Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-08-14
Eagles Mere Nomenclature.

any other name would smell a
sweet' but while it is an accepted
provcrb it is not quite correct. A
least we would hardly think so. /
lot of American Beauties and Mar
echal Niels We're referred to as The
Smiths or the Browns the text wOult
scarcely seem as poetic and the fame,
would be that something was want
ing even in the perfume.
Though nature has been lavish in
creating the attractions of our sur.
rounding we have been strangely
lacking in the cooperation tina,
should give euphOniOns names tc
definite locations. "rhe Three Mile
Drive" or "The Four mile Drive''
certainly have nothing poetic in
their titles and no suggestion OF
scenic beanty. "The Outlet" would
never stir the soul of the idealist
nor furnish materials for Poets
Dream as does the winding stream
itself
While the family record is a wOr-
thy one "Biggers,s'' does not i'm
press the Imagination and "Pole
Bridge Run" is not much better.
Nothing invidious is meant in these
suggestions but only a sincere at
temp to cali attention toa direction
in which we are certainly lacking.
With a country full of attractions
to the pedestrian, the rider and the
driver we are utterly at loss to di-
rect our visitors intelligently because
localities are without names and
roads are not indicated by sign
boards nor are our people prepared to
act as conductors or guides and tell
intelligently the stories of our vi
cinity.
There is nowhere available a
bright boy or young man that is able
or willing to entertain a party on Il
tramp so as to make the most out of
it for their pleasure.
Not single street or road i'm Eag-
les Mere or vicinity has "A name
board for the direction of our thous-
ands Of visitors, neither of the hotels
has on it a sign except Hotel Eagles
Mere. Nopointers are provided to
facilitate the rambles of the walkers.
Excepting list in the Office of the
Crestmont the writer has seen no
effort to inform guests of points of
interest. Mr.. Warner is entitled to
credit for an attempt in the direct
ion of sign boards but most of them
have either disappeared or become
illegible.
Remembering that more than five
thousand different individuals come
here every summer, many of them
for the first time and large numbers
for only day or two, it is to he de
plored that something is not done to
assist them in getting the most pleas
ure out of their time. We who live
here know all we need to know to
get around but the fact is that but
few of us know enough to direct the
inquirer.
OF course it may be said that peo-
pie will come to Eagles Mere any
how but it is possible to be over con-
fident and at any rate we should feel
that we are all materially concerned
in keeping up the march of progress
and learning the problem that it is
only by adding to the comfort and
pleasure of our guests that we can
expect prosperity to abide perma-
nently with US. 1t ought to be pos
sible that every one of our resident
population be full of business during
the summer in looking after the
people ana thelf wants ana that we
should be just AS busy all the rest of
the time getting ready for the next
season.
In nothing does it seem to the
writer is the lack more striking than
this want of names and then provid-
ing signs to indicate directions and
localities. With Princeton, Lafay-
cite, Lehigh, Bucknell, University
of Pennsylvania, Nassar, Bryn
Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Wellesley
and all the others of both sexes SO
represented in our sum
mer crowd it ought only to be nee
essary to call attention to this need
to set the inventive faculties to