1918-20 Handwritten Diary Trip to Adirondacks Capt Jones Swimming Dancing Partys

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1918-20 Handwritten Diary Trip to Adirondacks Capt Jones Swimming Dancing Partys:
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I have to say that the first thing Inoticed about this diary is the beautiful writing and also printing. Itactually could be a few different authors, I’m not sure. But the script isreally quite something. The diary dates from 1918, 19 and 20 and I’m not sureof his/her name but the common initials are H. E. N. There are a total of 62pages of handwriting and most of those have to do with a trip taken to the Adirondacks, which I’ll get to in a minute. On the first19 pages of the diary there are handwritten quotes, sayings and notes. Mosthave a religious tone about them. The name Dr. Frank Crane is on one of themand I found out that he was a Presbyterian minister, speaker and columnist whowrote a set of ten volumes of “Four Minute Essays” which were published in1919. Then the name John Sterling is on one of them. Then on another page itsays, “When convenient for you. Please call at 57 West Ave. Norwalk Conn. In the rear of Church (R.R.) andborrow a copy of “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures” by “Mary BakerEddy”. Study this book and I know your cup will be filled to overflowing. H. E.N.”

I found the veryfirst pages and its notes the most intriguing of the 19 pages of notes and inpart it says…..

“5-18-18,Each individual lives in a world of his own making and is the center ofattraction toward the race thoughts. To adjust his world he must work both fromthe within and the without but is more concerned with the realm of thought thanwith the effects. An important step in thought control is to think of thatwhich you desire to come to pass. Thoughts are things in the invisible. Thingsare thoughts made manifest……”

This goes on foranother page, along with several others like it. After that are 43 pages ofdiary entries that give a fascinating account of a trip to the Adirondacks, as follows and I believe this portion iswritten by a woman…..

1919

“July 31st, Weleft Greenwich at 8:30 A.M. and had a wonderfulride up Hudson Valley. Saw Catskills, Berkshires and Adirondacks. Had dinner at Ten Eyck Hotel in Albany. Reached WindsorHotel, Elizabethtown at 8:30 P.M. 275 miles fromGreenwich.” (On toLake Placid, Wilmington Notch, Lake Saranac)

“August 3rd,Heard Rev. Charles Erdman of Princeton Theological Seminary and part of Boston Symphony Orchestra.After dinner we rode to High Falls at WilmingtonNotch and over dangerous road to Cascade Lakes. Beautiful! Tookpictures at H. Falls.” (They ride to Paul Smith’s hotel at LowerLake St. Regis. Go to the movies, dancing, tennis, swimming, ice cream in theLake Placid Drug Store and on to Ausable Forks.)

“August 9th,Rode through Wilmington Notch and across bridgewhere falls are to Wilmington.Climbed down bank to see falls. Mrs. Jones and I took pictures at High Fallsand also at falls under bridge. Received beautiful card from H. E. N.”

“August 10th, 11th, & 12th, Another wonderful day. Capt. Jones tookus to Ausable Chasm, a portion of the Ausable RiverChannel. The chasm is over 2 miles long. The chasm is the most wonderful thingI’ve ever seen……Miss Bickel, Capt. Jones secretary is here for a few days. Wedrove to Loon Lake. Danced at night and saw theNorthern Lights. Beautiful moonlight night….Capt. Jones took us around Lake Placid in the Nestor. Saw Moose, Buck and Hog Islands.We motored to Lake Champlain and toPlattsburg. Took pictures at Lake Champlain.Capt. Jones and Miss Bickel left for N. Y.”

“August15th, The most wonderful treat came today; a trip to Lake George. Mr. and Miss La Montague, Mr. McNally, MlleSkarine, Helen Denison and I went to Lake George.We left Grand View at 10 A.M. in the locomoble. A shower came and we had to putup top. Fort WilliamHenry Hotelat Lake George is very beautiful and we haddinner there Then we went out and took pictures and walked around the grounds.We danced at the casino, open air. At six o’clock we left for Windsor Hotel at Elizabethtown. Arrived at8:30 P.M. and had supper. Then we danced until eleven. The music and floor weregreat and the dancing wonderful. We came home by moonlight and laughed most ofthe way. Arrived home at 12:30.”

“August 19th,Mr. McNally had pictures printed and put them in letter box for “21”. Mrs.Jones, Mlle Skarine and I went to St. Hubert’sthis afternoon. It was the wildest, most beautiful and also most dangerous tripwe’ve taken. We drove through the woods at top of mountain on a very narrowroad and the deep valley right below.” (She walked to the Steven’sHouse to get pictures of White-face Mountain. Then a minstrelshow and Masquerade ball.)

“August 23rd, Wewent to Lake Champlain. Fred, Eleanor, Helenand I paddled in the lake. Rode to Plattsburg and back to Champlain Hotel wherewe had splendid dinner. The beautiful sunset reflected in the lake reminded meof the best I have ever seen. The one at Salisbury Beachin 1908.”

“August 29th,Motored to Montreal and arrived at Ritz-Carltonat 6:30 P.M. Scenery monotonous after leaving Adirondack’s until we reach St. Lawrence River.”

“August 31st, Iclimbed up to the summit of Mount Royal and amwriting while here. The view is magnificent. Psalm 121. I will life up mineeyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lordwhich made heaven and earth.”

Her entries stophere for the first trip and then there are 15 pages after that where anothertrip is taken, also with Captain Jones and this one is from July 5th,1920 to October 9th. Following are a few excerpts from that trip….

1920

“July 15th, - 17th, Mrs. Jones planned a trip through the New England states and we started in the rain. We hadlunch at the Taft Hotel in New Haven.At 7:30 P.M. we were in Providence R. I. andstopped at the Narragansett Hotel….At 8:30 A.M. while we were at breakfast Ispied Joseph with the car, ready to take us to Boston. It was almost 9:30 before we started.We engaged rooms, had lunch at the Copley Plaza Hotel and then toured through Salem to Gloucester and Cape Ann. On the way home we stopped at Nahunt and haddinner at Suntaug Inn. We saw some exhibition dancing and then came homethrough Revere Beach. We arrived at Copley Plazaat 10 P.M. and found that Capt. Jones had been there since 5 o’clock….We left Boston at 11 A.M. for Portland Maine.We stopped at Hampton Beach Casino for lunch. Capt. did a great deal ofjollying about the waitress’s pronunciation of maple walnut ice cream. Capt.had engaged rooms ahead at Congress Square Hotel in Portland.” (White Mountains andthen back to the Adirondacks)

“July 30th,Left Greenwich at 8:00 A.M. and made the sametrip of a year ago except that we went by way of Schenectadyto Saratoga Springs.Reached Elizabethtownat 7:30; had supper and retired immediately…..At about 10:30 we left forWhite-Face Inn and arrived there in the pouring rain. After lunch we went for aride on Lake Placid. Boat stopped in middle oflake because of lack of gasoline. The simpletonremarked that he wouldn’t “git citched agin””

“August 8th, 9th, & 10th, Capt. Jones came today. Rode to Plattsburgin the late afternoon. On the way back we went to Upper Jay and stopped at the Adirondack Mountain House for supper. Had good old-fashionedsupper…..It was very hot today and we stayed at White-Face Inn all day. Hadearly supper and rode to Saranac and then took Capt. to station…..Had anotherquiet day. Went to chauffeur’s Ball with J. McV. Had a wonderful time.”

“August 17th, & 18th, Party went from hotel to St. Hubert’s. Went for walk with Fred. J. McV. came for me at 8:35 andwe went to dance….Another glorious day. Mrs. Jones hired boat and invited Mrs.Beach, her children and Miss Clark to go with us to ride. Met a snob at Wigwamtonight, “her name was Payne and she gave me a pain.”” (Rodealmost to Tupper Lake, then Rouses Point, New Russiabrook where they had a picnic, golfing at Golf Links, Lake Placid Club, UpperJay)

“September 1st, Rainymorning. Had planned to leave at 9:30 but had to wait because of rain. Left atnoon, had lunch at Elizabethtown and made Saratoga at 5:45. GrandUnion Hotel rates enormous ($60 for 5). Refused to take rooms and come on to Albany. Stopped at the TenEyck Hotel. Mlle S. and I had Sample Room. Mlle called maid Captain. Her namewas Catherine. Mlle also had great difficulty in straightening out change boybrought her.” (Back in Greenwichon September 2nd)

“September 11th & 12th, Rodeto N. Y. in “Loco” had dinner at Vanderbilt and Capt. Jones took us to seeFollies of 1920. Great!...Went to Byram Shore with Peg and hadsail with Doc. Hillis.”

“September 26th,Went to Shell Island and saw play given in honor ofMr. and Mrs. Eimer’s wedding anniversary. Doc was presented with cup, winner ofyacht races this summer.”

The diary goes onfor a few more days of entries. She says Joseph was operated on, Mrs. Jonestook her mother to Clifton Springs Sanitarium, Capt. Jones took them to the Danbury fair and more.There is a handwritten entry for every day included in the dates above so thereis still a lot I have not quoted from. The diary is a smaller pocket size diarythat measures about 2 ¾” x 4 ¾”. It’s in great shape.