The sun., 1912-07-14
COOL ENOUGH FOR ALL
Up At LAKE GEORGE
ClOudburst Drives the Heat
Away and Now the
Seasons On.
ALL KINDS OF SPORTS
The Lakes the Centre Of All
AmnsrnrntS. but the Noun
tainS Help.
ALI. KINDS OF SPORTS

LANE GFoRGr. y. Y. July i3 The OK
cer'ionallv long stretch Of warm aeather
was hrot"n Thursday of this week when a
cioudhurst broke over the pare he'd noun
tainsidcs ard gave a new lease of life TO
the lawns Nat surround many Of the
summc" homes along h. lake With the
excessive heat of wccn ago cam. n
natural cessation OF outdoor activities,
swimming alone formed the ONLY outdoor
attract ion for ~" city folk and thi.. pastm.
occupied many hours of the day for those
who woulG escape The. heat The few
public bathing houses were used hv
hundreds OF one Iac eNcu-sionists. who
came her" II" train. trolley. and auto
mobile. II hose who were guests at hotels
or occupied cottages found little arn,.se-
mcnt o,h"r than playing games Of cards
on the shaded verandas
Since the cooler weather has made life
more enjoyable the more active sports
have beer 'nduli."d in The tennis courts
are now occupied continuously during
the dav and the several golf links are
much in Us. by enthusiasts of hat sport,
Mountain climbing has once more come
into is own ard IN" many peaks along
become popular and in some cases famous
ar" each dag th" scene Of "Np.dit ions
by grouvs ot the vaca, ioni>ts Prospect
Mountain. n; the base Of which lies Lake
George village. is one of the most popular
of th" climbs The peak i 2.WO feet above
sea level and MAY be reached by route
known a the hridl" yath II winds up
the sou'h ~id" OF the mountain and finally
approaches the summit; from the rear
From her" may be had a panorama
Of Lake George. Lake thamplain and the
northern Adiroudacks on the east and
north. ON III" south the upper Hudson
j. vi-lli", while directly 10 the east the
Green Mountain, Of Vermont NAV be
seen.
III" camping mo'.rtain party il one
of many forms of a'nlrsr;ronte NJ pres
.n' Black Mountain. which rises on the
cast shore about eighteen nil.s uc,th of
LAX" George village. j, a'Tcst nightly
III" seen" Of parties that have assembled
10 watch the sun set a;i 10 he there for the
break uf day. ca'J' fire j. kept Burning
al night for CheaIiI'-s and as a protac-
I ,on against animals T. j, seldom that
animals axcopt door are seen here There
are. however. ocoasi, hal ieI orts Of some
traveller coming .upon boar, and this
lends enough picaStrable thrill to a
n pht on the mountain.
The hotels throughout the lake are now
planning for n" August rush. With the
month of July half gon" the height Of
the season is rapidly approaching. The
patrons have been becoming
wOulI seer tnat August can no longer
he regards ! a. th" big month at Lake
George In spite o: annual addit ions
10 many Of the hotels and tine opening
of new boarding houses there seems still
10 be lack of sufficient accommodations
for city folks during the latter part of
july August and over Labor Day. MANY
of the hotel managemcnts have resorted
TO tents TO afford sleeping quarters for
their overflow. and this method Of spend
ing the sleeping hours at the lake has
become lop,!lar, Now IN many in
stances those who write in advance for
reservat ions specify "A preference for
the canvas sleeping rooms.
The scores of islands in Lake George
which are posted as State lands have
attracted thousands Of CAMPERS TO the
lake.
As the steamers daily follow their
course among the islands the passengers
are greeted by hundreds of campers who
wave towels, portions of
bathing suits or whatever il closest at
hand more formal method of sa lutte
is by the regulation flag dip. when the
American flag is lowered and hoisted three
times in rapid succession The pilots
on the boats when in the best of humor
return the salutes by three short blasts
of he whistles
Nj. and Mr.. Winfield 4. Huppuch are
frequent visitors at the lake. Almost
every evening there are places at the
tables in the pergola Of the Fort William
Henry Hotel for from half dozen to
dozen to accommodate parties which Mr..
and Mrs. Hnrpuch are giving.
On Thursday afternoon, July II. the
ma ional board Of the Young Women's
I hristiun Associa' ions Of the L nil-d
States was represented 10y delegates from
IN" several depart ments IT the board at
a meeting held a, he Hotel Sycamore
in the Interest Of the national organiza-
Won, I'll" meeting was attended by a
large number of the coltagers and hotel
guests The patrOneSses were Mrs r. +.
Danfor,h If Brooklyn, Mrs. Smith Ely
Jelliffe of N.w York, Mrs: cha, les q.
KimhalI Of New York, Mrs, ,percival
Kemp Of Cleveland and Mis-. Kames
Peterson of New York. Addresses were
made by some of the delegates and con-
sid dsrahle interest was aroused in the
work
The conference Of the city depart meni
O, tine Young women hrisi IAN AsS0cia-
tions was held at Silver Bay last week.
when more than four hundred delegates
from sixty cities held the annual Lake
George meeting. Among the speakers
were tn" Rev. Charles S,clzle. Prof
George Walter tiskc, the Rev Jason
Noble Pierce and Dr. Edward ". Miller.
Miss Helen Simyson, daughter OF John
Boulton simpson of New York, left the
Sagamor" Hotel last week TO spend six
VDai, in tomrAny with pumher ~
Nassar class mates in a geological exam
nation of YELLOWSTONE Park he party.
consisting Of forty. 10 under tine direction