The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-08-06

S Jo,,,s5 EJ1l,,J LSsF from from ~ watering |
places in the autumn with the founda-
tions laid for ailments that will last
them all their life long. You know as
we'll as ! do that this is the simple truth:
In the summer you say 10 your good
health; ''Good-bye, am going TO have
q good time for little while. ! will
be very glad to see you again In the
autumn Then in the autumn when
you are hard at work in your ofiice, Or
shop, or counting room, good health
will come and say: Goodbye, l am go
ing" you say, "Where are you going2'
TO-" says Good Health, II am going 70
take vacationlp 1t is poor rule that
will not work both ways, and your good
health will leave you choleric and sple-
netic and exhausted. You coquetted
with your good health in the summer
time, and your good health is scoquetting
with you in the winter time. A frag-
mont Of Pauls charge to the iailer
would be an appropriate inscription for
the hotel register in every watering
place: "Do thyself no harm"
Another temptation lowering around
the watering place is to the formation
Of hasty and lifelong alliances. The
watering places are responsible for more
Of the domestic infelicities Of this
country than all the other things COM
bined. Society Is SO artificial there that
no sure Judgment Of character can be
formed. Those who form companion
ships amid such circumstances go into
o lottery where there are twenty blanks
to one prize. In the severe tug OF LIE
you want more than glitter and splash.
Life is not ballroom where the music
decides the step, and bow and prance
and graceful swing Of long trail can
make up for strong common sense. You
may as we'll goamopg the gayly painted
yachts OF summer regatta to find war
vessels; as to go among the light spray
OF the summer watering place TO find
character that can staAd the test Of the
great struggle Of human life. Ah, In
the battle OF life you want stronger
weapon than lace fan or acroquet NAL
lett The load OF life is so heavy that In
order to draw 1t you want a team strong
or than one made up OF masculine
grasshopper and feminine butterfly.
II there is any man In the community
that excites my contempt, and that ex-
cites the contempt Of every man and
woman, tits the soft-handed, soft.headed
fop, who, perfumed until the afr Is actu-
ally sick, spends his summer IN taking
killing attitudes, and waving sentiment
al adieus, and talking infnitesimal moth
ings, and finding his heaven in the set
Of lavender kid glove. Boots as tight
as an Inquisition, two hours OF consuIn-
mate skill exhibited in the tie OF q
flaming cravat, his conversation made
up OF "Ah's" and "0h's" and "He-
hee's." 1t would take Ave hundred
Of them stewed down to mako a
teaspoonful OF calyes'-foot jelly. There
is only one counterpart TO such q man
as that, and that is the frothy young
woman at the watering place, her con-
yersation made up Of French moon
shine; what she has on her head only
equalled by what she has on her back;
useless ever since she was born, and TO
be Useless until she is dead; and what
they will do with her in the next world
do not know except 10 set her upon
the banks Of the River Of Life for all
eternity to look sweet God intends up
10 admire music and fair faces and
graceful step, but amid the heartless-
ness and the imitation and the fantastic
influences OF our modern watering places,
beware how you make lifelong coven'
antsl .rrr
Another temptation that Will hover
over the watering-place is that OF bale
full literature. Almost every one start
ing of for the summer takes some read
ing matter. It Is a book out OF the
library or of the book stand, or bought
OF the boy hawking books through the
cars. l really believe there is more
pestiferous trash read among the intelli
gent classes In July and August than In
all the other ton months Of the year
Men and women who at homo would moi
be satisfied with book that was moi
really sensible, found sitting on hotel
piazzas or under the trees reading book
the index OF which would make them
blush II they knew that you knew what
the book was.
"0h." they say, "you must have In
telleotual recreationr Yes. There Il
no need that you take along into {
watering place "Hamilton's Metaphys
les" or some thunderous discourse o.
the eternal decrees, or rFaraday'l
Philosophy" There are many easJ
books that are good. You might as vel
say: II propose now 10 give little res
to my digestive organs; and, instead o.
OF eating heavy meat and vegetables
will for little while take lighter foot
"a little strychnine and few grains o.
ratsbane." Literary poison In Augns
Is Is bad as literary poison ~ December
Mark that Do not lef the frogs aht
the lice Of corrupt printing press jnmI
and crawl into your Saratoga trunk O
White Mountain vslisesxfi3
Would IL not be q h<fdl thing fol
you 10 be struck with liRhtning son'
day when you had IN yonr Hand one o
those paper-cotpfed roiptncea athb her,
| . Psrisian rope, the hs5oihe 81 IN
principled firf -chaptsfh In tae bool
that you would not road % youf chil
dren at the rate Of si0o Incl Thrpv
out that stun from your AdAmet bag
gage. Are there not good books ths
are oasy 70 road -boois Of Cong oniAl his
tory, hooks OF pure fun, books Of pootr.
ringing wish merry cshto, books q m
engrayings. books that Will test ~
mind q weil a. purify the, heart en,
elevate Che whole life7 M hearers