Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-08-04


and makes 1t his home or the home Of his
family Tor the summer season.
/ This class OF visitors is increasing stead
| lily in numbers and in loyalty to the de-
| lights OF Maine. In tbs last twenty years
| II has doubled and trebied. Little towns
along the coast, that . score Of years ago
had never seen q colored hasband or
| white pique skirt, now welcome their
| growing colonies OF ssrusticators" each
year, with ever increasing regard for the
business they create, to say nothing OF the
sincere friendship born and the sdysn-
tsges that are bound to accrue to any pro-
vinciai community thai places itself in
| contact with outside Influences.
| Bat there are still almost countless little
communities, both on the coast and in
| land. where the invasion OF the summer
residents has not rescned. oae by one
they will be discovered and tho occups-
| tion will begin. The astounding growth
OF the automobile popularity will provide
the means.
HOW DOES IT COME ABOUT
| For instance, Mr.. A aud his wife are on
weeks motor trip. Maybe Willie and
| Alice are along, too. They come 10 the
village of X and pull up TO give the radi-
! ator cool drink at the town pump.
| "what pretty little plsce this Is, . says
Mrs. A. shaking the dust from her pongee
coat. .'Sec that little white church under
the big elm, And ho~ nice and cool and
clean the houses on the bill look"
| Mr. A looks up from screwipg on the
radiator cap. He has had two panctures
| that day and he is tired.
..say, Mary, how would you like to hang
| up here over night.'
Mrs. A is tired, too, and Willie and
Alice are hungry for leg exercise. She
agrees. SIR. A makes inquiries at the
| possotficc.
| "why, yes, the hotels over there bu,
| donno's you'd like the liyin'. Maybe my
| wife can take keer o. ye for a night. III
ask her."
/ Well, they stay. The house Is . farm
house, but IL is ciesnA The milk is rich,
/. the cream delicious and the field straw
berries remind Mr. A OF the kind he used
| to pick when he was boy. Alice ends q
compa MON In the post masters girl. Willie
ventures on, and inside half an hour has
| fight with kid one size bigger than him
self and ticks him. The family Is very
happy.
Finally, when they como to pay their
bill Mr.. AZ conscience forces him to slip
| an extra dollar into the hands OF the
housewife, and before he crsnks the ma
chine ne has made tentative arrangements
l "A f,sxt ~ xf txstx la
next July and il the fortnight il up 10
sample, perhaps he buys an acre OF land
| on that stony point that runs oat into the
lake or the hsrbor. or decides to build in
the pine grove that caps tire hill overlook
| ing the river.
And il he does he tells his friends that
| ms has found Paradise. and Invites them
down to visit. They like 1t and they, too,
may buy and build. And 50 II goes.
WORD TO NAME PEOPLE.
And now, people OF the State of Maine,
| just word. This is fsneifni picture,
| may he, but there is no reason why you
shouldn't turn ii to practical account.
some day, the people who have been study
| ing this summer business problem tell
Us. there may be an organized advertise
ing campaign, backed by real money to
| let the country At large know what an
attractive State we have. But 1t hasn't
started yet In the meantime you can
start one OF your own. You can do II
| with pen and ink. and II will cost you
nothing bat two-cent stamp. Try IL.
Think what it would mean to the state
of Maine il We could get hundred thous-
| and new people to come here every sum-
s5 = day apiece and stayed . month. That
would be sl5, ooo, 900 dropped into the lap
Of this State. And 1t might just - well
be doable that, or treble.
Permanent people! That Ii what We
| want. People who mean to keep on COM
ing as long as they live, and after them
their children. People who will build
and create TAXABLE property, who will
help to build and improve our roads, who
will contribute to our charities, who will
help MS in our affairs, who Will advertise
as to the world, and who will be our loyal
friends as long as We remain theirs.
You can work the miracle IL you will
Ii Is something that touches every body.
You, Mr.. Provision Dealer in the village
of X. two or three more families on your
list would help, wouldn't theyf And you
Mr.. Hardware Man and Mr.. Lumber
Dealer, your profits depend on the build
ing OF houses; and you Mr.. Lawyer in the
country town, transfers of property are in
your line. And the doctor and the min
lister and the insurance agent and the
boat builder and the man who owns the
clam fats and the railway Shareholder
ali OF you. You can see something COM
ing your way, too, can't you.
But the money that passes from hand
TO hand isn't all of it. Gradually those
towns that acquire . summer population
| will get to be better towns. They will
have . certain standard to live up to. II