The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-13
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STedt park were lalu out be-
ginning at the suburbs OF New
i York. full contrasts of scenery
such as one would expect to find
on.y In extensive travelling over whole
continents and equipped with every
facility for making the sightseer com
Portable and assisting him in the quest
Tor recreation and enjoyment, the
people OF the city would throng To that
park at every interm.ssion in the
routine of business.
Such n wonderful land actually lies
at the very doors OF New York. From
the suburban confines of the mctrop-
oils, where the hills of Westches,cr
come down to the sea, to the internal
national frontier where Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont share the
wonder Of deep woods. green hills.
fnterlacinC streams and beautiful
axe with the Canadian provinces,
tnere extends a natural recreation
park full OF vacation possibilities.
New England is as full OF contrasts
OF scenery as a city built for the
staging of motion picture plays: but
us vaccinations are more lasting be-
aus they are real and the pic
turesqueness of rugged and unusual
e~mployments is genuine, for the people
who follow them are simply engaged in
their daily pursuit OF a livelihood.
II is a land where the summer So
%Journer can find every sort of accom-
mediation to suit individual moods or
tastes. Thera are big hotels, summer
palaces with every last note of luxury,
hosts Of comfortable. homy little inns.
seashore n mountain cottages and
Inland farmhouses which take a few
summer guests.
Every State in New England pridcs
Itself upon Its roads, which make all
but the most remote sections accessible
by automobile. Almost every New
England community has become a
Solflng community and has within
reach ~links-cither club or public
courses-to which the visiting player
can have access.
IN the Berkshire and Litchfeli
hills. to which city people go earlier
each year for vacation purposes, an
eevation OF a thousand to two thou
sand feet is easy TO attain. while a
numbe of ranges claim the dignity Of
true mountains. Here is inimitable
scenery. eXhilarating air, lakes that
nave the beauty of mountain tarns.
superD state highways and GUN
roads meandering pleasingly across
fhe hills. Numerous trout brooks, bass
in the rivers, and pickerel. bass and
perch in the lakes furnish excellent
sport. and the golf enthusiast can al
ways find within a short motor drive
links laid out over a ountr com
nanding royal views.
The seacoast Of New England dis
plays entirely new characteristics in
each of the five States which it bor-
ders. At the eastern extremity of the
Connecticut shore It breaks into rocky
hcadlands OF a wild and romantic char
scter, often wooded and with good
harbors. Rhode Islands coast is char
acterized Tor "A score or more miles by
q natural breakwater of sand, inside
which are large salt ponds and shallow
lagoons. These are natural bathing
pools, likewise favorite resorts for the
canoeist and yachtsmen, who love to
Unread the narrow inlets with the ebb-
ing or flowing tides.
~Narragansett Bay. with its numerou.
Islands and deeply indented shores, IL a
famous cruising ground for pleasure
~N%h 80
Down on Cape Cod" has an inviting
sound to any one VIM has ever expert.
enced the charm OF Q 'rue seaside vaca,
ion. The Irregular srm Of land which
C-sssachuetts extends into the sea is q
country of rolling SAND dunes ant
wooded hills, with high bluffs, light,
houses and life saving stations which
give a maritime effect highly satisrac,
tory to the artist and sea lover. TIL
sandy coast line opens in innumerabl.
bays and 'nlets which afford harborag,
Tor the small craft OF the fisherman an,
summer pleasure seeker, On both side
or the cape there Is good bathing. tina
on the south side being particular,
warm and delightful,
Buzzards Bay. adjacent to Cape Cod
IL a sheltered arm OF the sea with broad
slightly sloping beaches n waters tha
average In summer about ~ degrees
which anord as near ideal bathing g.
II Il possible to ind on the continent
This bay abounds IN the kinds OF sal
water FISH mos; sought by the vacatio
sportsman. which are protected fror
wholesale destruction by the law. a
!, Massachusetts and replenished contlnu
ally by the Federal Government.