Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-05-11

different class that Maine people gener-
ally must look for their richest returns
Throughout this State. today, there are
charming summer resorts but little
known. There people of moderate
means may come and spend the summer
without unduly encroaching upon the
family income and they may enjoy all
the benefits to health and wholesome
pleasure that the resident of Bar Har-
Dor obtains from his summer sojourn.
We doubt if the farm house resort is
shire. for instance. The boarder VINO
comes and lives with the people spehds
his money directly among them His
provisions are not bought in New York
at wholesale 1t does not require
migratory population to minister to ms
wants. What he spends goes to make
the life of the country people
more enjoyable and furnishes them
with means to enjoy what would other
wise be almost unattainable luxuries.
But we were not thinking especially of
the need Of improving upon this fea-
ture of Names summer business, al
though such field for Improvement
undoubtedly exists. What we would
especially call attention to is to the little
hotel or boarding house, beside some
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tunities for aquatic sports abound or at
some cosy nook on the coast or amid
the beautiful scenery Of the interior,
places where excellent accommoda
tions good board, kind and courteous
attention can be had for one dollar a
day or less. We. here in Maine, know
of many such places. We see them
getting back each season most of those
who spent the previous summer with
Indeed such advertising as these re-
sorts receive comes chiefly in this way
and has never reached the attention of
hundreds of thousands who would like
to take advantage of just such condi
tions as are here afforded. They have
come to think of a summer in Maine as
attended by the lavish expenditure that
characterizes life at the famous resorts.
Assuredly it is extremely advisable to
dispel this illusion from the minds of
these people, whose presence and dol
lars for summer recreation we want
and for which we can give more than
adequate return. OF course we already
have many such and the number under
existing circumstances largely in
creases from year to year as it is ex-
tremely difficult for the good repute of
any excellent thing to be concealed I'M
der bushel But that affords no ex-
cuse why there should be a Willingness
to allow this feature of our summer
business to drift along.
A gentleman, who has excellent IA
cilities for observation and whose at
tention has often been called to the
general ignorance prevailing outside
Maine respecting the superior chances
afforded here for people of moderate
means. suggested that much might be
accomplished if the State board OF
trade should publish and distribute a
list of those places. This suggestion is
worth thinking about. The number Of
the hotels and boarding houses where
excellent accommodations can be pro-
vided at reasonable rates might easily
be doubled and the field then be half
occupied, and we are confident if there
could be both general and particular
information upon this subject thorough
ly disseminated, whatever legitimate
methods may best be employed to that
end the results would be more than
satisfactory.