New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-12
WHERE TO SPEND SUMNER
VARIETY OF CHOICE.
Regions Near By and Remote Ready
for Reception of Visitors.

When the first warm days OF spring gave hint
Of The coming summer, those who had not be-
fore begun to plan the ways and means Of es-
Gaping nom town to seek the green fields took
the matter into serious consideration. The
mary persons who go to the country for
rreatsr or less part OF the summer may be d.
vsded into three classes-those who have found
q satisfactory region and return TO It from year
20 year; those who are going for the first time
and are undecided IN regard to the respective
merits Of mountain and seashore: and those
who are fond Of variety and, having tried in turn
many places are bent on trying many more,
and each season seek out fresh fields and pae-
lures new" To all these seekers after health.
Sn'oyrnent and recuperation the wide field of
choice is open. and the respective merits OF
many regions are TO be weighed and canvassed-
These who would see
socund Day stand tiptos On the misty mountain
to9f
Che Ioysrs Of the vast and traokIess ocean. who
~ould hear the roar on the
Shore Of the oud-sounding sea;
the back TO nature people. who delight in
nothing more than thu
Many-To.ced sound OF the hlast-smitten wood.
All can find IN the varied delights OF mountain
aade, Eeashore, plain life the farm some
thing which reinVigorates. gives new Joy TO
Gyl1E anu DIQS IlS pulbcS bLu Win a NuIChe4A44AB
life and furnishes keener zest TO the daily
round OF duties- The philosophy OF gaining
hsneht by change Of scene and occupation is the
true philosophy OF vacation experiences. There
sI much truth In the oldtime adage that variety
Ii the spice Of life and to secure that spice IN
the true proportion should be the aim OF every
vacation experiences.
The nearly four millions OF people who dwell
IN the I'VE boroughs OF this great city have
vide choice Of summer homes within easy reach.
The New-Jersey Long Island and New-England
coast line IS dotted at many points with most
attractive resorts. With the COney Island.
Eoeksway and Staten Island beaches now all
within the city limits # Is not Inappropriate to
say that New-York Is the greatest summer re
sort In the world II the mere number who seek
out these great recreation places is considered
Bu: they gre for the stay-at-home portion of
he population; those who DO not have the time,
money or inclination for extended stay away
from the source of bread-and-butter supply.
Within a short distance on three sides or this
teering metropolis lie the delightfully."- varied
resorts on the north shore and the south shore
Of Long Island the Jersey coast, the Sound
more Of Connecticut and the inland regions in
rhe hills OF Northern New-Jersey. the RamaPo
Mountains and the Highlands of the Hudson.
4 little further away IN this State are the
shswaugunk end Catskn Mountain regions the
Berkshi-es OF Massachusetts, and the almost
mountainous districts Of Northern Connecticut,
while across New-Jersey TO the northwestward
are the Delaware Water Gap and Mount Pccono
regions In Pennsylvania, with their picturesque
variety
Beyond the Atlantic Highlands. Long Branch
Asbury Park and Ocean Grove, on the Jersey
shore, lie the Atlantic City and Cape May
beaches, with their attractions which draw
many thousands every season from crowded