The Washington times., 1922-07-16
WONDERFUL CLIMATE
LURES WASHINGTON
PEOPLE TO CANADA
r a m iliar Faces i'm
Cottage Colony at
Murray Bay

NEWFohf mas its washington
colony and the North Shore.
The pleasant resorts along the
Maine coast are filled with Wash-
ingtonianS the White Mountains.
and Cape Cod. and a dozen other
localities gathering In their share
of the summer sojourners. And
yet there are many others who
have Jared farther afield and are
enjoying the delights Of the Ca
madam climate.
At beautiful Murray Bay. for
example, many familiar Wash
ington faces are to be found.
Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft, who
have been going to Murray Pay
in summer for twenty years--ex-
cepting only the years when Mr..
Taft was President and when It
was not considered etiquette for
the Chief Executive to visit on
foreign soil-have brought their
visit to England to a close and
will have a few weeks at their
cottage at Murray Bay before
Chief Justice Taft has to start
for California to attend the meet
ing Of the American Bar Asso-
citation. They sailed from Mon
treal and are returning by the
same route. presumably because
they will land within easy reach
of their summer home. ~
Mrs. William J. Boardman and
Miss Mabel Boardman, close
friends of the Tafts, have been a:
their Murray Bay cottage since
mid June. It's a charming place,
within walking distance Of the
Tafts' house. and perched on .
hillside overlooking the broad
st. Lawrence.
Miss Laura Harlan slipped away
yesterday for her holiday and un-
doubtedly she has earned II. The
position of White House social
secretary has been no sinecure in
the strenuous months of the last
winter and spring. She is going
to Murray Bay. a favorite haunt
OF the Harlan family for many
years, and she and her sister, Miss
Ruth Harlan, will be at Chamard's
Hotel, boarding house, camp-its
really difficult to define Cha
mard's, with its central hostelry
and it's wee bit cottages, creeper
clad and picturesque. climbing the
hillside from the road. But it's
an institution in Murray Bay. peo-
pie coming back year after year:
and, although the rates are ridicu-
lousy low and the accommoda-
tons primitive, in some ways it's
really much smarter to stay at
Chamard's than at the big hotel
on the hill.
MURRAY BAY, however. L. pre-
eminently a place where the
cottagers have things all their own
way. And such lovely cottages
they are-low rambling structures,
surrounded by gardens, and look
ing for all the world like an
integral part of the wooded land
scape. They represent a great
expenditure, but they never
scream money at you. as do the
more pretentious houses Of many
such resorts as Newport, Man
chester and Pride's Crossing. and
they fairly radiate the gentle
breeding and the charm Of the peo-
pie to whom Murray Bay 10 q
second home.
Mrs. Ezra b. McCagg, OF Wash
ington and Chicago, is at the
Spinneys this summer and at
Northbourne one finds Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Henry b.
Wiley, who have been stationed
in Washington on several oc-
casions. II mistake not the Har-
Ian cottage is occupied this sum.
mer by Miss Harlan's brother,
John Harlan, of Chicago, and his
family 1t has been let Of late
years, but before Justice Harlan's
death his sons and daughters used
always to spend the summers
there.