The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
FOR FEMININE READERS
WOMEN EXILE THEMSELVES FROM
HOME COMFORTS FOL SUMNER.
Children should He Taught Good
Manners, IL Only for Their
sake-TaIk of This and That.

There's no more curious phase Of sum-
mer-boarderdom than this putting up with
things tina you wouldn't dream of putting
up with at home. says q writer in the
New York Evening Sun. Every one who
has ever undertaken TO play the role OF
the summer boarder has realized this.
The beds OF adamsntine hardness. the
well-tanned beef and the butter a la Sam
son. are some of the discomforts and in
c~onveniences which at home would be re-
garded as insupportabie. Mr.. Robert
Grant has ~eIoquently remarked upon the
longing OF the summer boarder for the. rich
city cream and the succulent city vege-
tables 10 which he is accustomed. The
thing Is the more curious when you re-
member that most folk become summer
boarders with the idea Of getting rest and
recuperation; hat they leave home for the
express purpose of finding some more
beneficial IL not ~pleasanters surroundings.
In face OF which facts one cannot help but
be impressed with the self-sacriicing spirit
of most summer boarders. willing to endure
SO much In behalf Of the cause that they
have undertaken to support. Still there
are now and then revolters. II am heart
lily tired" observed a woman the other
day, "of deliberately exiting myself for
several weeks each year from the comfort
able beds. baths, ~verandas. rockers and
menu of my own home and going to some
place where we are obliged TO put up with
every variety or inconvenience. For the
past three summers we have spent from
four to six weeks at a place where there
was no veranda. OF course, during the
day we were always busy boating or driv-
ing. but when evening came there was abb
soiutely nothing for us to do but TO sit
upon the stoop or else incarcerate our
selves in the stuffy little parlor. 1t was
appalling. Oh, how many times have |
yearned for our own broad verandas and
luxurious rockers, / know that the place
/ speak OF is primitive. and that If we had
should probably have TO pay lots more
money. and that IL would involve style
and all sorts Of things and people that we
our vacation: but il would be so nice If we
could just nave the primeval sweetness
and freshness with some few home COM
had submitted so much 10 this sort of
thing in their vacation experiences that
they one summer resolved to do so no
more. of course; we cant look for all
there are. some hat we simply can't fore
CO." After careful cogitation of the mat
ter this family decided that the things
most essential to their comfort were
veranda and rocking chairs. Accordingly,
in all letters of inquiry to various places
they made a special point of mentioning
these articles, saying that they wouldn't
go anywhere. unless sure of finding them.
They finally decided upon a certain hos
telry simply because its proprietor assured
them that 1t was well supplied with veran-
das and rockers. Upon reaching the place
they were pleased TO observe that the
house was. indeed. surrounded on all sides
by a wide piazza strewn with rocking
TO meet his newly-arrived guests the first
thing he said was: 'Well, are you salts
fed? Here is the veranda and here are the