The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-08-31

wArnro PlAcI Eunspcs.-what We call
our watering places are bed limitations Of bad
European originAk Ever since they bailt %
yilion At Brighton for George the Fourth, placing
him about a. far from the sea. for all practical
purposes. ar he was ri Windsor, ths engineers Of
summer resorts have. either through stupidity or
something else, annoyed their victims In all con-
ceiyable ways The chief watering places In the
United States are visited daring June, July and
August by NJ lcas, two hundred thousand pso-
pie, all Of whom come back Disguised. aud ASSERT
their intentions ryer 10 70 again. But ~ an
old philosopher rays. there's . ns~ fool born
every day" and every year we ral~ large crop
for the watering places. OF the whole nnm-
her, moieiy 80 10 say they have been 10
luch and such fashionable resort, thinking
that il improves their social standing. These
are hopeless cases Of snohbesy, and must he lefl
10 time; not even Jack Bnnsbys marlnspike
could ever knock any sense into their heads
But there IL another class whogo 10 awatcring
place 10 enjoy few days relaxation from ths
hum Of trade or the wear and tear Of professional
labor, and hope 10 find by the -a or mountain
,ide that refreshmcnt which the exhausted frame
acquires after the hard winters toll Our seeker
for the spring Of health selects fashionable resort
and emharks Tag and baggage. lie leaves aeon
Portable town residence, lo~~ sight Of his tars'
and pe,aases, bis favorite hooks and pictures his
quiet breakfas. with the morning paper, his af
ternoon stroll in broadway. and his succuleni
dinner 10 say nothing of thousand little lhings
which we never think O, when we have them. bu,
the value CT which we speedily learn when W.
ore without them.
When our pilgrim il at home he l. a sovereign.
Aladdin's servants were not more agile 10 supply
every want. When he gets TO his watering place
he finds himself the victim Of hotel keepers, hack
drivers, guides, n ID senus omns. lie Is poked IL.
to badly ventilated room, pestered with yer
min, and forced to try TO sleep on q bed more I'm
comfortable than that Of Prccrustes The table
is badly supplied, the servants are stupid. impu-
dent, undisciplined, and with unparalleled e.
frontery demand fee for doing nothing. Every
thing is in whirl No one can do anything
quietly. The victims health is impaired when IL
should have been improved. In despair he wan
ders from place to place isrobbed on every hand
and finds one as bad the other Finally hereturns
to New York, heavier in heart, lighter in purse.
and with consciousness that he has been work
ing harder than if he had staid at home, and that
he has paid great deal Of money for very
small amount of pleasure, and great deal Of ex-
perience.
The state Of his cash account astonishes him.
for these watering place people have no con-
science. Their harvest time is short, and they
are bound to make the return as profitable
possible. Their business must be immensely In
crative, for they charge first class prices, and
give nothing in return.
Such is brief picture Of life at fashionable
watering place. Who, Of the thousands that have
experience in the matter, viii say that it is over
colored? Not one, for but half the truth is toldl
The remedy is in the hands Of the victims
Country air and country fare are good and plea
can't things after surfeit Of metropolitan cult
nary sophistries and city designations But to get
this country air and country fare do not go to
fashionable resort; rather seek some quiet farm
house on the banks of our own Hudson, or among
the Alleganies, or on the Jersey shore, or in the
mountains Of New England, and there rest from
your labors for time. Pursue in moderation
those manly sports which give vigor to the
muscles, light to the eye, color to the cheek.
Drink clear water from the spring, and give up
French cookery for the plain and substantial
dishes of the husbandman. Let US assure You
that thousands Of sensible people do this every
summer, and that they return to the hustle and
toll Of city life with the physical man entirely
renovated, and the mental faculties newly nerved
for the battle Of life.