New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-11
+ COMPREHENSIVE SCMMEE DTREC rory.

+ OVPREHENSTJE SUMMER DfHEf IOHl.
We have no hesitation in saying tha, many
Of our readers will perusc the summer resort
advrlrs .mcnts in to-days TRIBUNE with per
sonal interest which they Will not feel IN read
ing even the most interesting of IT, news
articles In fact the long list Of resorts. both
European and American, 10 be found III THE
TRIBUNE at this season is. for a large number
Of people. the mos, important kind Of news :
for ont Of it they arc sure 10 find some place
which. if hot ideal will yet meet at once their
dcsrc, and the cXigcnricS Of their purse. For
some years past the proprintJr> Of the best re-
sorts have recognized the value Of TIE IRIB-
ryE as summer resort directory, but never
80 generally a, this year. Not only they but
our rrAdcrs are the gamers by this generous
recognition. Where TO 90 for the summer is
perhaps, not 50 deeply fundamental question
rs the tariff the Briggs case but it Is Of
great importance nevertheless. TO all sorts ard
conditions Of people, many OF whom would
hardly know the Briggs case if they met ii on
the street Indeed those who take the most
prominent part in the great questions of the
day are for that very reason glad 10 lay them
aside for season. There are many also who
feel Ne same way about what may be called
the minor activities Of modern life. Strange
as it NAV seem 10 the baseball enthusiast. or
the lover Of other manly sports, there are people
to-day looking eagerly for some quiet retreat
where they will be able for time to escape
all knowledge Of these CONTEST. Human nature
abhcrs monotJny just a physical nature abhors
vacuum.
There are always people in the world who
are inclined 10 "yiew with alarm any great
movement or tendency Of the day and we
occasionally come across croakcrs who utter
solemn jcrcmiads in regard t. what may he
called the summer resort habit of Ameri-
cans This desire to live grcgariolsy. they
say is all wrong il tends to weaken the love
Of home, and fosters fr0ihy. superficial sort
Of life that should be condemned. The CON
cluson is not correct: and the premise on
which it rests are therefore wrong. Ii is only
n superficial view Of the case The tendency
in question is not peculiar t. this country. il
is at work in every country. II might easily
be shown that it is an outcome Of modern life
and civilization, one Of the ways. in fact in
which men are showing that desire tD be knit
more clcsely together in the bonds Of fellow
ship. which is so marked a feature Of the pres.
ent age. But it is enough here To state the
fact. There were no gathering places for the
people, such as orr summer and winter re-
sorts. in ancient Greece or Rome There were
none in the medieval age The reason was
that men could not then be trusted 10 come
together in peace and amily. Only picked
men, with some special bond. Of union, could
do that. so in classic times we had the schools
Of the philosophers, meeting together TO dis
cuss some esoterc doctrine; and in the Middle
Ago, there were the communities of religious
men or women, or the rowing bands of cbivalric
marauders and swashbucklers. such As ale 80
graphically described by A. Conan Doyle in
"The White Company" There was no COM
mon bond Of friendahip or unity, and therefore