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veranda is awe inspiring in extreme. It 

 is so grand that it never tires, nor be- 

 comes monotonous. The petty things 

 of life become irksome, but grander du- 

 ties and grander scenes have other and 

 different functions. 



At the west of Santa Cruz Inn, is one 

 of the prettiest cottages in Santa Cruz 

 Park, that of Mr. Mathew Dean of 

 Brooklyn. To me, as I walked along 

 the road, it seemed that Santa Cruz 

 Inn was the pivot on which swing the 

 cottage of Mr. Lounsbury on the one 

 hand, and of Mr. Dean on the other. 

 The two men are so alike in appear- 

 ance, in mental and physical qualities 

 and business ability, that they arc 

 familiarly called "the chums." Indeed, 

 they might even more fittingly be 

 called the twins. To know the one is 

 to know the other; when they are not 

 together, it is not easy to distinguish 

 the one from the other. They have 

 been intimate friends for decades. 



Though the roads are precipitous. 

 Mr. Dean's powerful automobile car- 

 ries these friends safely and enjoyably 

 up and down the hills and valleys. It 

 is a common sight to see them spin- 

 ning through Onteora Park and on to 



the village of Hunter, some fifteen or 

 twenty miles northward. On the 

 homeward journey from such tours a 

 favorite stopping place is Haines Falls 

 from which the locality takes its name. 

 These are on the estate of the late Mr. 



Haines and have for many 



years been a center of interest to tour- 

 ists, but Santa Cruz Falls, though not 

 so large, are to my mind more pictur- 

 esque. If the tourist likes to climb, here 

 is a gigantic Jacob's ladder that appeals 

 to the imagination even if not to the 

 actual act of climbing. The best climb- 

 ing is not that done with the muscles, 

 but with the mind. If you would climb 

 above the stress and strain of modern 

 life, there is nowhere in the eastern 

 United States a more attractive nor 

 more restful and satisfactory resort 

 than Haines Falls. 



If I may be permitted to add a word 

 of personal opinion, there are no better 

 hosts than Mr. Charles H. Lounsbury 

 and his wife and daughters. "Tree 

 Tops" has placed some beautiful im- 

 prints upon the sensitive plates, has 

 left a good taste in my mouth ,and found 

 a lodging in a warm corner of my 

 heart. 



"MR. DEAN'S POWERFUL AUTOMOBILE CARRIES THESE FRIENDS SAFELY AND ENJOYABLY 



UP AND DOWN THE HILLS AND VALLEYS." 



