Evening journal., 1919-07-21
AWAY
MANY HOME, TOO
Wilmington in Mid July
Presents an Interesting
Paradox
QUITE A CONTRAST
TO PAST YEARS

It is Just as hard this summer to get
room-and-wash-basin overlooking the
chicken-coop as IL was last summer.
From most Of our best rivers. bays and
coyes. and from most Of our loftlcst
mountain tops comes the word that
rooms are going fast. and you'd best
make reservations right away II you
want 10 get In out OF the heat.
Yet the streets Of our city are as
crowded as though we were entertain
ing a couple Of conventions.
You stand on the corner OF Tenth
and Market streets and get iostled
around Just as though you didn't
amount TO anything at all, and YOU
think Nobody seems 90 have gone
away at all this summer-nobody at
all. Dear me, never saw the oity so
full Of people at this season. ! shall
be in plenty OF time n ! put or an
nouncing my impending arrival at my
summer place until next week
And then when you announce II you
get this in reply:
Dear Sur: Yours received and con-
tents noted. VIII he unsbel TO akomi-
date YOU before middle Of September as
our rooms is full up. Terms this yere
si5 with eileen towal every day ans
fresh eggs. VIII be glad 20 akomidate
you and your party hopping TO hear
frum YOU andlige. Yours truly
In other words. your oaretaker has
not quite got your summer place IN
shane 10 receive YOU. And he's asking
for twice as much salary
In still other words, despite the fact
that nobody seems 10 have gone away
from Wilmington for the summer,
everybody seems 70 be out OF town.
And paying more money for the priv
ilege. Less anomalous and more in
keeping with the spirit Of the times.
Any man at any railway station can
explain the immense amount Of passen-
ger traffic on the trains. IL Is due,
saws. he. 10 the-ah-the-er-ah-lt Is
Tue in large measure TO the increased
desire for travel. As TO the increased
resire for travel. that IA due TO several
d ings. cniefy the desire 20 get away
from where one Is and go TO place
where one would like 10 be Hearing
he railroad people and the booking
agents and the susmer-resort people
ak one is convinced that the whole
,ity Of Wilmington is now fghting for
he last biscuit on the summer board I
ng-house table. The conviction Is
,orne out by the naughty letters from
lne's caretaker at ones favorite sum
Nor place.
Whereas one has merely 10 step forth
ipon the city streets 10 know that the
whole city Of Wilmington is still where
The milkman left Il This morning.
OF a certainty something has hapi-
weird. bizarre. out OF
the all-nred ordinary.
Il is further pointed out that all the
soldiers are back. But before they went
away we never had such a crowded
city at this. stage Of the summer. Two
wears ago. ~or even last year. man
couldn't tip his hat on Market street
IN mid-Juiy without being conspicuous.
Md around Fourth and Market streets
,t5p. NJ. the sound Of his own breath
ne would almost make him deaf. Now
ne can't tip his hat without giving
somebody an uppercut and he can't |
breathe deeply without pushing lot oi .
leople over with his chest.
Probably prohibition which, like the /
var when % was with US. explains /
is responsible. More peo- |
BE are staying home this summer TO !
We close 10 their Own cellars. and more /
,eople arc going away because there's
10 fun staying home with the roof /
rardens charging real money for scent /
d and colored pump water That leaves |
lothing TO be explained except the
strange and sudden multiplicity OF
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