New-York tribune., 1901-07-28
MILD LAKE STUDDED MOUNTAINS
MAGNIFICENT SCENERY AND NV7GORA7zNG AIR IN THE
ADLRONDACKS
GOOD HOTELS AND PLENTY OF DIVERSIONS
ADLRONDACKS

agement furnishes music for all occasions and the
young people manage their own affairs
AdoIhers with young children almost ready to
swear by the Stevens. 1t is all due to a big play
room for children. The is 30 by 40 feet and it
is filled with things that amuse and delight little
ones Women are in attendance during the day
and look after the welfare, comfort and pleasure
OF the youngsters. 1t keeps them off the piazzas
and out OF the parlors. and bes the mothers to
go on the various trips which the region affords
with the knowledge that their children are enjoy
ing themselves in safe hands
The Ruisseaumont. with accommodations for $50
guests. has had its capacity taxed in the last two
weeks The pretty cottages connected with the
hotel nearly all taken for the summer On
Wednesday and Saturday evenings there are dane
ing parties which particularly pleasant owing
to the large number of young people at the hotel.
A golf tournament among the guests will be held
shortly.
VISITORS AT LAKE PLACID CLUB.
The Lake Placid Club. at Morningside is enter
tanning q number of members and invited guests.
Mr. and Mrs Victor Herbert among the latter.
Mr. Herbert is the life of the place and has some
thing doing all the time. Mrs. Alexander B.
Trowbridge, wife OF Professor Trowbridge, director
Of the College of Architecture. at Cornell Uni
versty is rapidly recovering from a illness.
This will be q prosperous season for all of the
summer hotels Lake Placid. The Grand View.
which has the highest elevation; the Lake Placid
House; Undercliff a family resort in mountain
forest on the rocky shore of Lake Placid, and the
smaller hotels are we'll patronZed. Whiteface Inn.
which has been entirely rebuilt, is entertaining
many visitors. It's 'wigwam." rustic building for
dancing and amateur theatricals is popular at
traction. The Whiteface E0f links have been en-
larged to nine holes.
KEENE VALLEY.
Keene Valley. y. Y. July 27 (speciaD.-Any one
who has travelled a train bound from New
York for the Adirondack region knows how per-
sons who have been staying at resorts in different
parts OF woods will insist that their resort
the best that 1t had the grandest view the clearest
air and the most delightful hotels. The partisans
OF Admiral Schley and Admiral Sampson not
half so vigorous in supporting their rival claims 1t
would take a powerful board OF inquiry than
that which Admiral Dewey is TO lead TO decide the
question of Adirondack supremacy. Keene Valley
would welcome such inquiry, II one were posi-
bic, and the searching the better. The people
who here, well those who live here all
the year round are convinced that they have found
the grsndest and most beautiful section OF the
Adirondacks. One could not make them believe
otherwise with club.
Keene Valley extends for several miles between
two parallel ranges OF mountains with gradual
until at Keene Heights the altitude is 1880
feet There are charming dales interspersed with
titanic bowlders cultivated fields. primitive forests
the lmpid Au Sable River and q whole host OF
mountain peaks spread out as they are IN swtzer-
land There is Alpine lake at the foot OF Mount
Colvin, on one shore of which is where ice
can be found the hottest day IN midsummer. In
fact, there is nothing which any other region in
the Adirondacks possesses which cannot be found
In Keene Valley las good II not better"
St Hubert's Inn, under the management Of H R.
Robertson 1r. is OF the popular resorts
in this highly favored district It is situated the
heights the Adirondack Reserve, area OF
forty square miles, which has been well stocked
with fish and game. Guests OF the hotel get
permission to use the reserve AS the most ardent
lover Of nature would get tired Of continually ad-
miring the scenery, St Huberts provides other at
fractions There is big casino for dancing parties
which are held several times week There are
concerts every morning, and on Sunday the guests
attend services Felsenheim Chapel built several