New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-02
orr YEARLY HOLIDAY

The summer has ended OlIlclallS' ANU 3c'
every one knows that, as matter OF TACT, II
is still with us, and shows signs Of ovcrstaying
its welcome BY the law Of chances. an eX-
ceptionaly warm September ought to follow
summer which, on the average, seems TO nave
been an exceptionally cool one, with here ana
there an eruption Of heat to show what the
sun could do if it chose to exert Itself. Those
who can afford to Hnger by the seaside Or in
the mountains are likely to be tempted to re-
main. and the hotel-keepcrs Will have an
opportunity to make up some OF
the losses Of the early season 1t
is noticeable that the season is frightening.
The time at which the school years begin IS,
in its way, an indication Of this They are
arranged doubtless with some regard to the
habits Of the parents as well rs to the good OF
the children. Few Of the schools open now
before the last days of September and some
not even before the first days of October.
This means that the habit is we'll eStat lished
among a large class of remaining away from
the city until the heated term is really over
This is one of many signs of a sensible ten
dency toward more outdoor life, and greater
degree of recreation.
There are many others, however 1t used
to be fashionable, and still is, to certain eX-
tent, to berate ourselves for not taking play
spells enough This is certainly not so true as
it used to be. The number Of holidays has
increased Every large city is surrounded by
Measure resorts to which many thousands 90
daily during the warm weather. Almost every
person. even of moderate means, has vacation
trip Of some sort. The inhabitants of the
great cities swarm out into the country, to the
scaShore, the mountains, or to Europe While,
on the other hand. when the nights grow cool
in August, the hotels and boarding houses IN
the cities are fiji. sometimes to oyeriiowlng,
with a great company Of strangers from all
parts Of the Union, the husbands coming to
buy goods, the wives to have " triP' and 90
TO the theatre. The outpouring Of pilgrims to
Europe increases every year until it has be-
como a striking social phenomenon. 1t Is no
.onger confined 10 the rich or even the Well-to-
do Every school-tcacher dreams Of seeing
Westminster Abbey and Stratford and the
Louvre with her own eyes. Out-of-door sports
have developed TO a remarkable degree, and
not alone rs a vehicle for bets. Ardent physl-
cal exercise has become fashionable, until now
society physicians can make handsome IN
come by prescribing horseback riding for near
" every disease known to the profession, and
women are now proud Of their agility in tennis
who once would have thought it vulgar to walk
a mile 1t may almost be said to be queS-
ton whether any people give up more Of their
time TO recreation than those Of the United
States 1t is true that they have still much to
learn Of the virtue Of simple pleasures, but 1t
cannot be denied that they are making famous
progress in the art of enjoying themselves.
1t should not be forgotten either that large
proportion of the cases of breakdown, Of which
we hear so much, are not the result Of American
over-strenuousneSs in business, az is cunouSly
supposed, but simply Of dissipation. There are
many examples Of this. to which the news
papers are too charitable to direct public at
tention. II is the man who spends his nights
in vice and folly who travels the downward
road to general paresis far oftcner than the
man who spends the day in labor, even Of a
too exactng kind. The human body can bear
a great weight of honest work, but the candle
that is burned at both ends soon goes out.