Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-05-01
RICH MEMS HOMES IN THE
COUNTRY.

RICH MEMS HOMES IN THE
COUNTRY.
a, Present They supply But Little ofthe
Needed ketaxattOn.
The "Point of View" contributor to
S,yibner's Magazine INDUCES in some
practical reflections about rich mems
homes in the country, based upon re-
cent article of President Eliot OF Harv-
ard upon country life as a necessity 10
prevent superior ! rmilies from running
out He says ver. sensibly:
How the county boy can come to
town and tulr possession Of it has been
amply demonstrated; but how the city
bow can be re claimed and made to grow
up in the country is problem the solu-
ton of which has only begun to be at
tempted. 1t is solved after fashion by
men who have one dwelling in some
great hive of industry and another at
Newport, or Lenox or Bar Hsrbor,
where their families go into fashionable
retreat in the summer. It's also solved
in another fashion by great numbers OF
poorer men who travel many miles
day in order that their children may
have suburban homes. But this last IS
only makeshift remedy after all.
What American families have not yet
achieved to any great extent, and the
conditions of American life seem not to
encourage. are real country homes,
from which the jewellers shall go to
town for the winter, and where their
principal ties and more serious expendi-
lures shall remain.
1t is q thousand pities that in these
days of Anglomania we do not initiate
English habits that are deserving Of
imitation that instead of eating small
eggs for breakfast because English hens
are said olay small eggs, of carrying an
umbrella in certain fashion, or initial.
ing some freak of clothes, cut of hair,
or popularity of walk or gesture, we dc
not initiate our English friends in mat.
tiers that are of great Importance, and
which do not involve were silly, slavish
copying of fads or personal peculisri-
ties. In contradistinction to the Ger.
mans OF Hollanders, who go on from
century to century living under one
roof, aud who do not feel the necessities
of change from city to country because
citable lives, the Englishmen of wealth
have their permanent country homes
where they spend the most of the year.
coming up to London only for the sea.
son. In the rural delights of fishing,
hunting, and outdoor sports they find q
respite from the wearisomeness of the
London season with its rush of social
designations and accumulate stock Of
health and strength. Their women find
grateful rest from the demands of fash.
ion, and their children grow up strong
under the bracing influences of outdoor
life.
The nearest approach which Ameri
cans makeIto this fashion is to get away
for few weeks in summer to some
mountain of seaside resort, occupying
for that purpose some crowded caravan
serai, where they repeat on small scale
the dissipation of society in the city, o.
some cheap comfortless cottage, which
only induces the desire to get home
again as soon as possible by reason o
the absence of home comforts. The
outcome of this summer hegira is usu
ally an enormous expenditure of none,
with little or nothing to show for it
They have but one home the yea
round, and that is the city home. TIL
Englishman of wealth has two home
and lie spends the most of his time il
the rural home where he can have pur,
air, good water, trees, grass, animals
and opportunities for exercise and sport
This is what the wealthy American
needs. OF course not every American
can afford it. but there are plenty wh'
can, and with their wealth their is n,
reason why they should not get as mucl
comfort out Of country as out of cit,
life, and certainly much more OF menta
and physical health. It does not neeC
argument to show that the children
brought up under the rural influence
will be stronger, healthier, and happie
than those brought up on the city pave
ments, and that young men habituatet
to the sport and exercise Of country lii,
would be of q sturdier breed than thos,
whose young manhood is spent in club
and city designations. The Point o
View" contributor is encouraged to he
lieve there are signs that such time i
coming, and that rich people who cal
have what they want begin to give evi
dence that the attractions of countr,
life have weight with them. 1t will b.
fortunate day for the rich families o
this country when this English fashio,
is initiated by wealthy Americans ant
country homes become their real homes
Chicago Tribune.
An.i-kidnapping League.
In the latter part of last year a ney
National Association was organized il
New York under the name of the amt
kidnapping League. The purpose o
this league is to hunt down every cas-,