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IN r esponse to a h undred and more inquiries upon this ge ner a l subj ect sen t out t o merch ants, ma n uf ac ­ tl1l'CI'S, fiuan ciers and a f ew professi on al m en , abou t seventy replies have been re ceiv ed, fr om whi ch some Almost withou t interesting' facts may be ga th er ed. exception th ese answers breath e deep sy mpa t hy with the vacation id eal and sp ir it ; on ly tw o of th e n u mber seeming to abjure th e id ea of sum me r rest, an d de­ scribing their f a vorite occu p ati on for thi s season to be "w01'k, " and more em pha t ica lly "good hard woI'le " One man, whose vac ation is co nfin ed t o S u nday visit" with his absent famil y, confesses to luxuriati ng in "jn-odu cin g goods already sold ; " a pl easant v ari ation from th e expe r ience of man y bu sin ess men in many

a wider horizon and g reat er vuri ety. "Seasho re a nd mountain s in my auto " is s ubs t an t ia lly the pl an of several " S hor ter hours fo r work and week-end trips" sn its oth ers. Wh ile on e of our ed it ors is fo nd of Nova S cotia, he says, " "With good ail' a nd exce ll en t ca r se r­ vice t o nei ghborin g town s, with seve ra l go od golf a nd con n try an d lak e clu bs, t ennis and general ou t d oor life, 'W orcestcr is by no mean s a bad pl ace in whi ch t o spend a n entir e sn mmel'." In r ound n u mbers, thirty ou t of the se venty r epl ies are f ro m see kers of moun ta in 01' sea shor e re so rts , t wen ty -fo ur nat urally ch oosin g to ex­ Of chan ge inland scenes f or sa lt -wate r att r action s, th ese th e S ta te of Main e cla ims nine , and t.he Massa­ eh use tts so ut h sho r e five, f our of whom a re located at

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cities for th e pas t ye a r , in whi ch othe rs would doubt­ . less like to join . A no t her writer , cont r as ti ng h ome an d remoter places, votes in favor of "pleasan t dr-ives, !\'olf at coun try club, bet te r bed s and all the other In pleasur es of hom e, " an d stay s in "Wor ces te r , similar vein anot her says, " V er y r arely ta ke a va cation; prefer my own doorya rd and piazza a nd the many pleasant drives abou t W or cester Co un ty in my auto ; " while yet an other comments, " As beauti ful a cou n t r y as therc is in th e world f or walki ng and driving. P len ­ ty of good fresh air and su nshin e; vacati on ne ede d only for a change , " As might be expe cte d, however , ano the r class chooses

F'ahnouth H eights ; whil e ot h ers d istribute the msel ves fr om Na r-rangan set t Pier to Old P oi nt Com f ort, The gro up of r epli es whi ch is of sp ecial interest to us, howev er , is fr om th ose who have a hom e in th e cit y f or nine m onths of the y ear, and a no the r on the out­ skir ts of t he ei ty or in a n adjoi nin g town to which th ey go each ni ght, return in g d a il y to work , excep t at th e week 's en d . S ix tee n different towns. within a r a dius of abou t t wen t y mi les, are men ti one'd as offer­ in g loca t ions fo r these fa vor it e r esorts, Leicest er, S h r ewsbury, Au bu rn and P rin cet on heading th e list. W orcest e rs lowest levels are far hi gh er ab ove sea level t han most of its r esidents ap p r eciat e, the rail road track

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a t OU l' Uni on Station being' 474 f eet high er than Boston ti de water , whil e Park er Hill , th e hi g-hest land within city limits, reaches an elevation of a n eve n . th ous and Ieet , but its ou tgoin g aven ues in nearly all directions lead to yet g'reater heights, peculiarl y fav or ing thi s tend ency toward temporary homes in snrrou udi ua t owns, J n some cases th e choice of t hese h omes dates back to boyhood life on sam e Ne w England Ia r m, whi ch begins to look much better to your su ccessful bu siness man ill mature ye a rs than it did when he fled fr om its irksom eness to mingl e in the city 's stirr ing scenes . So meti mes it is th e d eterm inat ion to keep with on c 's fami ly , and in the summer 's g'l'ea ter f reedom f rom busi-

MAGAZINE i t represents a del iberate cho ice mad e afte r th e wid est observati on under most fa vorable circums tances. While we have bern unable to sec u re pi ctures of some well­ kn own su mmer homes in this r egion , we believe that the limited number shown in the sp ace a t ou r command of ­ f rl 's 1-1 f ait, sampl e of th e homes a nd haunts of th ose who fin d in Worcester the field fo r th eir daily commercial s tlong'gles and victories. \ V1e purpose to offer in lat er issu es of th e l\Jag'azinr a continuation of this ser ies of views,

L imitation s of s pace also preven t mor e than a pa ssin g allusion to th e wealth of opportunities open ing in be·· wild eriu u profusi on for sin gle-d ay - ou ti ngs , at r ates so

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ness to de epen and bro ad en the d omesti c lif e whi ch apprecia bly su ffe rs durin g' th e larger portion of th e year, when children are in school and ou ts ide social fu nctions impin ge so se rious ly u pon the waning sociabil­ ity of the modem ave rage home. So metimes it may be in the interests of economy t o choose th e nearer loca­ ti on ; not infrequ en tly , ind eed , t he su mmer furm hom e, occupied but a few week s, is made a p rofitable business venture the ye ar ro u n d. F' requ ently, how ever, the summ er hom e of th e typi cal W orcest er bu sin ess man , located within an honr's reach of his sto re or f actory , is th e crea tion of wealth t ha t mi gh t choose a ny spo t in our own or fo reign land s fo r a vacation habitat; an d

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loll' as to en cou r age the family group an d th e neighbor­ hood par ty to pl an together for such delights. With 0 11 1' Consolidate d S t reet Hailway cover ing so complete­ ly all territory within a radius of t wen ty mil es, and run­ n in g comrnod ions cars a t a spee d whi ch nca rIy equ als that of accommodation train s on st ea m roads a few years ago, th e ra nge of days' on ti n gs is wonderfully exte nded , /\. combin ed trip by trolley and stea mboat to Nan taske t over the fin ely eq u ip ped and man aged Boston & Wor­ cester air-lin e r ou te, with ass u red seats for all passen­ g:ers an d all for t he sum of a. doll ar, is a. vacation bar­ g.·ain a ttra ct ive to all classes in the comm u nity, and eager ly welcomed by thousands. In lik e mann er om

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steam ruilroads h old out th e more di stant po ints of Lake Winnep esauke c, Old Orch ard, 'W atch Hill and Block Island as a ttra ct ions t o their p atron s f or trips of OlW 01' more cl ays at r ema rkably low rates; and in the replies f r om our bu sin ess men these a re m enti on ed as su IIIII Ie r possibil itics to be set down to Worccsters cr edit. It is worth recording that one m an goes d ail y hom his bu siness he re t o a summer home at W inthrop B each, just ant of B os ton, getting' th e trip one way into a littl e mo re tim e than an hour a n d a half, a n d Ior a Iare, through season tickets, of on ly f orty-three cents . Bill. what of those who mu st tnrn a d eaf ear t o all th ese invitation s a n d s t ick elosel y to th e s te a d y r on t in e ? Let them speak f or them selves of h ow they manage to make this city not only en d nr a ble but d eli ghtful during the vacation seaso n. The automobile, the golf links and tennis cou rts are of cou rse frequ ently m enti on ed in th ese replies. "Fa rmin g" co nte n ts severa l ; " R ea d­ ing and nature study" are th e favorite pur-snits of on e of our financi e rs and sncccssfu! manufa ctu rers. '''l'nllnping- '' a nd" A Hammock ." present a con t r as t of extremes allowing a large number of interv ening pl ea s­ ures, "Rpading Rnssell Sage's advice on vacati ons ," does not sound particularly strenuous: " Qn iet and rest at home, with spl endid dri ves over hills and throu gh ,~Tor­ cestPI"s parks a n d lake sho r e roads, " needs no commeu t ; while "IIorti culture and a ll interests of field and for est. " and " P leasa n t ev enings on home piazza and rel ief hom ('olllmittp e IIlcdings and out­ side aff'airs; " ought t o sou ud good to all men. VVe can n ot find a bett er clos ing tr ibute to Worecstel"s attraction s in summ er than the f oll owing words from one who h as come from f'or aw ay S can d i­ navia to find an abode :with us, and whose winter and summer home are on e, 10­ " ED GEL AKE " -

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cated in the n orth e n d of our city i -> "So.ili ng on Indian Lake has been on c of the g rca I. a ttracti on s t o lilt'; al so sh o rt trip s in all auto with a few frien rls , but an hour in m y ' SHIII­ mel' house.' w ith my family, with the beautiful v iew of Ind ian Lake, Mount Ararat, e tc .,- t ha t is worth aII the res t put to gether." What busin ess m an of Worcest er can I cficct up on t hese a dvan tages, all o pen t o him sim p ly becau se he is a r esident of this cit y , and not appre­ ci ate mo re lughly th e vari ety of su m­ mer ple asures at his v ery door whi ch mnltitnd cs of his fellow busin ess m en in other parts of our land mu st jou r­ ney far to fin d l What bu sin ess m all in di sta nt p a r ts of on r country wh o follows th rough this long' list of at­ tracti on s ca n f ail to admit that pos­ sibly on e r eason for this cit y's sp le n d id g r owt h in the pa st a n d promise f or the f utu re is i ll it s wealth of opportnnities for r est as well as f or work ? Any mall who is thinkin g of a change in the location of hi s busin ess and his home, s ho u ld in clud e these facts in th e sum total of the at tva ctious a ll wh ich W orcester ba ses h e I' in vitation to him . 000

The Eagle of Asnebumskit. In conn ecti on with this va cati on number of our :\fag-a zin e we have be en reminded by the Rev . Percy J. Epler, of a ch armin g reminiscen ce of Se n a tor H one and the slop ing s ides of Asn ebnmski t, whi ch h e owned and bequeathed to his two grandch ildren . Wh ile OCCll ­ py in g this property, h e became th e d elighted h ost of a magnifi cent pair of bald ea gl es who ne sted , year by year, upon hi s land. Hi s ow n words in a he art-to-heart talk as r ep orted so me y ears ago in th e Worcester Gazette

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well r eproduce George Frisbie H oar 's heart tones as well as th e classic idealism of hi s nature: Th er e hav e bee n a pair of eagl es on th e hill with an eaglet wh o go t out of ,t he nest a little t oo soon, which they have b ee n f e e<1 in g and gu a r<1 ing with t h at mar v ell ous love for offsprin g wh ich so largel y pe r va d es a ll an ima l nature and is the most comple te a nd t ender ma nifestat ion on ea r t h of God's lov e f or all H is ch ild re n. If there b e an yo ne a ny w he re wh o cares fo r me I !.Jeg th at th e ea g les ma y be let a lo ne, I hav e been a t a g ood dea l of cost a nd tro ub le t o preser v e this beau ­ tiful and lov el y sp ot , a n d ma k e it ac cep tab le to p eople who cannot afford distant jo u rn cy s. Y ou can see ti le b lue sum mits of many a n ea g le' s ho rue as you stand on Asn cburnsk it . I shall d eem my self well repaid if yo u will n ot disturb our noble gu es t. Cer t a i nIy no Worcest er man 0 1' boy wou ld lie in wait t o d o a wr ong to the Am er ican 'Eagle. Le ave him tu be t he orna me n t :1 n<1 gl ory of th e sl, ~ .

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Suggestions for the Vacation Season. W e do not care to burd en ou r r ead ers with in st ru e­ ti ons as to what to do du r in g vacation hours. We assume that they know th eir own tastes and their own n eeds, and how to satisfy t he one and look out for the ot her, "W e have, however, come acr oss an editorial utteran ce in th e Boston H erald of recent date, which is so £11]] of con densed common sens e conce rn ing th e spirit and mo od with whi ch one should en ter vacati on days, and es pecia lly emerge from them, th at we draw largely from its u t tera nces . It enfo rces one of th e su p re me duti es of t he present hour under t he cap t ion, " Confi­ den ce in th e Cou n t ry . " It beg ins by saying : It is time to be che er ful, t o b e op t imist ic, to say a good w ord and listen to as InallY a s co m e within hear ­

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ing. Thi s is vaca t ion sea son. M a n k ind r ests a li t tl e f ",)ni i ts la b o rs. In t he eou ut ry , b y t he sea , on t be moun t a iu , i t is no t on ly easy t o f orget th e cares of

th o world, i t is dcligh tf'ul t o do so . It is als o wi se.

~ros t. of th e thi ngs th at me n fret ab out dwin dle i nt o

insig ni fican ce wh en the o bse r ve r vi ews t he m a lo ng­ si,lt· wi th na ture und er a sha d y t ree o n t he ban k of a ri ppl ing ri vel'. T m dgin g t he w ood s on an A ugn st mor n­

ing , 01' ban dli ng a boa t , 0 1' lollin g on the b ea ch , a

heulr hy ma n w i ll wo nd er wha t ne ed t he w orld ba s of polit ic-ians and wa rs, a nd S UC ll a plenitu de of police­ men . IIe find s th is a p retty goo d wo rl d to Ji ve in, a nd his fellow cou n try ni en a compa niona ble sort. If he will bu t ta k e t his fram e of mind b ack with h i ru to tow n he w iJl ma k e a sensible contri b ut io n t o t he prog ­ ross of affai rs . 1·'01' so me ye a rs thi s cou n t r y ba s b een de lnged with di nt rib e ; t he na t io n h as be en ta rr i ng and f ea th ering it self; it h a s be en an g ry , s usp ic ious, a n d conf used in mind . It ha s ov erdo ne t he b usiness of den un ci ati o n, a nd , now th at nob od y is left wi th out so me so r t of a ccusa­ ti on ag a i nst hi m, eve rybody is w ea r ied a n d more than 'half convi nced that th er e is som eth iug better t o do. Long ago it was pr onounc ed im possible to ind ict a nation . A goo d man y person s have belie ved this dic tu m. B ut t he Ame r ican na t ion has in di cte d it self and it has bee n so busily occupied in t h e w ork t hat matt crs of more i mpor t ance ha ve esca ped it.s a t ­ te nt ion. Onl y it li t tle w hile a go ev eryb od y w a s de­ nOlll win g some b od y . I f a nybody es cap ed t he ge ne ra l 1'1" proach he ha s ye t t o b e heard of. An d th en when th ere came a sud de n lull in business, a nd mon ey was ha rd t o get, a nd bad t im cs thre at en ed, the country was t ak en by s u r p rise . It w o ndered what ha d ca use d

t he troubl e!

W hat happ en ed w as b ut t he natur a l resu l t of wh a t

hrul gone bef or e. So ma ny ci t izen s ha d so long adv er­

ti sed their di s t rus t of all the oth e rs, a nd th e ot her s

had pro cla i med the ir own d istrust of a ll t he rest , t ha t

con fide nce co uld find no f oot ho ld a nyw here, an d t here

came a cras h. No w men see confid en ce re t u r ni ng .

At th is poin t th e ed ito r of the H era ld proceed s to

protest in tim ely fas h ion ag-n ins t y ield ing- to a fea r

which is founded on fan cy an d traditi on rather t han on

faet,-tlw id ea th a t until t he ballots are counted i n the

g]'eat political contest of next Novemb er, stor m-signa ls

must he kept flyin g at every p ort of comme rc ial adven­

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Tb is co un t ry ha s go ne t hi r ty ti mes to t he poll s to choo se a P r es iden t. It sh ould , therefor e, b e well a c­ customed to th e expe r icn ce, a nd not tim id about it" 'I'ho se t h i rty ex peri en ces sh oul d t ea ch con fid e nce. A nd ye t t he cu s tom is for A mer ica us to s la c ken th eir oute r­ pri se w he n a ea.mp a.ig n co nf ro u ts th em . Th er e is ex­ cess of ca ut io n i n this. Has not the cou n try flonrish ed ; . has i t n ot gone on f rom progr ess to pr og rcss t Why, the n, be t im id ev er y four y cars t Wh y take s ho rt vi ews i In t hi s vas t l an d, wi th ev ery na t ur al reso urce th a t c iv i lized be in gs n eed, there are mor e th a n eigh ty m il ­ lion s of pe op le. And thes e eighty milli on s a re v i ta ll y inter es t ed i n t he w ell -be i ng of t he co u ut.ry , i n its i n­ s t it.ut ion s and it s c i v ic ideal s. If a ma n need a re a ­ son for op t i mis m, th ere h e h a s it. And h e might go about t he work of elect in g a P res ide nt w it h more cheerf ul ness th a n eve r he di d before, f or t.his co n n t ry is so und in win d a n d l imb, it ha s abundan t co mmo n se nse, a nd its id eal s climb a li ttl e h igh er ev e ry littl e wh il e. It ca n b e t r us te d in spite of its r ecen t excess of se lf- dis t rust.

Th e editor ia I concl udes wi th sugges t ions whic h won ld have sou nd ed st ra ngely a scor e of ye ars ago, or even in mor e recent days, but which will call out assen t f rom multitudes of busin ess men i n every p art of our la nd, as they look for wa rd to th e del uges of par-t isan argu­ men tati ve oratory wh ich are likely t o sweep over the lund in corni ng weeks, despi te t he fact that but f ew vot ers will be mov ed t hereby from th eir pre sen t con­ victio ns and pur poses: Pe r haps if a ll th e sp eec hma ker s w er e t o t a k e a va ­ ca t ion un t.il a ft e r the elect ion the gre a t est gain th a t the countr y ev er ha d woul d be know n . T he re w oul d ce rt a i nly be no great loss. All t he conv entio ns b a ve been h el d , a ll th e pl a t f'orrn s co ns t ru c t ed, an d ev ery i ntelligent voter k no ws b y t h is time how he int en ds to vote. And ev ery on e has confi den ce in t he co u n t ry' s futur e, i n sp i t e of t he rec en t av a la n ches or ac cnsa t io n. 'I'Iie t h in g to do now is t o le t out t he con fide nce in t o th e a i r. Le t it w ork. Th ese eig ht y m ill ions h a ve t o b e f eel and cl ot hed and hou se d, ed nca t ed, tr a nsp or ted, a mu ed. I n all th is t he r e is p len t if ul w or k , p r osp er i ty f or ev er y one . L et n ot the elec t io ne er in g d a unt t h e faith . T he co u ntry w ill not con se nt to a ca mpa ig n of a b use, no r a ss e n t to prop he cies of di sa s te r. If there m ust be s pe ech es let t hem deal w it h principl es. What the count r y needs is f ai t h cnre- co n fiden ce. Be chee r ­ ful t he n, le t con fid en ce w or ld

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