Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-07-21
POOR MANS VACATION.
"The Art Of Getting Pleasure in the
City,,
Treated by Frederic R. Coudert-A
Man Can Play the Home Million
aire for Two Weeks with His
Family on S3O-A Novel Vaca-
ton Idea.


one. But it affords much food for re-
| Election in two classes of persons; first,
| those who have too much money and,
second those who have not enough.
1t may be unnecessary to add that
! those who have not enough belong TO
the very large majority.
J For the former class l have no advice
to give; they have no guide but their
own fancy, and no limitation other than
| the speed Of a railroad train or the ca
pacity of d steamer The world is open
to them to pick the fruit which they
were born to consume, even without
much enjoyment. 4 perpetual diet of
| tropical fruits which you have not your
| self contributed TO raise is not whole
some.
As for the second class, its members
have my sympathy, and [ think that
they generally make a mistake when
the question of a vacation arises Their
whole trouble consists in trying TO get
two dollars worth for one As there
are millions of people attempting TO do
this very thing. there is too much COM
petition in that business to make il
profitable But if a man with a family
| larger than his income, and a great
anxiety to do his best for the little peo-
pie, would act as sensibly about his
summer vacation as he does about
many other things he would get more
for his money.
In the first place, he should remember
that every penny spent in. show-that
is for social effects diverted from
the true object that he has in view; he
must absolutely discard that element
and turn his back dOughtily upon it,
in the next place he must bear in mind
that advertisements of good people in
the rural districts are not made on aft
dayit, and that there are limitations to
the comforts and luxuries which the
well meaning farmer and his better half
cannot afford TO give in exchange for the
sum Of three dollars week. II he is
not quite sure that the glowing descrip-
ton CT sumner attractions to be had
for q small stipend is true to the facts.
he had better close his eyes to the al
Turing vision and stay at home And
this brings to me the next proposition,
namely, that there is more comfort in
staying home-I speak for a dweller in
the city-than most people will con,
ceiye
A city is really intended by nature
for q watering place, or a city could
hardly have grown up there; the
healthy waters are beating within our
hearing upon the shores, and Offering
GOODNESS and air at little or no cost.
II the man Of moderate means does
not feel quite sure that he can get real
comfort by going to unknown places
far removed from his ordinary haunts
let him try daily excursions. They are
abundant in their variety, agreeable
and cheap. Let him get a full supply
Of those things which nature kindly
gives him as we'll as it does TO the rich.
namely, fresh air, bright sunshine, a
view OF the sea and q smell OF the flow
ers Add to this q run on the beach. a
din in the salt surf for himself and the
little ones, and ii to this he will only
add wooden shovel and a pail for tina
babies he viii be a king.
Then the excursions into the neigh
boring country by rail, which are cheap
and pleasant. They have this great
advantage, that when the day is over
he and his small world of people do noe
have TO rely on the chances of a nights
discomfort with unaccustomed food and
with unlimited vistas OF disapp0int-
mcnt He may be disappointed in his
one days excursion, but then he can
try and try again; whereas if he has
made his treaty Of alliance with the
sovereign Of rural boarding house,
scryitude only ends when the time is
up.
Let the man who has say $50 to spend
upon vacation for himself and family
"a moderate but quite common sum
begin his holiday by saying good-by to
al his friends He is going to enjoy
himself with his family, but he does
not tell howl Let him shake hands
with his employer, receive the bon vOy-
age of everybody and then 90 home
ready to begin upon his vacation time
incidentally, he might notify the post
man that the house will be closed. so
no letters need be delivered for a couple
Of weeks. Letters have an unhappy
way of intruding every day life upon a
Vacationist Better not see them.
When all preparations have been
made for a vacation and the chill
drens imagination excited to going
away point, which will need but little
more than seashore and picnic talk. let
the man and his wife gather together
the daily papers and sit down in the
quietest spot in the house to talk and
look them over. One of the most con-
spicuous things will be an advertise
mcnt will be a holiday trip down the
bay or a jaunt up the mountains, 81
round trip, children half price,
one such seductive notice as this can
be decided upon among many of all
kinds and varieties. Let it be to
place that is surely pleasant, and if it
is a new place so much the better.
Next morning, while the dew is still
drying itself off in the country. thithcr
away with the family on the 81 trip.
DO not take q luncheon. That is why
women with families dread picnics.
They would like the outing well enough
were it not for getting tired making
sandwiches and boiling eggs in the
morning. This is to be the wifes hol-
iday, and she is 70 go as care-free as a
girl.
AT the seashore, supposing you have
gone down the bay, there Will be small
hotels where a good seashOre dinner is
served at moderate rate, and this is
part of the vacation trip Once upon
the sand there will be Uifing Injuries
for all, covered chairs az % cents, and
little carriages for taking one along the
shore Mayhap a fishing party IS TO
start out for the afternoon, and upon
this the man himself viii want 10 20
FOR a tussle with the waves and a fish
nibble.
: A day like this makes a beautiful spot
In memory. and it will cost only ITS
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