New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-19
NEST OF SUMMER RESORTS
NEw-YoRK THE FINEST PLACE IN THE
: COUNTRY IN WHICH TO SPEND ONES
VACATION.
ONE MAN TELLS WHAT ATTRACTIONS 1T HAS
AND PROVES MS CASE WITH UNANswER-
ABLE AReUMENTs-sToREs. STEAM

AND PROVES MS CASE WITH uNANe"E"
AaLE ADMINISTRATORS. STEAM
ERs. HOTELS AND BEACHES
TT. sat IN the main corridor of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel There was something about his carriage
which told you that he had some time oeeh
soldier His face and hands were bronzeo iroh
long DAVIS in the open air in weather Oh al Annu'
His eve was keen and his glances were s"lio ilNe
those of n man who has seen nearly everything Al
the world worth seeing and yet finds plenty I" see
all the time. He looked cool ana comic
as ~ he were satisfied with the world ana All 'i'
Is an H. Mis- legs were crossed in an easy position
md his hat was in his lap, so that the cooi,ns
breath of air in the big corridors mlght touch MS
head. wan
ATS been warm day, Major" said a man
coming up and sitting down beside him.
aWarm ?" said the Major, sending OUT ciou' %
smoke from a good after-dinner cigar. ue'
Icbtful. Do YOU know" he added, settling back
in his seat, that you people In New.i ork are 'ne
most hardened ingrates In the worldP ! don't
Relieve that Won appreciate one thousandth part
Of the benefits that are right at your hand Now
1ook here: there is Just one point on which Henry
w.,.e,son and 7 agree The Colonel is Free
Trader and am red-hot Protectionist. Inc
Colonel Is a Democrat and l am the blacklist kino
NJ an ebonv-bued Republican. The Colonel ana
T didn't agree on anything during the war But
T can shake hands with him now on one sentiment
He saws that New-York is the finest summer resort
in this country 20 him one better. This Is 'he
finest summer resort in the world, and have seen
pretty much all of the world.
The Major waited for the other to dispute his
assertion. Then he added:
Nothing to say to that, Ell? Well. II you had
contraaicted me could prove it to you Mont
YOU come In and have mint-iulep? No! won
Won have good cigar then? import them TOT
NV own USE Smoke ten day and feel ten per
cent better every time I smoke one
WHY HE BELIEVES IT ALL.
Now the Major said further, "you are won
Herring why I think New-York is the only place
to live in summer. Feel that air. he adoeu' as d
wave of freshness came rolling down the CORRIDOR
Feel it? Pretty nice, isn't it ? get that every
evening after dinner right in this corridor
"You see live out West. All my interests are
there-my cattle, my mines and my Iand' "na'
do do on the first of JuneT 10 ouy uckeO
TO Europe to be robbed by lot OF foreigners VINO
~. ,oyiro in wait for us? Not any longer. Do
49,, into the Colorado Mountains? DO take
q RIM ever the Sierra Nevadas and spend the sum-
n,or IN California? Not bit Of it. Haven't done
rucb q sillv thing in ten years. tell my vile
,hen settle down to enjoy life for three months
aWbat do I do? III tell you. Here's morn
inc Tribune, See these theatre advertisements!
Well. nv papers are my guide-books. SATURDAY
ofternoon n week ago was warm. My vile ana
looked over the paper ,,.u,...on
Beach, l said. We caught an afternoon iron
steamboat for Coney Island had beautiful san
I took bath Sunday Tiny wife doesn IKE
swimming. came back Monday evening feeling
like n 6phting-cock. After dinner we sat at our
open windows.
. "-ret,s 60 TO the Casino said my wife
"I'll 90 with you,' ! answered. If you'll 60 up
on the roofaarden with Inc afterward.'
"'Good,' she said, and so we went. had q
good laugh, caught some cool breezes, came back
n the hotel and slept like a top. Do look like
a man who doesn't sleep well ?" asked the Major.
throwing out his chest, and his eye sparkled y
ruess not ! haven't missed minute of my regu-
lar sleep since ] got into New-York.
HE WENT TO THE RACES.
"Where do YOU think went tc:day2 Took q
run to the races-Morrs Park. If we had such
a place as that track at Westchester out West
we'd turn it into park and make fortune out
of it, Finest place in the world Grass, hills,
trees all around breeze from the south. My
dear fellow, there's enough there to make man
happy for life"
How did you come out on the races Major p
"Oh. I lost But what difference does that
make? You see, I'm on my vacation: don't
expect to make money. 1t was just this way.
] went over TO the clubhouse. Colonel Brown
was there.
"'Hallo, Major, he said, do you want some
thing nice for the fourth race?
"'Of course l do said
"'Well here it is lie said Six to one
$50 / put fifty on it. l guess my horse is
running yet. l forgot to watch him after the
first furlong. But l was having good time and
keeping cool, so didn't care"
But don't you get tired of the races"
Get tired of them? don't have o chance
to. You don't suppose go to the races all the
time &? There isn't half time enough for me to have
all the fun want TO. I'm waiting for the Giants
to come back now Had the pleasure of seeing
them, before they went West, beat the life out
of the Chicago team. They play ball, don't they ?
SThen there were the yacht races. Saw 'em
all. That's where l got part Of my tan. / like
the water. Do YOU know, I'd like TO own that
Gloriana only we haven't any water out West.
Gloriana is what call wonder. I'd go thou.
sand miles just 10 see her fly through the water.
Look at the other sports you have here. /
don't care much for some of them. But they're
all here for those who like them. Cricket, row.
ing, tennis, track athletcs-everything. And. by
the way went fishing the other day. We went
TO Canarse and met our yacht there Had two.
DAYS sail Of it, and l caught seven bass My wife
says / couldn't catch fish 10 save my life. But
i caught those; that is. of men hooked
'em and hauled lem in. Just as much fun, and
when had them served for dinner right upstairs
here in the dining room, everybody said they were
the finest fish ever put on a table" The Major
chuckled softly, Oh, I'm a great fisherman" he
said, Pm going at it again next week"
WAY TO CATCH BASS.
Speaking of fishing" he said. Arthur Barker
came on here two weeks ago. You know Barker.
don't you Towns the Alice Fischer mine in Mon
tana; worth 100000. l say speaking Of fish
ing. because Arthur didn't catch anything. He