The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-07-19

throughout and have finally secured the
appointmentment OF DR.. Hammett, who
is believed to be a wholly competent
man as well as a good Democrat. Not
withstanding the mysterious "administra-
tive reasons" which, we are told, led to
the removal of DR.. Townshend, the common
impressionis and will continue to be- that the
gentleman made an excellent Health Officer,
and his successor will be fortunate if on re-
tiring from Office he has as wide circle of
friends to welcome him back to private life.
THE best advice THE HERALD can give its
readers just now is, "Go awayl" From this It
must not be inferred that this paper is anxious
to get rid of its friends or nurses any desire
to depopulate the city. 1t merely believes in
the summer vacation aud wants everybody to
take one, as well as everybody's sisters,
cousins, aunts, and other relations, clerks and
other employees. Everybody will feel better
in the fall for having had brief change of
scene and climate, and having thrown aside
for fortnight or month business cares and
given himself up to the lazy, lounging life of
the summer resorts or the varied excite
ments of travel, fishing, or hunting We
do not think this advice necessary because
we regard the climate of Washington as bad
this time or any other time of the year.
Far from it. 1t is one of the best and most
delightful climates in the world, and those
who complain of it would complain as much
or more If their lots were cast in any other
climate. If we have spells of very warm
weather in summer which relax and debili-
tate the weak and careless, further North,
where the summers are cooler, the bleak
winds of fall aud spring and the intense cold
OF winter are even more injurious to delicate
constitutions. The residents of any locality
in every climate are benefited physically an d
mentally by removal, even for few days,
to some other fairly healthful locality and
climate. So we say again, $50 away, If you
are able" and nearly every one is able
if they will only think so. There are
hundreds of pleasant villages among the
Virginia and Maryland hills which NAV be
reached at q very slight cost for railroad fare,
and where good board may be had at less ex-
pense than one can live in the city. There
are unpretentious resorts all along the At
lantic coast where good bathing and fishing
may be enjoyed, and where the cost of living
is little, If at all, greater than in Washington.
A few weeks soiourn at any of these places
will do the average resident of the city a
great deal of good in many ways, and he or
she will return to their ordinary avocations in
better health and better temper, and with a
renewed interest in their daily pursuits
The monotonous grind will seem less
wearisome, the mind will be frightened,
the spirits cheered, and the world generally
will take on more inviting aspect. To gain
all these benefits it is not necessary to go to
expensive and fashionable resorts where
every one vies with every one else in putting
on style. In fact, these resorts are about the
last Places where sensible people should CO.
The gay butterflies, male as we'll as female, who
crowd them are tiresome to the eye and dis
couraging to the SOUL The lives they live are
as hollow and tawdry as theatrical spectacle.
Show and form is all they value, and they
ENJOY themselves, as rule, only as they
excite The wonder and envy of others. A
sensible, properly constituted American, who
lives most of the year in city, should obtain
more benefit and more enjoyment from the
simple pleasures of mountain town, a coun-
try village, or an unpretentious seaside ham
let, than from the vulgar display and unwh ole
some excitement Of big and fashionable re-
Sort so, when you go away, don't go to put
on style and cut dash but to take life easy
In comfortable old clothes that you are not
afraid of spelling by climbing trees and fences
or lying In the sand or ON the grass Take
few good novels with you, forget all about
business IL you can, and get down as near to
natures heart as possible. When you come
back you will feel like new man or woman.