Scenic gems of the White Mountains . ng from a players point of view, and it also holds elements of interest to[others, who are rejoiced tofind we have^at last a royal game which fills the long felt want to which] croquet and tennis were the weak introduction. Particularly do thelandlords bless the game, for at Summer Hotels itjhas lengthened the season by at least three weeks, so says their testimony. All of the WhiteMountain hotels of prominence possess the Links which are chief points of attraction to their guests. The hotels in the season of the sport, holdmany noted players, while tournam
Scenic gems of the White Mountains . ng from a players point of view, and it also holds elements of interest to[others, who are rejoiced tofind we have^at last a royal game which fills the long felt want to which] croquet and tennis were the weak introduction. Particularly do thelandlords bless the game, for at Summer Hotels itjhas lengthened the season by at least three weeks, so says their testimony. All of the WhiteMountain hotels of prominence possess the Links which are chief points of attraction to their guests. The hotels in the season of the sport, holdmany noted players, while tournaments that are attended by the chief experts of the country are features of the height-of-the-season all the prominent hotels too are maintained skilled players to teach the game, and whose services are at command of the guests. The FabyanHouse, one of the White Mountain Golf Club courses, lies between the Ammonoosuc river and the carriage road to the Twin Mountain Housewithin full view of the grand Presidential TWIN MOUNTAIN HOUSE AND NORTH TWIN miles beyond Fabyans where the carriage-road from Fabyans and from Crawfords forks ; (one branch reaching toward Maplewoodand Bethlehem and the other diverging at a right angle toward Jefferson.) Amid shaded groves and restful fields, stands the Twin MountainHouse. If for no other thing the Twin is noted for having served for many years as the summer house of the Reverend Henry WardBeecher and the great Brooklyn divine, who evinced an almost boyish love for the White Mountains, was wont to gather here of a summerSundays an audience called from the adjacent hotels and villages whom he would address from Natures pulpit among the leafy aisles ofGods first temple. Within a short distance from the hotel all passenger trains of the Maine Central and Boston and Maine Railroads stopen route between Fabyans and the populous resorts of Bethlehem, The Profile House and Jefferson further on into the heart of the
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