New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-12

centres Of population In the other direction
beyond Shelter Island and Montauk Point lie
Block and Fishers islands, while IN the little
State OF Rhode Island are Watch Hill, Nara
gansett Pier and Newport. and still further
away Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and
Cape Cod. In the old Bay State
II one penetrate ths interior OF the great En-
pire State, with its diversified scenery OF noun
TAIN hill and meadow. lake. river and umbra-
geous valley. many most attractive regions are
to be found. like Stamford. in the Western Cats
kills. RichfieId Springs. Cooperstown. Sharon
Springs and the whole Central New York lake
district In inland New-York Is also the Sara
toga Springs resort, as popular now as in former
days and beyond that the entire Adirondack
region. with its innumerable attractions making
1t garden spot Of summer residence. To ths
eastward OF the Great North Woods are Lakes
George and Champlain, with their historic nsso-
Citations and present day attractiveness lying
between the States of New-York and Vermont
and hanked by the Adrondacks and the Green
Mountains. On the furthermost limit OF the
State and partly IN the Canadian Dominion are
the Thousand Islands, with their infinite diver
sity and countless attractions.
In Northern New England the White Noun
tsins Of ew-Hampshire the Green Mountains
of Vermont and the lakes. forests. peaks and
rock bound coast Of Maine afford the variety of
The hills.
Rock ribbed ana ancient thu sun-tfs wales
Stretching IN pensivs quietness between
Old oceans gray and melancholy waste"
With this variety Of choice. they must be hard
to suit who find not what they want for the
vacation period. So many persons cater
ing to the wants Of summer visitors in larger
hotels and smaller boarding houses that some
where every one can find the sought for place
in which to obtain the physical refrigeration.
the mental relaxation and the general recupera-
ton which all hope to find
So much has been done at many resorts to
proyide constant amusement and pleasing occu-
patton that those who would enjoy the proxirn-
ity to nature and he free from social bonds fire.
quentIy find that their efforts in this direction
are thwarted The truth that man is a social
animal is nowhere more forcibly presented to
the mind than in the great crowds who throng
spacious summer hotels and are engrossed In
the popular pursuits which End favor with so
many persons. But the larger part Of the most
sought for forms Of recreation are out of door.
and In so far conduce to health giving surround
tngs for both the participants and the onlook-
ers. The popularity Of golf has caused even the
smallest resort to provide facilities for playing
the royal game and the making Of good roads
fer wheeling and Sdtomobiling has gone hand
in hand with the popularity OF these methods
or enjoying nature ana the freedom Oh the open
air. Lawn tennis and croquet cannot be played
save in the open, and for those who do not
participate in the games themselves there is al
ways the opportunity of looking on, also out of
doors. For those who fail to appreciate the ex-
ertion necessary for spending any length of
time in active exercise, the easy chair on a
broad piazza the hammock swung in the
shade OF a beautiful tree affords the maximum
of pleasure with the minimum OF discomfort.
While the seaside offers the opportunity tc
spend hours in bathing costume either on the
hot sand or in the cool water. the mountain
region offeTs the delight Of long climbs to the
tops OF lofty peaks and enjoyable strolls through
the deep woods, among primeval conditions so
that the mooted question OF the respective adj
vantages of each can only be settled by their
respective adherents to their own but never 10
mutual satisfaction. After all. the amount of
enjoyment any person can secure at certain