, 1923-02-22
ZAONVT RAlZE1So

Jack Frost, you are no enemy of mine;
| rather look to you as friend In need.
It's true | love the outdoors all the year
The recurrent miracle of the Spring
And splendor of the good old Summertime;
But more I love the Indian Summer days
Whose drowsy calm is charged with Autumn's
tang,
Forecasting even then your coming reign.
And most of all l love the world of white
OF which you are the undisputed 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 a joyous appetite,
That bring such sleep as money cannot buy.
Ho, no, King Jack 1t is your reign of frost
That hardens up the fiber of a man
To stature full of body, mind and soul.
Jack Frost, | know you for a wise old klngl
Jack Frost, l know you for a friend in needi
Winter sports this season In New England are
really on a big scale. About the middle of Deem
Der a Boston Sunday newspaper felt warranted In
getting out n Especial Winter Resort Edition" con-
tainlng 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, MS against go last winter. The
chambers of commerce in many cities have adver-
tised literally all winter. The New England rail-
roads have made substantial reductions in fares for
winter tourists. Enterprising cities have estab-
llshed municipal recreation grounds and arranged
elaborate winter carnivals; some even advertised
community Christmas trees, and n special program
for Washington's birthday.
Among them all they offer n long list Of sports.
including tobogganing.~ snowshoeing, skiing, skljor.
ing. skating, ~sleighing, coasting. curling, ski bob
hing. hockey, ice boating. mountain climbing and
hiking. Some even offer fishing through the Ice and
sugnring-off parties to n sugar camp. Scores of
winter cnrnivals were staged during December.
January and February. with every sort Of enter.
tninment In keeping with the season.
The news columns of the Eastern newspapers re-
fleet the activity In winter sports. They set forth
the winter migrations of various city clubs. II also
appears from the news columns that society is do
Ing it. too. Country clubs by the score that ordI.
narlly close with the golhng season opened their
doors to gay parties. Hundreds Of country estates
we're kept open and were crowded with guests.
whose names were recorded at great length by the
society reporters. Sleepy county commissioners
hid to wake up and buy tractors to clear the roads
for ~sleighing and %sklIdring.
Maine started in early 10 arrange n nrogrnm and
proclaimed its intention TO become the "St. Morltz
Of America" The plans called for carnlvals ms fol-
lows: wnterville. January %. 20 and -; Portland.
January % Augusta. February II. 10 ana II; Ban.
gor, February %; Bar Hnrhor. February %, and
the University Of Maine February s. o and 10. La.
fnyettc National park, the only one east OF the
Mississippi, Is well adapted for winter sports and
It's use for that purpose Is encouraged by the na.
tional park service.
In New York the Adlrondacks were perhaps the
center Of winter sport. Lake Placid has had throngs
OF m%eIrymakers all winter. Plnttshurg had many
visitors and n carnival In January. Saratoga
Springs was active. The city took over Recreation
Field, made many improvements and had nm elnbo-
rate sports program for n week late In january.
The Interstate Palisades park on the Hudson was
visited ny thousands. including boy scouts. Virl