Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-04
SUMMER TOURISTS.
SOME GRAINS OF COMFORT FOR THE
sTAY-AT-HoMEs.
The People Who Take summer Vacations
and Those Who Do Not-A
Lady's Views.

Correspondence of the SuNDAY-UNtoN.l
The fashion of going to the mountains or
10 the seaside to spend the summer, or a
portion of il, has become so universal that
to some this summer fitting seems almost
necessity, and they migrate with the reg
ularity of the birds. But what of the great
army Of workers who stay at home-the
man of business, the oyerworked wife and
mother and those who toll in the shops {?
The very ones who need rest and recreation
occasionally are not, as a rule, the people
| who go on summer vacations. While rest
and change is pleasant, and to be desired
at any and all seasons of the year. do these
human birds of sSsage always have the
best oft? Ifrest is sought it surely is not
to be found at the gay watering places and
not always in the camping parry. / can
| not imagine any rest or pleasure riding all
day in a wagon piled as high as your head
with articles that you would require two
or three rooms for when at home, with
yourself and two or three children TO fill in
the corners, and over hot, dusty roads, and
! the California roads are fearfully dusty in
| the summer time.
At evening you stop, hot, dirty and tired.
No place TO take bath or change your
soiled clothing. Supper is to be prepared
over fire, which either scorches your face
or fills your eyes with smoke. Everything
you touch is covered with that awful dust.
One of the lords of creation has brought
bucket of water, with which you are ex-
pected to.cook supper, wash the dishes
and your own and children's faces.
After three or four days of camp-life, the
wife and mother begins TO think its beau
ties have been greatly exaggerated She
has not found the rest she sought. While
the men have hunted and fished, the
woman has had to cook, wash dishes, and
wash the children and their clothes, the
same as at home, with none Of the home
conyeniences. And as she lies down at
night, tired and dusty, upon a mattress
spread on the ground, or in a wagon
cramped for room, does not a longingcome
over her for the tidy cottsge, with its cool
clean kitchen, and the gas or gasoline
stove on which the meals can be prepared
without heating ones blood up to the boil
ing point? Plenty of water for daily
bath; and even if the temperature of the
water is SO, that is just right for bathing
In the afternoon don light, clean wrap
per, remain in a cool room with some light
work or a book until evening, which nearly
always brings fresh breezes Iiom the Sea.
After light tea is it not delightful to sit
on the veTanda or lawn, iDhals the fresh
air and the fragrance of the flowers, or take
a ride, or, perhaps, 1t is Just q walk to the
Park, and listen to the beautiful music?
And if, upon your return to your rooms,
they are . tritle warm, they are clean, and
haven't you comfortable bed to sleep IN ?
And then you do not have to be reused out
of your beauty sleep at four or five o'clock
In the morning Tor another tresome, dusty
ride
think the pleasures of camp life are
mythical to a great extent, while a few
weeks among the grand old mountains.
rock ribbed and ancient as the SUM- if
we were only possessed of the magic car
pet, that we might be set down at the de-
sired spot without the trouble of going, or
a few days OF the ocean side, taking in
health and strength at every breath, aud
every dip into the briny wave, is all pleas
ant enough at any season of the year. But
how many hundreds might say thou
sands-there are who never get away
from shop or office, or the cares
of housekeeping, for a summer or
any other vocation. And they
live just as long, are Just as well, and Just
as happy as those who must rush off some
where every season, as much because it is
fashionable as anything else. If / could
hear it. / imagine my ears would Jingle
with the cry, The grapes are sour !"
But there are many worse things than
having to remain at home during the sum-
| mer. And provided the working people
| are not deprived of their privilege of enjoy
ing as they please their one holiday in
seven, whether it is attending ball game
Sunday afternoon, or an open air concert in
the evening, think they will be well and
| happy at home, which is the best place
after ALL f. P. d.
Lake House, August 1st