The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

part OF the enjoyment that he will get
out of his new summer domicile will
be that which he experiences while
working with his own hands upon its
construction.
II The spring affords the yachtsman. the
motor boat enthusiast and everybody
who has a craft of any kind hauled up
along shore or at any one of New
England's multitudinous inland lakes,
to have 1t ovcrhauled and atted out
anew Tor the coming season. 1t isn't
necessary for spring to naunt very
many signals In the faces OF the men
VINO haunt the waters before they are
abroad again on the face Of the sounds
ana pays, ripping the placid lakes and
turning their adventurous prows ur
the pleasant riverways that make the
F; New England shore so alluring &c
amateur snilors and power boat cap.
tains.
Among the spring pilgrims not to be
forgotten those householders who are
content to live the pent-up lives OF
cities during the winter, but who, ms
soon as the frost is out OF tho ground
shift their allegiance to the outdoor
Il hfe. open up their country homes and
revel In the delights of planting their
own vegetable gardens and cicertully
arise from one to two hours earlier
each workday morning and drive OF
walk TO the train. New England Is
peculiarly rich in country towns, with
in easy reach of her big cities. where
the working population of those cities
may md do find attractive homes This
half year spent in the country simpli-
ties many problems of health, comfort
and economy, to shy nothing of max
ing the life of the entire family better
worth living by virtue of the broad
encd outlook
From the timc when trout and sal
mon began biting in Sebago Lake and
the Rangeleys generally about the
middle of April. the wilds of Northern
1 New England are tho Mecca of a
mighty pilgrimage. This swells in
volume. reaching it's maximum during
the month of August, when the great
majority of toiling city folk have their
vacations. The activities of the vaca.
II ton land do not end, however, with
the homeward vending of the sum
mer thronGs in September. hut nu.
tumn. which brings the riotous oolors
to the hills and woods, finds still
host In the wilds. October calls the
hunters to the forest depths, and the
sere and russet foliage is mostly un.
der foot before the last OF natures de-
voices have completed their oh
serva.nces and extinguished their altar
fires.
But hardly has the last OF these
shouldered his pack. arranged for the
shipment of his tagged and tickcted
victims and waved his faithful guide
adieu from the train platform, when
the recurrent tide sets hillward and
| Elenward again This time the legion
is uniformed in toque, blanket coat
and mackinack, shod with the flexible
stout thonged snowshoe and armed
with alpenstock. Winter vacations in
New England coming to be found
quite ms pleasurablc, although they
are not as universal. as summer va
cations are In fact, the winter guest
has become highly important per-
sonage at many of the leading re-
sorts. not a few of which make a spe-
cial business of catering to those who
lind the bracing atmosphere more bone
fetal to health than n trip TO trop-
ical lands. Indeed. many of these cold
weather sojourncrs come from points
far outside New England. attracted by
the renown of the regions snow-clad
landscape. the sparkle of frosty al,
and the chance to take part in virile
sports-while visitors from other coun-
tries are not unknown.
To the persistent lover OF outdoors
New England has many voices that
call uninterruptcdly throughout the
year. only the note varying with the
season. In New England it Is pos
sible for one who works in city
Office or shop to be a country gentle
man. amateur farmer. sportsman, mod
ern Nimrod or Izaak Walton: or, If
the spirit OF the frontiersman stirs
more vigorously in him, to get away
from his city haunts at frequent in
tervals, and without loss of time. and
strike for the backwoods. there to re-