The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31

across the waving woodland. There are
100 miles of IL and the effect IL like gigantic
Oriental carpet with pattern never tho
same from week to week.
The Knob Mountain rears its rocky SUM
nit like a huge turirt from battleship's
deck, and within a radius of dozen miles
are. Paradise Valley, with clear waters,
well-kept farms and spreading fields OF
green, and great pillows Of pine forests
farm clearing TO break the line back to the
Water Gap and the wide Delaware.
Tremendous strides in popular favor
have been made by this mountain region
in the last few years. II now embraces
more hotels than any other in the noun
tains. yet 1t IL an unspoiled holiday resort
To which the same people return year after
year. sure Of thorough rest and kind treat
ment by the good people OF Pike county.
Almost a part Of this same Delaware
Valley district but in another State, and
Of still df'erent type Is gay Lake HoPat-
cong, the pride Of New Jersey inland re.
sorts There visitors throng earlier and
stay later than to any other OF the summer
dwelling places In the East. The season
il already under way there before May
has ended, and late IN October the lake Ia
not deserted.
Very far removed from the New Jersey
familiar to New Workers does this lake dis
trict in tho northern part OF the State seem.
1t lies 900 feet above the level OF the dull,
even southern section. There no one even
whispers the word malaria" and that
State celebrity the mosquito doesn't exist.
The whole dist riot Of rolling country har.
bors fully fifty sheets OF water bordered
by nearly 800 900 acres of forest. Hopat-
cong wit h seventy miles OF shore and innum-
cradle ltt le settlements on ts borders. 70 the
largest Of these lakes. Ii has been likened
TO the Killarney region Of the Emerald
Isle, and the two are not dissmilar.
1t has some little of Killarney quaint
ness, but with an American flavor. In
leaving the train the visitor does not at
once catch his first glimpse OF the lake.
Instead he takes novel "Trip OF 9 mile or
20 up. u picturesque canal. At the end Of
this the little steamer passes into lock
and is raised several feet, Then the lake.
clear and sparkling, with its irregular,
shores and wooded islands, presents itself
TO his delighted vision
Little sidewheel passenger steamers make
frequent trips up and down the lake, and
on a clear, bright day Hopatcong, spark
the fash Of white sail, with the green
islands which dot the surface and the
forest clad mountains in the distance
enveloped in a green and purple haze.
presents picture not soon to he forgotten.
over iine roads through rolling country
strewn thick with wild flowers Sum
ner cottages and picturesque hotels are
sprinkLd throughout the region. On tho
lake itself are numerous clubhousee whose
inmates arc keen after the honor Of bring
ing in the sea sons prize catch OF the gamy
bass with which the water Is stocked every
year, or owning the winning boat IN the
yacht races which are feature OF life at
the lak..
The lake has it's mystery show in Floating
Island, an islet whose flower covered acres
are always just q foot above water. what.
ever It's stage. and even its 1Coney Island.
real article which furnishes jollity for the
frivolously inclined on every summer eve-
ming. w
This Jersey and Pennsylvania hill and
lake countryis near at hand, and every year
an increasing army OF New Workers Is seek
ing it in vacation time. The advance
guard il starting earlier than usual This
year, and there are indications that 1t will
be more numerous than usual.
Everybody goes on vacation somewhere
in these days, and such beauty spots a.
these are becoming known. to thousands.
for the hundreds who used formerly to see
and appreciate their loneliness.