Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-22
The Summer Man.


! ETY.. The following from the Boston Adj
vertiser is a fair sample of this style
Of witticism at its brightest and best:
People in Leicester are excited over
mysterious woman in black, who.
when chased by men ran away. She
is evidently not Il summer girl
All this is Iight ald airy, but so far
| as Maine is concerned. somewhat mis-
| leading. Ii may be in measure true of
the New Hampshire resorts. where the
| chief diversion is mountain climbing.
Any man who has a prospect before
him of laborng up the scragsley sides
| of one of natures rugged sentinels."
| burdened with a lunch basket. field
glasses. a ladies' golf cape, rubbers
! and an umbrella or two may be ex-
| Gus ed perhaps for pleading pressure
! Of business" as an effective escape from
| the blacing effects of such exuberant
| Joys But down here in Maine things
are different. We run more to the de
board with horses to do the hard work.
| The sail boat. the big piazza rocking
chair. the hammock. the lawn swing
things that are allurng. restful. as
| surfing serenity of reflection. increase
of avoirdupois. and genuine, solid, old
| fashioned comfort.
| ~, nll
| State of Maine. with its rugged coast.
| beautiful inland lakes and streams, its
| wooded hills. bracing air and cool
| bleezes. the nations favorite summer
pleasure ground. For this reason visit
! orS come To US in ever increasing num-
| bcr.' and the present season has been
| a record breaker. 1t is estimated that
| the beautiful resorts of Portland har
| Dor and vicinity have had 40 per cent.
mole visitors the present season than
| ever before in their history. and sim
| liar reports Of summer prosperity
| come from all over the State.
Not only is the summer girl" more
| numerous IN our good Oh state IMAM III
former years: but the summer man"
is more in evidence than ever before.
| 1t is an exceptionally unattractive
| girl-and such rarely come to Maine
| who is unable to have at least one man
| dancing devoted attendance upon her
during the outing season" here in the
good old Pine Tree State. The base
! lboller who insinuates that our sum-
mer resorts are lacking in respectful bic
the cheap penny-aliner who has not
left the seclusinn of his city attic the
| present summer to widen his horizon
Of thought by observation. The sum
mcr man is with US and the appear
ances are that h has come to stay
at least we are seeing more and more
| Of him with each recurring season. In
fact the visitor who goes from place 10
| place among the summer resorts these
| beautiful August days cannot fail To
be impressed with the large number of
men he will find enjoying their scenic
beauties. inhaling their health-giving
breezes and doing all in their power to
give the ladies good time He would
| need no further evidence to convince
| him that the summer man here in
Maine is decidedly on the increase.
Seriously. there can be TO doubt but
What the vacation habit is gaining
great Roadway among men. This is due
partly to the good times which relieve
of tension and anxiety that exist under
less favorable conditions. and which
therefore render a little relaxation pos
sibIe, and partly to the fact that men
are coming more and more to recog
rize the value of a change of scene and
occupation, as a powerful help to phys
insures clcarness of vision and length
of years.
No man is indispensable in this world
of ours. Men are coming more
ana more To realize the 1bllE
of surprising that others can
not take their places in the
worlds work. Many careworn old
| father who has toiled like galley
slave to win comforts and pleasures foi
. the members of his family. has been
: | surprised when persuaded at last tC
give few weeks to sharing them amid
new scenes and associations-to find
that his business did not go to the
, demntion bow vows after all, but
that returning to his old tasks again
; with renewed courage and fresh
$ strength, he has been able To do bet
ter and more profitable work.
The vacation habit is not confined
however. to any one class. Nearly
every large business establishment now
| grants its employees n one or two weeks
vacation during the summer season
ana hundreds of artisans who formerly
thought they could not afford such al