The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-20
SUMMER ADJUSTMENTS.
THAT'S. SUMMER ADJUSTMENTS AND
SUMMER NOT.
A Glimpse at the Dim Past and Sum-
mary of the Pre- sent Emphasize the
Popular Lament, "what Might Have
Been"--where is the Man9

II was Goethe who remarked, with
gusto, that mo one should allow day 10
pass without seeing a beautiful picture,
hearing fine piece OF music and reading
beautiful poem" But then, Goethe
lived in an age when there were few
things that could take the place OF any OF
these prescribed ionics, The railroads and
steamboats, were not then operating. lie
had no dummy line TO transport him IN
the twinkling oil an eye TO a lovely land
scape, which would take the place OF the
picture. lie died in Ignorance OF the
Telephone with all It's possibilities OF har-
monious sounds, which would alone sus-
tain weak man for several weeks, pro
yided the music was wanting. And litera-
turo had not progressed suiliclently To
make fine poems common ana every day
affairs. TO live M TO Goethe's motto, our
summers would be one long pilgrimage TO
nrt galleries and concert halls beside a
depletion in the pocketbook which the
average man could hardly support
No: we must change the philosophers
maxim into one more suitable TO the busy
and practical age. II was an effort at
amusement and scli-culture that induced
The learned poet to inilct the world with
n suggestion which many strive TO I'LL and
none accomplish.
What possibilities offer themselves TO us
In Memphis for passing through the sum
mer season in comfort and pleasure? We
have no Coney Island or Brighton Beach
with the seductive charm of swelling
waves and countless crowds. With ten
railroads feeding the city commercially,
not one has enterprise enough 10 establish
Paramount park and thus put money In
their purse. With palatial steamers, rs
fine as float ON any waters, We can go no
further than Goose Creek bend and gazo
on nothing OF more interest than q wayside
kaloon or n group of rlzor-back hogs.
With baseball park in which the finest
league talent displays ITSELF we are virtu.
aly barred from any Sunday diyertisc-
mcnt. How many OF the thousands Of
Memphians will seek the cooler atmos-
phercs OF the mountain or the salty sea
waves and wear out summer existence?
The remainder, never mind the number,
willsigh for the prospectiyeplcasurcs which
the years promise Ms.
We can still resort 10 the crowded
dummy and spend bad quarter OF an
hour jammcd in between the wiener wurst
man aud the banana pcddlor.
There arr still people who think n sum
mers day is well spent when ham
sandwich and slice Of lemon pie fall 10
their share from the bountiiul supply Of
The picnic table. There are others Who
enjoy the vigorous dance when the thcr.
mometer IL yainly struggling among the
ninctcs, and call the result picnic.
People undergo more hardships and pass
through moro trials toobiain a days pleas.
urc than they would willingly undertake
on ordinary occasions. TO successfully
marshal a picnic brigade requires more
gcnomlship than most people Imagine. In
the good old days picnics were generally
family affairs, but now they are con.
strucicd ou gigantic scale, and arr EVIL
IDENTITY intended 10 take In the whole hui
man family.
The summer season IN about 10 open up,
= and ~ Tar Jackson Mound park Is the only
resort which an average Mcmphian can 81
with pleasure. II was itself the ouigrowtlI
OF popular demand for a rendezvous
where heat and dust afc not, and the cares
aud noise Of the city do not cnocp IN and
annoy
There Is still plenty OF time 20 begin
operations The Gilmore concerts but
whclled public appetite for popular CON
cerls, and once seen and heard, every one
is longing ior morc.
A great question has arisen with every
Que who Intends 10 remain during the
heated months, what shall We DO ior the
summer
Who will rise mp and solve the puzzle,
and put many minds into happy state Of
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