The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-27

A SPGClA- SUMNER RESORT EOS
EVERY PRIVATE RE9iDEHC6.
Valuable Eso.,Iu She EEnu-cao:t- .V1s4.5.l
-EcciainfnE the Domain 81 the
N"In1tiIc Cat-i Charming
St.ty-Ilt- Home IIorids.
lr,ew York Cor. Kansas City TimcsI

llScw York Cor. Kansas City Tin,c'l
It /. surpri ing, also, tina: Now YorheTa
have not yet learned To get more god out
of their roof. auI back varls. Tho inhnb-
itants OF tenement houses have native Tor
importedl Wit enough to take To tho roof rs
"A sleeping plac. i'll summer: but what tho
well-to-.lo citiZsn needs Is not 30 'IIu"h to go
To sleep his roof to wake up To- It's
pleasure giving faciIitio. ! night 81 Two
ago | wa, disturbed by some Il .:sS oxp!us-
ions ON tho roof uador which .ali shelter
and discovered that two y,.tue nla.. from
an ad joining house hal come over 10 prlc-
tico pistol shooting at "A target zair>t ono
of my chimneys- IL IS pcrhn0. carrying,
the progressive movement "a }ittl" to far t.
e,tabli,h pistol ranges oI tho h"t-at ris
But important los ,pn may lSs learned
from tho Illuminated Summer garden the
summit of the Casino, and tho open air res
taurant on the roof Of MIR. Cyrus ". FiaI's
Washington Building, ucar tho !:oNiing
Green whore may .!,Ho IL :ull con-
Inant of Wow over the entire Larboi ana g
large part Of the city, with variaGatct and
picturesque expanses OF WATT dotted Dy tho
cOiOred lights of ferries AMI -hippn on the
hand and on the othor du5hy STRETCHES
of masonry furrowcd with diIn lanes Of gas
light or irradiated from tho circle OF cleo
trio lamps in tho public squares. There is
no reason Why every private house "hOali
not have its special summer resort Prov tiol
with awnings and flowers on the roof. At
such an altitude the evening air i nearly
always cool aud refreshing eveu oil the hot
test nights.
Nor neaL the usefuln est Of the ilousotop
enl with tho warm month"; In Twenty
seventy street, near Filth avon:lo. Is sta
bio OH the roof OK which stHnis q large hot
house, whore prufJ;~ioH % -r2oH plants
AMI rose bushes grow aiI winter. ,.irtin< a
pretty spectacle for the pas CT by. The
suggestion which il offers opens up \ whole
new order Of delightful rotreat5 which
might 10 provided cor winter, a sort OF
stay at-home Florida, which could 10 en-
joyei by the slight effort - riding up in an
elevator. Invaii,,s couli got ts8ir sun bath
in such places whom unabio to wal.
drive out. Apartment houses and hotels in
particular could maintain the cCnserva-
tories to advantage; and they wnull bo iI-t
desirable in oti.or cities ~ IN Now Nori.
Eastern ant We torn pslaer5 Iieasa copy
am lci to these reflections iuat now lay
fhs Gxpdrienc" III rvc,nt call 81 som, iIu-
Iopean uctuainthncrs who l.ftve settled Int
torly il: New York. speak Of taonl ~ t'n
roIrans bpcRt!~o IL would 0a Gar,i - s,sy .,l-
actiy what untry thay CHIN a. thoi; r,vu.
They have IjvoI In -. Petersburg Vi nu.t,
i;orliu and Paris in short, wherovcr the
have happened - call him. On the evanin;;
of my call tho par!pr3 woro darkanat. bat 4
distant murmur of oico' gave Assurance Of
tn, !,rcscnce IF the family ,oinaTher. on
the l-reInis The servant took IT," card,
disappeared AMI rot rhol in few iloin.. rts
with M invitation to ".,tcp ont into tho hack
y,tr.i.'
Ordinarily this would hs consiIeroI any
thing bat a hstteriu-s invitation to n visitor;
lint fnp!I1y that tDVyyN-sr
tho suEinoas, was safe, | allowed myself
t. la conducted TO tho ha4oIurnt ani through
door, opening on the space Usually reserved
hohinl every New York h.,I e. Tho custom
il to make this stuiiou.y fnIlorn oncIo ,ll,,
abpuo -tDt9O ar - feet. Ca Mon lays AMI
Tues lay it l. givon mp to tho drying Of
clothes, fni on tho night, uf all days in the
weak il Is s.tcrodIy kept as n Rendezvous
ior the no'naiic cat the tail-hoarl iences
ietweon yards l,cin. used a. high
ways 10y iheo mali. tame tigers
LAair journeys from ono enclosure t.
another. | founI that my European fciond
had banisIHi tile cats AMI bad erected
little pavilion at tho rear end
Of his yard, furnishing it with chairs and
taUos and lighting it with gas. Trailing
vinos -crvol to shut out tso SUMS rays IN the
daytime, that in the evening th5 pavilion
formed II copi ami delightful family shifting
roDta.
Il had this llnco built us soon az 40
moved III " sail my host, az [ seated myself
in reclining chair ami accepted tha glass
of Leor profit .roi by his wife. 1--WE have
beor the wonder Of the vhole nciSiborhooi
evor sincs we began to spend our evoains{s
hora teal ct the hot parlor7. The cats
next door 'roco'vs' OH Mondays in August,
Hat thor wise they + AIT frouhle the RoiGh-
b ,ri.ooi much now, ami 50 wo sit hero en-
Jj,yins ti,., qli9t. while All tiAs other poopIe
ia the block .ilshtly svs ter INDOOR
the prs-o:irtivs rights ca the ca5 in New
York veTy STRONG; Suat my friends
invasion of thar .erEisa-y is perhaps
.row.iet upon by cisL1sns who still boliev6
IN feline supremacy over tbs back yard.
But in tmo this superstition may die out,
aud then his sxanpls will doubtless bo imi-
t,tei by tho way, hcar that 4 wolf
known electrician Is comploti house i'll
Thirtv-siNth street which is to 10 quito
"a marvel in the number aud variety OF
its electrical arrangements. Tho hall
lamp lights by electricity at the opening
OF tie front door; the clock. viii all run
uniformly by electricity; flowers AMI plants
i'll tho con -orvatory arc h. 10 grown by
electric light; tho electric engine win pump
up water: Thermometers il various rooms
connected by electric wire with d thor
mJmeter out Of doors. will register tho OK
ternal temperature; thore will be electric
ventilating fan4, AMI sUndry other contriv-
ances are contemplated.
IL would SOON "a if the list might be made
complete by adding an attachment for Civ
ing "a shock to burglar, and fo: tue eXpul-
sion Of the above mentioned ct from the
back yard. Life wou!; then 3ccoiaa ,.i.i-
poratiyoly ondUrahle.
IrccsEcioiI- snfsat.
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