New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-09
At HOTEL CHAPLAIN.
Ill in Readiness for Opening the
Season on June "a.

Bluff Point y Y. June (specaD.-Hotel Cham
plain the garden spot the shore Of Lake Cham
plain will open its doors Monday. June "a for
its seventeenth season. The gardeners Have been
busy since early spring beauufying the grounds.
and the flowers for which this hotel is famed the
country over are already blooming luxuTiantly.
The $50 acres comprising the hotel grounds and
including an unrlyalled eighteen-hoIe golf course.
tennis courts and upon acre of pine scented
woodland threaded by winding paths lure back the
guests OF former years and make to every
rival picture Of natural beauty not 10 be sur
passed.
Growing the wooded summit Of one Of the high
est points the lake Hotel Champain commands
a magnificent view Of the Green Mountains of YER
mont to the east, Of the Adirondacks to the west,
and Of that great inland body of water which
breaks into ripples along the hotel grounds for a
mile
Tie shore lire owned by Hotel ChampIan is
wooded. high and rocky except for the distance OF
quarter of mile. where. in natural cove. the
water WASHES d sandy beach. There are stu
ated the hathhouse and the boathouse. and there
the little children 60 with their pals and shoves
10 dig IN the sand. However beautiful the location
may he a summer hotel cannot be called first class
It provides for its guests all comforts and
luxures and this Hotel Champlain does 10 the last
Cegree.
4 great roomy building. with wide halls beauti-
fully furnished parlors, spacious and perfectly
appointed dining room, and a library Of unusual
interest and beauty, it makes an ideal spot at
which 70 spend enjoyable and healthful sum
mer The bedrooms many of which have private
baths. are large and cool, and afford a view Of
either the lake. with the Green Mountains in the
distance, the rolling meadows and, beyond. the
Adirondacks outlined against the western sky
In its library, Hotel ChamplaIn easily takes pre-
cedence over any other hotel in the country. The
shelves. which line the walls of immense room,
contain three thousand books in fine editions They
are for the most part, the gift Of q man Of high
mental atTaiD0entS clIlf1 and
selected by him personally. This fact accounts for
the atmosphere Of private library that surrounds
the room and makes it. indeed a place in which 1t
is an education well delight to browse The
recent addition Of five hundred volumes to this
library already we'll appointed Will create new
interest among the guests who, in the two years
OF Its existence, have derived entertainment from
Its books One may read there the works of all
the English, French, German, Russian and Amer
lean standard writers. as well many volumes
seldom found except in the private collection OF
lover of books One may find also novels belonging
TO the better class Of what is termed light felton,
win which TO while away morning in OF the
rustic summer houses which are scattered through
Out the hotel grounds. in a comfortable rocker
the piazza
The west piazza extending almost the entire
length Of the great hotel is a favorte place with
the guests from breakfast until luncheon. There
the orchestra, which gives concert every evening
IN the office plays every morning from 10 until y
O'Clock In the afternoons the east piazza directly
overlooking the lake, is just as popular many of
the guests assembling there for afternoon tea
Choerneath the eastern piazza is the grotto at
hacuFe and COOL with profuson Of vines and
mowers and with a fountain, in whose basin lilies
grow Ihere light refreshments are served and
many dinner parties entertained in course Of
the season "
III Aooiton 10 the hotel proper and the annex
eoiAhectlng with 1t by parlor, ten large cot
.aees furnish accommodations for as many fanni-
Hes, VINO come to the hotel dining room, but who
nlIle ENJOYING the advantages OF hotel life have
$3.50 me privacy of a home ~
n oIlte north for fifteen minutes on the road
llng tiotel Champlan with PlattsbIIrg brings
~ 70 me largest United States military Dost In
.ns last Where dress parade, guardmount drills
&c are OF interest the summer through Ora ~
the trips that is especially popuia gjtb Uie OF
s.a.S iIaIlpidln is 10 Au Sable Chasm. one of the
laura wonders Of the United States This trim
stay De maze by either train or carriage and te
asofite Win taly-ho parties from the hotel
among otler places Of interest which may ha
Seeh IN a DAY excursion from the hotel are Fort
SISIlah Alleh the cavalry post near Burlington VI
Ge remains or the forts Crown Point and TTicoD
Adirondacks. $3.50 90 VI III TIE
s1otel Champlain who bring their Automobiles y,,tr
heII' as well as Of the hundreds of tourists Who
&c mere on motoring trips, large new garage has
Deen added this year. AS Hotel ChamDlain ia On
ne foao taken by motorists from New York 10
.,ahaoa ms latest addition to the convenience
mat the hotel affords promises 10 be wei! filed The
entire season. 01 '9