The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-08-12

shelving beach gives one, but it is safer for the
crowd. Then we take sun-bath, and after
drying our back hair, so that it may match that
taken of, we dress for dinner; and that reminds
me to advise all ladies who go into the SURF that
it has no respect for chignons; for one of my
braids s,oitched off into the water and suspect
some mermaid is twining it at this moment IN
her hair. A number of wedding rings have
shared the same fate
After dinner we make up a party for stroll
in the Park, most delightful spot-one of the
chiefattractions here and read the appropri-
ate inscriptions on the trees, never losing sight
of the presiding spirit of the place, whose gen.
JUS and refined love of nature has left to the
visitors of this place a reminder that immor-
tally is greatest when it appeals to our hearts
through nature One never tires of wandering
through its shady paths and resting in its roc
mantle little hooks, until the gentlemen forget
the spiritual in the temporal, and wonder
what they are going to give us for supper"
Then we stroll home fully impressed with one
fact, that man can never be made to forget
for one hour that dinner or supper is before
him.
After chowder, which almost everybody eats,
as part of the programme. we stroll on tn
beach again until the trains arrive from Boston
or Portland when everybody rushes to the neat
little station to see who has arrived, and to
wonder, with the hotels all full, where they are
going to put them. The long platform at the
station makes a very nice place for promenad-
ing, more especially for those ladies who make
several toiettes day. t- =
Some Of the time is exhausted in having
ourselves stereotyped. The photographer comes
down with his stock of patience and camera all
ready-fnds us grouped around in the most
natural manner--tells us to be ready ''as he is
going to make nice picture. Instantly ev-
erybody is seized with a mania for standing
bolt upright in front-and looking off into
space in the most industrious manner. Groups
are broken up and formed into straight
row like class in spelling, and everybody is
satisfied that their figure will be the plainest
recognized. He says ''ready'-after every
body has tearsin their eyes-'now look straight
and keep perfectly still five seconds-that man
is standing directly in front of that woman--a
little more to the left, snow, perfectly still
ready'-and somebody laughs outright at noth-
ing funny and the artist claps on the cloth
looks politely Disguised, begs them to remain
until he prepares another plate, then the peo-
pie Instantly form themselves into natural po-
sitions until he comes to make second failure
We have five clergymen in this house, and
can assured you they enliven the house very
much with their genial manners and entertain
ing conversation. am told that one of the
English clergymen sleepsi in his bathing suit.
He believes in thoroughly impregnating his
system with the salt water, and as he is most
eloquent man, would recommend some of our
clergymen to try what salt will do for them =
more especially as he only breaches thirty min
utes. We have very buxom landlady and
she is as good as she is large We have a very
good table, and the people in the house have
laid aside ceremony for the season, making it
seem as much like large family as Is possible
where the people are mostly strangers to each
other. t4
1t is very amusing to listen to the conversa-
tions in the cars in reference to boarding houses
aud hotels: The mans question is: DO they
feed well?" the woman's 'sDo they dress
| much?' The other day fellow passenger asked
another, "Why do they have such hard beds?"
After grayely considering this for moment he
of the querst who did not look upon it in the
| light of conundrum. Men as a general thing
cannot kill time or enjoy it in dancing, bathing,
strollng firting(?) or dressing for others to adj
| mire. They are more devoted to the creature
comforts of life, and SO long as they have a
| good bed and plenty to eat they are all right.
There is, however, one thing to be said in
their favor. They are perfectly willing for their
! wives and daughters to be happy in their own
way, and are most unselfish in leaving them
through the week, to idle away the time, while
| they return to the dust, turmoil and ceaseless
| struggle after the Almighty dollar. do not be-
| lieve that If the tables could be turned we
would be as willing to do as much for them
There IS one great inconvenience attending
this place. that is no mail-save through Saco-
and our letters are very slow in coming direct
| ~ to our hands. G. A. L. 7.