The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-23
WISDOM OF A SUMMER HOSTESS
ONE WOMAN VINO TAKES HER
HOLIDAYS IN WINTER
And Spends Them Here In TOWNSHIP
Dodgcs Summer Resorts and Does Her
Entertaining I'm Warm weather--G;Ood
Times I'm Her Pretty Turkish Veran,ia,

Entertaining I'm warm Weather--G;O0d
Times I'm Her Pretty Turkish verantla.
Orientalism has wide range in the scheme
which a clever suburban woman has worked
out for the decoration of her veranda
II is porch that lends itself peculiarly 10
doings and fixings OF this kind-broad and
long, and built on two sides of the house,
which gives IL convenient corner.
If knew just what 10 call il, said ito
designer, I'D give il a name. If it were
not for the Turkish things that are used in
it / might say it was Japanese, and if II
were not for the Japanese things 1t might
be an outdoor Turkish corner.
"The screens and the mating on the floor
and the lanterns are Japanese. The divan
and the foot rests are Turkish, and SO are
the tabouret and the lantern that hangs
from the chains. The hammock and tho
chairs and the other things are just plain
American, and there you are"
1t will not be hard to guess that this
pretty screened veianda, with its soft
colored lights and it's comfortable fur
nishings, is seldom lacking In evening
visitors. The family who own the house
have their after-dinner coffee served there,
and somehow both 1t and the cigarettes
and cigars that go with it seem to taste
better in the half light and the evening
breeze than they would in the dining room.
The woman who added this touch OF COM
fort and prettiness to her home has other
ideas OF summer and winter enjoyment
that add not little to her popularity.
Have you noticed" she asked one day
recently, "how many complaints there are
this year about the impostions and hard
ships of living at the summer resortsi
Hardly a day goes by that some friend
doesn't write to tell me about the bad SER
vice and the overcharges she has to put
up with at summer hotel I know all
about it, for used to 60 through with IL
annually myself.
But all that is over for hubby and mo
This is our home. And what is there In any
summer resort that We can't have here close
to New York; We can get on trolley car
and in fifteen minutes VIC are ready for an
ocean bath. We keep little sloop, and
when we feel like sailing We walk down
to the landing, call the club launch and 20
aboard.
There are tennis courts and golf links
equally near, and good roads for wheeling
and driving and automobihng In all di-
rections.
an addition to all that this is home
not q summer cottage, which Is only half
a home at the best. but the place where
all we have is gathered for US to enjoy.
And for our friends to enjoy, too. for We
do our entertaining in the summer, and in
the winter we take our holidays.
During the greater part Of July, August
and September there are guests under our
roof. Then for about three months we
entertain very little. In the Christmas
holidays we give house party, and after
that we are ready for our annual outing
A queer time, you think, for an outing?
Well, let's see. Soon after New Years
Day We close up the house, just as most Of
you do in June, and put straight for the
city. Part Of the time while we are away
we are entertained in the homes of those
who have been our guests in summer ana
part of the time we have apartments in a
family hotel, where we get far more and
pay considerably less than the folks who
go to the summer hotels. You never have
to complain about the food and the service
in a properly regulated New York hotel,
and you never feel that you are being
swindled, as you generally do at q summer
place.
bIu you ever supp W lLlllh HOW HluCH
there is to enjoy in New York in January
and February-l mean for people who are
just seeking enjoyment? The theatres
are then at their best, the opera season is
on and town life generally is at high tide
Then, too, we who live out of town for
nine or ten months of the year are more
keen in the appreciation of it than you
who spend most of your days in the city
Now, mine isn't a practicable scheme
for people with small children, but for those
who have none, or whose youngsters are
old enough TO he left somewhat to them
selves, 1t is altogether feasible.
"The expense? Well. it doesn't cost any
more than a summer vacation, and perhaps
not so much. You save the cost Of running
your house, just as you do If it is closed in
the summer.
Then how much extra do you allow
for two months at the seashore or in the
mountains? Two hundred dollars? Three
hundred dollars? Five hundred dollars
That depends OF course upon your means.
But, whatever it may he, you will get more
for it in New York in winter than you will
anywhere else in summer.
And in the clearing house OF social
obligations isn't it we'll that some of US are
willing to contract orr debts in winter ard
pay them in summer?'