New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-29
SIMMER BOARD.
ADVENTURES IN SEARCH OF THE SAME.
NJ. PIERRE DE cHARLEvoIx IN
A REFINED FAMILY.

REFINED FAMILY.
One of tho pleasant diversions Of the glad summer
time Is looking suburban board. There are aeP'n'
and corners in tho human soul which the person VINO
has never searched for board Of this kind KNOWS noun
inc Of Let not him who has always got bis summer
board a hotel, In private cottage, OF ha' MS
summer board looked up for him, or never had any
summer board-let him not talk about UNDERSTANDING
human nature or, either, boast OF knowing any'hhs
about water views, breezes, tho remarhapo oooi
ness OF a room which feels hot, or inc terrioio anu
seemingly organized ravages OF the mosquitoes ABOUT
block up that way" with touch OF malaria ABOUT
two blocks down tho othcr way. win perhaps
trace of unpleasant odors from somewhere over on
that other street. But everything especially planned
by oughtfuI Providence for your true summer board
right here.
am something Of searcher after summer board
myself ! looked tho matter up In modest iasnlo"
the other day. advertised in tho newspapers LOT
tho article in question: and got lot OF letters and
went to SEQ tho writers about It. They were all
pleased to meet person who was looking for good
summer board and knew It when he saw IT, lhcy
we're ready-anxiOus is tho better word-to show me
their fine water and let turn my ear and
listen to the low but deadly hum OF the mosquitoes
down about a block away-from which place. grieve
to say had always received another reply to my ap-
peal for board
The first woman led mo into o room which she
said she would let to select parties who were willing
to make members OF q refined ana CHRISTIAN Iaiiby
and pay in advance. II not one Of these large,
barry rooms, she said like peopie try TO foSt
upon the inexperienced pilgrim looking for summer
board. This room where you had TO Walk
slow and take soundngs with your umbrella when
searching for tho door on foggy day. On no
This no amphitheatrc-no county fair ground-but
Just a pleasant, snug where refined parties who
did not object to Keeping at least ono week ahead
with the pay would find life worth living. Snug,
wanted to understand noticed scratches around
on the walls, II there had been a small circular
tornado operating in the / knew that some
former occupant had been trying to swing cat
around by the tail in the way of calsthenlcs, and
had got too large cat. But then, like somebody,
have forgotten who, didn't want TO swing cat.
She threw open shutter and adjusted me by the
window, and told me to look at the water view. L
didn't know any better than to gaze down fooshly
at the pump in the back yard. She chucked me
under tho chin. which caused me to get my eyes up
where they belonged, and said she referred to the
harbor. l looked where 1t seemed to me that with
my naturally weak geographical understanding, the
harbOr ought to b. and encountered some largo ex-
plicit reading matter In type foot high and we'll
proportional, in relation to the collapse Of the boom
in Rome. She that / wasn't getting II, she
got behind me, looked over my shoulder, turned mo
a little and pressed my head forward just trfe;
setting mo very much like photographer sets his
camera. whatever he calls It, Then sho looked to
SEQ If my eyes were open all right and In working
II wasn't every room with water view like that;
which substantially correct. All the people who
had occupied that room before had drawn great
ISOLATION from the water view Frequently 1t had seemed
to como TO them like green spot in the desert did
not ask how green spot usually approaches the
gentleman temporarily stranded in the desert, al
though l did not know. The last party confined in
this had had long and lingering illness, but
in his extremity the view had deserted him.
MIS-. BOggleS" he would say to her Of an evening"
after the doctor had gone away, DMrs Boggles your
water view reconclcs to death7 1t very
pleasant hear tho gentleman talk that way. She
hoped that Sho might hear mo talk that way.
Another gentleman had leaned far out of tho
window with his eyes fixed that water view that
he had fallen and broken leg and fine climbing
rose bush. They took tho front gate off the hinges
gathered tho fallen party up and placed him on 1t
and carried him down to the doctors Office HIS feet
dragged little, and his head hung the sharp
end OF the pickets, but they got him there Tho
mortality had been little high in connection with
that water view, but that wasn't the fault Of the
view. As there head-rest provided with the
view l constantly losing tho focus Of it
between tho buildings, so at last said 1t was
superb and turned away. told her If concluded
come and cast my lot with the view that would
let her know
Tho next led me into large which
had windows all Sides 1t also had a water view
but she didn't much about it. That room spoke
for itself 1t didn't need cheap and gaudy water
view to make people snap it up. In fact, It was not
the room that would ever bore the occupant about
having any kind of view Tho happy soourner
wasn't going to have view thrown in his face all
the time. l looked out of of the side windows
and large lager beer saloon. 1 went to tho
back window and rewarded by lager beer
garden turned thoughtfully to the other sido
window, and I by wholesale
lager beer supply depot glance out the front
window gave lager beer brewery and small
boy In the street peddling lager beer with tin dip
| per out of a wooden pail.
! Speaking of mosquitoes, this lady said they had
them down about block from there pretty bad 1t
very pleasant to sit on her porch in the evening
and watch tho other boarders down about block
! fighting mosquitoes with firearms, and hot water and
cavalry, and all that sort of thing Tho poor board
down there having hard time Of 1t, and she
often remarked that she felt for them. OF course,
! once In a while stray mosquto-a sort of MAYER
| lex mosquito--would wander lip on her grounds but
of the boariers from down there would usually
come right up after 1t. They claimed they their
| mosquitoes and they wanted them to stay at home.
II pathetic TO one of the poor things charg
ing around after wandering mosquito with scoop
| net. But she held that the mosquito habit Just
like any otherf you had to associate with 'om right
along pretty soon you would get you wouldn't want
| to give them up. 1t was some she added, like what
| the Pope said about vice. She thought 1t was prob
ably about the second third Pope before the pres
ent who made the remark
| Another things her beds. When you slept
in one Of her beds you didn't dream you lying
along on the ridgepolo of double bumped camel.
Tho Stats didn't drop out of her beds at o'clock In
the morning. Her wire mattresses didn't come loose
and roll together a scroll and tangled up the sleeper
so that II took the coroner to make everything all
satisfactory and easy going. People that wanted to
| get into an unruly bed that might kick the
thills before morning could do she supposed, but
| she didn't think was one OF that kind.
Her table, too, she sald liberal. II woke
I'D in tho night and wanted pie, | could ring for It.
She said she aimed please and so long boarder
used pie reasonably he could have all he wanted or