder by A. Van Dusen
may be thought 10 excel i In quality Every hoiei
has It's progressive euchre parties occasionally,
and Paul Smiths had one the other night Of ten
tables, the prizes being won by Miss Troth, Of