The Irish standard., 1904-07-16
mont rear their splendid peaks i
regular succession.

mont rear their splendid peaks in
regular succession.
And what variety of scene is to
be found at Cliff Haven itself! Com
ing towards the south, one finds a
rocky promotory, boldly jutting out in
to the lake and covered with q dense
growth of fragrant pine. Here on the
northern slope is found that center of
merriment and activity, the college
camp, where anywhere from fifty to
one hundred boys rub up against each
other and in sport and in duty learn
the lessons of Christian manliness and
Christian courage.
Emerging from this lovely spot, one
sees on the level sweep of land before
him the striking picture of a cottage
colony. Along the lake shore, up the
cross roads, and down under the bluff
are summer homes of varying size and
architectural style, but of equal at
Effectiveness.
Macadam roads, winding gravel
paths, Towering shrubs, and wide
spreading trees reveal the careful
work of the landscape gardener. The
Plaza, and the Champlain Circle are
two beauty spots that rest the eye
and lend charm to the whole scene.
All these places are as beautiful as
art can devise. They display the good
taste of those who wished to make
Cliff Haven Il place of comfort and Of
beauty. They prove the claim that
is so often asserted that for con-
venience, up-to-dateness and attrac-
tiveness of appointments there are
few places equal to Cliff Haven.
But despite all these charms the
magnetic power of natures voices still
dominates. The call of the birds, the
swaying of the pine boughs, the dash
ing of the waves on the rocks, make
one instinctively turn again toward
the lake shore. Just under the cliff
on the south, and sheltered by the
pine groves on the north, is the little
bay, whose peaceful waters have been
from time immemorial the haven of
storm pursued sailors. Its low sandy
beach and its secluded situation make
it popular with the bathers. Even on
the stormiest Of days one may here
indulge in the pleasures Of boating
and of bathing, so secure and so pro-
tected are the waters Of this bay.
1t should give no cause for wonder
that with place so favored by nature
the Catholic summer school has be-
come so attractive to the Catholics
who regularly summer here. Neither
should it be supposed that it's at
fractions are limited to those of the
physical order. The intellectual and
social sides of life are equally delight
full.
During the past week the business
man, the priest and the teacher have
been particularly interested in the
morning course of lectures on social
ism and the labor problem, given by
Rev. William S. Kress, of Cleveland,
Ohio. Father Kress is regarded as an
authority on the religious status of
this question. The evening courses
given by the two well-known Catholic
writers, Miss Mary Catharine Crow
ley, of Boston, and Miss Helena T..
Goessmann, of Amherst, Mass, were
of more general interest. With the ex-
ception of Miss Crowley's first lecture,
which was entitled Romance Of an
American City," all of these lectures
were on literary topics.
One or another cottage has been the
rendezvous of the pleasure seekers each
evening of the week. Card parties,
hop and a title party have been
among the entertainments. On Sat
urday evening a clever little comedy
entitled High Artville," was present
ed in the auditorium.