The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-08-06
BOSTON LETTER.
August the Month When Visit
ors Take In Hubs Sights.

orS Take In Hubs Sights.
The Change Is the Pleasing Thing Sought.
Union station Baggage Handlers Busy.
Many Wheels Transported Cool In the
Subway Barrett Mystery SoIved-A
wOman's Vanity Pneumatic Tubes For
Mail service-'Charlie" Thayer-The-
atricaI Notes.
With the month of August comes to
Boston's historical POINTS of interest the
greatest number of visitors of the year.
AS this is also the month when the great
er proportion of our people go away on
vacations, it does not require great dis
elimination to determine that the his
torical cranks," as one newspaper re-
Gently termed them, are not Bostonians
but those who come to see and learn
from outside points. Here, as every
Where, people SEA- a change, and, while
the good citizens of Maine come here to
resides at the Hub is found down in the
Pine Tree state, happy in its rustic beau
ties. The Maine man does not realize
the beauties, but the Bostonian does.
and the same is true when the condi-
lions are reversed.
So many are our summer visitors that
the city may justly claim to be a sum-
mer resorts in all that the word implies.
we are the center of a great field, every
portion OF which is Of deep interest to
the student of American history. Con-
cord, Lexington, Plymouth, Cambridge
and other points are so easy of access
that we claim them as a portion of orr
grand historic panaroma So MANY
visitors go out to Cambridge to walk
about the %arvard grounds that the uni
Nefslty has this year for the first time
formed plan to regulate the guidance
OF visitors. Official guides have been
appointed to serve strangers, and, as
they are chosen by the authorities. thew
are acquainted with the history and pur-
poses of the various halls, collections and
and can render a fairer eoui-
Valent for their pay than many who have
In previous years sought the money of
The slghtseers. A similar system Of ex-
pert guiding has recently developed in
Boston and in some of our public reser-
and is necessity The average
Bostontan knows too little about local
history to be Of use to a stranger who de- .
sires to cover the ground thoroughly.
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mere, we must not overlook the subway,
for during the heated period this I'M
foreground way is likely to achieve prom
inence as summer resort, for on the
hottest days the temperature is many
degrees lower than on the street sur
lace. People should be willing to pay a
good premium for the privilege of stand
ng near the ventilating shafts when the
Dig fans are in operation, Paradoxical
rs 1t may seem, the subway will be much
warmer in winter than in the outer air,
This will prove an added blessing to the
from the cold winds while
waiting for a car on the corner. The cool
nan in summer and the warm man in
winter will be the one who comes out of
he subway.
If you have any doubt about this be-
ng the month when people are on the
move, you should pay the union station
n this city a visit More than II. 900
pieces of baggage were checked there on
and the checks, of course. rep
esented places in all parts of the coun-
ry but more especially New England.
n addition to this work nearly 500 BIZ
ycleS were checked to various stations
III along the Boston & Maine system.
The handling of wheels is no slight part
# the duty of baggage handlers this sea-
on, as more than 10000 bicycles have
,een checked from that one station alone
Turing the so days from June l. Vaca-
ion days are indeed happy days, but par
icularly so to the baggage man who can
,et couple of weeks off in August.
The mystery surrounding the death OF
Mss Alice Barrett, whose tragic end IN a
cal estate office. has been urder inves-
igation, may fairly be said to be solved.
She died victim not only of her own
land, but of her unusual vanity. A
nilder form of the mental disease with
which she was afflicted might have been
allied ambition, but in her case no other
word than vanity fits the case. Miss
Barrett was not a confidential secretary
f the Codmans. by whom she was EN-
loyed, but a simple office clerk and type
writer, who received So per week for her
ervces, and was fairly paid for the SER
ices she rendered. The place of bust
less of her employer was in Insurance
ow," as it is termed, where, it is
laimed, can be found the handsomes,
md most "swagger" young women who
the keyboard of a type
writer. The majority of these girlsget
.ood pay and dress well.
Miss Barrett wanted to shine in this
lass. She loved fine clothes and jewell
y She longedNo live in style and was
Wiling to be dishonest with her mother
nd friends, and probably with her en-
,loyers, TO crafty her desire So she
tie expensive lunches and tipped the
waiter like a millionaire; patronized
eading, hotels, spending weeks salary
or one DAVIS spread: bought fine clothes