The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-18
MOUNTAIN AND SEASIDE RESORTS ARE
READY FOR EARLY VACATION SEASON

the possibilities NJ thai magnificent as
sembly OF aspiring slopes and cloud
sweeping SUBMITS.
What IL there one cannot And IN
northern Now York. There's Saratoga
Springs, newest foster child OF. the State
Conservation Commission. rapidly de-
yelopinG into the fullest fedSed Of Amer
lean spas. The coming Of Saratoga
springs into IL own 10 not onl, a matter
ot interest 10 the people Of the Empire
State but largely a development tina, is
OF national Importance. Little stories Of
Saratoga have been written In the pages
ot every era Of American history from
the "Sa~raghtogha" Of the red man 9TH.
gift Of the Great SPIRIT to the Saratoga
Of Colonial DAYS, when men spoke OF the
place as Springs Ia the Wilderness. Next
followed Saratoga with Its DAYS or fads
and fashions. Ask some belle Of hfty
years ago or the beau who danced with
her AZ Saratoga what they did. and per
haps you will be answered in the words
Of J. q. SAKE:
fmprln!s. my darling they drink.
The Ws;er 30 sparkling and clear.
Though the favor is none Of the bes,
And the odor exceedingly queer,
But the nuid Ia mingled. YOU know.
With wholesome medicinal things,
SO they drink ana they drink and ,hes
drink.
And that. wha, they do a: the Springs.
In short, - I, goes in the world.
They eat and they drink and they sleep
They talk and they walk and they WOO.
They sigh and they laugh and they weep
They read and they ride and they dance
with other unspeakable things.
They pray and the, play and they pay.
And that's what they do at the Springs
For half a century Saratoga was a
centre OF fashion. for half a centur,
the place to which every American ply
stefan sent his patients, And now after
three decades Of neglec, Saratoga has
come into her o~n again. II IL the
American cure for American Ills.
Not through any fault of hers wa,
abe uncrownsd. The springs did not rur
dry. But the great ocean liners tempted
Americans 10 cross tho water. Euro,
pesn fashions tempted tho feminine
heart and purse. European universe.
ties appealed TO American men OF
science. Saratoga was IN old story
Europe nav. and America swarmed tc
Europe.
But to-day Europe. war swept. has
closed her door. Nor for many years
can she offer herself as a distraction or
q cure for the ills OF the human race
Last summer Saratoga Springs proved
an extraordinary attraction to visitors
both the hale and hearty as well az those
ailinE. This summer the c~ustodians o'
the drink halls. the Individual Syringe
and the lighthouses anticipate the big
gest season the Spa has ever known.
Lake George has a place Of It's own
In the heart Of Fasteners, aud indeed
of most Americans. Lake George is q
laughing, joyful. animated thing 81 va
ture. suited 10 the sports NJ its summer
~colonists. II In a beauty spot. with
rerdant mountains n sloping lawns
for its shorcs There IL some mysterious
and gentle art of nature here In eyi.
den'e, r fairylike touch that grace.
II seems like 4 product # the scent.
artist who skilfullv shows such lights
and forms and colore as never we're on
land or sea but exist for the imagina.
ton, This comparison seems apt when
one realizes how many artists OF the
footllghfs make their summer homes OF
the shores OF the lake
This seaFon Lake C'hamplain is u
name to conjure with Dn i,s shores
the coming Of summer was heralded moi
alone by the pipes of Pan but also b,
the bugles Of Mars amid much hustle
and stir Of the Plsttshurg military train.
ms 'dWPs' FROM June D, tne date 81
the opening Of the hrs, camp. TO Octo-
Der s thousands Of citizen soldiers will
gather from many parts Of the Union
and Ger, Woods's stan OF army officers
will teaGH tho science OF war on these
historic shores where three nations con.
tended In mighty fcats Of arms.
Lake C~hamplsin Is historic 10 a de.
gree beyond any other body OF water IN
America. n is also the eliminating
loveliness Of that most picturesque re.