New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-12
BRETON WOODS, MOUNT WASHINGTON
In the Very Heart of the White Mountain
Region.

Since the days when the Rev. Thomas Starr
King. the widely known Unitarian minister. whose
name Is borne by a mountain peak near Jefferson.
y H., wrote THE White Hills. Their Legends and
Landscapes" this mountain region has attracted
annually many thousands OF visitors. The various
divisions OF this Fegion each has its own lover,
but tho central point of the interest OF all is
Mount Washington, the loftiest Of the heaVenward
pointing peaks OF the great Presidential Range.
Every visitor 10 the region desires 10 ascend to
it's top and pass a uIght at the Summit House In
order TO see the magn!Acance OF the new sunsets
and the stars come out In the Garkening sky, and
10 welcome The returning day and see the dawn
give place 20 fun daylight as the round ball of
the appears above the far distant horizon line.
While impressive from every point OF view. near
remote the great peaks OF the White Noun
tain range ars 10 the best advantage short
distance from their foot And this best point OF
view Is at what Is now called the BRETON Woods.
a postotiice which has supplanted that OF
the Mount Pleasant House. But this does not
mean that the Mount Pleasant House Is thing
Of the past but only that the corporation con-
uol!!ug IL has associated It with the new Mount
Washington Hotel and the station and the address
for the two is the new name. Breton Woods.
which stands for both This Is in the valley OF the
Ammonoosuc River which flows down the side
or Mount Washington. fed by the purest springs
and stocked with the finest OF trout There
two choice fishing tributaries. the Mount Pleasant
and Black brooks. and on the hotel property IS
fine sheet OF water Lake Carolyn. while fine
springs abound I'm the region affording album
dant supply of the purest water. The health giving
qualities oi the mountain air are among the
chief attractions OF the region. while the scenic
glories are beg ond comparison The nights In the
heated term invariably cool and there has
been every healthgivng provision made for guests
The Mount Washington is the newest. and there
fore the most complete, OF White Mountain hotels
The capacity is for FIVE hundred guests. and every
suite of rooms has private bath The entire house
is lighted with eecrictyi there are elevators and
the entire equipment is the best that money can
provide. Daily concerts afe given by the great
orchestra, the ballroom Is complete In It's pertec-
ton, and the great banquet hail has table and
service the best possible.
The Mount Pleasant House, which has been pop
ular for generation, has rooms Tor two hundred
guests and has been equipped with electric lights,
private baths and elevators. The table Is main
tanned the standard set in former years OF
surpassed excellence From the grounds the trains
twice daily to the summit OF Mount Washing
ton, for trip which every person who goes to
the region desires to take.
Between the two hotels is the fine eighteen hole
golf There Is q livery OF n hundred horses,
with a skilled instructor for those who wish
become competent horScmen hOrsewomeu tho
and drives amid the most Inspiring scenery.
There is great swimming pool, COMO feet, with
lessons by competent Instructors On the lawns
tho picturesque game of bowls Is popular, an old
fashioned bowling green having, been laid out.
There are ample tennis courts and squash courts
provided for indoor practice In stormy weather,
for which also there are bowling alleys, billiard
rooms and shufieboards But 1t is in its scenic
beauty that Breton Woods Is unsurpassed There.
is no mountain view east of the Rocky Mountains
equal TO the panorama presented TO the eye FROM
the plateau which the Mount Washington and