Smyrna times., 1868-10-28
.NiSceIIUne eOUS.
THE HONEYMOON HOTEL.

If you are getting on in years. and want to
be reminded seriously Of the flight of Time |
recommend you land especially if you do not
go to Chapel) to resort to the Honeymoon
Hotel The situation is 8 salubrious "a word,
by-the-by, that seems exclusively appropriated
by advertisers-and the prospects it commands
sublime. The charges, 1t is true, are enormous
but then 1t is not every hotel bill in which
great moral lesson is included. ltis located on
the southern coast of England, at the foot of
stupendous cliff, with broad sloping fringe of
garden-ground intervening between it and the
sea. The cliff itself has also, by the ingenuity
of man aided, as | should think, by the sug-
gestiOn of woman), been partially cultivated.
The winding paths that have been cut in its
face are not only adorned with flowers, which
awaken thoughts, if not too deep for tears, at
least of the deepest wonder as to how they
ever got there, but also with innumerable ar
bOrs, each for the accommodation of two per-
sons; for there the guests of the Honeymoon
Hotel are to be found seated in fond pairs,
hand cIasped in hand in ecstatic admiration Of
the scenery. The painting of the visitor gives
sufficient notice of his approach to prevent
their being discovered las they often are in the
garden below looking at one arm apiece.
These couples are all young some OF them
beautiful, and dare say accomplished. They
are egotlStlc, of course, or rather Dualistic.
and sea seem to be made for them, and them
only and may also add the Nhben, which ap-
! pears to have almost as great an attraction for
! them as for the tides But | am anticipating.
| Had | had any idea Of the objects of envy that
would be presented to my notice, would have
stopped at home rather than have invaded, in
company with my middle-aged consOrt, this
Paradise, where every Eve was young as the
morn. A broad hint of the state of affairs
/ i q Al IL
which conveyed US to this retreat from the
railway station; but at that time it was too
late to alter our plans.
Going to the Oneymoon' Otel, eyou, Sir
said he. " A very favorite place that is with
young couples, and for the matter of that, add
ed he, with glance ofapOlogy (which was no
by any means accepted) at my wife, lotth ole
unS too
This was not pleasant augury for our self
cOmplacency during our little trip, | think anC
it was borne out by the event. We were mos
favorably impressed, however, by the appear
ance of the hotel itself (which, of course, doe
not go by the name which have given to it
or persons over thirty would avoid it); it il
more like what is understood by the word Bow
er than an innS yes, Bower of Beautitude
1t is overgrOwn with roses and hOney-suckles
the frontdOOr bell is so concealed behind
passlon-tOwer that stranger can scarcely tint
it. A gentle cooling, issuing from a lofty pig
con house, pervades the spot, as though to IN
dicate the presence of the human ring dove
within this Temple of Love. The apartment
are as little like those of an ordinary hotel a
of lodging house. They are well, and eve
/, tastefully furnished, and lavishly adorned wit
D flowers. Books in elegant bindings, the con
tents of which are principally devoted to tn
: tender passion, are strewed about the sitting
rooms. Byron and Moore seem the favorit
authors. The tender passages are underline
i in pencil, and there are cOpious annOtatiOns
5 opposite to the former writer absurd descriI
= e ton of Laura, found written in female hanC
;, How like my Charles !"
/" The above mentioned poets are not partlcu
e larly popular with US, but my wife and wer
Q both annoyed when we found them remove
!, : upon the second day of our stay, and works o
Z a much more sober character substituted TO
them: Hannah More works, for instance
e instead of Moore s. This was not the first sllgt
Z that had been put upon US on account OF OF
9 advanced time of life. | noticed that the wal
II er never ventured to enter any other sitting
9 room but ours without first knocking at th
> > door, to apprise the devoted pair within. No
. he never knocked at our door. There was, {
n course, no particular reason why he should
a but think land my wife thought so to)
Or would have been more delicate In him to hay
E, done So
= ! The sitting-rooms all opened upon love
;. lawn, with rustic benches, adapted for two pc
% sons sitting pretty close to one another; ant
= besides, there was a veranda similarly provides
Is The inmates of the hotel shrunk from all publ
Dr 1r notice, and studiousy avoided the acquaintan
m and even the observation of their tellow-cou
D. les, but this veranda afforded, nevertheless
y some excellent opportunities to the natur
y historian. | subjoin some Observations .upC
70 Early Pairs-that is, on the character and co
n duct of newly married couples, as observe
1p daily from shaded spot in our own pario
p and out of the corner of my eyes.
an The male bird is first seen. He perch
tIi cth himself on bench outside, and casts. retr
e. spective glances into the sittingroom for &
re coming of the Beloved Object to make his te
ne lie is attired in gorgeous plumage, as thoul
er he were about to perambulate Pail Mall, ]
ne ne stead of stroll upon the sea-shore all day. II
81 81 newspaper lies folded on his knee. What a
= politics or polemics to Edwin when ne is wa
8: 8: Ing for his Emma Presently there is a Butt
= 1,,,, !, ~ Nd huk deicate substance and o