Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-26
RESTING PLACES IN
OLD EMPIRE STATE
Resorts Scattered From Tip of
Long Island to Upper Reach
es of st. Lawrence River.
SIGHTS AND SCENES FOR
SUMMER TRAVELLERS
Hundreds of Beauty Spots Away
From Heat and Dust.
LAKE BOATING AND BATHING
Features of Vacation Life in Many
of New York's Famous Water
ing Places-Railway and
Stage Conveniences.
LAKE BOATING AND BATHING

With mountains, lakes and seashore in
cluded inside its boundaries. New York
contains one of the most diversified lists
of summer resorts Of any of the states
along the Atlantic seaboard. Besides two
Of the great lakes. Lake Erie and Lake
Ontario, on its northern border, New
York possesses many really large in
land bodies of water, which are beautiful
in extent and beautiful in their surround
ing scenery. Along the eastern border Of
the state arise the towering peaks of the
Catskills and Adirondacks, within whose
recesses some of the most romantic rest
ing places of the country are located. On
the shores of Long Island, New York has
seashore resorts which are in a class OF
their own.
The list Of New York summering places
would not be complete without mention
of the wonderful Thousand Islands," in
the st. Lawrence river, and of the equal
ly famous springs at Saratoga.
Shelter Island.
Shelter Island is unique, not only in its
situation, but in it's character. 1t has
no fiat expanse of burning sand, backed
by dreary salt meadows and pine barrens,
but Its whole 1900 acres of high, rolling
upland. diversified with hill and vale, is
clothed with luxuriant vegetation, and
much OF 1t shaded with fine forests Of
locust, hickory, chestnut and oak. I'm
posing wooded headlands jut sheer upon
the sea, with a precipitous bluff and a
smooth shingly beach below Elsewhere
the shore Is dotted with huge rocks and
boulders; or it winds in and out with in
Vulnerable bays and inlets and capes and
promontories, presenting varied and
charming landscape. When to these are
supply Of the purest water. and freedom
from malaria and insect and other pests,
the good works of nature on this delight
full spot may be appreciated.
Sufficiently near New York to enable
the business man to keep in close touch
with affairs of the world. it is remote
enough from the great centers Of popU-
lation to be entirely free from the crowds
which make their excursions to the sea-
shore between sunrise and the curfew
hour.
There are thirty miles of good roads
for riding, driving or wheeling; fine links
for golf, and every variety of water,
shallow and deep placid and tumultuous,
for bathing. boating, fishing and yacht
ing while the Menhanset Hotel affords
on it's grounds and in it's buildings am
pie facilities for tennis, archery. croquet,
billiards. dancing and every other sport
amusement and entertainment. The wa
tiers and neighbOring shores and villages
invite delightful excursions, short or long,
which may be made without fatigue, sea-
sickness or danger.
Among. the additional facilities for out
door delights are the attractive stations
of the New York Yacht Club, we'll
equipped stable with horses and vehicles.
for riding and driving: commodious
garage for the convenience of AUTOMOBILE
lists. in charge of a competent mechani-
clan. and the nearby links and clubhouse
Of the Shelter Island Golf Club.
Manhattan Beach.
Even nearer to New York. Manhattan
Beach, with it's two great hotels, the
Oriental and the Manhattan Beach, has
a particular appeal to vacationists who
would combine their periods OF rest at
the shore with excursions to the city
The Orient Point Inn. accommodating
$50 guests. is situated on a COOL breezy
point at the extreme northeasterly end