The New York herald., 1922-12-17


muting season between the metrop-
oils and the colonies south OF the
Mason and Dixon line to the jumping
off point Of Florida-a forty-eight
hour trip that has become part and
parcel of the midwinter routine Of
hundreds of residents Of this city.
From the same station the Southern
Railroad will broaden this long dis
tance committing system to the inland
resorts Of the South in the hills and
mountains Of North and South Caro-
lima and Georgia. while the hotels,
golf courses and bride trails In the
western Virginia colonies will continue
their year-round allurements.
And yet to the casual observer New
York. slush bound as 1t will be. will
lose none of it's attractions as a per,
petual resort with its 323 theaters, Its
fifty weekly orchestral concerts In ad-
dition to its grand opera, It's seventeen
civic and private art galleries and its
palatial hotels that in the midcity Sec
ton alone boast Of 100000 visitors in
a year.
Attra ctfons in snowy Latitudes.
Strong as will be the lure Of the
South when the dc luxe trains start
running after January /. some hardy
hundreds will prefer the vigorous,
snowbound amusements of the frozen
north. That group has made careful
note of scheduled winter sports, with
the following dates standing out as Of
prime attraction:
Montreal, January to March l.,
with Lord Byng presiding over the
opening festivities.
Quebec, with her promised revival
in early January "of the days Of the
pioneers"
Hanover, N. H. the annual January
Dartmouth winter carnival.
North Conway, N. H., January rs. rs
and 27.
Tamworth, N. H., December 27, 2s
and 20.
Lake Placid, search for the Yule Log,
December %; curling. January II to
20. and ski week beginning Febru-
ary 5.
Brattleboro, VT. ski tournaments.
January IL and 13 and February "a.
Maine is coming forward this win
ter with n series Of notable midwinter
sport offerings, with the following
dates already set: Portland, February
3; waterville, January rs. 26 and 27:
Orono, February 8, 9 and 10; Augusta.
February is. 16 and II; Bangor. Feb
ruary %, and Auburn, February %.
Greenfield, Mass. has arranged an
extensive program Of winter sports,
with its mountain toboggan slide as a
feature.
The Tuxedo Park winter colony
awaited the first snow furry to open
its program. A new toboggan slide is
ready for use there also, and prizes
await those making the fastest time
at stated periods. Skating contests
have been arranged with prizes for the
winners in various contests. Tho
Tuxedo Park Ski Club is more enthu-
siastic than ever and the fleet OF Ice
boats is larger than II was last year.
There also are to be some extra win
Ter sports at Lenox From Racquette
Lake comes the news that the winter
colony there Is forming. Mrs. Ray
mond T. Baker is one Of December ar
rivals at Sagamore Camp. with her
three children, Alfred @. and George
Vanderbilt and Gloria Baker. Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Roscoe Bonsal and their three
children and Mr.. and Mrs. David T.
Dana and their son will Join them for
Christmas.
In the vfrginins Resorts.
Turning southwark the fancy stops
naturally first at Hot Springs and
White Sulphur. whera New York So
ciety always has representation to
help give those mountain resorts their
aspect of national social congress
at almost all periods Of the year.
Then the fancy stops in North Caro-
lima at Asheville. II is there that $780,
600 Is being expended on new roads
through the picturesque uplands. roads
Of equal fascination to the horseman
and the motorist.
It is a test of ones power OF con-
centration TO play golf at Asheville
with panorama OF eighty miles Of
mountain land extending before the
eye. That progressive town of $4,000
persons has two golf clubs, the Ashe-
VILE City Club and the Biltmore Coun-
try Club, the latter fashioned out Of
$50 acres of the famous Vanderbilt