The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-04

NEW 4OkkD HEkALD,04
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MOUNTAIN SLoPE-At the present time, when
: pre 1t many people are ss,.sedng residence
during the hos months, itseems pro- !" ~
a WORD on the merits Of localities geners-,.s
known as watering places although they are
ei'su utterly unsuppiied with that element
The number Of attractions presented is SUIT
ficient 70 bewilder the inquiring mind. The
seareaer after health and pleasure, il "a hus-
bend and q father" is perplexed by his wife,
who wants to 60 to Saratoga because her set
is there; by his daughter, who pertiaaciously
insists upon Newport, because there are more
polkipg young men in that interesting town
than in any other known place in this hemis
phere, and by his son, who is in love with the
Southern beauty and excellent brandy to be
found at Cape May.
To this desolsted class Of the community,
fathers of families, now blown about by every
wind Of coquetry, affectatiOn and snobbery, we
would suggsst safe port Of refuge-a COM
promise. They are popularity that Of 1850
an eminent statesman found an answer to the
question, where shall 60 70 and there is NO
reason why dissensions in drawing room
congress may not be settled by the ssne
means as at the capitol.
The watering place compromises will sieze
upon some new idea, and select a place COM
paraHvely snknowa to the public, bat sufd.
GENTLY familiar to the elect to insure SUM-
cheney Of good society. The distressed bache-
lor, too, with one eye on Niagara, another
looking TO Canada, with learning for the
springs and a .peachant for the sea shore, may
also find relief in the compromise. The
compromise is the thing. 1t has the charm Of
novelty, which alone is q sufficient recommen-
datisn for a great many people
There are reaa advantages to be gained in
DESERVING the conventional watering placer
Why should resident Of New York or Boston
60 to Newport to be broiled under the hot sun,
pay great prices, get nothing fit to eat or
drink, and all for the sake of the sea breeze?
Do we not have sea breeze here. Does it not
sweep across Broadway sometimes like the
simeon Of the desert, cutting up all sorts Of
pranks with hats, bonnets, ladies' dresses, and
other ephemera2 Do not the Bostonians have
those delightful sea breezes coming north
easterly across Georges Banks, cooled by the
icebergs from the Arctic Ocean, and thickened
by the fogs Of Newfoundland? For proof of
the Boston sea breeze look at her bills Of NOR
tality.
No, when we leave the city for health and
pleasure we desire to visit some locality where
there is plenty Of pure water and pure air. At
Saratoga you can get plenty of bad brandy,
Newark champagne, and weak limitations Of
French cookery, but no water except the me-
dicated article from the Springs. One does not
desire to take medicine continually, but he
must do it or drink bad liquor at Saratoga
At Newport the water is better, but the air is
dampened with saline vapors, dangerous to
clean linen and weak lungs. Nothing but dust,
polkas, and pistol galleries at Newport. Why
not 60 to the mountains? Here in New York we
have Switzerland in Putnam county, plenty Of
pure air, lake (Mahopae) Of exceeding beauty,
pure water enough to supply any number OF
people, no matter how freely used-and pure
water is great thing in many respects-beau-
tiful scenery, and convenient Of access to the
city. In Jersey they have Schooley's noun
tain, already famous, and Bostonians cannot
have forgotten the hills of Berkshire, the home
of Lucy Stone Blackwell, and the late residence
Of Fanny Kemble Butler. Let some of the
Barclays of Boston take our advice and ascend
the dizzy heights of Mount Tom before they
try Mont Blanc.
The philosophers tell us that dwellers in
mountainous regions live to greater average
age than those on the plains, in cities or by the
sea shore, because they are above the yapors
which load the atmosphere near the earth, and
breathe in another and entirely different cur
rent Of air. The air we inhale is often poison
GUS, but the mountain atmosphere is clear and
intensely rarifed. 1t gives renewed action to
the blood--it quickens the pulse--it expands
the muscles-enlivens and sharpens the intel
lect, and the cit feels for the frat time the truth
of the old Latin proverb, 20 sound mind in
sound body" Pure dir, plenty Of good water
outside and in, and well cooked viands, noun
tain rambles and pleasant drives, entire freedom
from physical and intellectual restraint-these
are some Of the recommendations Of the noun.
tains
Therefore let the seeker after health adopt
the motto of the State and Mr.. Lopgfellow, and
shout Excelsior
OLD F0GYIsM OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION
THE TRUE DEFINITION OF QUAcKERY.--We pub.
lished yesterday an account Of the opening and
Inauguration Of a private medical institution in
this city-the Woman's Hospital-which has
been established mainly through the praise