Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-11
STRONGIUNGED AND CAREFREE FROLIC WITH ABANDON
OF PERPETUAL YOUTH IN GLORIOUS WHITE MOUNTAINS
Amazing Vacation Resources
Within Twenty Hours Ride
Of $4,000, 900 People
FINE ROADS FOR MoToRCARs
Social Life in New England's
Hills Adds to Appeal Of
Little Switzerland

Breton Woods. N. H., June H.
The White Mountains. Somebody said
they were the "a to y" of vacationing.
From the standpoint of beauty,
healthfulness and pure joy giving prob
ably there is no section in the east that
compares with this boasted area Of New
Hampshire And what is most notable
and hardly appreciated is the fact that
this region of amazing vacation re.
sources is within twenty hours journey
Of the homes of thirty millions Of peo-
pie.
Fifty years ago a story of the White
Mountains must of necessity deal with
scenic beauties alone. But today mod
ern life has crept in and the valleys echo
with the laughter of the strong -lunged
and the care free. efGervescing from the
innumerable golf courses. tennis courts
finely laid out ball fields and mountain
glens.
Mountains and intervening valleys are
counted by the score. More than forty
have an altitude of 1000 feet or more
and eleven are 5000 feet above the sea
level. The king peak is Mt. Wash
ington. $3.50 feet. These elevations are
clothed with 100000 acres of forests
hiding away amazing waterfalls and
lakes, picturesque streams and all sorts
of geographical and geological freaks
Automobile roads offer thrills hard to
describe. winding like ribbons across the
stretching landscape.
Glorious sunsets and sunrises, wrath
like effects of fog and cloud on noun
tain top and in valley. weird moonlight
pictures and the lively and wholesome
social life of the excellent hotels and
summer colonies form magnetic com
bination indeed. y
Mt. Blank of New England
Mt. Washington is the Mt. Blanc
of this New England Switzerland II
Is because of this fact that Breton
Woods has come into existence as tn,
chief resort of wealth and fashion.
When the 5000 lights of that million
and half dollar palace. the Mt. Wash :
ington Hotel are glowing at night. ii
is a brilliant scene indeed. The Mt.
Pleasant, too, a companion institution
of the best class, draws patrons from
every section.
Breton Woods boasts an annual
'dress parade" of millionaires. Near
Breton Woods stands historic Fabyan,
one of the most accessible of the noun
tain resorts, with splendid views of
Mt. Washington and the Presidential
Range. Here is the majestic Fabyan
House, with its exceptional accommo-
dations. As center of mountain drives
and traps Fabyan is without peer.
Amnpp fha mnst innprtant tp
the mountains are Bethlehem. Jeffer-
son, North Conway. Crawford Notch,
i .Franconia Notch, DixvilIe Notch, Pro =
file House. Each of these colonies,
drawing notable visitors annually from
many states in the union. is favored
with one or more hotels of exceptional
merit. At Bethlehem is the magnificent
Sinclair, together with equally ap-
pealing Upland Terrace. Profile House
at the settlement of that name, is a
princely institution with every ad~
z Crawford Notch is the fine Crawford
House with accommodation for hun
dreds. Franconia boasts the peerless
Forest Hills Hotel and others.
But scores of magnificent hostelries
dot the entire area. The general stand
ard of these institutions usually gives a
surprise to the first time visitor.
Remain Until Late Fall
The White Mountains differ from
many leading vacation points in al
least one important feature. Where
Labor Day usually calls the vacationists
back to the city, here they remain far
into September and October. There are
more than score of splendid goli
courses tucked away in these mountains
and of these, five are eighteen hole
courses, located at Breton Woods