Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . mie! This, saidthe player, taking up another sheet, hasnot been played much in New not, in that style, thought , as the girl clattered through it. There was no lack of people on thepromenade, tramping the boards, or hang-ing about the booths where the carpentersand painters were at work, and the shopmen and women were unpacking the coralsand the sea-shells, and the cheap jewelry,and the Swiss wood-carviug, the toys, thetinsel brooches and agate ornaments, andarranging the soda fountains, and puttingup the
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . mie! This, saidthe player, taking up another sheet, hasnot been played much in New not, in that style, thought , as the girl clattered through it. There was no lack of people on thepromenade, tramping the boards, or hang-ing about the booths where the carpentersand painters were at work, and the shopmen and women were unpacking the coralsand the sea-shells, and the cheap jewelry,and the Swiss wood-carviug, the toys, thetinsel brooches and agate ornaments, andarranging the soda fountains, and puttingup the shelves for the permanent pie. Thesort of preparation going on indicated thekind of crowd expected. If everythinghad a cheap and vulgar look, our wander-ing critics remembered that it is neverfair to look behind the scenes of a show,and that things would wear a braver ap-pearance by-and-by. And if tlie womenon the promenade were homely and ill-dressed, even the bonnes in unpicturesquecostumes, and all the men were slouchyand stolid, how could any one tell what an. 680 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. effect of g-ayety and enjoyment there mightbe when there were thousands of such peo-ple, and tlie sea was full of bathers, andthe flags were flying, and the bands weretooting, and all the theatres were opened,and acrobats and spangled women andpainted red men oflered those attractionswhich, like government, are for the goodof the greatest number? What will youhave? Shall vulgarity be left just vul-gar, and have no apotheosis and glorifica-tion ? This is very fine of its kind, and aresort for the million. The million comehere to enjoy themselves. Would youhave an art gallery here, and high-pricedNew York and Paris shops lining theway ? Look at the town, exclaimed theartist, and see what money can do, andsatisfy the average taste without the leastaid from art. Its just wonderful. Ivetramped round the place, and, taking outa cottage or two, there isnt a picturesqueor pleasing view anywhe
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