New-York tribune., 1901-07-28


The diversified Joys OF lake and mountain and for
est magnihed by the presence OF good summer
hotels as be found anywhere in the recreation
district. life at Lake Placid is as it would be in
Utopis II Utopas were possible outside the COW
ers OF books. Visitors come here intending stay
q week and then go to some other resort. They
keep putting on their departure from time to time
and last have to take an express for the city in
order 10 get back within the limits OF their vaca-
rions Their last day is almost spoiled by fretting
over the fact that they depart tomorrow.
II am happier here than I Will be again
III reach heaven" is the way the wife OF clergy
man expressed herself the other day.
well II your heaven is like this you
vert me on the spot" the sacrilegious comment
o.a man who had been too busy making money all
his life to think much OF the hereafter
The wife OF the clergyman was obviously shocked,
hut she felt better about 1t when OF the old
vssidents, g woman who has lived in the mountains
sdnce edrlhood, gave out this information:
You are the first to compare Lake Placid
with the place TO which We all hope to go. The
French priests who came down here from Canada
years years ago used this region to convert the
Indians. They had to describe the happy hunting
eround which the Indians would surely go IL they
embraced the faith. They told them that IT would
,te Ike IL is around Lake Placid, and the Indians
satisfied. They did not know OF better place
and their Imagination could not picture one"
"Do you know. I like that idea said q girl of
orthodox faith THE idea OF heaven as a place
With golden streets never quite satisfied me-"
There are two lakes at this point to which prom
inenee is always given in story OF Lake Placid.
The two would be If 1t was not for a narrow
strip Of land few yards In width which runs be-
tween them They are known as ~the twin heau-
ties Of the Adirondacks." and Placid and Mirror
the names by which they have been called since
the days OF the first settler Placid Lake has an
irregular shore, which is studded with a green
forest except where SCARED by human hands IN
make room for a hotel camp maker of words
could well spend an hour two manufacturing an
adjective that would be suitable and worthy of
modifying Mirror Lake II is like mirror but the
oolorng OF its waters is brilliant and beauti-
fu' than the reflection ever made by any mirror
LIKE JEWELS IN A SETTING
These lakes would be beautiful without anv set
ting at al, but Jewels are improved by being
arisrcally mounted, nature has improved these
lakes by surmounting and surrounding them with
mountains To the south is the magnificent range
that numbers among its peaks Mount Marcy. the
highest IN New-York State Its summit can be
plainly seen. and. in the clear air of this upland
region. looks almost near as do the Manhattan
-skyscrapers" from the Jersey shore. Old White
face is off in the northeast the summit of gentle
dope OF hill that to the waters edge Every
visitor learns the Of the peaks that break
the southeastern horizon. They are odd looking
piles of rock. and they have odd names the trans
lation. In most cases, OF the impossible appeIia-
lions given them by the Indians-inpossble you
know, because II takes expert TO pronounce
Mountain Needle Top. Saddle Back and the Goth
les. In the same region other peaks-Seward
Mcintyre and Dix-named by the who discov-
cred them after themselves their friends
Old Whiteface is the peak that gets best ac-
Quainted with the summer visitors. He is handy and
HIS slopes easy TO climb. Nearly every one
makes the ascent for IT is impossible 20 hear de-
scripron OF the view from the summit and not be
moved at least to try to for ones self
They are telling pretty story the Stevens
ffTerv hnllrq aO1la
summertng here and the mountain. He loved q
girl, at least he had told her he did, which
people say amounts to the thing. She
climbed to the top OF Whiteface and talked of
nothing but the view for week after getting back
to the hotel. The college chap cared for
view OF her face which pretty, than he did
for scenery which magnificent, and did not
show enough appreciation OF the wonders OF the
peak.
ct don't believe you have got It In you to appre-
ciate the beauties OF nature" she IS said TO have
remarked him
The way she said 1t showed her disapproval Even
his remark regarding the superiority OF her own
physical beauty did not wipe out the frown.
I'm going to test you," she finally announced.
r'You must climb Whiteface tomorrow. and when
you get back tell everything you have seen"
LAZY MANS WAY OF DOING 1T.
The young rnurrnured, for he was naturally
lazy, and would greatly have preferred row on
the Lake a stroll through the woods with her.
him start and ell that day she thought more
OF him than she had before. That afternoon
she went for drive through the Wilmington
Notch The party left the carriage TO examine a
shady glen Imagine her surprise and his con-
stefnston when they came upon him, sleeves rolled
up. pipe IN his mouth book In hand lying comfort
sbly On the sod under a big tree. There was not a
trace OF mountain rock his shoes, and he did not
even try TO lie out OF it
He reading book mountain scenery in
he and fter-u Cayd Hf n q
he had worked up a scenic description that would
have the girl for life. He has another girl
now. frivolous child from Brooklyn. who would
rather dance three steps than climb mile OF
mountain.
The man VIII hardly agree with the enthusiastic
lover OF nature who carved the bare. storm
beaten summit OF whitetace this inscription:
Thanks be God for the mountains"
Golf stin holds favor with the greater number
OF summer visitors. Perhaps II is due to the num-
Der OF good links IN the vicinity The Stevens Hotel
hss splendid course extending for eighteen holes
through beautiful country The Ruisseaumont
inks are also popular and well filled with players
The View from these links Is almost too Nne Play
ers have been known lose track OF their ball
after driving because their eye happened TO fail
upon some pretty touch OF nature which they had
not noticed before. 1t takes long time TO play
over the course, for which the beauty OF the sur
Soonoings can be blamed.
a girl on the porch Of the Rutsseaunont a few
afternoons ago started humHling
;yohn Browns body lies a-moulding in the grave,
Conn Browns body lies a-mouldfng IN the grave,
yonn Browns body lies a-moulding in the grave,
As We go marching on.
You would not sing it that way II you had been
70 visit that poor old mans grave" interrupted
middle aged who wore the copper button OF
Us Grand Army Of the Republic his lapel
I've never been down South answered tho girl.
What has that got TO DO with it?" said the man.
John Brown is not buried in the South. His grave
70 'p here In the Adirondacks. not two miles from
where Won are sitting