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water is used exclusively lor drinking an4 roe county, H. B. Courtrlght has a farm cot and as it Is on the principal street, near tho beach. Its attractiveness as a summer home tage which has rooms for 20 at a 2,000 feet temperature is lower than In tho city and the house has first class appointments, a farm and dairy for the supply of farm delicacies cook tag. There is a large lawn wUth several tennis courts, concrete walks and fine shade.

The new Mathewson will open on Che 20th elevation among the Pocono mountains. may be easily understood. The proprietors, On the top ot the Alleghany mountains, in will furnish all and it is vefy proud of tho reputation of its Georgo Li. Atkins and son, The samo firm I chef. For amusements the guests have rides for the season under the management ot S.

W. Mathewson. jr. Information may be had information on application. Blair county, in the Hotel Woposononock, In the town of tho same name, 2,650 feet above the sea.

all this, and from the landing every part the Island can be reached either ovor fine drives or by 'steam railroads. Hotel Castletoii commands a grand view of the surrounding country and is one of the first, points that attracts the eye on approaching tho Island. This is situated on Brighton Heights. Tho Caetleton is an attractive place for those who wish to spend a few weeks of various seasons of the year, spring, summer, autumn or The hygienic arrangements and precautions against at 200 Fourth avenue. New York.

The At cold water and commanding a view ot the sound. New London Is a sleepy, restful, delightful old town that wakes up on the occasion of the college boat races and lets the stranger sleep the rest ot the time if he so minded, though the hotels and their cottages which the summer visitors have called into existence do provide livelier amusement for those who wish to be frivolous. The Pequot house Is one of the New England hotels with a historic name and a long standing reputation. In connection with it are a number of furnished cottages to let with hotel service. The also conduct Brock houso at Enterprise, and drives to Budd's Lake, Lake Hopatcong, during the winter months, and have reputa the Delaware Water Gap, Mount Piasgah and tion and experience as hotel managers.

many attractive places. The roads' are finely The Coleman house Is ono of the standbys at macadamed and there is a shop for the sale, Ashnrv Park and will mien its twenty first renting and repair of bicycles on the grounds. lantic house, just opened, has large piazzas, flee grounds with tennis, bathing and boat ing, and an unobstructed view oi tne ocean. The Atwood is directly on the ocean front: nnn on i "to 25th. The location of the house so that wheelmen will be well cared for.

Tho has elevator and all modorn Improvements; lnr is suDOTb. It fills a square bounded by streets AROUND NEW ENGLAND formation at Eagle bureau. hotel orchestra gives three concerts daily ana there are bowling, billiards, tennis and other amusements. The Heath house, )so on Schooley's mountain. Is one of the oldest resorts In the coun house opened lor its fifth season on decoration day.

At Chester, Sunny Side is on a hill 275 feet from the road. On the New York end of Greenwood lake. In Orange county, is San Carlos on the Lako, formerly thio club house. Apply at the San Carlos, 69 South Oxford street. At Lake Hopatcong tho Woodpor: house accommodates 180 guests, has fishing, boating, tennis and out door sports.

Tho Hotel Breslln will open on June 24, under new management. Address W. L. Yalden, Hotel St Mare, New York, Tho America houso and Hillside Lodge are now open and have special rates for June. At Swartswood, In the Blue mountains of Sussex county, Mrs.

M. M. Bunn's Lako Side house has fino fishing grounds. An attractive summer home can bo found near tho Shrewsbury river by writing to Seminary, Oceanic, Monmouth county. At English town Is a quiot family resort, with plenty of shade and abundant mineral waiter.

Mr. Charles W. Westervelt is tbe proprietor. At Sparta the Lake View house, 300 feet rroni Lake Morris, is at tbe head ot Sparta Glen and has good fishing, but no bar. J.

R. Davennort is the DroDrietor. Fort Grlswoid house on the sound, opposite Massachusetts. The portion of Massachusetts best known New London, Is in its eleventh season. Cottages are connected with the hotel and this a a summer resort is the Berkshire hills, In Is one of the places which claims to be free the western end ot the state.

The region from mosquitoes. comprising Lenox, Stockbridge, Pittsfleld and Tho Pequot house offers to summer resi dents a rare combination of seashore and to a lesser extent Great Barirngton, is a great social headquarters and In the fall is crowded country life. The house stands 200 yards back from the water and ou feet above it; between with people whose names and doings are try, with tho attractions of a mountain Inn. Among the Jersey towns in easy reach of the city which afford comfortable summer homes are Fan wood, where the homestead has largo i grounds, electric lights and modern appolnt ments; Rahway, where rooms in a houso I on tide water, with large grounds, may be found by writing to post office box I 171, and Matawau, where at the Glen wood board may be had at moderate rates; Underoliff, where adults can find board by writing to box 14, Underciiff, Bergen county; Westwood, where J. W.

Areson ha3 a mod ernly fitted up house; Westfield. whore Lawvllle wished boarders for a house with large grounds and modern improvements; known trom one end of the country to the other. These people are attracted, or were so when the fame of these towns began, by and has GOO feet frontage on ocean and lake. The service and appointments are first class and a passenger elevator has been added to the equipment since last season. Excellent music will be provided and the house has a spacious ball rctn, billiard room, bowling alleys, tennis courts, lawns, etc.

The fishing pier, the board walk, the beaca plaza and the pavilions are all near and in view from the broad piazzas. Rates, diagrams and Information v. ll! be furnished on application to A. P. Marge: ts, chiof clerk, Coleman house, Asbury Park.

X. J. Ocean Grove and Asbury Park are fo near together, the life of one is so much affected by the other, and visitors flit from ono to tho other so easily that they are usually thought of together. At Ocean Grove the Majestic hotel is directly on the beach and is fitted up with electric and other modorn appointments. The Llewellyn cottage at 33 Broadway Is in Its fourth season and is only a "block and a half from the ocean.

What the whole ot Coney Island, includ HE New England states remain tho chief center ot the summer resort business, having the advantage not only of a great variety of beautiful scenery and at tractions which suit a wide range of taste, but also the prestige which comes from its early settlement. tire have unremitting attention. vae water Is from artesian wells, and that for drinking purposes Is filtered through Pasteur genu, proof filters. Fire pings connect: with street mains. There are baths on every tluor and In connection with many suites of rooms.

Among other conveniences are eievr.tors, electric lights, steam heat ami sun parlors. Nin.o hundred feet i piazzas, much of them Inclosed lu glass for winter and into a dancing pavilion MxGfi, with a specially selected and prepared He or. At New Brighton is the Pavilion hotel, with every advantage of appointment and location to warrant the popularity it has won. The Pavilion is at present under the management of L. Rhodes, formerly nf Kenilworth Inn, Ashville, N.

C. Miss Elflerkln of Richmond terrace. New Brighton also offers pleasant accommodations. At National Prohibition, West New Brighton, the Park hotel Is open from May to October and is under the management of It. B.

Hughes. At Seaside summer boarders are taken at the farm house of Mrs. T. S. Annadall.

Trinity Home, at RosEVllle. is a place where children are cared for during vacation and tho year round, and are given competent instruction and watchful caro. the house and the water there is a beautiful lawn sloping to the water's edge, while at the rear ot the house tbe country gradually rises, with no low or marsh land and consequently no mosqultos cr malarial poisons. the beautiful views, the gorgeous panoply of the Berkshire hills in September and October Avon by the Sea has tho Oxford, whioh will The drainage has been pronounced perfeot by being something hard to equal elsewhere. All around the towns named, however, are others competent engineers.

A boat livery, includ ing both rowing ana sailing boats, will be which have as great or greater natural attrac begin its fifth season this year under the management of Boggs Bros. At Asbury Park Is the Hotel Savoy, finely located, with first class German cuisine. Apply to Mrs. J. Weingarten.

Tho 0rland6 on connected with the hotel. The country around tions and which are full oi small noteis ana Bergen Point, where the Touretto houso is affords delightful walks and drives, over good only thirty minutes from Liberty street. New farm houses, which place the beauties of tha region in reach of the transient of moderate means. A large number ot city people in all parts ot roads, shaded by old and majestic trees. A livery, In charge of reliable parties, will be maintained and guests wishing to send their I York; Ridgewood, where S.

M. Vass, box 10, offers large rooms; and H. D. box 285, ha3 a few rooms: Netherwood. a part of Plain The crown of the whole Berkshire region Park avenue, a short distance trom tne oeacn, makes special rates for boarders in June.

Mrs. George M. Day is the proprietor. A Ocean Grove Is tho Hotel Spray View, directly on the nation are of New England origin. As they have amassed wealth they have gone horses may be assured they will be properly Is the rugged peak so well described by Its name, Greylock.

This mountain is up near field, where the Woodsido Is a family house of cared for. Music will be furnished by an or ing the lively west ond and the Oriental, llC ill C.J au back to build summer homes in the regions .1 OOfl ths ocean, with Dorches on three fronts. Jos chestra of competent musicians for daily con Wllllamstown. at the north ot the Lenox is to New York and Brooklyn, Atlantic City i ivu, uu associated with their family names. In New certs and dancing.

A competent chef and assistants have been eph White Is the proprietor, and the Buena Vista, one block from tho ocean, Is an attractive place and is kept by Mrs. Louisa Carson, formerly of the Central England this tendency began a good while ago and the whole region from Connecticut to Maine is dotted with handsome villas that region, and it commands a view not equaled elsewhere In the state, so that It Is a central point for excursion parties. On the summit is the Greylock inn, Improved and under new engaged and particular attention will be given to Philadelphia, it is also an lsiana ana: its connection with the mainland Is much ty miles out. where Mrs. E.

J. Prout offers less close than that of our own resort, but large rooms; Old Bridge, where Miss Coo lt has tho advantage ot a milder climate over's schoo loiters summer board to children and ki attracts euests earlv and late and Hillsdale, where the Manor houso offers home even in the wtatS month" though the gay i comforts at rates; PmmI where to make the table attractive. The Haddams are towns in the broad and house. Good board can be had at Moe and particulars will be furnished by addressing a let quiet lower Connecticut valley, at whose IN GAY NEW JERSEY the profits of farming would never have rendered possible. Along with the private cottage everywhere has gono the public boarding house or the summer hotel, and farm try ter to Box A.

The Outlook house and cot taues at Cranford offers special attractions. season there is in midsummer. Af Atlantic multiplicity of divisions' and names Mark Twain poked fun years ago. The names still City one may find everything the Fine location, large grounds and plenty of houses which could never have cleared their mortgages from tho ordinary crops have easily r. Hackensack.

where' adults may find board with shade. Address Mrs. T. B. Faitoute.

continue, except the profane one which Mark Twain invented as a climax to the list, and at Middle Haddam board may be had with Liuua uuaru a.u. ci liiv cti cr uuici muu Hotel Carleton, Spring Lake, fronts on the A. J. Williams, post office box 64. done so by blossoming out with broad piazzas and enlarged vegetable gardens for the Ocean and lake, with complete appointments, country fare and country surroundings by benefit ot tho summer boarder.

The extent artesian well and electric lights. S. E. Simon writing to Post Office Box S. of the region which is rural enough for quiet is tho manaeer.

Summer homes may be found all through the Tho Beacon by the Sea, at Point Pleasant, one of the most attractive of the moderate priced hotels on the Jersey ccast, will open for the season on June 15. It is on the Atlantic Beach, at the head of Barnegat bay, just at. the edge the great pine belt and and comfort and yet within easy reach through Litchfield and Berkshire hills, along tho line John It. Hartung Is proprietor of the Mirror Lake farm house at Delaware. Picturesque some of the railroad systems vhich cut up scenerv.

with Dlentv of boating and fishing. of the Reading and New England railroad. A descriptive book of this region may be had at the offices of Dodd's and Westcott's express Tho Willow Grove farm, kept by P. C. Har within eight miles of Lakewood.

its grounds EW JERSEY is ono of tho fortunate stato3 which have attraction of both seaside and mountain within its own borders. All the world knows of Long Branch, As bury Park, Ocean Grove, Atlantic City, Barnegat bay and the towns clustering the New England states into blocks like an irregular checker board is very large and through it all this transforming process by means of the summer boarder has gone companies, and the Eagle information bureau In this city. Together with the presence of such famous At Litchfield, which is the county seat and resorts as Lenox. Newport, Narragansett Pier, social center of Litchfield county, Hawkhurst is a hotel at so high an altitude that It claims the White mountains and Bar Harbor, tho natural attractions of the country have made to bo exempt from hay fever. Mrs.

it really one big summer pleasure ground.Peo ple have awakened to the possibilities of the long strips of lonely beach where ho may loaf or bathe undisturbed by tho crowds which like livelier surroundings. There are too numerous excursions by boat to nearby resorts' and the inlet which separates the beach from tho mainland offers special facilities for sailing parties in small boats. The hotels are many and their appointments usually excellent. The new St. Charles, directly on the ocean and fronting the esplanade will accommodate 350 guests and means that these shall be among the most fashionable patrons of the resort.

The Al berraarle on Virginia avenue close to the beach will aecommodato 350 guests. Tho Westminster on Kentucky avenue is open all the year around and is especially wen protected against the raw days that come at ill seasons. The Traymore claims first class appointments and service. The Seaside on Pennsylvania avenue and the ocean; the Irvlngton, with sun parlors overlooking the ocean; Haddon hall, enlarged to double Its old capacity and now open the year around; the Chalfonte, with sea water baths; the Arlington, on the sea end of Michigan avenue. Atlantic Highlands Is on the bold bluff on the west shore of Sandy Hook bay and Is approachable both by frequent trains and by boat from New York.

The Shoroland. Charles D. Buell has six rooms on a hill near tho village. At Newtown the Grand Central hotel, with an elevation of summer boarder Industry and have recogized Its importance in more substantial ways than building out piazzas, buying hair mattresses S00 feet, claims a similar exemption. Indeed, on the sandy beach between Sandy Hook The bathing suit has shrunk, to its great these famous bath the Litchfield hills are as a rule free from hay and putting In sanitary plumbing.

Every state and Long Branch, grown, or perhaps eat distinction at fever or malaria. Board for girls can be had has game preserving associations of some by writing to box 53, New Canaan. Salisbury kind, btreams have been stocked and deer Is among the lakes and near the Berkshire and other game Introduced through their in hills. Mrs. J.

C. Landon offers country board. fluence. Roads are improving under the stimulus of the invading bicycle, and from with fine drives. Farm board among the Redding hills Is offered by John Nlckerson of management.

The post office address Wllllamstown. On the broad, shaded street of Stockbridge more celebrated in American letters than any other rural street, except the one over the bridge at Concord Is C. H. Plumb's Red Lion Inn, one of the landmarks ot the region. At Pittsfleld, the chief hotel is the Maple wood, which opened a fortnight ago for the season.

Its proprietor, Arthur W. Plumb, has oatered successfully to his guests tor many years. Beach grove is a house with fine grounds and modern Improvements. Great Barrlngton is a progressive town where the board of trade, J. F.

Whiting, chairman, will see that inquiring strangers are directed to suitable quarters. There la located, too, the Berkshire Inn, one of the noted houses of the regions. Caleb Ticknor now have a well earned reputation for their game dinner. They keep the Berkshire inn open all year and many spend their winters there. The Taghkannue Park hotel has good appointments and connecting cottages.

At Lanesboro the Hill Crest farm house has open fireplaces and large grounds with tennis courts. Brookside farm has an altitude of 1,800 feet and is six and a half miles from Pittsfleld. W. S. Royce's Hillside home accommodates from ten to fourteen guests.

Carrie R. Dow's Old Homestead farm is on Pontoosuck lake. At Tyringham Mrs. Helen T. Fuller's Hiokory farm will take one or two families.

At New Marlboro the inn named after the town is 1,500 feet above the sea. At Cheshire F. C. Brown's place, the Cedars, Is a large house In large and shaded grounds. Mrs.

N. W. Mason's Westbrooke cottage Is just out from the village and post office. At Magnolia the Hesperus house offers special rates for June and September. At state line, on the Harlem road, J.

F. Bliss' Belalr farm offers high elevation, spring water and shade. Lebanon Springs, though across the line' in the state of New York, Is really In the Berkshire hills, and Columbia hall there claims to be the largest, most modern and best furnished house in the Berkshires. It Is certainly in a delightful location, to which tho Shakers give a touch of the picturesque, and the medicinal properties of the springs have long been known. In the town of Berkshire L.

A. Chase's Elmwood farm offers beard tor families or adults. At Barre the Hotel Barre stands amid much fine scenery and has all the modern improvements. At Alandar the Ashley cottage of Mrs. L.

MelluB Is a thousand feet above the Housatonic valley and accommodates twenty five. the habit of summer boarders of patronizing ing beaches and all the delights of the surf are enjoyed there by thousands of visitors not only from these cities but from the whole world over. The board walk at Atlantic City is as widely known as the one at Manhattan beach and the restriction of Asbury Park have made the name of that quiotly conducted village known more widely livery stables where the driving is best. Redding. Mrs.

L. B. Benedict of West Redding has a private louse with a farm table Village improvement societies have done a great deal to transform the once ragged go as you pi ease appearance of the villages, which 4L than any policy ot license could nave cone aepena upon summer board for a large share At Woodbury, amid fine scenery, is tho Parker house. At New Preston Lake Waramaug nestles among the Litchfield hills. The Eagle's Nest is a hotel with extensive grounds, ten minutes' walk from the lake.

The Loomar wlck house has running spring water in all lt3 and have drawn to it a highly desirable das; ot tneir prosperity. Under the combination wmch has been renovated and enlarged lor this season," makes special endeavors for largo family parties. Mrs. E. Hooper's The Beach at Atlantic City.

of these influences it Is now possible to drop down almost anywhere that the vagrant fancy may lead one to go in New England and find rooms, a tonnis court ond fine drives In the Windsor hotel advertises reasonable rates. neighborhood. The Wonosco house and cot tung. Stewartsvllle, is situated on the Pohat Hollywood Lodge has shady grounds and are laid out for tennis, croquet and golf. comiortaDie Deos.

wen cooKea roca and a tages, at Lakeville, among the Berkshire hills, cong river, opposite the mountains of that name. Good accommodations and rea3nable population more ready to consider the wants and whims of the stranger within the gates have boating and fishing. wide verandas. The Prospect house, five minutes from the station, has an elevation of 200 feet and accommodates 40. Board at a private residence at Salisbury, terms.

than was formerly the rule In that country. The Windsor hotel at Belmar is now open. In the Berkshire hills, can be had by writing Once the stranger had to take what ho could At the Highlands ot the Navesink with to Box 72; fine views and drives. the same general topography the East view get and was expected to show gratitude for It is near the ocean and Shark river and offers superior facilities tor bathing, boating George H. Bro'wn's Hawkhurst, at Litch tne privilege or breathing New England air house, now open, commands both surf and still water bathing, fishing and fine drives.

and fishing. It Is managed by G. w. Pauuin, field, Is 1,200 feet above the sea, has spring ana looiung at iMew isngiand mountains, even The Carleton hotel will open to morrow for water, fine drainage, good table and beautiful ir ne ate inea salt pork and elept on feathers Seabnght is one of the modern villages on he sandy beach between the Shrewsbury river Its nineteenth season under its present man drives. There is fine surf bathing on the beach and still water bathing, boating and crabbing in the Manasquan river, five minutes by trolley Une from the hotel.

Point Pleaxant is reached by the New York and Long Beach railroad. The hotel is on a fine tract ot land which has beon opened for the benefit of people who want to own a cottage by the sea. An electric railroad connects it with several Interesting points in the neighborhood of Point Pleasant. The fine roads are well adapted to carriage and bicycle riding. Brooklyn people are financially interested in the enterprises at this place and they will do their best to satisfy their telow townspeople.

The Oranges, Montclair, Morrlstown and Summit are well known as fashionable New In the hill country, over toward the eastern iDd the sea. which have filled up with summer now the Best the land affords is none too good, and the land affords more since the rapid train service has put the country In touch agement. Mrs. J. Cox's Neptune house is within 150 feet of the ocean, Haverstlck's ot summer patrons.

Tue religious conventions have raz.de Ocean Grove their summer capital. Long Branch has a distinct set of habitues of its ow.n, being the seaside Saratoga. Through all these resorts all the amusements which young people out for a vacation of pleasure iove are in full force and no coast of similar length elsewhere Is bo crowded or so gay from Juno until September calls backs the reluctant youth and maidens to the business or social life of the city. Tho center of ail this region "is Long Branch, which, with its large hotels. Its swimming pools, its Monmouth races and its many devices for whiling dull care away, has been a national name ever since President Grant had his cottage here.

The Hotel Brighton, which has been refurnished and fitted up at large expense for this season, is now open and has rooms for 250 guests. It is under the management of Palmar MacDoweil. It is on the beach and near depot. Large lawn, tennis and croquet. Both proprietors are old hotel men.

The United States hotel has a national reputation and has been associated with the important persons and events at Long Branch for years. It Is an immeuso four story structure, just across Ocean avenue from the end of the state, lies Easthampton, noted for its hills and for Lake Pocotopaug. The Lake popular house, the Melrose inn, on the beach. homes so rapidly of late. G.

B. Sandt octagon hotel will be open on the 20th for guests. The Lenox by the Sea is at Rumson Beach, witn. iew York and Boston markets and con will open to morrow wltn nrst class equip veniences than it once did. In native attrac View house is directly on the lake, and has all the accessories of a first class summer home.

ment. wh5eh claims tbe finest bathing, boating and tions rvew England can boast several things which are easily first of their kind. The White At Boonton. thirty miles from New York, bicycling In the country. The Tremont at Mrs.

C. B. Buell's Pocotopaug house is near on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Sea makes snecial rates for Juno and Sep the lake and has been refitted. It is admira mountains are the most Insnirine rane In railroad, a limited number of boarders will bly run. William Hill's Mansion house Is a tne riast as wen as tne oest equipped stages, tember.

The Hotel Xormandie, near Sea bright, will open on the 20th. It is managed be taken at a house on high ground, twelve fine family hotel. railroad approaches and hotels. The whole coast of Maine was created by nature for a minutes from the depot. Address box zo, At Kent is the Weetanog, on the banks ot by Ferdinand p.

Earle of the New York Boonton. N. Y. the Housatonic river, with a largo lawn end summer resort. Newport is the most bonnti At Englishtown the Pineland park house At Richmond Mrs.

M. Groat farm cottage Sori'Je Lake beach and Monmouth beach boating. Mrs. M. Garry of Stratford offers are in the long line of popular seashore re is a healthy family resort at cheap rates.

T.nkewnotl is known tho year around as has an elevation of 1,100 feet and Is near Lenox and Pl btsfield. ful city by the sea in the world; the Berk shires are the best developed and most cultivated hill country; the Rangeley lakes afford some of the best fishing and hunting in the board In a farming country on the banks ot the Housatonic Fenwlck hall at Saybrook point, at the sorts. At the former, E. l. Kicnarason's Allaire, directly on the beach, has been Ait Souithfiald Mrs.

E. M. Norton's Elmwood center of fashion and health. Beachwood villa, at Lexington avenue and Fourth street, is anew house, newly furnished, with modern renovated and put in first class shape, and cottage offers a quiet country homo, with tele mouth of the Connecticut river, will open the cast ana lase unampiain, with its flanking phone and dally maill, at reasonable raies. beach, and will accommodate 400 guests.

It e.cmvomcmces. Ait Monterey, mine miles from ureait Barring hfts been put in thorough repair for this sea the Monmouth house, seven miles below Long Branch, is open from June 20 to September 20. At Monmouth Beach the Monmouth Beach hotel is only three minutes from the ocean Ocean avenue cottage, on the principal drive son, repainted and renovated throughout, and ton, Henry Clapp has accommodation tor thirty in a house, wiith batth and fine grounds. to the surf, is in the pine belt, a mile ana a will open tills week. New bulkheads with a half from the depot.

plank walk extending two miles or more have Mrs. William E. Bump can accommodate six or eight guests In a farm house, with, large Mrs. Frank Francisco, at Sinjac, otters and from the Shrewsbury river. Deal Beach lies between Elberon and Asbury Park.

The A.llen house has a new been built and the guests will thus gat an in country board in North Caldwell, high on the rooms, good beds and table. vigorating promenade by the sea. The bathing facilities in the famous Long Branch surf mountain. sixty room addition, with elevator, gas and At Ashley Falls Mrs. G.

H. Blodgett oas a electric lights; Hathaway inn has a capacity large farm and offers moderate rates. are excellent and the house has handsom for 200 guests, daily concerts and other At Hartsvlile, six miles from Great Bar grounds. G. S.

Lambert ot Brook luxuries. The Brlelle is a family hotel rlnigton, Mrs. L. A. Sanderson has e.

finely lyn will have charge of the orchestra th equipped house and grounds, with fine lakes season and Informal hops win be given In the twelve miles south of Long Branch, which can care for SO guests and about which in PENNSYLVANIA HOUNTAINS and drives in tihe neighborhood. notel par.rs uednesday Saturday evenings. A complete livery will be con At Becket E. J. Turner Mountain Lake formation may be had of Major G.

JJ. Rus sell, 170 Remsen street, Brooklyn. farm has an altitude of 1,500 feet, boating and ducted In connection with the hotel as heretofore, in charge of Henry J. O'Connor. The a good table.

Aoironaacks and Green mountains. Is the most beautltul large body of water we have In the East. Connecticut. The charms of this country begin very close to New York and Brooklyn and are accessible to people who cannot be far away from the city for their summer outing. The Connecticut shore ot Long Island Bound is an almost continuous bathing, boating and fishing beach and back from the sound the country rises into the beautiful Richfield hills, which are the beginning of the Berk shires and are the resting places ot some of the most socially distinguished New England and New York families, and Into the hills north of New London, famous as the seat of the college boat races.

This bill country is dotted with delightful small lakes and everywhere are farm houses, small cot ages and hotels ready to extend hospitality for a consideration. The north shore of the sound begins this side of the Connecticut line, with New Rochelie, Mamaroneck and Rye Beach, which are as suburban as Averne by the sea. New Rochell has a large summer colony, both of cottage owners and transients. 27th. Rhode Island.

Rhode Island is famous for three things beside to diminutive size; New Port, Narragansett Pier and clam bakes. To these might bo added a fourth. Block Island if it were not that tew people think of Block Island as in the state of Rhode Island at all. It is so solitary, out miles from the mainland in the Atlantic ocean, It is so self sufficient and has so little to do with the turmoil of this busy country that few people stop to think that it must have a government of some sort outside Itself. Such connection as it nas is with Rhode Island to which geographically this cool and inviting paradise belongs, Block Island, fifteen miles out, has the rest and quiet of a sea voyage, with freedom from sea sickness for the most sensitive, with ocean bathing and fishing such as the shore resorts do not have, and with.

the advantage that in case of a business or domestic earthquake at home the telegraph will bring you word so that you may enjoy the freedom without worrying over the things which may have happened without your knowledge. A daily boat brings mail and new arrivals. The hotel Manisses has an now iron pisr this season will give Long At State Line Mrs. E. B.

Page has a farm Avon by the Sea, where the Shark river empties into the ocean, has one ot the finest locations on the coast, and Avon inn has been well called "a palace on the beach." It Is GATHERING POND LILIK3. iirancn once more direct connection with house, with many attractions. The Pennsylvania mountains have many re Jew iorlc by boat. At Cheshire Mrs. N.

W. Mason's Westbrook sorts noted for wild scenery, fine fishing an an extremely handsome house, and the arch! The Ocean house is another of the well cottage Is halt a mile from the station And well equipped. Known Long Branca hotels. H. H.

Pearson has returned to the management and will tha flavor of out doors and the winderness In their summer life. At Canadensis in the Pocono mountains tbe Spruce Cabin house is in At Noiith Bgremont Seeley Doty's Prospect lecture of seaside hotels is n'ot always a thing ot beauty. The internal arrangements are admirably devised for the comfort of the guests, and every room In the house has an ocean exoosure. The rooms facing the south open the house on June 29. C.

F. Burrell of Lake house Is a favorite Berkshire summering XJenver, is the now lessee. Both are place. Belchertown ana are in the hill old summer notol men ana tuay propose ti make tho Ocean a first class houso at moder look out over the ocean, river and bay. There at rates.

The hetel has been ofiiciaily made are Jargo open fireplaces and the steam radi ators in each room are found welcome durim tee neaaquarters the League at American region riBlng from the beautiful Connecticut valley. In the former B. Butler has a house of twelve rooms to let for the summer. Board at a Connecticut valley farm In Montague may be had by writing to Franklin Field. wheelmen for New Jersey and New York and ono of th? cold storms which sometimes sweep our northern coasts.

There are hot and cold, Dicyciists win receive special attention salt and fresh water batb.3 on every floor, bil jvuioug uie iniproveiunis wmen make Hard rooms, bowling alleys and tennis courts. Long branch pleasanter tcis season for the and a good orchestra for dancing and concert ocean guosts is tbe thorough buikheadin Tee tc ers command tbe ccast from the high ana protection of tbe ocean drive and the lands on the north to Barnogat on the south. Be! mar is a pretty village on the New York Jersey suburbs, having an Intimate connection with the social life ot New York. The people who own the places which give these towns their distinction, were drawn to them by the beautiful views and pure air which their hills command, and tho same advantages are at tho beck of transients who seek them for a summer outing. At Orange country board may bo had at 9 Commerce street, within a mile the mountains; at South Orange board in a house with large grounds, by writlns to box J5, and board cn the mountain side, by writing to box 69.

At Morrlstown the Walton cottage has sanitary plumblng. spring water and stabling facilities. Miss Traylen's Cherry Trees Is a house with large rooms and dry air. At East Orange adults can find board at 64 Grove streot; rooms, in a modern house, at 397 William street; rooms at 21 Prospect street, three minutes' from Brick Church station, or at 12 North Arlington avenue; at Montclair, which is nearer the city than any of tho other towns named In this paragraph, boarders will be taken at 15 WIHard place, at 66 Greenwood avenue, and in a large houso reached through post office box 115; at Summit, this side of Morrlstown, a private family offers board, through Box 421; others through boxes 167 and 343, and B. S.

Dean oifers farm board. Engl cod is just across the Hudson river. The at.1. Englev.ood house Is under now management this Beason, and board may he found by addressing pest office box 329. and Long Branch railroad, and has sprung into popularity with Brooklyn people of late years.

Eei almost surrounded by the Shark river and a iaite formed from It. the place is free from sultry land breezes and mos quitoes. Of tho hotels, the Columbia, which will opan to morrow under the management of Miss M. Lindsay, who has successfully conducted it before. Is a commodious, three story building, with broad piazzas, and stands upon the ocean front.

The hotel is supplied with gas and water in all the electric bells, tolc phcr.e and telegraph. The water comes trom an artesian well 230 feet deep. Morning concerts are given daily, there is every evening and a german once a week. paving oi Bread way with asphalt, furnishing fine riding driving bou'evarcN The house IjGO feet rr. nt directly the ocean.

It has a bathing beach sloping 400 feet before a depth of f'vo fest i reached. Boats p. ml attendants are readv at all times to take guests on Special' rates are mado for the seas. The West End hotel, wlia Yu cottages, win open June 2Z. Additional rooms have put in oa oerv fioo' The New York office is at 52 Broadway.

Its representative, can bo found at the Grand hate, Nsw York. Asbury Park has a greater variety of hotels and boarding hcuses than perhaps an se.a Bide rese rt In New Jersey, and ha must fastidious who cannot find something to suit him for all tho time he wishes to spend there. This Is cue of the place which it is superfluous to describe. For the last ton years a large share of tho news from Xn Jersey, botv. een June and has related to it and to the man who is known reach of seven different trout streams and has accommodations for 50 guests.

At Teedy uskung, in Pike county, Is the Rowland Inn, 1,000 feet above the tide water, which claims plenty of fish and no mosquitoes. At Strouds burs the Burnett house is fitted with; electric lights, gas and baths. Near Reading is the Nover3lnk Mountain hotel, which can care for 300 guests and will open to morrow. At Park Side, in the Pocono mountains, is W. C.

Henry's Park house. In Matamoras, Pike county, is Pocono farm, with forty acres, a new house and an altitude of 750 feet. Eoard at a pleasant farm house may be had by writing to P. O. Box 239.

Mflford is a headquarters for much of the wildest Pike county coUn try. The Bluff house opened last week with increased accommodations under the same proprietor. Mr. Bournique. R.

E. Humbert's Shady Nook cottage has increased its accommodations and advertise reasonable rates. The Crlssman houso has been enlarged and refurnished. At Marshall's creek, in Pike county, E. D.

Huffman's Titanda house is now open. The Glen Summit house at Gler; Summit will open on the 20th. Tho Silver Spring house at Milford has large rooms and good ventilation. The Maple Glen farm house of E. A.

Dusen berry at Strou.lvburg Is a cool mountain house, with fresh, country fare. The Swabia Home at Macumzie, Is in a beautiful country and gives good care. The Pocsno Mountain bouse at Pocono Is one of the famous resorl3. The Silver Spring house, Milford, is located on an elevated ridge, with good fishing and hunting and good beard, the table being supplied with vegetables and dairy products from the farm. At East Stroudsburg is tho Vineyard farm cottage, pleasantly located, with boating and fishing.

It opens to morrow. tf The northern section ot New Jersey is as mountainous as Vermont and presents tho sam general appearance of smiling valleys auu gleaming laues lying at tne foot of green iMt; lulls, blue mountain lines in tho back ground. Lake Hopatcong. Greenwood lake 'rsvo and Uimu lake are sorno of tne better known Toward the eastern part of the state in Princeton the Wachusett house has an elevation of over 1,100 feet. Marblehead is one of the famous sea towns on the north shore of Massachusetts.

Tho Nanepasbemet hotel commands some of the finest ocean scenery in the country. South Duxbury is down in the Plymouth country on the south shore. The well named Miles Standlsh hotel stands 300 feet from the bay, has half a mile of beach, with tennis courts and croquet grounds and is supplied with the noted Myles Standlsh spring water. Duxbury Bay is the home of the Duxbury clams, and, in view of this fact, a plot covering five acres in area In the waterway of tha hotel property was planted with nearly half a million of this excellent shellfish and for which the table is supplied. The hotel was thoroughly remodeled In 1S94 by the present owners, who equipped It with hot and cold water, baths, electrical appliances and other modern conveniences.

It is comfortably furnished throughout, the rooms pleasantly and conveniently arranged, and under their management has won an enviable reputation for the excellence of its cuisine department and table service. New and Improved bath houses have been erected and fitted up with all modern conveniences; also a fresa water spray. Few seaside resorts possess more attractions and inducements for lovers of all kinds of boating and good fishing than does tho quiet waters of Duxbury and Plymouth bays, and the rougher water of Massachusetts bay. The hotel is provided with sail and row boats, and Ashing parties are taken out by experienced boatmen, supplied with bait, lines, for enjoying this fascinating sport at popular prices. Thero has also been provided for amusement lawn tennis, croquet, ball grounds, swings and a large music hall.

A special feature last season was the fitting up of a shop where cyclists will find every facility for cleaning and repairing their wheels and costumes. At Duxbury, Powder Point hall and cottages will care for the transient guests or those who wish to remain for the summer. Nantucket, though geographically a part ot Massachusetts, belongs to itself alone as completely as does Block Island. It is Indeed a poem in gray, so quiet, so restful and so qualnt is it. Thirty miles oft the coast it is 'swept by the salt breezes of the ocean and kept at a temperaturo far below that of the mainland.

From a simple fishing village Nantucket has sprung Into a full fledged resort supplied with hotels and boarding houses and Included in the itinerary of moat vacation travelers who go to that part of the country. resorts or this region and show cn a large seulo what may be found In smaller wavs all the way to the Delaware river. The Delaware Water Gap connects thi3 mountainous roe ion ft New Jersey with the wilderness of A New England Lake. Pine county, and the neighboring moun tain region, where primitive conditio: trou: streams by city sportsmen op Board for summer families can be found at orchestra, a music hall, gas and electric bells. The Delaware house, at Lackawaxcn, is one Wildwood, on Locust avenue, a large old 'iho Bonanza cottage of Mrs.

Louis Little field Is situated where the piazzas command portunities to camp or to rost quietly in farm houses and quiet boarding houses among beautiful scenery and mountain air may beha'J as well as they can many miles fur a view of the sound and the great salt lake ana nas room tor about twenty guests New Port is the seaside home of the millionaires who can build palaces and call them cottages, and Is an unrivalled show place for the transient, visitor who wishes to behold over the country as Founder BraOlev. Mr. 1 Bradley has bean described from man pi of view, as such a strong and original character is sure lo b.j. but It has not occurred to many of his commentators that ho is tbo most Bucct Bsiul ndveriiser developed in America Unca P. T.

Barnum was In rime The proof of this tbe immense summer business which his i.rdorly managemnrt and the immense publicity whi.vh his methods have secured have drawn to Asbu I'n't each summer. A.i.ry Park, in fact, has been a fixed habit with a large numbor of people. They have been there, they iilse it anj they go again, though uvery feature of the lire is as familiar to them as that of th.jir own Trard or streot. Such visitors win finr; accommodation at tho Vietr.rla, Third and Ocean avenues, which aceotnmodaies 150 guests; at tho Edgcmere. on avfaiuo, half a block from ibo beach; at the New York, 309 Seventh avenue; at the Van C'lfrf Fourth aveauo and Heel; street, throe blocks from iho ocean and four TYo'm thr Xorth Asbury railroad station; at J.

P. Hamlin's Hotel Devonshire, a modern liouse Sun Bet hall, which has jus: entered upon ks'twenti eth season; at the Baltimore. 40S Fourth avenue; at the Brighton, Improved and refurnished; at the Ilawtbonio, on Fourth avenue, which' offers special ro.te3 for Juno; at the Laurel 200 feet from surf and bathing grounds; at the Hotel Savoy, which has music and (Sermon cuisine; at the Fennltnorp, which can accommodate 200 people, a and a half from the ocean; at the near the ocean; at tbe Madison, on Sunset avenue, near the ocean; at tho Yorkshire, three houses from tbe ocean; on Sixth avenue tbe kingdoms ot the earth and the Klorv there ther from New York. This pre eminently tha region for and families with children who wiili 'i get as much out door life of a healthy sort as possible. At Bernardston, thirty five out on the Delaware, Laeka wana and Western railroad, may be found the Sop Inn and Jtoonto thirty rni' it on the sam line, is on high ground, aiid a limited number of b.

may find a house by writing M. box 25. At Delaware of condensed Into a small space and a brief time, nor such the Ocean house, in the cen ter of tbe fashionaole region on the hill, is a good vantage poluL A house with five acres of ground and bathing. Beck's Rye beach is headquarters jr the old fashioned Rhodo Island clam bakes. At Mamaroneek the Huntley house has fine water facilities.

At Cos Cob Mr3. Beecher Perkins' Old Oak homestead has large grounds near the water. Stamford is one of the impressive old Connecticut towns, with broad shaded streets, fine colonial houses, a good beach and hotols and boarding houses. It is almost an accessible as tho outskirts of the city. The Arlington Ui a large hotel of the first class and tbe Hendricks Is a private boarding house for permanent or.

transient guests. Bell island on the sound is an hour out with boating, fishing or bathing and moderato terms. Details will be furnished by J. James, Chestnut street, near Eastern parkway, Brooklyn. Branford is at tbe widest part of Long Island sound and the Montov.ese house thero Is well located for all the water attractions and well appointed.

At Clinton, the Bacon house, ten minutes At Wlckford the Cold Spring house, kept by Richmond Dyer, is a beautiful resort near of the leading hotels in Pike county. F. I. Haihert is the manager, and the best of ref erenecs are furnished by many well known residents of Brooklyn. Reports say that more ba.

have been caught in the upper Delaware tbiti season than ever before. The Delaware Water Cap has become so popular that It has many largo modern and well appointed hotels. The mountain and river srer.ery here is specially fine and there Ir. nothing cf the same kind equaling It. The Kittatinriy hou.e Is nn open from May to November, with elevators, steam heat and rroms with L.

W. Broadhead's Water Gap house, en a high mountain side, opened the 10th, and has an outlook for a big Beason. Johnson Glen wood has a capacity for 200 guests and the capacity Is generally taxed to Its utmost. The Park View house can aceornn." date 100, has 250 feet of piazza and advertises moderate rates. L.

M. Tu C.vartt house can care for 100 and has and hops. S. D. Over fi id's Central h'.

use, five minutes' walk from tho Is a home hotel. The Louise A. lutot i moderate rates. At Reach lake, in Wayne county, tho Dun edia heuse has a lake of 700 acres and min Newport Narragansett Pier is also fashionable, but in a sim ewaat different way. It depends more upon the transient guests, upon whom the There are billiard room, bawling alloys and James Htitchins has a farm house in the Blue shuffio board, bathing in ocean or lake and mountains, which will accommodate fifty.

At fishing in sea or river. Allendale, in the Ramapo hills, board may be Capo May, tile famous watering place on the had by writing to box 5, Eaglo branch, 41 extreme southern tip uf the Jersey coast, Broadway, Brooklyn. At Belvldere, on the bec.vcen the Atlantic aud the Delaware bay, Delaware river, tho Hotel Bclvidere. a newly has now the attraction uf a rir. class great furnished rally hotel, is in a region for hotel.

The Stockton, of which II Cake, Ing. fishing and mountain clirt.blng. At Cher proprietur of the Xormandie note', in Washing i ry Mill, near the city, Mri iJktncliard offers ton, is tho owner, has room fi 1,000 guests i country board. The at Aia'lbon. and will remain open until pteinber i his an oi vation of M0 feet and is llva magnates look down with scorn when thiey consent to notice Man at all, and guests at the hotels are a more Important lenturo oi tne gay nto or tne pior.

Gayety is the word for the pier as distinguished from Newport. The guests are not above tho simple, human desire to have a eond September being one of I. from the railroad depot, makes a spoelaity choices', months bat e.1! the facil of the year at Cjipe of sea foods, particularly oysters, and trmo and thev hav Ir r.rrito nr vegetables from the hotel garden. or who doe3 not. Nearly evervmcdv looks harbor, at Greenwich, Is one of the wel too, especially at the times on tho bath the Atlanta hotel, which has scventv addi tiona! T(Hivns built and now sanitary arrange i ments made for tills season; at the Ameriean eral springs.

At East Stroudsburg, Monroe known sound resorts. Tho Held house and beaeii. The Narragansett Pier hn.thjbiir county, tbe Vineyard farm cottage has beat ing and fishing and makes a specialty of minutes from the station. At board may be had by writing to Mr. E.

Richard At Middle Valley four larne rooms in a private house may be had by wrltlni; H6. At Chatham, in county, Is the Fd'r view house, a select family resort. At ford, forty five minutes out, the Elms: n. farm has accommodations for eighteen, and two adults can find board by writing to E. M.

At Clinton Jame3 Boss' Manor has a large house with shaded grounds. At New Egypt the Clover farm is naif a mile from Oakt.rd lake, with Its fishing and boating. Grassmere farm makes a specialty of its butter, eggs and vegetables. At choice grapes. Charles has a houae In a park of five acres, commanding a fino view.

Lawn cottage is In its twenty fourth season, with electric lights, sanitary plumbing and Tho Springfield Is a large and modernly appointed houso kept open the year around and so more substantial than many summer resort structures. It Is near tho steamboat wharf and the cable office, commands hot and cold salt water baths and has spacious grounds. The beach Is only a hundred yards away. The hotel, consisting of the main house, three annexes aud three cottages, accommodates 200 guests, all chambers being lighted by both gas and electricity and furnished lu the most modern style. Woven wire springs and hair mattrosses are on every bod.

and nothing is wanting to woo one to "Tired Nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep." All rooms are largo and commodious, with ample closets, each room being in immediate communication with the office by means ot electric bells and a central Indicator that registers tho want of the guest with almost human Intelligence. Telephone connections may be had 'from the house with livery stables and ail the principal hotels, while a telograph office In the hotel In conneotlon with the United States cable to the mainland and the Western Union system, places the cottages caro for tno summer tourist auu since the wiping out of tho old Indian Harbor hotel Is tho largest In the town, and Crest View sanitarium Is a homo for those needing rest. At Riverside Maple mansion has large grounds and a fino location adjacent to tide water. At Saybrook Point Is Fen wick hall, a new, largo and well appointed hotel, under new management. It caters especially to fariily parties.

At South Norwalk Mess Hill villa Is on a high elevation com dress long ago made a name for itself, and not qui to the sort of name which as been achieved by the modest and Quaker like coverings in which Founder Bradley permits the Asbury Park girls to bathe. Then there Is the casino and the rocks and the men; for this Is one of the places which the young man out on his vacation dcc3 not shun, and taking ono coiieiderati.tn wlthi another the lot of the girl who Induces her mother to take up summer quarters Narragansott Pier Is ities ant: conveiiiences oi a Class city hotel, suites rooms, private baths, scientific plumbing, large kitchen staff and varied and fine cuisine, with abundant service and all the amusement features f.r a city btuse. bowling, billiards and the like. There is an orchestra of eighteen pieces and a ball room and with the line beach and salutary climate Cape May, visitors will be made happy. Tbe rates, too, are moderate for the service.

Schooley's mountains In Central New Jersey is ono of the highest points In rhr state and one of the most noted resorts. With an elevation of 1,200 feot and a hotel of tho size, reputation and excellence of Dorln court, which can caro fc 400 guests, visitors to tho resort cannot fail to be well pleased. The region Is quiet and restful, with old and beautiful trees and picturesque views and with the chalybeate steam heat. At. Dingman's ferry in tho Delaware valley the His' Falls hotel and tho Shady Lawn house are in a fine fishing, hunting and driving country.

At Lackawaxen the Delaware house has an elevation of 1.600 en beeonu avenue, a block from th" beach; or with E. It. Phillips', at I ili Sixth avenue. North Afbury Park. The Ocean house, tho largest ot tho leading hotels at Ar bury Park, will re open on Thursday.

The house has been greatly improved during the winter, making It much mere attractive in its general appearance and to the comfort of tha guests in many wayj. An aancucetnent which will Interest many Brooklyn people who propose to visit Asbury Park during the summer is that Professor Will lam Pitt Rivers, tho well known dancing teacher hero, has been engaged as master ot ceremonies and will have charge oi the ball room and of all the amusements of the house. The other appointments of the house are first class ville board In the De Forest homestead may to A. A. Box 594, i feet, with spring water, sanitary plumbincr he aad by writing manding a fine view of the sound.

At South usually a lively one. The lot, too, of tho Eagle office. Pin Oali Springs Is a summer; and baths. At tho Mountain Wilton, W. R.

Thompson has a large house chance visitor who drops down for a day or with fino grounds, half an hour from a salt I two Is not allowed to stagnate. Of the ho homo on the Wlatchung mountains. Address Frank P. Galusha, Somerviilo. At Stanhope Is Mnstji wnnn? farm hfltweon TjAlrn TJnr Sunset house has a high location and attractions indicated by Its name.

At Way mart, Wayne county, F. V. Carr has a private house which accommodates 16 and has farm table delicacies. At Paradise valley, in Mon tela the Motatoxott has been enlarged and refurnished, has a hydraulic elevator, electric lights and bells in every room and bath be had by addressing P. O.

Box 25, or with Mrs. Doweoi. At Southport Mrs. J. H.

Tot tan has a farm house supplied with hot and mineral which has long been known I cong and Budd's lake. Address P. O. Box for Its medicinal vallto in the grounds. The 1 106.

Stanhope. At Budd's iaie the Porost rooms on every floor. The Mtatott spftof.

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