The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-05
Au1umnaI Foliage Sea. son In The Roof Garden Of New
 England

!lieo 10 overflowing with vacation lsts rom every state of the union, revellng in the matchless scenery and ar and 1ncomparabIe outdoor life of the roof garden of New England" | Many of these have been obliged to return to homes and offices, out
 hundreds are still lingering for that most magnificent of all months in the -September-and hum
 dreds more, in towns and cities far
 ana near, are packing trunks and su1t-cases in eager anticipation of an
 autumn trip to the glorious White Hills.
 More and More our American peo- Die are beginning to appreciate the virtues of a September outing in the
 mountains and the lake country. In
 many respects it is the ideal period or the entire year for outdoor life and recreation. Not only is it marked by
 more comfortable temperature than July and August, but there is clar- lty Of atmosphere and tonic of air 1 that adds fifty per cent. to the com
 fort and pleasure of our-of-door ex- istence.
 September's crowning accessory, m the mountains, however, is the au
 tumnal foliage, which, at the first caressing touch of the frost king grand harlequinade of nature" and I furnishes vast color pictures that de-
 light the eye and stun the senses In every notch, valley and ravine, and upon the slopes of every noun tain, large or small. the giant brush of the Great Painter leaves a riot nf crimson, orange and gold; and where
 ever stands a maple, sumach or birch,
 there is a living rainbow of color.
 Only in the mountains may the full
 glory and beauty of the September
 foliage be seen and understood, for it
 is only by standing under the sum-
 init of higher slopes of some emin-
 ence and looking down into the
 brightly carpeted valleys, perhaps a
 couple of thousand feet below, that
 any comprehensive idea of the ex-
 tent and magnifcence of natures au-
 tumnal handiwork can be gained.
 More regal in beauty and pictures
 queness than the most imposing coaching parade ever held in the
 White Mountains, or than the most
 glittering ball that ever took place in their palace hotels, these wonderful
 outdoor displays of color are verit- ably "brighter than brightest silks of Samarcand." A brief sojourn amid them has helped to carry many a wearied business man or society wo- man through the most trying periods of winter activity.
 So strong a hold has this Septem- Der carnival of Natures already up- on the public that. the railroads ar range special excursion rates in re- cogn1tion of it's importance, while the mountain hotels keep open much later in the season than was formerly their custom. In fact, so unsuitable is the mountain-appetite of the pub- lie growing. that many are not even satisfied to prolong the outing sea- son into September and October but must needs take outings and vaca- tions there in midwipter.
 This tendency has led number of the hotel managers to keep their houses open twelve months in the year, so that the White Mountain season may be said to now be an ail- year-round affair,-a sort ofs continu- ous performance, as it were.
 Like every other phase of outdoor life there, the autumnal foliage may be enjoyed in different parts of the White Mountains in different ways.
 An adequate description of the Crawford Notch, even in midsummer, lras been the despair of many a tai ented master of literature; but the best of them are dumb before the in- describable glory of the Notch in mid September.
 Writing of a September visit thith- CT, some years ago, the late Samuel Adams Drake-one of the best of the White Mountains biographers-said of the approach to the Notch through the Sasco valley.
 Myriad flambeaux illuninted the deep gloom, doubling the intensity of the sun, emitting rays. glowing re- spendent. This splendid light, which the heavy masses of orange seemed to absorb, gave a velvety softness to the lower ridges and spurs covering their hard, angular lines with mag nificent drapery. The lower forests, the valley. were one vast sea of color. Here the bewildering melange of green and gold, orange and purple, crimson and russet, produced the ef- feet of an immense Turkish rug the colors being soft and rich, rather than vivid or brilliant. This quality, the blending of a thousand tints, the dreamy grace, the sumptuous pro- fusion, the inexpressible tenderness the senses. Earth seeIn.- ed no longer earth. We had entered a garden of the gods"
 The tourist who enters or leaves this mountain fairyland through the Crawford Notch portal may view this 1 nature-painting from the point of an open observation car. If he makes the ascent of Mt by the wonderful cog and then descends by the road, he will get a treat that all the millions of Steel Trust Mag nate could not purchase on the other side of the Atlantic; for the return Journey to his hotel at Breton Woods, or wherever else may have been his headquarters, will take him through Crawford Notch, from Glen and Jackson station, both of these grand defiles bedecked in their au- tumnal draperies of rainbow hues.
 From Jefferson and itsS neighbors On the north side of the Presidential Range a picture of the autumnal blazonry almost cycloramic in it's scope may be enjoyed. If the sum mits of the mountains should chance to be snow-capped, then is there set forth a pictorial triumph that will never fade from the memory.
 In the great hotel and cottage col | cny at Profile House there are al- l ways many who could not be dragged l away from their September feast by 1 the most wonderful spectacle of hu- man fashioning ever devised in town CT city.
 In it's own peculiar way the lovely | Franconia Notch, guarded by the | Old Man of the "Mountains'' and ! possessing it's wonderful Plume and | Pool and the recumbent Washington, l has a unique interest to those who l love the autumnal foliage. Differing from all the other mountain defiles | and possessing still it's oId-time Con- | cord passenger coach. it is in the full ] resplendent in color and warmth, | from Echo Lake to North Woodstock | Many go thither every year especial 1 ly to see and enjoy the autumn 1