New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-12
ORR SUMMER DIRECTORY.

Those who contemplate so)ourn In inc
country will find many excellent directories
telling them where they can co. but without
in the least disparagng any OF these, 1t can
be said with entire truth that the most salts
factory and comprehensive information on this
point may be found to-day in the advertising
columns OF TIE TRIBUNE. For some years
past tho proprietors OF summer resorts OF all
kinds have seen their own interest in gen
erous use Of THE TRIBUNE as their mouth
piece; and tho most cursory glance at our
summer resort advertisements this morning
will prove that they are more than ever con-
WINGED Of the wisdom of this course. People
who cannot find in the varied list there pre-
scnted some place which will at once answer
the requirements of their pockets and their
taste must be very hard to suit. These broad
columns, filled with fresh information about
hotels, cottages aud boardinghouses, by noun
tain, river and sea- some of them accessible to
the daily commuter and others appealing to
those who desire To withdraw entirely for
time from the distractions and heat of tho
city, testify ut once to the widespread character
of tho summer hegira. and to the intelligent
effort made to provide for those who take part
in it, Time was, and not so very long ago
either, when one could almost count the more
famous summer resorts in the country on the
fingers of one hand. And there are old sum-
mcr campagners still living who recall the
glorics of the good old days when all the agree
able people worth knowing were to be found
every season at these famous resorts. While
few of these old-timc resorts still retain their
popularity, others have fallen into decadence,
partly, il must be confessed, because OF the
fcklcncss Of popular favor, but more especially
because American life has become more COM
posite and the public taste moro cxacting.
Besides that, there is to-day a keen apprecia-
ton of the greatness and picturesque beauty
of the whole country from Maine to California,
and q widespread desire to see as much of it
as possible For that reason, only an incon-
siderable number of people now make prac-
tice of going to ono place year after year.
Without at all denying the merits of their ia
vorite resort, if they have one, the great ma
jority of summer sOjourners want to see other
resorts Us we'll In this way the zest of variety
is added to their annua. pilgrimage, while at
the same time they gain more perfect idea
of the extent and beauty of the country.
Much has been said in recent years about
the increasing popularity of cottage life, as
though it threatened to interfere with the bust
ness of the summer hotels and boardinghouscs
But this assumption is erroneous. With the
wonderful annual increase in the population of
our cities, and with the great divergence of
taste, there is plenty of room for both the cot
tage and the hotel or clearinghouse Doubt
less the number of people who prefer to live
in cottage has increased during the last few
years. But cottage life is only within the
reach of those who have considerable time and
money at their disposal and in the present
unsatisfactory state of domestic service it offers
little relief from the cares of domestic life,
which is the chief consideration with many
people in arranging their summer fitting
Moreover it must be confessed that the gre
garious, laissez faire life of the summer hotel
appeals strongly to many people, who find in it
Just the stimulating change from their ordinary
life that they need or think they need This
fact is amusingly illustrated by many families
who take cottage contiguous to some hotel
ostensibly in order to be by themselves, and
who, nevertheless spend nearly all their time
In the hotel. II is easy to snecr at tho sum-
mcr hotel, and to give theoretical reasons why
it ought not to be popular but, as matter of
fact, it meets ell-defned need in American
life, and every year it is reaching higher
ideal Of comfort and desirability. 1t IL true. it