New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-03
RETURNING TO CITY HOMES.

RETURNING TO CITY HOMEo.
THE FLIGHT FROM TIE SUMNER RESokiS
A LITTLE EARLIER THAN USUAL
UNPRECEDENTED TRAVEL ON RAILROADS AND
srEAMsHIPs-FER2YB CROWDED Win
HOMECOMING ToURsTS-BCSY DAYS
FOR THE BAGG AGE sMAS1IER' REAL
ESTATE AGENTS AND STORAGE
wAREHOCSEMEN.
The summer is over. \ chilly northwest wind
blowing for several days has howled its requiem
nrouud the kab!es and caves OF the co"h'e9'
summer hotels and boarding houses on mo"hC'''.
,idc and scashore. There were saggeS'lonS o'
.vcrcoats and wraps, of rheumatism ana "o.
drinks Of theatres and club-thnncrs IN tiat SUI
ror.wcs.er; 50 It is not surprising thai "ith ''''
frs, DAYS of September the rush OF touris'o
returning to their city homes has been some'h,ns
prjdi1ious, severely taxing the carrying capNo''S
OF nil the lines Of railroad, the steampo"'' ou Wv
Hudson and the coas.ng steamers Oh '"o W.
Atlantic There are mountainous plies Oh tiu"n'
in the baggage-rooms Of all the dcpo's "'iu h'""'
ing places, and the baggagc-smasher occupy,
foremost place in the public eye onnci"'' =, WV
transportation companies all agree that '"eie L.
rcver been gncwn such numbers OF letuIhAs
tourists
What has been said Of the railroads is cqnahS
true NJ tho ocean steamers So many Americans
werc never seen before in Europe at one uhie'
with the exception possibly, Of the season OF ,ho
last Paris Exposition, as have been 'htfc '"''
summer. Travellers report that II mas Dee" h'
easy task to secure passage home 10 America ~
great has been the number Of people 10 De car
rcd Berths on the ocean steamships "au ''''A
to be engaged months beforehand.
Everywhere in the strcctf OF Ncw-io rH the S"',-
burned faces of the returning hosts m'heie WIN
the throng Of palc-facrd metrop"lita"s m"' INV
been spending the doglays In the city. Inc 'eiis-
boats OF the North River ere crowded with men
and women with sty grips in their hands
and natural flowers in their hatbands ana o"t1on-
holes. and that they have had q good time there
con no no doubt What does II matter II her snoes
are dusty and many freckle has been LEFT on Inc
maiien,s nose? She's had good time ana she
wants everybody to know it. Troops OF minister's
arc thronping back to their focks, and eager 10
eli tbcir uulpits again. Some have been nsihhs
off Ouoddy Head, CampobcllO Island. others naSe
Leon trampinQ through the Adirondacks anu ee
White Mountains and scores OF them nave haAi
an outing in Europe, viewing the historic capi,ai'
of the Old World. College professors are ieadihs
back their little groups Of students. WIN ""'u'
they have been on scientific expeditions through
ont the summer. digging for fossils ana 9eo,oecA
specimens among lonely peaks or "'e HocNs
Mountains. or " botanizing' amid the verdnre-'la"
r,nues Of the Allcyhanies. Some Of them nave
been spouting Greek to the trees In the forests
of Canada and some have been studying mus'y
,non,scripts In the n,onasteres and libraries OF
the Continent Lawyers. doctors. merchants
clerks. strong men and invalids old men aud
young. sedatc n.atrons and merry madens' are
all in this grand rush cityward
They are flying Lone every day over tne Enc
Railway from Watkins Glen, Niagara and Chau-
,auuua over the Ontario and Western road from
Ellcnvle, Mt Mcenagha, and the hius ana 'asS
of Ustrr, DELAWARE Chenango ana Hul!i'ah c'u"
ties; from tie Shawansunk Mountains anu III"
picturesque towns and Villages oil 'entral new
yor,,. over the Ncw-York Central and Hudson
River road from Richiielt Springs. the Thousand
Islands. Saratogn and Massena Springs; over tho
Delaware and Hudson from the hunting and hsh-
Inc spots around Lake George and Lake Champlain.
Bluff Point Ausabr Chasm. Round Lake. Blue
Mountain Lake. Loon Lake, Sharon Springs.
Unwr's Gave CoopcrstOwn, the Gravity ROAD,
etc delightful resorts too numerous to mention;
over the Connecticut River route from faoians'
Franconia Notch, and all the famous hotels IN
the White Mountains Of the Granite State ana
the Green Mountains Of Vermont; over the ShoFe
Line from Newport, Watch Hill. Block Island.
Narracansrtt Pier, Swampscott. Ola Orchar"
Reach and the innumerablc islcts whose pino
trees and shelving beaches draw ~ many tnou-
sands of city people To the coast OF Maine every
Summer: over the Phi.adclphia and Reading. the
Llu,h Valley and the Pennsylvania roads nom
the mountain hotels and the trout streams or
rcnTsylvanin. in short. from every quarter OF
the woods. and from the vast stretches Of beach
ard ,casholr. the citvs wandering population
is hcln. blown in on the wings Of the cool north
winds Of early September.
Nur ALL HAPPINESS.
Eat this chilly northwest wind in early Sep
TENDER and the sudden flight back TO the city
have made some people unhappy, and While II ms
forced Tie closing up Of some shutters IN tGe
Ca;skills and tic Adirondacks, IL has made plenty
Of business for the rural justices of the peace
II Is tho unhappy custom Of many weak people
10 permit their foniness for enjoyment ot the
delights Of the country TO get the better Of their
prudence, thereby contracting board bills when
they are unable to liqud,te at the time they
want 20 start for TIE city. For somc years II
was customary to accept a promise TO send it
down NEXT week." but Of late promises have bcch
at u discount, and cash flown or n levy upon the
trunks has been preferred ny creditors. II Is
this incorsiGeratencss which makes the time one
of unusual activity in the Justices offices Then
ugain, this is the season when the regular com
mntrr OH the railroads running into the city, who
is supposed TO entertain thr belief that he is en-
titled " the earth, sets rather severely treated.
In these days OF crowded trains and baggage
ears that resemble trunk factories, the coulnutcr
has been sat upon," hustled and crowded out OF
the way with fearful lack Of consideration.
Nor are the landlords particularly happy. They
have had a prosperous season. but the coo!
weather started the people at the summer resorts
homcward sooner than anybody had right TO
expect, and much before the hotel people coll
sdegcd proper
But while the flight from the more distant re-