New-York tribune., 1910-06-05

honor. but for those who make New Lon
don their summer home there is plenty OF
pleasure from the race for three weeks
beforehand. as the crews swing through
their daily need Of practice. rowing miles
up and down the river to become accus-
toned to the course and 10 prepare in lux
urious loafng at Gales Ferry or Red Top
for the climax OF their athletic year
Beyond New London lies Watch Hill. a
/ cosmopolitan sort of place. for Boston
and Philadelphia, equally with New York,
send their summer cohorts 10 it's hospitable
arms. Lying on high ground. overlooking
the Sound the views from its vantage
spots are not surpassed anywhere.
Watch Hill is a perfect spot Its i'm
provements have been carefully and well
designed and worked out, and while the
place has lost none of its wholly natural
charms and attractions. these have been
enhanced by electric lighting and a host Of
modern comforts that do much to make life
worth the living. on the seashore as well as
anywhere else.
Watch Hill is one of the places that
afford both still and surf bathing. The
Atlantic lies TO the east, Long Island Sound
10 the south. The place is practically sur
rounded by water, and that insures. OF
course. cooling breezes at any time from
any quarter.
Watch Hill has good hotels and a great
cottage community. IL offers many aids
to the enjoyment of it's natural beauties,
golf and tennis at good clubs n casino.
and varied and delightful social life of the
type that is best adapted 10 summer en-
joyment-
II must not be forgotten 10 chronicle
among the charms Of New London the
annual visit OF the midshipmen from An
napOis who always reach that favored
harbOr on their annual cruise, adding much
10 the gayety of the life during their brief
stay Then New London Is, indeed. a
mecca for those from miles around. and
Watch Hill and all the nearby resorts pour
in their quota 20 add 20 the charm OF tie
scene.
At New London mucn Of the entertaining
for the middies is done. Dances enliven
the evenings. and all sorts of diversion
is provided for the favored youngsters.
who manage to have a pretty good time
all in all. despite the rigid discipline that
is prescribed for them.
Lawn tennis is a great fad at both New
London and Watch Hill. The courts are
of the best, and frequent tournaments, with
cups and shields as prizes. make the sport
one TO be actively pursued all summer. l.
Is seldom so hot as 70 make the violent
exertiOn al all unpleasant, and the Younger
set al both resorts work off a good deai Of
the superfiuOus energy the splendid air en-
dows its members with upon the courts.
The railroad service TO all these Con-
necticut and Rhode Islanc resorts IS OF the
hest They have the advantage Of lying,
in the main, directly upon one Of the most
heavily travelled trunk lines in the country
the main line between New York ard BOs-
Ton. New London Is a stop for even the
fastest trains and trains only whit less
rapid than the limited expresses stop also
at Stoningtou or Westerly. which afford
direct connection With Watch HilE
The train service Is little less than
suDer5. II takes about two hours and
half to reach New London, and for the
man who can attend to mis- business in time
to get away by o'clock u cool and com
Portable night With his family is assured
after a trip that is by no means exhaust
ing AS a weekend resort for the man
u,bo wants TO send his family away earlier
tbsu he himself es apes from the heat ami
+,,-,ou of the city New London and its
surrounding summerIand are not 10 De sur
passed
From New London one can get TO FISH
ars Island. too and there is resort that
stands all by itself. with none 20 question
the supremacy il has long enjoyed in its
own way Set like very gem In the Sound
as il opens out into the ocean, II is swept
nv sea breezes all summer long. Never is
If oppressively hot for the surrounding va
ters take care of the temperature and regu-
tate II always TO a moderation that IS who'll
lv delightful.
Fishers Island is one OF the charming
resorts that lies around New London. and
,t is so easy To reach. and so delightful.
once II has been reached, that II enjoys the
,,sts,ction OF being one OF the spots that
,..,comes the same people year after year.
always a pleasant feature in a summer re-
sort giving stability to the social life. The
bathing is little less than superb. ana IN
every way Fishers Island Is a delightful
spot for a vacation