New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-06-07

At Bar Harbor the resort has grown thorough
ly into cottage colony that the hotel element is
rather in the background The chief interest CEN
tres with the doings the cottagers and in their
hands lie the control of the various exclusive clubs
and the leadership in the various festivities. The
resort mas grown 10 resemble Newport in the days
when the conservative element ruled.
The chief feature. the horse show. will he held
as usual during the latter part of August while
yacht races viii probably be revived this summer
Golf and tennis. always fixtures. will take a prom
tnent part this year and the annual aquatic sports
viii not be forgotten. The Swimming Club will he
open about the middle OF June. and the possibility
of visit from the New York Yacht Club this sum
mer contributes much TO the interest The New
York club is agitating the plan of a cruise from
New York to Bar Harbor similar to the most sue
cessfGi cruise the club ever took. ten years
ago. The yachtsmen will get hearty welcome all
along the coast. and many and varied will be the
entertainments in their honor
The Maine coast seems especially attractive 20
literary workers. At Bar Harbor s. Weir Mitchell
spends his days from early spring till late fall.
while Arthur {. Train and Mrs. Burton Harrison
are among the constant visitors. Seal Harbor
claims Henry van Dyke and James Ford Rhodes.
the historian. At Northeast Harbor President
Charles ". Eliot OF Harvard and ex-President Seth
, Low Of Columbia among those who we'll
known. Further along the coast the authors in
clude Finley Peter Dunno. John Kendrck Bangs
and Thomas Nelson Page York Harbor. William
Dean Howells and George & WATSON at Kittery
Point. Mrs. Margaret Deland and Meredith Nichol-
son at KennebunkpOrt.' Sarah Orne Jewett at South
Berwick and Mary f. Wilkins Freeman at Hollis.
Although the majority OF the arrivals prefer 10
come by train. the water route to Eastern Maine
| along the coast is trip that should miss
From the very of the the scenes are not
only historic, but picturesque. and the guest for
the first time tires Of the journey. Past the
resorts between Kittery and Portland, Kennebunk-
port. Ogunqut. York Harbor and Old Orchard
/ Beach. Portland is reached with its tremendous
bay and the 365 islands in its harbor. all of them
dotted with cottages. Past historic old Harpswel
| a typical Maine fishing community by Pemaquid
and its historic old settlements the route taken;
by Camden, with its mountains apparently rising
abruptly from the sea; touching at Islesboro the
most exclusive little island on the Atlantic coast
by Vinal Haven and Deer Isle home Of the men
who have sailed the cup defenders to victory: by
famous old Casine. and through the Peach dot
| ted with tiny islands, until Bar Harbor and its
nearby resorts at last reached.
/ Mount Desert proha bly, offers as varied scenery
as any other hundred square miles in the world.
| a Of fair sized mountains rise abruptly af-
fording good climb for all the ambitious and
giving magnificent panorama of sea and shore
| There handsome little inland lakes and drives
| and walks all around the island. some OF them
passing directly along and above the broad Atlantic
and looking directly out sea, with land visible
on the horizon. A sheltered harbor with boating
| bathing and fishing and the best roads in Maine
attract widely different classes. Through the in
fuence of the colony the drives the ISL
| and prohibited to the of automobiles and
! given up entirely 10 pleasure driving.
AS usual the diplomatic colony will figure extern
sively in the life here, Baron Hengemiiller the
! Austrian Ambassador. will have his headquarters
| at Bar Harbor and il is probable that number Of
other ambassado will spend large part of the
| summer here