The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05
AQUATIC SPORTS
AT LAKE PLACID
Adirondack Visitors Make
Preparations for Annual
Labor Day Event.
HOTELS STILL CROWDED

LAKE PLACID. N. Y. Sept. labor
Day. formerly regarded as marking the
close of the season In the Adirondack.
will hnd record breaking throngs still
at all OF the hotels here, and members
of the camp colony are still occupying
their summer places. The hotels Will all
remain open during this month, and for
the accommodation Of the numbers OF
sportsmen coming for the deer bunting
season. which opens october l, several
Of the hotels will be kept open through
that month also.
The annual Labor Day water sports
! under the auspices of the Lake Placid
Yacht club will include rowing races
open to all contestants and races es-
pecially for guides. The clubs power
boat trophy has been won by the Water
Bug. owned by Benjamin !. Ward. Other
boats taking part in the closing race
Of the series included the Bud H., owned
by Alfred Rose the Cinderella, owned
by Henry Bahnsen the Columbia, owned
by Prof. Edwin r. A. Seligman, and the
Suffragette. owned by Edward Warren.
That lake Placid may become a CEN
tire in the work OF the American branch
OF the League to Enforce Peace, OF
which former President William II. Taft
is the head. is possible as a result OF
the peace meeting held at Placid Club
| Sunday. Speakers AT the peace meeting
included Theodore Marburg. Minister TO
J Belgium under President Taft Prof
George Grafton Wilson OF Harvard and
John A. Stewart. leader In the %interna-
tlonal celebration OF the one hundred
years of peace between English speak
ing peoples.
4 committee of women headed by
Mrs. Stephen s. Wise held a sale at
the Chapman cottage at which over
$500 was cleared for the aid or, the
sufferers in the European war zones. ir-
respective Of nationality.
Miss Mary Proctor OF Concord, Mass,
has arrived at Camp Cavendish. the
Lake Placid camp of Rediield Proctor.
son Il the late United States Senator.
Ralph NJ. Shaw. who is entertaining
a party Of friends at Camp Littlehrook,
headed several in the ascent Of Noun
Whiteface early in the week.
Mountain climbing is very popular
among the young women at Whiteface
Inn. Miss Rice was the leader OF one
party making the ascent of Mount Whit
ney ard going into camp on the sum-
nit. while Miss Wilson and Miss Chaplin
were the leaders Of another party from
the Inn that made the ascent OF Mount
Saddleback
Chief Justice White OF the United
States supreme Court. who remains for
September at the Inn. walks about five
miles daily. accompanied by his Irish
terrier Mike. On a recent visit to Placid
club the chief Justice and Mrs. White
called upon Paul n. Cravath, Or. II.
Wyeth. Mrs. II. Mcdonald and others.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. II. Mortimer. +. II,
l Af.RttnAr /" nd II IN AfAEtfaNAr ~
New orleans. friends Of Chief Justice
and Mrs. White, are among the recent
arrivals at Whiteface Inn.
Miss Du Bots OF Plalnfield has been
Joined by Dr. and Mrs. +. Du Bots at
Whiteface Inn,
Prominent in the series OF social
events AT the Grand View Hotel was the
book and play carnival under the di-
rection Of Nine. Marquise. In which a
lumber of the guests im~personated IN
costume well known and popular books
ana plays. As "Trllhy" Mime. Marquise
was hypuotized by "Sveugali," impreson-
atcd by T.. +. Burke. and sang Ben
Bolt Among the others were Mrs. j.
Widen, impersouating The Queens
Necklace; Miss Mlykels as Nine.
Butterfly; Ricardo Morales as "Puss IN
Boots" and Alberto Alvarado as the
Twin Beds" Stanley Rose acted as
librarian. Mrs, r, Jaeger was the win
ner Of first prize, guessing eighteen
titles correctly.
The achievement of +. Paul Stevens,
who recently made a drive OF 297 yards
! inches ON the link OF the lake Placid
Golf club NJ the Stevens House, de-
c.arcd by John u. Dunn II New York.
one of the forem 81 authorities on golf,
10 he a lew record for an "all carry
drive, has aroused the interest II all
lovers OF gult now here. Mr., stevens