EUROPEAN PLAN.
ABSOLUTELY FIRE-PROOF.

Situated in the Most Fashionable Part of the City.

RATES: $1.50 to $3.00 per Day.

Rooms with Bath, $2.50 to $5.00 per Day.

JULIUS G. WEYGANDT, MANAGER.

steep but low precipices; then the valley broadens out, and a series of fine picnic grounds are reached. From here is a steep ascent for two or more hundred feet to`a pretty rustic summer-house.

The Monastery, Etc.-Near here is the "Monastery," a building cnce occupied by the "Hermits of the Ridge," the remains of a peculiar sect which settled in this neighborhood early in the eighteenth century under the name of the "Women of the Wilderness."

At the head of this body of men was John Kelpius, a young scholar and mystic, who prayed and waited for the coming of the "woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and twelve stars on her forehead. She who had fled into the wilderness." The sect came from Germany to America because, from many events and signs, in which the thirty-years' war, the newness of this country, its peculiar situation, etc., it was believed America was the place for the coming of the promised one. The sect did not exist long after the death of Kelpius, which occurred a few years after his arrival in this country.

On the opposite side of the creek is a fine spring named after Kelpius, and not far away is a romantic Hermit's Glen. The huge rock just below the drive bridge is known as Washington's Rock.

Mom Rinker's Rock.-Taking the bridle path on the east side of the stream for perhaps a short mile, "Mom" Rinker's Rock is come upon. Diligent investigation has failed to satisfactorily explain this peculiar title, though the name Rinker is a familiar one among the early Germantown families. On the top of this rock is placed a statue of William Penn, a gift of the Hon. John Welsh, once minister to England, and who owned the place where the statue stands, before it was utilized for park purposes.

The Caves.-Beyond pretty scenery and romantic spots there is nothing particularly noteworthy until Livezey's Lane is reached. Here, by crossing the bridge to the drive and walking north about two hundred yards, a little stream is come upon, which empties into the Wissahickon, and on the north side of that little stream, twentyfive or thirty feet from the road, is a mysterious artificial cave. It once was entered from the brook, but with years portions have fallen in until now not more than forty or fifty feet of cavern remain. It has two chambers. A hundred yards farther on is a second cave, also the work of man, and a third, now entirely obliterated, existed a few years ago a short distance beyond. There is a tradition that these caves were made by the "Women of the Wilderness," and also that

they were the work of Indians. This, however, can not be, since they were made by blasting and drilling tools. What is more probable, is another story that they were made by prospectors for lead and silver during the early part of the present century.

The Sneaking Indian.—A short distance below the caves, right on the driveway, is a natural curiosity which has lately received a great deal of public attention. At that point a rock, fifteen or twenty feet high, stands on the west side of the road; when one approaches it from the north, and arrives within about a hundred yards, this rock takes the form of a stooping Indian, bow and arrow in hand, stealing upon his prey. The resemblance is so perfect and striking as to require no imagination to assist one to perceive it; yet, on nearer approach, it wholly disappears, and only formless fissures and knobs meet the surprised gaze.

Livezey House.— Crossing again to the bridle path and following it a short mile, the old Livezey House is reached. This old edifice, which was in the hands of the Livezey family for a century and a half before the city included it in the park, was, during the Revolutionary War, a sort of neutral ground where British and American officers met and forgot for a few hours, in the company of the charming ladies, that they were at war with each other. The remains of a pre-Revolutionary mill still stand beside the house.

Devil's Pool.- A short distance above Livezey House the Cresheim Creek empties into the Wissahickon. At the point where the bridle path crosses it, by a pretty rustic bridge, is a large, dark, square body of water known as the Hermit's Pool. At one corner, beneath an overhanging rock, thrown there, according to an Indian legend, by an evil spirit, is a pretty little cascade. On the other side of this overhanging rock, and at the junction of another huge mass, is a small, deep pool, continually frothing and seething. This is the "Devil's Pool," believed by children to be bottomless.

The rock on the west side of the Devil's Pool, crowned by a rustic pavilion, is Lover's Leap. It derives its name from an Indian legend, and the vicinity is a favorite picnic ground. Above Cresheim Creek is Valley Green, where boats may be hired and a comfortable meal obtained at the quaint old wayside Valley Green Hotel. Half a mile above Valley Green, on the drive, is the first public fountain erected in Philadelphia. It has a lion's-head spout, framed by a granite arch, and the water falls into a deep basin cut from a single