New-York tribune., 1905-07-02
. suerges from ths

-.,sop when suddenly ono snerges from ,hs
timber and, pulling aside tree branch, looks
down ON the silvery Hudson. hundreds Of feet
below Imagine. you care for that sort Of
-, .h.+ vou are an explorer looking down
.. g. &C. time On a new Iandi Imagine I'm
-,oa.os vo, that you are the first human being
wbo has ever trod that rocky height; but don't
,ook about too closely lest your eyes fall upon
IN enon,v cracker box q fragment Of the
-r,,age, extra of an afternoon paper and tum-
hing down comes your house OF dreams.
~ the Palisades offered nothing but the view
t,ev would be worthy OF Visit from every
aver,er on this tight little isle From no other
mint does the Hudson appear more majestic
From some Of the sharp prornontorles one can
-. nm the stream to where II broadens into tn.
rarpan Zee, and down to the Battery where L
n.,na the East River make New-York Bay
-. ., u.naIfy much life on the river. ID
.,-,ar, a lueger is laziy tacking back and forth
Ir., onrosite a creamy steam yacht is sieng
,h-oreb the water Below ferryboats are cross-
ing restlessly.
M.,hs+tsn ia more attractive from the west
.,da of the river. One gets perspective whica
IA impossible in its midst Grants tomb Is seen
"a from no other point, the gaunt arcnes OF the
Cathedral of St John the Divine give hint Of
tie unagnifcence of the fnished STRUCTURE and
sway In the distance the twin spires OF S.
Patrick's and the tower OF Madison square
Garden are strangely dwarfed- ABOVE all things
one IS impressed with the great peak studied
mountain range into which Manhattan mas been
changed by skyscraping apartments ana 0usi-
ness blocks.
On firing of the view one naturally begins to
climb about One marches down tne CHI oniT
10 climb back again. There is excitement in Il.
Il danger 5
interesting. There are caves In the face OF ths
Palisades which may or may not contain pirats
t,ea s,re or relics of the Revolution To thOss
who have a leaning toward geology there are
curious formations to study There are chip
munks and squirrels to chatter with and al the
while the birds keep singing
When hunger gets ones appetite on edge there
gre shaded hooks where luncheon baskets can
| be opened and the contents enjoyed There may
he crawling things which prow1 about cur1ouslT
hut one does not mind them. for they add ina
real country touch to the outing meal II
indeed surprising what flavor sucn suIIouh'-
frgs give to the food selected from an ooof-
ferrous deIicatessen shop the night before Ins
meal is not served on Broadway 10 c0H'pai'
with it
T, an. doea not care for the bother Of carry
ing a luncheon there are two or three QUAINT
H.I,a ,-5e, n1aces along the Palisades Tha
Tribune reporter found bit OF old Italy Ilefe
which was delightful 1t ts perehed out On
roint Of bluff, and the tables are placed "nsi'
the shade falls One hears no word spoken GUY
in the soft tones of Italy. musicians In a corner
of the garden play the airs Of the soutnen
land. and even the wine has a foreign hdVO''
though ones sense of fact continues 10 "hlSpe'
.It,s from California" The meal they serve
is wonder for the price
There is a German place, too. to which those
ubo dislike both macaroni and picnic luncheons
NAV resort Beer Is the drink. and nearly
every table has its family party, even the three
year-old girl holding her mug. The merry
making Is more noisy than IN the Italian gar
den, the sport more boisterous, the music lack
ing In softness In corner a crowd OF young
reopls are twigging axro~s at = target Hers