Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
DESIRE FOR CHANGE
INSPIRES SUMMER TRIPS
Pertinent Thoughts on Provid-
ing "a Little Place in
the Country"

Perhaps not volumes enough to fill a
library could be made of it. but Ger
tainly matter enough 10 make volumes
enough to fill long library shelves has
been written. for private and public
circulation, on the wisdom and the de-
light of providing the family with "a
little place for the summer" says an
exchange. 1t all grows out of the very
natural desire for change of environ
ment. OF course. 1t is only another
phase of the longing for the Nile, the
Riviera, the Rockies, the White noun
tains, California Florida and the New
England coast. at various times of the
year This is the desire that has made
possible and necessary the floating
palace, the luxurious train, the grand
hotel, the tens Of thousands of re-
sorts, the innumerable attractions that
I'm these days await. in all parts of the
world. the coming of the tourist and
the stranger.
The longing for "a little place for the
summer" Is q modest one compared
with some other longings. but the sat
isfaction of it is fraught with no less
happiness on that account.
Pleasure of Going Away.
A short time ago one Of the most
brilliant of Englands present group Of
brilliant essayists wrote "a little piece
of surprising c1everness Going
Away for the Summer" All there was
to it was q description Of the joys of
the family incident to the annual go
ing away. It was the going away that
gave pleasure, not the arriving.
Months. weeks and finally hours and
minutes of delicious expectation and
al, ~ i1uI In1 thn
moment In which the family finally
got away. That moment was
worth all the waiting, all the discom-
fort and disappointment that followed
the getting away.
Every adult. normal person is well
aware that for real comfort the place
to spend the summer is in the house
where the family spends the winter, faii
and spring-where all the facilities and
conveniences, accumulated during years
of housekeeping. are at hand-where one
may have several changes of clothing.
where the rooms are large enough TO
accommodate ones belongings, where
the beds are easy. where there is no
trouble about getting the papers, the
mail or calls over the telephone-where
everything, in a word, moves in long
established and thoroughly fabricated
groove-but this knowledge scarcely de-
tiers anybody from turning his or her
back upon that home with relief and
satisfaction in the early summer sea-
son.
"Getting Back in the Fall"
The clever English writer to whom
we have referred may have penned an
other piece entitled Getting Back in
the Fall" As to that we do not know.
but it is this getting back that in num-
erous cases compensates for the interval.
Men, women and children are con-
stituted that it seems they must have
something to look forward to- and in
this respect they seem to have their need
provided Thus, they are buoyed up
for. say, eight months in the year by de-
lightful expectations and anticipations
of getting away to a little place for the
summer, and, for, say four months in
the year, by equally de ishtful eXpecta-
tons and anticipation of getting back.
Should the desire for little place for
the summer be, therefore, discouraged?
There would be as much reason for dis
couraging the general tourist or the
man who has just bought an automobile.
To put it broadly, the great majority of
all the people of the civilized world are
happiest, apparently, when they are
either going coming, thinking of
leaving home or of returning.