The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-20
A TAR HEEL THRONC
The MeckIenburg a Fav-
orite Resort of Theirs.
Season in Full
Swing.

here. For two weeks the hotel has
been crowded to it's capacity and ev-
cry train brings additional guests from
all sections. North Carolina has furn-
shed it full quota and the most rep
resentative of the States society peo-
pie are here now. Many OF these
are here for pleasure, while large
number have come in Seach OF heaitn,
which seems to be SO readily found.
The Sanitarium adjacent is popular
because it is lacking the usual hos
tai grimness and every patient partici-
pateS in the joys and pleasures avail
able for the guests of the hotel. me
forms of amusement here are more
wholesome and healthful than at any
other resort at which the writer mas
been this season. No resort or hos
terly could be more completely equip
ped with every facility for the comfort
and pleasure of it's guests than is the
Mecklenburg.
This is the first season that the
MeckIenburg has appealed to young
people and it is peculiar fact that
the older and more settled guests nave
found one Of their greatest pleasures
In watching the forms Of amusement
which have been in vogue among the
younger set. The completion or the
pavilion which has so we'll provided
for the children by day time and for
the younger set in the evening is quite
an addition to the already denghtfui
resort.
The Hydriatic department has be-
come so popular here with the guests
for pleasure that DIR. Walton is rlV-
aling Col. Hughes in popularity. There
is no way to explain to an outsider the
benefits and the pleasures derived
from the form of baths that are ad-
ministered here. 1t is something new
i'm the South. The cost of installation
appears enormous.
one has no desire longer for the
Turkish baths-the process is simple,
the results Immediate. One must take
the baths mere to appreciate what
really good thing they are. and no
better evidence Of the beneficial fea-
lures can be given than the fact that
there has scarcely been a guest in the
hotel this summer who has not become
an habitus Of these baths. Guests who
are here for pleasure have also taken
advantage Of DR.. Walton's department
where various forms Of electrical treat
ment, in addition to the X-Ray may
be had.
have been filed with horses selected
by a good eye. Col. Hughes has had
supervision of course over every de-
partment and this has resulted in MT
ting our every department OF the COM
pany's great plant In such way as 10
make other resorts strive to equal the
Mecklenburg. Capt. Hayes, who has
charge of the Mecklenburg stables,
conducts one Of the most popular
forms of entertainment His horses
are all superior animals and the young
est and most tinlid young woman is
at once eager to learn equestrian
stunts under his tutelage. Capt. Hayes
rot only hlS horses that are safe ana
gentle for the use of the lady guests
Of the hotel, but he has more spirited
animals for riding and driving Tor the
more eXpet:e fenced horsenian. Some OF
these are noted hurdlers and are at
their best when in the case, which is
becoming a popular form of amuse-
ment here at the Mecklenburg. AL
ready it is safe to say there VIII De as
many as four hundred and fifty or five
hundred excellent dogs to jon in the
chase the fourth week in October.
There ought to be hunters here from
every section Of the country, many of
them the most noted among the 1ol-
lowers of the hounds.
The minteral water department
from which the outside world receives
the crates IF bottled Lithia and Meek
lcnburg Chloride Calcium waters, is
one of the busiest departments of the
company. So many guests have been
benefited by these waters While at the
springs that after leaving they cannot
be without them at home and they
cannot resist telling their friends. This
has increased the business to Won
derful degree.
1t would not be doing justice to all
with reference not made to the hum
blest of those who contribute to the
success of this resort. Steward Xiv
lighan has established remarkable
record. He has under him probably
the most capable corps, that have CO..
operated with the management to
make the Mecklenburg season one
without fault. Every department or
the kitchen has at it's head an artist
in his work.
The season at the Mecklenburg will
extend so late this summer that the
fall and winter guests Will lind some
of the summer health seekers still here
and so the year in it's entirety will be
O. success.