New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-22
MOUNTAIN HOTELS FULL.
HEIGHT OF THE SEASON IN THE ADJ
a.. RONDACKS.

HEIGHT OF THE SEASON IN THE ADJ
RONDACKs.
eAYErIEs AND PLEASURES IN FUlh s"iNo
ss po1Nos OF THE WEEK AT THE
VARIOUS RESORTS.
adirondack Mountains. Aug H.-Likening the
sradations Of the Adirondack season to the noun
tain peaks OF various attitudes. this part OF august
NAV fairly be STYLED the Marcy Of the summer. Tor
now the hotels have their maximum NUMBER OF
guests and gayety and enjoyment everywhere arc
A. their very height. This has been an unusual
August from the point OF view OF the weather. .o'
almost every day has had It's shower or succession
~ showers: but that fact hasn't seriously marred
anybody's pleasure. for the occurrence OF sho"e'
has come to be regarded as regular conditioh io'
which provisio must be made as after OF course
by any party starting out for days merry"aa-
inc and besides there has been compensation III
the frequent enjoyment OF exquisite ranoows sl'i-
gle and double. Early this week. however ca'ne
lowering skies and cooler weather ana the sues'9
for day or two found the big log hres morning
ana evening grateful and comforting. ana wou'a
cain have had back the showers. with the sun
nhinc and the comparative warmth OF the gay
mat had gone before--a wish soon grained. Inc
hotels as a rule. filed and many OF thef" arc
able to furnish only makeshift ACCOMMODATION ior
unexpected guests. But in another week OF wv
exodus
be here. and the children must be ready lot 'he
re,rer,np of school and the lawyers and physi-
clans and business men must be ct home to take
I'D the work Of the fall and winter YET oeP'e'"-
Der is an exceedingly pleasant month In the mourn
tains and and more guests every year are
.staying late 10 enjoy It's delights Areao! 'ne
naples are beginning here and there to show ior'h
the golden glories of the autumn, and In september
eyery mountainslde will be ahame Win viVid coi'r'
- THE WINDSOR.
vR,zabethtown n Y Aug I.-Almcst as certain
as the fact Of August each summer Is the iac' 'ha'
In August the Windsor, In this lovely httie noun
tain village Of Ezabethtown. Will be crowded Inc
season has been prosperous one for THIS no'eo
hotel which the middle OF the present month mas
so thronged that rot all rs guests can be accom-
modated in the large dining-room at the same time
Many OF the guests have been mere for weeks, ana
many going to stay for weeks TO come LOT 'he
house Will not close before october. AS has been
the case since the beginning of the season. gof is
the ruling passion among the outdoor sports
and In addition 10 the daily play Of individuals for
recreation merely there has been In progress most
of the month on the links of the Cobble Hill Goli
Club a series Of competitions which Will eliminate
in the tournament, open 10 all players approVeu u!
the Green Committee. to be held on Tuesday ana
Wednesday, August "a and q. and will close with
the club championship match. to be contested on
Saturday, August IS The roads in and AROUND
Eiizahethtown well adapted for bicycling ana
many of the Windsor's guests have brought their
bicycles with them. but the popularity OF TINS
sport does not 1t other resorts. affect the
hotel liverys business for all the Windsors teams
out every day, the various partes uivI,i'
sometimes 70 points many miles dis'a ant aa we
evenings pleasantly occupied as the Gays,
with dancing and card parties and entertainmehoss
given by singers and lecturers ana professors n tb
course OF their tours through the mountains. a
most every evening is devoted to some form of
merrymakng. Some of the permanent, guests y Who
l. b. d dr. Mrs j NfhO Nch TIsaf Mr.
Mrs. Gcorgana Hand stevens. Miss Margaret &c c.
W Ydk c W Mss M a. Parsley psi MSS
Lspssy, Baltimore; Mr. and and Mrs l. f PUNE MT
and and Ms ST." R J. owen Miss /; b. stiles Dr. II r
Price. William Evans, jr. Miss Margaret " Ne.
Mr. and Mrs George L. Miller and daughter. White
Plains \. Y. Miss Kate Price. Pottsville. Penn
MANSION HOUSE
The Mansion House has golf champion in the
person of the Rev. George +. Breed, Of Brooklyn,
OF its guests who has twice this summer taken
prizes in the contests the Cobbe Hili Goll
Clubs links having won on August { the silver
golf score case presented by Orlando Kellogg In
the Windsor Hotel competition. and on Wednes-
day of this week the similar prize onered by
Charles A. Ferrss in the Mansion House compe-
tit,on There are other good golf players among
the guests of this hotel, which furnishes its full
proportion Of the membership of the golf club
lively baseball game took place the other after
noon on the grounds the Mansion House be-
tween the Westport and Elizabethtown mines. the
former winning by a score of 10 TO g. Robert King
man. a guest OF the Mansion House. pitched for
the home team The Mansion House has been full
for two or three weeks. and those Of its guests
who do not understand golf and don't want to--and
some there be- here ard elsewhere-fnd a wide
choice of other recreation. In which their gol1nS
friends occasionally join them. Bicycling, driving.
rlirofi
are among their diversions. Some people come to
Ezabethtown solely and simply 10 rest. but II they
come 10 the Mansion House they soon discover that
they get all the rest that rs good for them and
still something of the country: Every
hotel has its progressive euchre parties from time
TO time, but the Mansion House the other evening
introduced pleasantly novel variation upon this
b. sna aner e sScre pa Dr.
Leigh Hunt. guest OF the house was the orig e
the fact that The decorations Of the paTlors were
in blue and white. So Or; Hunt painted In these
OF the table which II was to lie; the score cards
oas 9s wnSm d shg
the canals and cottages of Holland causing the
sn 70 se bseest card Of the
son-eighteen tabes-and the four players at each
cards ' The Prizes ISz s which pieces
delft ware. were taken as follows First prizes
Ha Hail and Miss Erickson Among the permanent
guests who have recently registered q, The Man
Miss Grace Cornell. Mrs. stillwell. Miss S,we
Mrs. Benjamin J; Lander; Miss Helen Thomas r
Miss Jennie G. LOOMS Miss Emma G. Allen, Hart
ford. Conn: Miss H. J. Morrison Miss r. L. Smith
Miss NJ j. Van Nredenburgh Brooklyn Ernst
schmeisser. II. C. schmeisser Baltimore; M and
Mrs. J. l.. Bartlett. II. f Cornish, Boston; Mrs II
c Perkins Cincinnati: Miss Welles. Albany; the
Misses Thomas, Cleveland; the Misses Murphy
Troy.
MApLEWOOD INN.
Maplewood Inn the attractive house conducted
by c. w. jenkins in the village proper. is open al
the year around. but always has a number OF per-
manent guests in summer. 1t is pleasant hotel
with beautiful surroundings. and this season has
done a larger summer business" than ever before
In its history. Its guests are eligible 10 member
ship IN the golf club. and number Of them belong
q for the iinks wifi hin MalkinG dig