New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-16

ocbts lint the,e are outside OF the Vineyard they
come to it but they do do not form part OF 1t.
understand also that the youth and
the too incessant bather Of any descrip-
ton, are sometimes subject TO what they
call "sea-boils,' which do not come sIngly.
but in companies and camp down, as it were, upon
the person of their victim II anything can be
more sore than what will call an earth-boil. it
| is Sea-bou.
was told by a young man who knew another
Young man who was at period OF bis vacation
almost covered with these things, that they are
caused by too much bad blood in the individual
and too much ocean water outside OF the individuai
but that, after you have had lot Of such boils
YOU are better than you ever were
in your lite before. 1t struck my
friend that here was an opening for
| a new kind of cure to he called |" the ocean boil
cure or something of that nature. She thinks
sanitarum might be established somewhere
within the city limits
We did not go to Gay Head. know very well
that no one will listen to the tale Of our travels
when we return they will only wait as patiently
as they can until there will be pause in our re-
ctal so that they can ask if we went to Gay Head
But we brought home lump Of the varie.ated
CLAW to serve as q paper weight. While the pot
ter was turning it out he informed US that there
were TWENTY-FIVE miles Of concrete in the CITY,
We fegned q suitable appearance OF surprise and
interest. and both of US exclaimed
us it possibe2"
AS we were lingering in his shop, looking as
the articles he had fashioned, group OF young
ladies' came in. Perhaps it is unnecessary To
state that they wore blouses and jackets and
| navy caps. They clustered about the potter.
They were stopping "on the c"Etlnent they
said with laughter, up at fremont They bad
| - fbo Capa
| never at the Vineyard The man told them ABOUT
| the twenty-five miles Of concrete
"Goodness!' cried one who was wearing an
enormous blue silk sailor tie, IS that all was
| lust saving there must be at least hundred miles
| of it, and AIilly thought there was thousand
didn't know there was 50 much IN the world
| It's lust splendid for bicycles. Pm going 20 try
! one this afternoon Does this clay grow there at
Gay Head or has somebody carried it there?"
She took up a little vase as she asked this ques-
ton and examined il with quite an air Of scien-
tifc interest. When she was told that the clay
grew there she said it "was awfully curious
Then the jackets and the caps went away over the
| concrete and we followed them, wishing we were
young and cultured also, with such fresh, I'M
sulied manner Of looking at clay and other thlngs
| We walked along the street for the whole
| length of the shops. There Is ample opportunity
| here to purchase all the Gay Head clay one would
be likely TO need in lifetime. You can lay IN
store OF japanese thngs too. BUT We only III
| vested in small stock Of incense to burn In mem
| DRY of our first visit TO this city. 1T was pleas
ant TO think that its fumes should transport US
back to these paths, that we might IN imagine ma
ton stray again along them and see III fancy the
lawns the bicycles, the blouses, the flannel trous,
ers, all, in short, that goes 10 make up restfui
| summer vacation.
| 1t was my friend who announced that the burn
ing OF this incense in orr quiet house would 90 all
| this. She has perfervid imagination that ~
| sometimes q great comfort 10 her. and she seems
| TO wish that as she cannot remain long on the
| enchanted island she may have tine means OF re-
| calling vividy its most marked characteristics
I am somewhat GStOniShed at the number anu
apparent happiness of the dogs nave seen here
It must be that the dog has more OF taste for
conventional and artificial life than mad tholgne
| possible. You meet dogs constantly on the con-
crete walking with dgIlied aait. or trotlng along
| as if to the club or to an appointment lhey
have acunlg2i great skill in avoiding tie BICYCLES
But one big black fellow was hit by one of the ma
| Chimes before the piazza where we sat The ma
chine went over but the dog did not lie was 50
| indignant at the insult that his companion giri
in white sui; and navy cap, was Obliged 10 ieaa
test growing and looking back at s., the s %ln VINO
We formed slight and informal acquaIhtahce
with a Great Dane" and King Charles VINO APP
peared TO be intimate friends ana VINO Were , 90
ing the island in company. They sailed iorth
after late breakfast and proceeded with Tie Ut.
most circumsDection of manner along oamSes
there is beach here which not
| yet cOncreted little as one might suspect one
| fact. We used to these TWO going along, dP-
parently in close conversation; from Their ar 10
| would have been easy TO imagine they were suloH.
ing cigars. They were both sleek ana eXeeedlngS
| well kept. Evidently the spaniel though so huen
| inferior in size. the superior In age ana III
knowledge of the world particularly Of this sum
mer world 1t was plainly the Danes nrsI Se Si,'
here and his companion was lnstrqcung nun.
| Without doubt he had long ago told him oil tne
| twenty-five miles of concrete. $4,000
On the third morning we came around the pellu
of Ocean avenue on to Samoset and met the two
we Immediately decided to follow them and learn
how long they would keep up this extreme ap
pearance Of men with white pantaloohs anu
cigars. A.. hooob
They Went down the steps on to ct the y, eea tSo
dogs began TO grin the moment their feet to9cneu
the shore They certainly threw away their m
visible cigars They flung up their t eef Inc Inc
big dog pretended to be entirely unprePared ana
was knocked over. They went through terrt
bic mimic battle Then each on hls own ACCOUNT esn
began digging furiousy. The sand new OUT Iron,
the Danes legs in a cataract They put old bones
in the holes and jammed them down with thelr
noses They covered up the oGheS r .I h;rd ss
they raced far down the shore and back AGAIN. gam.
They barked They tore up sfdweeGb Y weTs
wading They laid down with their heads 9e-
tween their extended paws and then sprang ~
riously at each other. The spaniels hair was cou.
petely filed with sand and his dangling cans ws ss
| q sight to see. We finally left them digging new
holes for the same old bones. A half-hour a, e
FROM the piazza of our friends house we Haw Some
what sandy, but they had resumed their eGncf ore
manners and their cigars. When the HUG o on'
turned his large, projecting eyes up al Us III in
swer to our greeting, he had look 20 ~ dng in
| tended to tell his friends that he had not SIss AZ
| The sand at ali but that some naughty chhdleh
| had thrown that material over him o
| should Judge that it must require solne p,~;w IN
tice TO enable one TO sit properly on p ti On
| company with many hundreds also slllIng W
piazzas or in rooms thrown open by means aon Vs
wide doors Americans are not USUALLY s aoIIorss
those who like life al fresc0 IL IS an eAoTle =.
thing 70 live such life in the summer Il. II
might be lived little less DrOnSgneSedy Win in an s1S ST
tude if may speak. it might be more sN Srnr
rating To sit with book. a bit OF fancy Wo I'M
o oT'i peSnsivey with head leaned hand as il tine
nbotograpber were aiming at you, Is not my ioea
| r. ra.rootion or reSt You may walk along stitSV