Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-15

young men who are trying to WORK tnela
way through college. but in the private
families and at the farmhouses, motheI
does the cooking, the girls wait on tne
table and do the chamber work and sweep
ing, while father and the boys make inc
garden NOW the meadows. noe we po
tatoes, milk the cows, feed the horses anu
chickens and do the other chores ETers
body is too we'll off to work for anypoay
else You cant hire a man or woman 10
do anything outside of their own MONIES,
except In cases of sickness when they are
very neighborly. Therefore 1t Is linpossi-
be to OBTAIN servants. Everybody Is TOO
proud to be waited on and the dignity OF
labor is recognized by people OF every CLASS.
Down in Maine summer poaroers are US,
tinguished as two classes" mealers and
maui mealers" The first are people VINO
come In for day board from other houses
in the immediate neighborhood; the latter
are mealers who live at some distance and
are hauled to the boarding house three
times a day in a blackboard Sometimes
there IS an extra charge for haul mealers,
but IL they are conveniently located they
are carried back and forth for nothing.
scrumptious Round Here.
Rye Beach has always seemed to me the
IDEAL summer resort. 1t has everything to
recommend It to people VINO want quiet
and rest ard do not crave excitement. The
scenery, the atmosphere and the tempera-
ture are perfect, and one who enjoys farm
life can find boarding houses within easy
walk of the beach where low prices are
charged and a great deal is given for the
money. The water is pretty cold for bath
ing. There Is no undress display on the
beach and no dress display on the plazzas.
There is no gambling. no drinking, and
only occasionally dance. Everybody goes
to bed at 10 o'clock and breakfasts before
8 in the morning. The men folks play golf
most of the day. while the women visit with
each other take long walks along on the
shore. gather flowers in the woods and have
a nap after luncheon. Occasionally some
body puts on dress suit for dinner. but
the majority of the men wear the same
garments between the rising and retiring
hours and the women dress very quietly
The patrons of the hotels and boarding
houses are highly respectable, solid citizens.
who come for quiet and not for gayety.
There used to be great deal Of driving
here. I remember when there were two or
three four-in-hands at the FaIragut House
and almost everybody kept at least one
horse and a runabout, but these seem to
have vanished, and now there Is a large
garage full of automobiles that could not
find accommodations In the carriage houses.
Many OF the guests come and go In their
own cars. 1t IS only two or three hours
from Boston and an equal distance from
Portland and the automobile craze prevails
here as it does everywhere.
At Little Bears Head is a beautiful colo
NAL mansion built by the late Norman
Williams of Chicago, one of the finest spec
imens of that school of architecture that
can be seen anywhere, and near by, in the
same grounds, is a smaller villa belonging
to Gen. and Mrs. Merritt, but neither is
occupied by the owner. The Williams villa
has been leased to Mr.. Hyman, New
York merchant. and the Merritt cottage to
mis- son.
Everybody about Rye IS either a Locke
Jenness or a Philbrick--that is, all the per
manent residents-fOr this part of the conn
try was settled by three English immigrants
of those names and they have multiplied
prodigiously. The Everybody is called by
his or her first name and the summer res
iQents soon acquire the habit, because 1t is
necessary to distinguish one netghbor from
another. If you inquire for Mr.. Phllbrlck
the person you address will answer, Which
PuIbrick?" and so it is easier and shorter
to fall INTO the common custom. Their an
cestors came from the old town of Rye one
of the most picturesque seaports OF Kent
county, England. 1t is on the English
channel just east of Canterbury, and has
been the scene of many stirring events. In
these modern, moEotonous days it is merely
a modest fish market, but fortunately 2Eost
OF The Old mansions remain as they we're
built. THE Mermaid is one of the oldest
and think, the Quaintest inn in England,
and It's patrons are mostly artists, drawn
there by tho fasciHations of antiquity and
picturesque architecture. The country about
Rye. ENGLAND is very much similar to that
about Rye N II. You can find resem-
blances whichever way you look.
Queerest Sort of Folk.
There are many queer people down here.
and If you can get acquainted with one Of
the local gossips you can hear queercr
stories than Frank Stockton or w. w. ia
cobs ever invented about farming and sea-
faring people.
Blckford Philbrck, who was queer in his
head" used to furnish constant topics of