Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-14
'lDIRONDhCKS HOLD
| VACATION CHARMS
solve Vacation CHARMS Tang'e
for Many Wis,,out Need
Of Trip to Envope
FULL OF. BeAu'lv SPOTS

I Adirondack Mountains. y. ". june
14--In those dear. dcpartal days be-
torc prohbition dwelt in o,ii midst fre =
,uently was heard that sto,1 anent the
foct that II camel reguir1' n drinl,
anN at long intervals. and always II
Sns v~s told with the concluding comment
"Rui who wants to be cam el!"
Anplying that same phil0sopA y to the
sumincr vacation problem, nov staring
mosl Of us in the face. IL hight be
stated that there arc delightful vacation
snots among the mountains of Europe.
lsdding by way Of conclusion "Nnt why
70 to Europe" .
whole perplexing vacation tangle as II
relates to sojonrncrs among the N'oun- .
tains. why should We. who ha,N' the
sloriors Adirondacks. seek In vaia for
such another God given playground, be
,ond the broad Atlantic!
There is no real reason, and the n ity
of II is that. ninety per cent of tie 70
who do this thing do it because tlA"r
do not know. i'erhaps because tlS y
have never taken the pains to investa =
vatc they do not know mat the A1ronN-
dncks are but an overnight rail rida
from New York city; that 1t takes
mt n few more hours to reach them
from the same point by automobile over
sonc of the finest stone roads In the
world. and ns for the region itself. they
have no conception Of what Il Is like.
Three Catch. Phrases
Volumes have been written dpscrip.
tiyc of the Adirondack region. perhaps
too many volumes by half-for with
grown ups as with children ''seeing IL
Believing" and the evidence of the eye
counts for more than rcams of writ
ten description. Three catch phrases
arc often used to designate the Adiron-
dark region as whole: "A Summer
Paradise. " "Thc Switzerland Of Amer
lea and "Tbc Playground Of the pco-
Pile
The wonder of IL is that each has its
separate forccful application without
In any degree duplicating the mean.
ing of the others. The Adirondacks do
constitute summer paradise: they
offer the greatest playground Of the
peope' TO be found in all the world.
and in many respects this "Switzerland
Of America" equals in grandeur the
Switzerland Of the Old World.
"Oficial guide books define the Adj
rondacks with great exactness and much
resultant confusion TO the person sim
ply IN search of rest and recreation.
There are many who will come to love
the .Adirondacks just as certainty II
they will stop trying to remember all
the guide books contain and simply keep
In mind that somewhere north Of AL
bany and south of Montreal, west of
Lake Champlain and east of st. Law.
renee lies that great open hearted North
Country we call the Adirondacks and
that ii is approached from either side
Of the International boundary by rail
or by motor over routes that in point
Of convenience for the tourist are the
equal Of any in the world.
Roads Good for Motoring
Half the pleasure OF motoring to the
AdirOndacks exists In the fact that the
region may be approached from SO
many different directions and always
over good stone roads. forming part OF
4 system which IL annually being ex-
tended by the State Of New York.
From the south u principal avenue
Of approach by motor has long been
over the Quebec Miami Highway. Lend
Ing from New York along the Hudson
to Albany. thence north via Saratoga
Springs. Glcns Falls and the village of
Lake George, to SchrOon Lake on the
lake of the same name thence to Film
BEETHOVEN, long recognized as one of the
principal motor centers of the noun
tains.
Many motorists prefer the beautiful
shore route, SO called, north from Lake
George to Westport on Lake Cham
plain, leading for many miles along the
shores of both lakes and through
country rich in historic associations.
On the eastern slope of the mountains
Plattsburg is the northern gateway for
motorists and those availing themselves
Of the wonderful waterway trip afforded
BY the steamers on Lake George and
Lake Champlain. The southern gate
way for the lake tourists is, WestpOrt,
and the entire eastern slope of the
mountains and western shore of Lake
Champlain afford in combination n
variety Of charm which has become
world renowned.
Yosemite Of the East
Conspicuous among the points of
scenic beauty in this delightful section
O. the Adirondacks arc picturesque
Bluff Point and. near by, An Sable
Chasm, the Yosemite of the East,
through which the spirited Au Sable
River makes It's mad dash into Lake
Champlain.
At all of these points, particularly at
ilattsburg. will be found throngs of
motorists from the Dominion mingling
WIN those from the States. for whether
tnrS come from the "wet' or the "dry'
side OF the international boundary,