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ihsj hava had their summer play.
, Where they shall go for the summer recrea
fcioa depends, of course, upon the' time at their
disposal and the surplus in their bank accounts.
It may be a month at Bar Harbor or a day at
Coney - Island, a week at Atlantic City or a
aionth, in the Dolls pf Wisconsin.
But wherever they go they will have a good
time. The Good Time at the resort of resorters
has become one of the Big Businesses. Millions
of dollars are expended in amusements, whether
they are "Trip to the Moon" places, visited by
150,000 persons a day at a seaside .resort, or
communities of. bungalows in the West.
Possibly, the two favorite summer play-
HEY spoke of it in
the old days as the
call of Pan.
They felt it
tugging at their
heart strings when
summer drew near;
they, felt it stirring
in theHr blood as the sap quickened tfte
flowers and trees, and , they obeyed the ir
resistible yearning of their sfiuls for the
green forests and open fields; they experi
enced the wonderful, exultant thrills of a
joyous 'summering when the world is
glad and wants to play!
In those days emperors hied themselves
to their villas by Lake Como or the Aegean
sea, and summer resorters no doubt
thronged Capri and Cyprus. Today we do
the same thtng, practically, taking our he
gira, at the call of the goat-footed god, to
Bar Harbor, Atlantic City, the Adiron
dacks, the farms of the middle West, the
woods of Canada and Maine, the Dells of
Wisconsin, to seaside and lakeside and
woods.
Alas! however, in our day we look in
vain for nymphs; Silenus no longer peers
from behind green boughs, and Bacchus no
more leads his hilarious train through the
forest green. But Pan calls just the same
at least the fever of the summer gets in our
veins; and we are drawn to one of the na
tion's playgrounds. And
All th tlnglnc of th streamlet m they wJittper
to the stones.
Ail the qulTr a,D& the tremor of the thousand
undertones
In the fuerue of forest rapture I can hear the-n
every ds y.
Calllnsr. caillss la the city from thourt
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YOU see a man coming down itreet some
morning, whose feet lag, who pr?pirea
freely, who greets his friend with a
grunt and looks to discontented that
'ou feci sorfy for him ; you go to his office, hn
ets you knew be doesn't care whether school
keeps or aot ; hit conduct is reprehensible, to sty
the least .
If yon know human nature, you will realize
that that man simply is suffering from summer
playitisv It is' the prcT&leat disease) titer Jus
and lasts until the cool breezes of October,
lie may not know it, but the sea or the
forest is calling from' the distance. He may
blame the malady on many things even the un
offending lilliput of an office boy. Tell him to
take a Tscation.
Or you mar observe undefinable. symptoms
in your wife, daughter or stenographer. She
walks in lackadaisical way, her. manner is
drooping; she) talks in such a languishing man
ner, and perhap complains that she is very
tired. . ........ -
. ITovshe isn't sick. Her digestion is all right
There are so headache. What is the matter I
acationitis. She wants to playl
Some time in June, usually, the peculiar
malady manifests itself among the American
people. It gets in their blood and fills them with
languor; it hinders their work; sometimes it
makes them disagreeable.
The first symptoms appear when the tall
office buildings begin to glow with heat, when
the wind becomes languid and almost too lazy
to stir, and the flies buzz at the" windows.
And a strange reaction begins. The intense
l strenuosityjpf the winter and early spring is re
placed by a "hang-tomorrow" attitude; the hus
tling, bustling energy of the business season
changes almost to a "go-as-you-please" indiffer
ence. In the city, highUp in the skyscrapers and
down in eleetjCrlighnd basements, people hear
tbo far-away call their blood thrills with the
keen yearning for forest nooks, for the glorious
frecxlom of riding on an oc?in-bounding billow
or . to revel in a bathing suit, for pulling a
wriggling trout out of a stream, or loafing in a
cabin in the still forests. Pan calls and lo! the
summer vacation is on.
America, after its head-ovej-heels, breath
less, panting, mad gallop of business activity,
takes its rest. It pauses for a breathing space
for two weeks, for two months, maybe, but
whether - the rest be extensive or brief, it is
necessary.
And the business man doesn't get over his
gToocn; not the bookkeeper over hi sulks, nor
the stenographer over her tantrums, nor. the
wife and daughter over their uneasineav until
ill -T't- "iifg li
grounds of the wealthy arc Newport the 'capi
tal of summer folly and the Adirondacks, the
cool and gracious forest retreats of quiet rest.
Life at Newport is ss exacting in its wsy as
a social season in New York; indeed, no social
season ever required such a freazied gallop as
that at the seaside resort of the elect.
In the Adirondacks, however, where the
auSftfre trees disdain mere mortals and buck and
doesS wander lazily along streams filled with
trout, there one may enjoy all the luxuries of
modern life and all the. solemn silence and rest
fulness of the untrsveled wiliL.
2Lonatains, form . a playground which up
peals to all. For invalids or persons suffering,
from too close application to work in the city,
they are the greatest sanitarium every designed.
For the artist there are innumerable scenes of
surpassing beauty. For the sportsman there isi
game in abundance, and for the mere pleasure
seeker playgrounds whero he may engage in all
sorts of amusements.
In palatial bungalows or tents during the
summer one will find the vacationists inhabiting
all parts of the vast mountain region of the
Adirondacks. About Eaquette lake one finds
many resorters ; in. the Saranac region, are
many clusters of camps and big hotels. About
the upper and lower Sarauac lakes are bits of
scenery said to be unsurpassed even in tha
Alps.
One can take voyage on the waters leading
away to Tupper lake or Eaquette lake and Ful
ton) chain in the south, or to Lake Champlain
in the north. This trip of 126 miles over the
Saranac river takes three days. Or, if one likes
mountain climbing, he can climb, if ho is in- .
defatigable, higher than Jack ever did on the .
mythical beanstalk.
; About the lakes in the St. . Regis chain
thousands of people live in tents and cottages
' during the entire summer. From between tha
trees that embower the cottage or tent by tha.
lake, in this region, one can see St. Regis
mountain looming 3000 feet in the distance. e
Within the borders of Essex county are included.
the highest mountains in the state Mount, ";
Marcey, of an altitude of 5344 feet ; "Mount' Mof '
Intyre, 5201 feet, and Mount Whitef ace, which
overlooks Lake Placid, 5000 feet. '-:-.r
THOUSANDS IN THE MOUNTAINS i
And you would be surprised to learn how,
many thousands of persons find their chief sum-
mer pleasure in struggling up to the rugged
summits of these mountains to witness a sunset T
At the hotels in popular mountains such -as
these one enjoys all the conveniences of city . .
hostelries; there is music during the-meals and ,
dancing in the evenings; there are well laid out; '
golf links and tennis eourts, and stage parties '
are conducted through the mountains. Million-,
aires favor such places as their summer play-. .
ground. f '
It is a far cry from tha lofty 'Adirondack-'
4o Atlantic City. High up in those regions of
balsam and firs human frivolity in vain endear'
ors to disturb the eternal rest, and. despite the
hilarity at mountain hotels, a 6pirit of repose
prevails. But at Atlantic City! It is the citr ;
of pleasure, unalloyed, unassumed, unrestrained.' '
This city at the sea throbs with the real joy of -,
life. . . ' ,
People begin going to Atlantic early , in -May;
some remain during the entire summer;
many for a week or two, and the majority; prob
ably, for a few days. But from tha beginning
of summer until late in September, night ana
day, a gay and brilliant throng moves along tha
LcaHwalk. .
la the morning they sally into tha ocean,
thousands at a time, and over the tumult of tha .
breakers continuously rise the cries of people
at play. They rejoice, in the waters and dabble
in the sand, young and old. People of all na
tions throng the boardwalk; they 11 tha psvil-
ions and katirty rinks. - - - . . . . .
The spirit of Atlantic was epitomized soma
time sgo, when a Hindu, weaf ing a yellow tur
ban and a beflowered tunic, walked serenely
along in interested conversation with a little ftt
Eskimo spd his chunky wife !
No other resort can surpssu in grsnieur
some of the bostelrirs at Atlantic;' icie-l. sev
eral of them rank with the finest hotels ia the '
world. Atlantic City ia the reort of the rkh '
and poor, the nsijliorsire and the hired" rr.sn
th teecca, ind L cf every one rhv i a
rip-roaring. good time- - . r.
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