New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-10
TiC1TION AND UORh.

OftputlmoS orr tccllNr> III" DcNU u'''''"N'
bv paradox, perhaps because human nature
!. it.clf 4 most raradoxicll thing. Most pao-
nlo for instance. find a keen pleasure III the
bnmc- coming at this season, just because they
have had such a good time away from home
during the summer. Of course those VINO nave
Mt had good time are also glad to get nome
hut we shall assume that they are 50 lew III
r,rbcr ~ not to merit editorial notice. The
c,rcot minority of summer Sojourners, we nope
and believe. have enjoyed and been benefited
hy their respite from work, however bilct IL
may have been But the most plcaSuraDlc
tboucht for those who really enjoy thcr yaca-
ton is that for that reason they VIII ENJOY
their home the more. ..
This i especially true of Americans. VINO, II
they d. MT take their pleasures sadly take
them with a certain degree OF tmIdi'y' aS
IN ,,,eh they were not just surc that ldlcncS'
has any proper place in this modern wor'laday
world. II is. perhaps a strain of the strenuous
Puritan character in the moral hbrc or our
n1iilc which thus prevents lN from cHJoII"
ploosisrc for il, own sake. Is do the Latin races
Eut this Is a theme that - peculiarly belongs
IA tho ,lconcnt orators of the Ncw-England
.,cicfy that We will not venture to p~ach upon
i Wc shall cnv Mt ourselves with stating
tho fact however it may be explained. For
nearly all Of uS. happily for the worlds prog
rc.s = continuous. vacation would be a ply
and mental impns>ihility. The thought that 1t
i 10 have IN end gives il rs greatest charm'
We : motimcS chafc at the mmotony of life
but n. Il f our happiness and nearly all our
achievements depend on monotrny. Few oi Us
stspoct how much this j. -. until some c;It''S-
tr,,uhc throws us out Of tho wcll-worn grooves
If habitudc and work in which our lives are
wont 10 rrn. Then we would gladly exchange
all the novelties Of a new environment Tor the
dear monotony OF our old life. Even the Scho'-
children in these days will feel some degree oi
pleasure in fishing ont the pile 0i dusty ana
doc-carcd books, Notwithstanding tho ven
cr,blc tradition f. tho contrary. II Is worth
while to remember this, III these days when 80
much Iidiculc +, hcapcd on the man who lives
in 4 groove. We all live in grooves. Only
those Of uS VIII, are wise get ont of them once
in q while in order 10 take our bearings. But
in life. as in a battle, the most effective work
+, often done by the men in the trenches.
The summer holiday season now ended has
not been profitable one for the Summer land-
lords The Worlds Fair and the financial
crisis are the joint explanation of this fact.
Eut il should not be inferred that any con
siderable number of people have deprived
themselves of their usual vacation. They have
simply taken cheaper or a shorter one For
this reason il may be expected that many who
usually lingcr in the country late in the fall
will not do 80 this year. II is, indeed alto
ccthcr likely that by the first Of October there
will be moro Now Workers in Ncw-Iorll than
there have been ut that season for many years
uast. And if, AZ we all hope, the industrial
and financial cloud that has been hanging over
the country shall soon be lifted, the autumn and
winter will be one Of great social brlIlancy IN
the city While we ahatc none of the claims
made for New York Is a summer resort we
are impcIlcd TO say that as an autumn resort
il i, even more perfect. as any one will testify
who has been sojournlng in it during the last
few days. 1t has sometimes seemed rs though
every body but NEWCOMERS realized this fact.
Possibly it may be one of the minor compcnSa-
tionS of the aforesaid financial cloud, the silver
lining. 50 to speak that it will drive New
Workers home at Il time when NewYork is
most charming