New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-03
AT HOTEL CHAMPLAIN.
Beauty of FIoscer Beds Continues
to attract attention.

Bluff Point, n. y, Sept. (Specia1).-Wfth the ad-
vent of September the Hotel Champlain has en-
tered upon the last month Of its sixteenth season
a month whose beauty in this region is widely
appreciated judging by the large number of guests
arriving daily from all parts of the country. Near
" all of the cottagers well many who have
spent July and August at the hotel are preparing
TO stay here until the doors closed, and these.
together with the arrivals. are making the
place gay midsummer.
In the evenings the hotel presents more brilliant
picture than ii did when warmer weather kept the
guests on the piazzas. Now the majority congre-
gate in groups in the office. the white parlor or
the pretty greenroom while many find their pleas
in bridge settle down in comfortable IL
brary chair with interesting book
In the last week the library has been enlarged by
several hundred volumes Of standard fiction
for both grown-ups and the young people. There
between 500 and LOO books on the shelves.
The young people had the centre of the stage
in the golf tournaments last week. In one match
for prizes offered by the hotel Harold Danziger
and Mary Leisering were victorious, receiving
rsilver photograph frame and a gilt clock Miss
h BbySn 1nS Bsk p1 9p the
and Miss Frank Lichtenhein came out second.
Boeie which was played the first part OF the week.
and for which A H. Lamson. of New-fork City.
William Runke. who won the first prize IN the
plain Golf Club defeating Winston May. winner Of
The ST Andrews Cup THIS Xear, went YEN over t 10
The golf tournament there.
Of touring ing a 9sxs 6ToHg5 G ss
few day. Among them were Mrs ;ro eorgs W Loft
HUDSON n Railroad has been here for week MT
fSa and M Po'a and Mrs l. saneter Of
snd e. s
g. William Beekman. Gerard Beekman and Miss
Mss carol Ransom Who are visiting Mr. and Mrs
Barney at their G9tta d sa% M " Hoffman, Mn
B. Morgan.
and lake and the exquisite surroundings Of trees
ISersation for days. and those who have been here
IN former years have oeen more over
Il seems to be the. desire Of the hotel company
In which the great hotel stands. and the land
d he Of flowers Just now the MOWERS are in the
height Of the IS ene To- m long me be-
Straight in front Of the hotel on the west side
Sound sids BY dtve%ay both ends Which
kdasy shaped 43s ,b bss T TRsy are
1t their best from July to September Among
then are WITH dalR purple leaves P he
rosarugosa. white and pink and hydrangeas The
and the fragrant nieotana sylvestris are used to
M IN nut 'fs the ooo are msssed in
brilliant phio1. geranums asters. tagetes ana Pc
suplas On all ,b shs sra eao, edse
Couple OF crescent Shaped beds that invariably
1eS eeraniums bordered with the variegated white
iesf variety of the plant eleven hundred
nIants being contained in these crescent beds alone
There are twenty-eight thousand plants grown
IN the hotel greenhouses and hotbeds every year
FOR these great flower beds. and for the grotto.
The main entrance to the hotel is beautihed by
.arca boxes on both sides Of the wide steps, filled
with pink geraniuIns ioDeiia sracihS ana running
vines -.
view over the lake to the Green Mountains Of Yer
mont the greatest surprise for lovers OF nature
ana art and the OF recent guest that II Is
the greatest flower show he had ever seen out of
doors is reiterated by many. Along the stone wall
eees the tops of the tall trees that stand between
the blum and the river, flowers are massed with a
novel artistic effect
few steps away is the grotto. framed in grow
ing flowers Here Is transplanted into YER
table woodland. for the walls are covered with
moss grown bark, the pillars are the trunks of
Nrchee With the bark still clingfng to them. and
plants and Mowers ill every nook At night the
t1rotto Is especially effective when tiny electric
ifRhta half concealed IN the branches shed a soft
91ow over the rustic scene and over the merry
parties that congregate around the tables.