Evening star., 1941-03-23
BY JACQUES FUTRELLE, Jr.,

11aVel EGltOr.
Few travellers realized the extent
of the invitation when President
Roosevelt, dedicating the Sl,250000
Whiteface Mountain Memorial high
way in September of 1885, coined the
phrase. See the Adironacks for a
dollar"
Entering the vest New York State
park on United States highway 9
Immediately north of Glens Falls,
the traveller finds no hint of its ex-
tent. The mountains, at any mo-
ment, might end as abruptly as they
began. And the beginning is as
definite as if cosmic giants had
drawn a line, deciding that to the
north they would build great mounds.
1t appears as if State surveyors have
found that line in laying out the
jagged southern boundary of the
park.
Embracing 1855 square miles. the
park is larger than the combined
areas of four of the Federal Gov
ernment'S most spectacular Western
parkS-YelloWStone, Yosemite, Gla-
Cier and Grand Canyon. And, Bar
numesque as the invitation may
sound, all of it-more, too, into Can
ada and Vermont-circles around
the 4,872-foot pivot that the Iriquois
Indians called "Theanoquen" and the
Aleonquins "Wahopartenie
Alive with history, the area also
has a long record as a recreation
land.
Looking over a collection of Cur
rier and Ives prints to enjoy their
characteristic record of events and
activities that thrilled the genera
ton of those dear. departed, de-
corous days, a traveller of today
might pause over one of the more
obscure, a picture entitled Fishing
on Chateaugay." 1t is typical
product of the famous publishing
house. showing a bewhiskered out
doors man standing on the ice with
a line bobbing through a neat hole
he had cut with hatchet. A chill
ing thought, yes; but it serves to
dramatize, perhaps better than four
numerals, the age of Upper New
York as popular vacation area.
The little village of Chateaugay,
standing in clearing in the woods,
seldom figures in resort art and news
of today. When it does, it is likely
to be along an artistic line only
vaguely identified with resort life
the Adirondack Music Camp,
founded in 1884. where budding mu-
SicianS make the mountains ring as
they practice each summer on the
wooded shores of Lake Chateaugay.
At other parts on the lake are sprin-
kings of cottages to rent to those
who appreciate vacations nicely
Drowned on the solitude side, with
roads to the village to allay any
feeling of isolation. But Chateau
gay would be compelled to plead
guilty of being out of style as re-
sort, judged by the hot-dog stand,
night life and country club standards
of today. The Waltonian of MeSsrs.
Currier and Ives might, except for
telephones, electric lights and daily
papers, feel perfectly at home.
Chateaugay, within easy walking
distance of the Canadian border,
typifeS the motive. if not the tempo,
of Upstate New York as a recrea-
ton land. Many of the communi-
ties have added glamor-fashionabl
cocktail lounges, dance floors, bathing
beauty contests and beer joints
but the first, lasting and Turing ap-
peal lies in the forested mountains,
tumbling streams and quiet lakes.
Nearly $50 bodies of water, including
historic Lake Champlain, beautiful
Lake George and the sweeping st.
Lawrence River, dot the green pam
Drama viewed from the observation
tower atop Whiteface.
Time was when the forerunner OF
Lake Placids present-day Chamber
of Commerce could pick up letter