The Press., 1901-08-22
THE HOT WAVES HAVOC,
Exhausted Humanity Turning to the
Mountains and SeashOre this Season
as Never Before.

Exhausted Humanity Turning to the
Mountains and Seashore this Season
as Never Before.
The oft-quoted coolest Inhabitant"
scarcely remembers a summer during
which humanity endured such discom-
forts as those which have been our COM
mon lot during the recent hot spell. To
the people who dwell in cities the expert
| ence has been an almost unbearable one,
and mid-August this year probably finds
greater percentage Of physical and men,
tai exhaustion among the people Of the
United States than any previous year In
the country's history has witnessed.
Even those who take mistaken pride
In the fact that they ''never need vaca-
tion'' have been obliged to tear them
selves away from business duties for
few days, for there is limit to the en-
durance of even the most inveterate de-
votee of work.
In view of this widespread havoc by the
hot wave, therefore, it would not be
strange If August and September at the
Eseashore and mountain and lake resorts
of New England should be marked by a
thigh tide of vacation travel. Every indi-
cation points that way now, at any rate,
and the crowded trains that are hourly
leaving the Union station in Boston for
the various sections of Americas great
summer playground show that the EEK
odus" is already In progress.
Reports from the different mountain
resorts show that the big army of rest
seekers who prefer these breezy and pic
turesque highland retreats Is already con-
verging thither, from all points of the
compass; and from the beach resorts
scattered along the rugged coasts Of
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine
and the Maritime Provinces comes the
word that record-breaking "season" Is
almost certain.
| The New England lake resorts, too,
the delight of all who love to commune
with Nature In her sweetest mood and
yearly growing more popular with the
outing world, are likewise receiving larger
delegations than ever. Cottage life is be-
coming very important feature of exist
ence at these lovely summer centers, and
the supreme delights of camping out are
to be enjoyed there as nowhere else.
| Lake Winnepesaukee, the Asquam
lakes, Lake Sunapee, Dublin lake, Se-
bago lake, Lake Memphremagog, VIII
loughby lake, Lake Champlain, Lake
Masslwippi and a score of other beautiful
inland sheets of water lure the jaded heat
victim to their cool and inviting shores,
and one might easily spend an entire
lsummer at these retreats and have but a
II s:sy or two at each.
life among the mountains cannot this
year be enjoyed with most of the comforts
that make SO delightful the average Amer
lean home, 1t will not be the fault of the
hotel managers there. Every accessory
conducive to indoor or outdoor enjoyment
has been provided at the world famous
White Mountain hostelries, and the ease
and luxuriousness with which one may
travel thither in the equally famous ex.
!; press trains of the Boston & Maine rail-
road removes the last possible objection
to the journey thither.
The uplifting beauty of the White
Mountain scenery has so often been pic.
: tured by the most brilliant among Amer.
can writer's and thinkers that those who
come after them feel reluctance to mar
what they have so much more eloquently
said. There Is an abundance of splendid
literature on the subject of the White
Mountains, and it ought to be more wide
ly read than it Is.
From the day of Starr King, who may
be called the discoverer of the region, ir
the sense Of its poetic and picturesque
values, the White Mountains have proved
an inexhaustible source of inspiration tc
the poet and descriptive writer, and the
glories of Mt. Washington and It's sub
lime sunrise and sunset views; of snow
bound Tuckerman's ravine, of the Glen
the Crawford Notch, Franconia Notch
Echo Lake, the Profile, the Flume, Lost
River, North Woodstock, the Pemige
wassett Valley and the many other en-
trancing sections of the mountains have
been sung throughout the civilized world
"Among the Mountains" will tell one
briefly about all these places, and Gal
Along Shore" will describe the manifold
attractions of cool Old Orchard, Kenne
bunk, Wells, Ogonquit, York, Rye, Hamp
ton and the other popular Atlantic coas
, resorts heIeabouts.
These illustrated booklets are issued
by the passenger department of the Bos
ton & Maine railroad, and will be sent tt
any address on receipt of 2-cent stamp fo
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