The New York herald., 1922-07-02
Vacation Crowds Begin to
Arrive in the Catskills
Series of Outdoor Concerts Arranged for Entertan-
ment of Sojomners- New Rip Van Winkle Trail
Becomes Busy Highway-Arrivals.

Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
! CATsKuL, N. Y, July /.
THE holiday parties for the
Fourth of July and the open
ing of the busy season at the
resorts for which Catsldll Is the gate
way have increased to a great extent
the number Of persons In town and
to make the streets here livelier than
they have been at any time this sea-
son.
| One of the results accomplished by
the Old Home Week that ended last
week has been the formulation of
plans for the more attractive lighting
of the main automobile highway lead
ing to the heart of the CatsIills. and
for the inauguration of series of
out of door concerts here.
One of the largest July / crowds
that has ever been brought to Cats
kill in a single day was discharged
from the steamboat Hendrick Hudson
of the Hudson River Day Line this
afternoon and 1t is expected that the
steamboat Robert Fulton of the same
line will bring capacity crowds to-
morrow.
Automobile parties from distant
points. as well as from the Berkshires,
have made the new Rip Van Wrinkle
Trail, leading from here to Stamford
and the western Catskills. the busiest
highway in the mountains.
Prof Charles Hale, a member OF the
faculty of Rutgers College OF New
Brunswick. n. j.. is at his summer
home here.
Dance Opens Social Season.
The Grant House is pretty we'll filled
with holiday crowds tonight and the
dance tonight opened the social season
there Among the arrivals are Mr.. and
Mrs. John H. Knief, Miss Margaret
Knief. A. w. Moffit. Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man Wendt, Keith A. Thompson, Mr..
and Mrs. B. X. Firkins.
Edgemere-Miss NJ. r. Howard.
Charles Neu, Miss Clara Eich. Mr.. and
Mrs. J. T. w. Pollard. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Farrar, Miss M. Farrar and Miss
L. NJ Stumper.
Salisbury House-Mr. and Mrs. A. r.
Ross and Andrew Jacobs.
The links of the Catskill Mountain
Golf Club have been thronged with
players getting In form for the tourna-
ments scheduled from July Is to Labor
Day.
Mr.. c. T. Dazey of Hollywood. Cal,
one of the promoters OF Twilight Park.
and Mrs. Dazey are among the sojourn-
ers at Twilight Inn. Other arrivals there
include DIR. and Mrs. G. p. Briggs, George
B. Briggs. Reginald Warde. Miss Shir-
ley Warde, DR.. and Mrs. B. D. Sheedy,
New York; Mrs. William c. Gibson,
Miss Agnes Gibson. Brooklyn. N. Y;
w. B. Jenkins, Larchmont. N. Y; Mr..
and Mrs. G. R. Beny, Hamilton, N. Y;
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Brannon. Albany,
n. Y; Mr.. and Mrs. w. w, Cadby.
James B. Horton, Albany. and T. A.
Horton, Kingston, n. Y.
Loxhurst has among it's arrivals Miss
Jean Mitchell. George Merz, Jr.; Miss
Lillian Calls. Miss Louise Loiselle. Mrs.
B. c. Morrison. Miss r. A. Morrison,
James Farrell. Miss Elsie Schader. Miss
Lilly Linquist, Mrs. j. l.. Williams, Miss
Margaret r. Shea, Joseph Shea. Mrs.
G. V. Mcguire. New York; Mr.. and
Mrs. r. e. Strom. Brooklyn Miss z. A.
Sprague, Marshfield. Mass. Mr. and
Mrs. A. M. Sinnott. Bridgewater. Mass.
Miss NJ. II. Hess and Miss E NJ Hess,
Atlantic City. N. j.
The convention of the New York AS
sociated Dailies and the New York
Press Association on Monday, Tuesday,
wednesday and Thursday brough.
many newspaper men to the hotel for
the week. Among the newspaper men
present were William ]. Kline, the Epen-