Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-08-21
Social Ethics and Amcnit ieS at
Ea9leS Mere.

At the Hotel Eagles Mere dinner
Mr.. c. Larue Munson, who is the
prince of after dinner orators among
us, our Chauncy Depew i'm fact, took
occasion to express wish that so
cial conditions and habits might be
more cordial and less reserved than
has been the Eagles Mere habit. In
this the writer joins most heartily,
albeit we would hardly have ven
turcd to express such wish if it
We're not with the antecedent en-
dOrsement of such ap unquestioned
authority.
AS to our social ethics as a sum-
mer resort, we are perhaps taking
an assailable position when we say
that in our summer community we
have none. Admitting that there
are exceptions to all rules and as
suming the position that the except
ion proves the rule we venture the
declaration that our people leave at
home most of the ordinary social
rules and come to the mountains
prepared to lead free and easy life
of every one for himself.
The slight inaccessibility of Eagles
Mere and its established character
istics have had the effect of creating
a condition that does not invite OBJ
jectionable visitors. Like certain
well advertised soap that is declared
to be ninety-nine and fourteenth
pure, you might 60 through the COM
munity here and find it almost, per-
haps quite, one hundred per cent
pure so far as its summer visitors
are concerned.
1t is perfectly safe to find sum
mer acquaintance in any one who is
found here. The generally accepted
rule does not require the after main
tainence of summer acquaintances
but the time is so short that to wait
on the ordinary customs of approach
results in the opportunity being car
ried away on an unexpected train.
If it is true that the sum of our
happiness and pleasure is measured
by the happiness and pleasure we
give to others there are many of us
who are missing very considt rable
amount of it because we simply en-
tertain ourselves and pass by the
numerous opportunities where a
smile or a pleasant greeting would
give to others and bring to ourselves
qualification that would last longer
than the season.
1t is simply wonderful what a
large number of delightful people
one may find here if conventionality
is only laid aside. Mr.. MU' son in
his address expressed the ope that
changes might come t. i'm this re-
gard-we join mos' artily in his
wish.
There is GO -rable room for en-
listments in the limited number who
give thought to the amenities Of
the place. 1t is quite easy to enjoy
the almost enhancing beauty of the
at the Carnival the other night but
greater things might have been pos
sible with an enlarged constituency.
A baseball game gives st to an af-
ternoon, wakens up the nervous or
ganization and its effects are visible
around the tea table and we do not
doubt that in this cooperation would
be gladly welcomed. We are sur
rounded by country that nature
has invested with charms not all of
which have yet been discovered. and
yet how few of us realize how much
we might give pleasure to our friends
from the cities if we We're not quite
too fully immersed in our own ideas
| to give 4 little time to unfolding
these treasures to others.
We may sit in our cottages and on
our pOrches without gleam of
brightness and think how beautiful
the darkest night has become with
the illuminated pictures that the lib
erality or thoughtfulness of Others
has made possible to us, and yet our
background is comparatively dark
and careless to others because we are
too much immersed in ourselves to
think for minute that our cottages