The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-31
THE GETTING BACH.


summers outing is Just about now tickl-
ing the palate of many yacationists.
These are the days when the exodus OF
travellers and trunksfrom shore and noun
tain hotelscause the late remaining guests
TO witness in masses the departing num-
bers and. make perennial remarks about
the rapid passing OF the season, etc. The
railway trains bound for the metropolitan
centers are crowded with home-returning
pleasure-seekers; and there Is a constant
scramble for staterooms on the larger
steamboat lines, so overtnxea are the trav-
cling accommodations sfioat.
This action that is first to turn the
tice OF travel back to the cities is Dotica-
bly, family one. .one is city bound
these days, II seems as il more than half
ones fellow passengers were children OF
the school age. September advance means
to return to study, and the majority
of American parents, with the punctuali-
ty that is one OF our national character
istics, do not think OF stealing few ex-
ira days OF vacation at the cost OF giving
their children a halting start in the
school work. So back they come as soon
as August is fairly out OF sthe way. The
men are rather scarce In the right-about
face rsnks-they have been on duty very
likely all summer, with possibly Sun
day furlough IL the distance permitted.
There are few lucky oEes who have been
able to get more OF respite-but for
most businessmen there seems to be no
"off-season" during the year.
1T isn't difficult to tell how and where
the people have spent their outing. The
mountain sojourners are laden with stout
climbing sticks, and there is a bit OF high
land foliage pinned into the cap or
jacket. The seaside family is distinguish
ed by the shells treasured by the
younger member and by the inevitable
bucket and shovel--the badge OF the sand
digging urchin.
But they all wear the same rich coat Of
tan that the summers out of door life
has given, and there 10 fresh vigor and
sturdiness that bespeaks the stir of new
life in the blood.
The elders In the various groups do not
all look so rested or recuperated. The
professor who felt that he needed a
change, so betook himself to the Maine
coast, where he "boarded himself and
two OF his students in the bargain, has
rather the appearance of coming home
to rest. He forgot when the kindness OF
his heart prompted him to invite those
two young athletes that they could and
would devour in half an hour all that he
could cook In half day, and apparently
they forgot that the only spring OF good
water was the length OF a constitutional
from the cottage, for they never seemed
inclined to turn their steps in that direc-
tion. The professor says that 1t surpasses
credenoe, this egoism OF the pleasure
seeking youth, and thinks that he will
not renew his invitation another sum-
mer.
The woman who has lain awake nights
Planning "seaside whists," "clam shelf
teas" and "mermaid-at- homes, in
her ambition to outdo the social successes
OF her rival fellow boarders, looks scarcely
less nerve-worn than when she checked
her trunk in the opposite direction six
weeks ago.
Such different notions as people cherish
relative to the significance of ga vacation"
and SO many minds with absolute no
conception Of the real meaning Of the
terml
1t is our theory that everyone ought
to know just what the word implies and
learn 1t objectively-so that, as SQUEERs
would say, "when he knows thing, he
goes and does it"--or. in other words,
when he knows a vacation, he goes and
has IL.
IL is indisputable that even the most
amiable household in the world will
grow discontented and its members lar
upon one another's disposition il kept
constantly under the same roof month
in and month out. Once during the year
1t should be made possible that each per-
son shosld have change OF scene, go
where he or she can see different faces TO
look at across the table three times day.
and different surroundings TO which one
must adjust onerelf There need not be
a general hegira at any fixed date, but