New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-08-03

The number OF people leaving the cities
during this Summer is supposed to be smaller
than for ten years previous. The cool weather
with which we have been blessed during the
first half of the Summer accounts partly Tor
this, but economy is the more cO-ent and UNI
vcrsal reason The number OF things which
we all held TO be necessities that have dwln-
Glcd into uscles, Iuxure, in the last year or
two, and have been cut OFF romocselesSly from
our list Of expenses. is IN amazing and Signih-
can't fact in our social history. Americans are
gifted with a peculiar lax gocd-huMor that
can settle itself comfortably into Il shabby
coat when there is 10 money 70 bny \ good
one. Your bankrupt Engl>hm..n file, to Bon
lone or some rcm0tcr hiding-place on the
Continent, to gnaw out his heart there; but
thousands of wealthy Americans have slid
easily down The steep 70 penury in the last
five years, aud live as joyiil, CHEEKY life in
some cheap suburb as they did on Fifth-aye.
Member, of this class are looking out for
"plel,ant boarding in farm houses Just now,
instead Of occupying cottages at newport or
first-Aoor auiics at hotels nj the Branch.
Even the Old-timc support Is who have re-
turned to these costly resorts are reported 20
nave revealed IN unknown talent for saving
pennies and driving close Bargains with inn
keepers and thcir satellites. The whole change
is 4 healthy one. The cXtOrticn and cT 'rm0ns
profits of Summer resorts were evils that cared
themselves Of necessity.
Too strict economy is an evil when will not
cure itself 80 fast We al fee! that We must
save money, and we save it in ways where the
good results OF spending are not promptly seen.
The sound practical good Of Il fortnight or
month in The country does not Show Itself in
renewed health and spirits al once in Il man
or his family. Hence many hired mechanic,
tradcsman or small professional man does not
avail himself Of his regular holiday this
summer, but lawns AMI do'es ~ his house
or apartments in town, fancying hat ccssl-
lion OF work is all be needs. He viii lird the
first evil result Of his experiment in tagging
energy and irritable temper during TIE Fall
and Winter $50 play" 80, only makes Jack
a dali boy, but lessons his value in the scale
of vorkers very fas; indeed
Now, however, that fresh air is = luxury, The
cost OF which we must CONT so accurately, we
ought 10 take care that the III wo bay Is thc
KIND we want, This is purely physical nat
ter, and oae which every man mus. decide ior
himself. "lf i could give my patients The air
they need" said an eminent physician, q" /
should have very lite use for medicines OF
instruments" To orc man salt cir and SET
bathing are the elixir of lie; with another
they iIitata the nervous system t. the verge
of insanity; mountain sir acts upon different
constitutions with as strongly mari ID variety
Of effect. Now man who needs tonic does
not cake an anodyn,, and IL fr.sh air Is It
medicine which We try bat once year, surely
it is worth our while T. see that it IS not IN
furious rather than helpidi TO IL.
The stringency of the times has brought not
only Lotcl-keepcrs but the providers Of cheaper
places of reaort, very sharply to their senses.
They have found ont that fown'-peOple are
not fat fowls ready for the picking, but too
often very lean fowls indeed. Very cOmIorta-
bic board can be obtained in private houses
on high ground and on the coast for from
81 to $40 per wetn, and for less than that ut
a distance from the city. Travelling expenses
bring the cost up to the same amount. Tempt
,ng cheap offers mast bo well looked INTO, OF
they turn out apples "a SOdOm, with salt pork,
rancid butter and populOus beds inside. Camp
ing ont is by all odds the cheapest most
healthful and delightful way of passing the
Summer. Ii requires, however, capital OF
energy, enthusiasm and love Of adventure
which is not common among fashionable OF
would-be fashionable people. After all, ii j.
these qualities, is we'll as vigorous common
sense, and not money, which are needed to
make the yearly holiday succe.., and no di-
dactic hints of ours will infuse them into any
body.
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