Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-15

eight monthS-will resound with enough merrl-
ment within the next three to compensate for
the loneliness and neglect it has suffered, unless
present indications prove erroneous; and the
cottage in the mountains will receive the same
social recognition, as everyone excepting those
who are positively compelled to remain in the
city, appear to be making arrangements for an
exodus in advance of the heated spell.
What national custom this going away for
the summer is becomingi In days gone by it
was only the wealthier people who availed
themselves of the salt water spray
and the mountain Eephyrs, but nova.
days almost everyone takes an outing
of some kind 1t may not be q
trip to Europe, which in the time of my mother
even, was considered quite an event in ones
life and required some weeks of preparation by
the majority of the people, but which has de-
generated into "a run across" and is INDUCED
in annually by thousands who think no more
of 1t than they do of crossing one of the big
lakes; or 1t may not be to the Yellowstone
Park, place that attracts such multitudes of
people, and vet to some is practically unknown,
as the question one dear, innocent old lady
asked me last season as to whether il had a
fence around it or not proves. But IL to neither
of these places it is somewhere and one thing
particularly noticeable regarding this now uni
versal custom is that while there is certainly
not figure as prominently as feature Of the
seaside or mountain resort as in days Of yore.
Really for Comfort
The tourists or vacationists seem to think
more of comfort and enjoyment. and laying in
good stock of NATURES rouge for the cheeks
by increased vitality, and gaining the good
health that will insure them comeliness for the
rest of the year than they do il displaying the
results of their modistes skill. True, there are
any number of most strikingly picturesque
and decidedly fetching toilets to be seen at the
resorts but there are also any number of natty
little outing costumes that with a bathing suit
md travelling dress form the entire wardrobe
Of many pretty maid or matron that enjoys
herself just as thoroughly as If attired in diff
ferent gown every hour of the day. And the
young men say such girls are vastly more
charming as companions as their minds are
not taken up with their toilets.
The ideal seashore maid is a most delightful
creature. She apparently is never fatigued;
bathes yachts, swims, walks, plays tennis and
dances with the same alacrity that She sits on
the beach or swings in the hammock And
what a chatterer she is!
Everybody Gets EnthusiastIc.
There is something In the very air that for
bids drawing room conventionality and makes
jolly companion and comrade out of the
demure, dignihed, little mortal Of the winter
season. And, it has been said that severe,
sedaue matrons occasionally become slightly
youthful ana gushing in their manner under
the influence of the impregnated oxygen.
Even Mrs. Harrison Unused" lin anyone else
It would be gushed) SO over the pleasures and
joys of her last season at the beach that she
was rewarded with the keys and deed to a cot
tage by those to whom she "thused."
wonder if she realized what a bad precedent
she was establishing as first lady of the land,
and if many of the ladies' who would require
several figures attached to their names, were
they to be given rank, would follow her
example. Doubtless they WILL especially If
they think there is any possibility of their
efforts being rewarded in the same substantial
manner. So, possessors of cottages or the
Vherewith all to purchase them, beware of the
gusher. THoRNE BRANCH.