New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
LONG ISLAND IS NEAR BY
City ManWho Selects Ii for Sum-
mer Home Need Not Repine.
OCEAN BREEZES A COMFORT
Climate, Though So Near, Better
and Healthier than That OF
the Metropolis.

The seeker after summer joys who wants
20 stay near New York viii 90 well 10
consider the claims of the Long Island
shore. In accessibility that section is with
out superior. and il offers in small COM
pass so considerable a variety Of attractive
features that il has won the hearts of tnou-
sands upon thousands of those who, for one
reason or another must stay within short
and easy run of their Offices.
Particularly does il appeal tc those who
love in the hot time to be in or upon or
about the water. Swimming, sailing, boat
ing, canoeing. rowing. motor boating. ell
are TO be had along the Long Island coast
at q minimum OF risk and effort and al
maximum OF health giving pleasure and de-
light.
The Lcng Island Railroad covers the ISL
and pretty thoroughly from Flatbush to
Montauk Point. II will take the New
Yorker comfortably. and 3 good deal more
quickly than was the practice not so many
years ago. TO seashore spots that meet
every taste and every purse The appeal
of the island, relatively small as IL is,
seems TO reach all classes and to be as
universal as could well be desired.
Many Splendid HostIeries.
There are magnificent summer hotels. af
rording every luxury: there are more mod
est inns and hostleries where comfort IS as
sured even if there are less luNuries-
Here and there are cottage colonies. In
Guiding those OF small incomes as well as
weather persons who choose 10 abandon
IN the summer the more pretentious places
Long Island has q welcome for every one
as a matter Of fact, and stands all summer
long with open arms inviting the city
worker 10 taste OF the delights II offers in
no small measure.
The Long Island season is a long one.
The climate differs from New York's main
ry in that II is more salubrious. The spring
is early, and from the end Of May and the
early part Of June pleasant summer
weather is as sure as anything about the
weather can be until well along into the
fan.
Long Island gets the full benefit of the
glorious Indian summer weather. and the
months Of September and October there are
fill Of Joys for those who take their vaca-
lions late in the year, or these who prefer
TO stay away for many weeks after the
early visitor has come and gone. Plenty
OF New Workers and visitors from other
parts Of the country like to linger long
efter the season has closed at most other
places. and those who stay late will not, as
a rule lack for company
Between Atlantic and Sound.
Long Island lies between the Atlantic and
the Sound. The land breeze that is SO dis
tressing at most resorts. therefore. is not
SC terrifying on the island, because, no
matter whether one settles on the Sound
or the ocean side. the wind, whatever its
quarter. has passed over water 10 temper
tts heat. II it be a hot breeze.
The prevailing winds Of sumner on Long
Island are from the south. owing to the
peculiar topography of its coast line. They
sweep along over the island from the ocean
and the faded city man Nho has run down
at the c'ose Of a hot day 10 ore of the ocean
beaches that lie near the city needs no
one TO tell him what refreshing change in
temperature he will meet at the resorts q
little further away.
Really The climate is delightful ana
while the summer temperature is not so cool
ss that % Northern Canada or the Maine
lakes. il is cool enough 10 insure freedom,
from the discomforts of a city summer. and
refreshing sleep at night for the man who
has been at work all day.
Sea Food Always a Delight.
One Of the things that appeal most to
many a summer visitor to Long Island IS
the abundance Of good things to eat that
the sea offers. The Long Island shore IS
the habitat par excellence Of the succulelt
clam, many Of the fish that most delight the
palate and. in sharp contrast TO many fish
ing localities. all the catch is by no means
sent 10 market far away. The fishermen
have found good and sure market for
|I their wares right at home, ard the pick of
y the days catch in most places goes TO the
summer dweller.
Sport Of the civilized. dolnesticated sort
is TO be had in abundance on Long Island
The soil is the best in America for golf,
abounding in the same sort Of land that has