The Holly chieftain., 1923-02-22
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jack Frost. you enemy of mine;
rather look to you friend In need.
'Tls true love the outdoors all the year
The recurrent miracle of the Spring
And splendor of the good old Summertime;
But more love the Indian Summer days
Whose drowsy calm Is charged with Autumn's
tang
Forecasting even then your coming reign.
And most of all love the world of white
or which you are the undsputed King
Who shouts his royal message. "Snappy Days!"
And offers to his subjects royal sports
That set red blood to dancing in their veins,
That give to them joyous appetite,
Ihat bring such sleep as money cannot buy.
Ho, ho. King Jack 1t Is your reign of frost
That hardens up the fiber of man
To stature full of body, mind and SOUL
Jack Frost. know you for wise old king!
Jack Frost know you for a friend in needi
Winter sports this season in New England are
really on big scale. About the middle of Decem-
Der Boston Sunday newspaper felt warranted In
getting out Special Winter Resort Edition" con-
tanning page after page Of display advertisements
of winter resorts In Vermont New Hampshire
Maine and Massachusetts,. 1t appears that over
100 hotels and inns are open for winter sports In
these states. as against 60 last winter. The
chambers Of commerce In many cities have adyer.
tised literally all winter The New England rail.
roads have made substantial reductions In fares for
winter tourists. Enterprslng cities have estab.
arranged
elaborate winter carnivals; some even advertised
community Christmas trees, and a special program
for Washingtons birthday.
Among them all they offer long list of sports
Including tobogganng, snowshoeing, skiing, skijor
ing, skating. sleighing, coastlng curling, ski bob.
bing. hockey, Ice boating, mountain climbing and
hiking. Some even offer fishing through the Ice and
sugaring-of parties to a sugar camp. Scores of
winter carnIvals were staged during December.
January and February, with every sort of enter
tainment In keeping with the season.
The news columns OF the Eastern newspapers re.
fleet the activity In winter sports. They set forth
the winter mgratons Of various city clubs. It also
appears from the news columns that society Is do.
Ing 1t, too Country clubs by the score that ordl.
narily close with the golfng season opened their
doors to gay parties Hundreds Of country estates
were kept open and were crowded with guests
whose names were recorded at great length by the
society reporters. Sleepy county commissioners
had to wake up and buy tractors to clear the roads
for seighing and skijorng.
Maine started in early to arrange program md
proclaimed Its intention to become the "St. Moritz
of America" The plans called for carnivals as FOL.
lows: Watervllle, January 25, 20 and q; Portland.
January 81 Augusta February 15 10 and IT: BAN
gor, February %; Bar Harbor February %, and
the University of Maine February g. and 10. In
fayette National park the only one east of the
Mississippi Is well adapted for winter sports md
Its use for that purpose Is encouraged BY the ma
tional park service.
In New York the Adlrondacks were perhnps the
center OF winter sport Lake Placid has had thropgs
of metrymakers all winter. Plattsburg had many
visitors and a carnival in January Saratoga
Springs active. The city took over Recreation
Field. made many improvements and had an eabo.
rate sports program for n week late In January.
The Interstate Palisades park on the Hudson was
visited by thousands. including boy scouts. girl