Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-12

SocIety,pretty generally, ts taking oreaVn-
ing spell. To get out of town, for just as
long n time as one can, appears 70 De the
present enGeayor. Lawn fctes ana plcnlcs
are the diversions for those who are not
able to get very far away from town JUST
ur~ With the closing Of the schools IN tnls
vicinity the summer outings Tor the GILL
iren have taken theusual character OF eA-
-ursions 70 the woods and green fields OF the
-oun+rv in search of much needed recrea-
ION Many families have deserted their
own residence already for hotels or cottages
the seaside in the mountains ana at tue
Many lakeside OF suburban resorts. Inc
arnping out season has come along ana
allmerous parties of campers are either no"
;ioy.ng themselves on the Cheat up the
.Gegheny river, at Conneaut Lake ana
.ther favo-ite locations or are actively pre-
,lari7g TO pitch their tents.
And in regard TO that healthful occupation,
hose who are veterans in camping expert
noes assert that the month of July-is much
preferable for 'out of door sleeping" to any
other unless it be June. The July and June
days may not be- as general rule, as scorch-
ing hot as those of August. but the nights
are not visited by those penetrating, chliiy
and uncomfortable falls of dew, such as is
be case with the nights in the last month OF
summer. Health being as much of consid-
Grafton as rest in such recreation as camp
ing, special precautions should always ne
taken against the August niShts-almost
every one CT which is chilly enough for great
coats or wraps, while the Gays are 100 ire
cuently sitting from the heat
The Delights of the Rivers.
One OF the plea a. Z test ways of taking few
hours OF q couple o. days rest and enjoy
naent Is q steamboat "Trip When the water
stage VIII permit of it, nothing is more de-
lightful than n ride down to Cincinnati an d
back on one OF the packets that ply between
here and that city. One party of Allie
Ebcnians especially takes advantage of this
means OF enjoyment. The beauties OF the
ohio and Allegheny rivers are far more ap-
preciRted bv stInngers than by our own peo-
pie Being accustomed to the grandeur OF
ouG river views we neglect them for those OF
the st. Lawrence, the Hudson and other
streams famed N song and story; but tile
stranger within our gates appreciates the
fascinating character of the face of nature as
shown in Western Pennsylvania, particular
" so along the banks of our three magnificent
rivers, and he invariably departs from US
highly ETalified and delighted with our hills
and valleys and bewitcfing ViStas. Bryant
iapsed into delicious poeEcal descriptions
OF the windings of the Oregon, and yet had
it been his good fortune to have followed the
Allegheny TO Oil City, or Travelled on the
Low Grade road over the Allegheny Noun
'ains-through a miniature reproduction of
Rocky Mounts scenery-or had he steamed
llp the majestic river without ain island"
" the river of the caving banks" as some
INSIST Is the translation of the Indian name,
MonOngahela, as far as Morgantown, there
is no doubt but what the Good Gray Poet"
would have found grandeur enough for an
other epic.
Importance OF the Smoke Question.
Speaking about the country naturally sug
gests pure air, and that, brought into COM
parison with the article furnished the lungs
of city folk. suggests that the smoke nuis-
ence is pushing itself to the front as vital
question. CouncIlmen may pretend to dis
regard the clamor but their wives. and the
female members of their families, it can be
safely predicted, are not with them in their
opposition to the removal this plague on the
tidy hOusekeeper.
A party of Allegheny ladies, who were on
one OF Mr. jerks steamboat rides the other
evening" gave some city fathers a rather
severe roasting for not helping along the
movement for purifying and cleansing the
atmosphere of our cities. Outside of the
well-knOwn reasons advanced Tor having
the smoke nuisance abated they urged
that natural gas induced the use OF mora
costly home adoznments, the employment
OF more SNOWY materials for building and
the enjoyment oil more delicate and choice
OrnRmentGtion than was available under
the Smoky City" times. And just when
the homes had become frightened up
and had begun TO look as cheerful and trim
as art and palnsUaking could make them,
comes again this smoke plague to ruin and
destroy. Ihe housekeeper is. not far from,
the uurSekeeper. and ii it be true that the
hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that
guides the world, the influence of mothers
and wives who have neat, inviting homes
will vet be felt. 1t does not appear to be all
sentiment; economy and the preservation
OF things already possessed may assert them
selves ns factors in this contest between the
home and the factory stack.
Matters of Social Interest.
About the only momentous questions agi-
tating society at large in the two cities just
at present, besides the smoke question, are
free concerts in the parks and the coming
presentation of "As You Like IT, on the
Kenmawr grounds, for which seats will be
on sale tomorrow. 1t is said that in addi-
zion to the talent already promised, the
Tor this event. KATHLEEN HUESET- w ATSoN.