Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14

bathes both the sea and Sky in a flood
Of color, or the moon Silvers the ripping
waters of the bay. the beauty of the scene
suIpasses description. The accommoda-
tons Of the hotel and its famous annexes
are pronounced superb by those who have
enjoyed them. The rooms. lighted by gas
and electricity, are spacious. airy and
chaste in their appointments; the water
for drinking purposes. supplied from an
artesian we'll. is the boast OF the house;
the cuisine is all that the most fastidious
tastes demand The shore dinners have
become famous. Bathing. boating and
1shing are excellent, and one of the most
attractive features of the place is It's de-
dances, masquerades. musicals and SINH
lar functions are of frequent occurrence.
Peaks Island House and Casco bay stand
high in the summer resort category.
Poland Springs.
Between Portland and the Rangeley
lakes. on the Maine Central. lies POLAND
Spring and its famous hotels. the Poland
Spring House and the Mansion House. One
may leave New York at o'clock in the
evening and reach Poland Spring in ample
time for breakfast The road to the no.
tells from the station is a dream Of rural
beauty. Poland Spring is only twenty
six miles from Portland. and practically
on the line OF the Maine Central, the
Grand Trunk and the Portland and Rum
ford Falls railways. Its elevation affords
happy mean between the mountain and
the sea. Beautiful links. where golf is
king. and lawns as spacious as the sea
and forest, hills and dales. everything. in
fact, that goes TO complete ideal Maine
scenery. From the hotels may be seen
the White mountains in the distance.
Automobile trips are possible in all d.
rections that furnish pleasure and interest
in abundance. The pine groves adjoining
the hotels are Ravens of health, natures
own drawing room and delight to those
who have enjoyed its pleasant shade. The
fame of Poland Spring as a summer re-
sort par excellence has long been estab-
l!shed. and grows with the years that go
by. Its social life is counted superb. Its
great hotels are among the most magniti-
cent of their kind in America. Poland
Spring water is known the world over
and here is where it springs from the
earth into the daylight. The great expo
sltions at Chicago and st. Louis honored
it with the first prize. The water is UNI
rivaled anywhere.
Rockland, Me.
1.-The SamOset," at Rockland break
water. just a few miles from Portland
| and to the east of Poland Spring. is an
| other of Names most famous hostelries.
It's location is surprisingly beautiful. 1t
| stands on an eminence. seventy-fve feet
above and 1000 feet back from the rugged
shore. Before it stretches one of the
most beautiful bodies of water on the
| coast, the Penobscot; to the right lies
! the busy harbor of Rockland, while in
| the rear runs the princely Camden noun
| tain range. THE voices are there. One
| is of the sea. one of the mountains. Each
| is mighty voice. The landscape artist
| has made the grounds beautiful, and the
| cottages and private estates nearby COM
bine to make the place a veritable sum-
| mer paradise. The SamOset." Rockland
breakwater. Rockland. Maine, is one of
the ideal summer homes long to be re-
membered.
Moosehead Lake.
A little farther to the northward and
yet between Rangeley Lakes and Rock
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