Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-26
accept the pleasures Of the present and
enjoy them wisely and virtuously.
Seclus;o, Ia Ont of Fashion

One of the old saints enshrined in history
has said: SIT is commendable in religious
person seldom to go abroad, to be unwilling
| to see or be seem" Times have changed
since his day. One of the pleasures of life
In this nineteenth century is to travel to see
and be seen, To go abroad is lust of the
| flesh that is stronger now in no one than q
religious person The preachers of to-day
have a rage for holidays and the delights of
| travelling. The railroads, the rapid transits,
the coaches, the steamers give the people
nowadays such pleasures as their ancestors
never dreamed of enjoying.
The continents of the wide world are
open from sea to sea. The Puritan fore
fathers left 'Merrie England" for freedom
to put on long faces, make blue laws and
take in the miseries of life after their own
doleful ia hion, while imposing the same on
those who did not conform to their own
ideas on the vanity of life. What forlorn,
dry time they must have had in that day OF
slow coaches, sailing ships and post horses
what wonder they were dull-w1tted,
wooden-headed and given to religious views
marked mostly by melancholy and depres-
sion-shut in as they were. Now what with
trips to Europe, to Asia and Africa, to
Florida, to Colorado, to California and
Alaska, to the Yellowstone, and with sea-
shore and mountain open and easy to reach,
preachers and teachers and all sorts and con-
dltlons of men can take in the world and its
wonders, its scenes famous in song and story,
its renowned cathedrals, castles and cities,
and can enjoy the delight Of travel and the
change OF scene essential to health OF mind
and body.
The Benefit of Travel
Travel has tendency to make bigots
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take the cranks out of character Of course,
If fools go to Europe, they do not return
wise men. David tells US that though you
bray a fool in mortar yet will his foolish
ness not depart from him. But travel gives
to others an intellectual banquet, store OF
new knowledge, fund of fresh thoughts
and memories that prove an unending
pleasure.
The going away somewhere for an outing
is one of the charms of life. The prospect
of nothing to do but to follow out your
sweet will for a shcrt two weeks
is full of delight to everybody.
To the man in the workshop or the office to
get away from the ''demnition grind" to
think that no relentless whistle, or strike of
clock will call him to his daily toll is
thought that fills his soul with gladness
He will GO forth and work ten times as
hard as rowing a boat, working bicycle,
or going fishing and thinks it fine fun.
The teacher for pleasure and health goes to
Chautauqua and studies herself nearly to
death taking in all the systems, and
lectures and intellectual hash there provided,
and imagines she has had a lovely time.
The preachers and professors go to take
holiday in making money by speaking their
pieces and in promulgating pet theories.
These will all do well, if in this persuit Of
pleasure, they do not absorb enough mala-
ria to last them the balance of their lives.
At the Outing Places.
Others love holiday by the sea, the open
sea, with its cool, fresh breezes and health
giving air. At Ocean Grove, Asbury Park,
are gathered crowds of the religious, who
wish to pray and praise and take in sermons
with their sea bathing and holiday doings.
The worldly go to Atlantic City, Cony
Island and other points in easy reach of the
great teeming cities. The great excursions
pour forth vasts crowds of pleasure seekers
for whose amusement are provided every
thing that can attract their attention and
extract their cash. Thousands whose idea
of fun is in doing many things they would
never dream of doing at home come back in
worse health than when they started and
''dead broke
The fashionable folks find their summer
Newport, and others well known, where
they pursue pleasure by putting on Style"
and endeavoring to snub those whom they
deem pushing and pretentious or independ-
ent, and by displays of dress, diamonds and
'turnouts." Some women, it would ap-
pear, seek happiness in their holidays by
showing off AZ costumes in two weeks, but
these are few and they do not find the joy
for which thep pine after all, for such ambi-
ton aims to excite envy and jealousy, and
the pure enjoyments of life can never be
felt by those filed with such mean desires
How Other People Enjoy Themselves.
Thousands find their summer rest at farm
houses, but they are disappointed, for they
must have the comforts and good things Of
living for the material body, in something
Busy men take their holidays in
their conventions and trade associations,
where they find pleasure in meeting those
in their own line and in comparing notes in
a business way. Banquets and excursions |
are more of feature than anything else. |
are formed, and friends true |
and good are the richest blessings in life.
The camp meetings SO numerous give rest |
and change to thousands. The good people
find pleasure in their services in the open
air. In the camps of the Spiritualists they
Dullu up IHelr peculldl ueluslOu more
firmly than before. They revel in exhibit
tions of spooks, and swap and swallow ghost
stories with the same undoubting faith
with which little children drink in fairy
tales The trick mediums are there in full
force, and the clairvoyants and fortune
tellers and readers of the stars
However, every one to his taste In the
taking of holidays. Wise men take them
wisely and the fools foolishly. Holidays
ire good for everybody, but, alas, how little
lfter all is the real pleasure found in them.
The winged winds that round their pathway
-oar, tn mighty deep whose billows round
hem play, the serenest moon that looks
Ipon the earth, when asked if they could
ell the favored spot
Where weary man may ind
The bliss for which he sighs-
Where sorrow never lives
And friendship never dies,
answers mol no. no!
One of the chief joys of the summer holt
lay is getting home, away from the stuffy
'ooms, the tiresome bores, the toll of pleas
Ire, the wearisomeness of the whole bust
less, and settling down in the comforts and
nuggery of home, sweet home
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