The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-03
MOUNTAIN GLENS
WELCOME WEARY
Virginia Ranges Ideal Resting
Place for Tired City
DWellers
GROW MORE POPULAR
WITH EVERY SEASON
Natural Beauties of Mountains
Vie With Health Giving
Waters in Luring
Visitors

When out of the days occupations
Gomez the children's hour in the long
summer vacation; when with the
gathering glory of the year the bound
ing spirit of youth looks toyfuiiy
away from sombcr realities, when the
cares OF life wear upon the strength
of manhood. and when the evening OF
life has laid its crown OF beauty upon
whitening heads, there comes to each
one the longing for the Wide open,
for murmurtng waters and the
sweet. tangled Wildwood for broad.
spreading meadows and iiiimitable
distances, for the rugged appeal Of
the mountains and the speaking
silences of the fields.
Back TO the soil. back 10 the Cod
made country, under the wide. blue
canopy that stretches. cloud-docked
and gilded. To the boundiess horizon,
the gentle air descending in blessings
Of iueensc-laden breeze and carry
ing back the Coronation Song Of all
created things that find the 10Y of
living in the eternal harmontes and
beauties Of nature.
After the first i.ap!ng response TO
the call OF the wild, that SAUNDERS IN
us ALL comes the sober second thought
the where, the how and the when.
Some there are who possess more
of the rowing than of the restful.
and they would take ship for over
seas. To revel in the nomadic joys OF
season of travel, yet others who
yearn for wild adventure and awe
inspiring scenic splendors. and these
will be away, perhaps, to far Alaskan
borders: but the greater numbe Of
vacation idlers are intent upon 81
period of restfui recreation and pre-
fer nature in her more genial moods,
In land where she has chosen to-
suspend her majestic mountains,
winding rivers. sparkling lakes and
grassy valleys under summer sky.
Exodus to Resorts Begins.
With the advent OF the hot months
the exodus Of the people from the
cities to summer resorts has begun
Weary after the winters la Dor and
eager for cooling breezes, shady hooks
and rest thousands are turning their
faces toward mountain camps, health
springs. country and watering places
Before the end OF the fortnight that
vast army which yearly makes a pill
grimage 10 pleasure grounds Will have
Installed itself In the summer hos
teiries which have been put In readi-
ness for the reception of the guests
s7aa tho SEASON all. lac well ,sstyIar
way
popularity of mountain resorts I'm
creases. the greatest claim of the
hotels and camps thousands of feet
above sea level being that their loca-
ton and environment are more
healthful than the low lying lands
where tho watering resorts are situat-
ed
Physicians send, patients 10 the
mountains more Frequently than To
NV fs-,s i
person has tasted the pleasures of
the mountains they find il difficult 10
wean themselves away. With those
VINO 80 to the mountains In search Of
health are relatives and friends seek
ing only pleasure and slowly but sure
iy the resorts high in the air are
growing more popular
when the man OF wealth begins 10
plan his summer rest his mind wan
ders to the far-off Alps and the WON
ders OF Switzerland or to the Rockies
but nature has provided wonders for
all classes and men need not be rich
10 see the mountains. taste the fresh
fragrant afr. drink the cool, delicious
and health giving waters and sleep
the sleep OF the righteous under blank
cts when the poor In the far-ofr cities
are sweltering beneath the humidity
of midsummer night.
In Reach OF All.
The man OF moderate means need
not look beyond the borders OF Viz
ginfa for mountains which please the
eye, refresh the brain and strengthen
the body. and though tho mountains
OF the Old Dominion may not be as
high as the Alps nor as ruggedly
beautiful as the Rockies. they possess
other attractions which draw not only
the people of Virginia. but travellers
and rest and health-seekers from
every part OF this country and from
some part of Europe.
Within a few hours railroad ride
from Philadelphia, Baltimore. WASH
ington. Norfolk. Richmond and the
large cities south OF Norfolk. the
mountain resorts Of Virginia probabl
are destined to become the most pop
uiar Fairgrounds IN the world. for
they meet all the requirements of that
vast and overwhelming majority, the
middle classes. True. there are pleas
ure resorts tucked away In tho fast
!. nesses of the -. Virginia mountains
which extend welcome only to the
millionaires. but these costly resorts
are few and far between
Hotel proprietors have learned the
secret OF hotel success--catering to
all the people and the obstetrics high
up on the mountain side AFFORD as
hearty a welcome to the clerk. the
accountant. the salesman. the stenog-
rapher and the small business man
a. to the broker. the manufacturer
the banker and other men Of money
Rates decrease year by year and the
hotels make more money because OF
larger crowds.
The beautiful Aileghanies. which
have appropriately been termed the
land OF the rhododendron and the
honeysuckle." are already covered
with the luxur1ant green mantle of
summer and to the heaith-seeker. the
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