. Pleasant places on the Philadelphia & Reading railway .. . erally found in spring water, and is warm,buoyant and noticeably soft, the latter peculiarity being due to its con-taining a solution of borax, making it an especially valuable emollient andskin improver. While completely surrounded by natures wildest scenery, and afford-ing mountain views not exceeded even by the far-famed Adirondacks,.Eagles Mere itself is not a rough, rugged settlement, but is instead apicturesque village of magnificent summer cottages, hotels and boardinghouses built on the shoires of the beautiful lake of crysta
. Pleasant places on the Philadelphia & Reading railway .. . erally found in spring water, and is warm,buoyant and noticeably soft, the latter peculiarity being due to its con-taining a solution of borax, making it an especially valuable emollient andskin improver. While completely surrounded by natures wildest scenery, and afford-ing mountain views not exceeded even by the far-famed Adirondacks,.Eagles Mere itself is not a rough, rugged settlement, but is instead apicturesque village of magnificent summer cottages, hotels and boardinghouses built on the shoires of the beautiful lake of crystal spring water,christened by some poetical writer as The Pearl of the Alleghenies,and replete with all the conveniences of modern civilization, includinglong-distance telephone and telegraph, express and mail service. To reach Eagles Mere it is not necessary to—as is frequently the casewith mountain resorts—take a long, tiresome stage ride over rough,stony roads, but direct rail communications are made with all the principalcities of the Middle The Lake—Eagles Mere 30 Finely equipped Philadelphia & Reading express trains, with Pull-man Parlor Cars attached, leave the Reading Terminal, Philadelphia, atconvenient hours, and, making a quick run through the fertile farminglands and the coal and lumber regions of Pennsylvania, have close con-nections at Halls with trains via the Williamsport and North BranchRailroad to Sonestown, where passengers take the Eagles Mere is proposed to rim a through Pullman car from Reading Terminal toSonestown during the season. The Eagles Mere Chautauqua, annually increasing in membershipand attractions, is held July 17th to September 4th, and offers special in-ducements toi those appreciating lectures, music and other attractions ofthat character. Other special dates are the Annual Bible Conference ofState Y. M. C. A., June i8th to 26th inclusive, Pennsylvania State Sun-day School Association Summer School, July 15th to 22d
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