The Pine-tree coast . men who are islandborn and bred shouldhave known how to com-pel the wave of pros-perity to carry themalong with it. Though of imposingappearance, these BarHarbor hotels, with theirpie-crust decorations, arecheaply built, and, withfew exceptions, cheaplyfurnished. They api)ealstrongly, however, to thenational demand for thebiggest of crowded, they are in-supportable ; when there .are only a handful ofguests, they are inex-pressibly dreary. Thelandlords say, • We must have a bifexcept when the fish have struck off. Bar Harbor is conspicuously lacking in the ch
The Pine-tree coast . men who are islandborn and bred shouldhave known how to com-pel the wave of pros-perity to carry themalong with it. Though of imposingappearance, these BarHarbor hotels, with theirpie-crust decorations, arecheaply built, and, withfew exceptions, cheaplyfurnished. They api)ealstrongly, however, to thenational demand for thebiggest of crowded, they are in-supportable ; when there .are only a handful ofguests, they are inex-pressibly dreary. Thelandlords say, • We must have a bifexcept when the fish have struck off. Bar Harbor is conspicuously lacking in the charm imparted to Newport byits delightful historic associations. It is not so much as mentioned in thestandard history of the state. Hence no other resource is open but our eyes andears. Our excursion of yesterday did not skim off all the picturesqueness or allthe poetry. I have just returned from a stroll through the suburbs. The days routinewas evidently just beginning. A string of carriages lined the curb from the. TENNIS-PLAYER. net to make a big haul. That is true, .310 THE PTXE-TREE COAST. Kodiek as far as tlu Grrand Central. Two or three omiiilnises were already inwaiting to take passengers to Green Monntain, the top of which is in full viewfrom the streets. For the longer drives to Schooner Head, Great Head, orSomesville, most tourists seemed to prefer the mountain buckboard wagon, amost democratic sort of vehicle, partly suggestive of riding on a rail, and partlyof being tossed in a blanket. You an; reassured, however, on being told thatif one is overturned, the vehicle ordinarily escapes without injury. The most striking thing I saw about the throng in the streets was thesingular medhsy of costumes. One gets the impression that most of the visitorshave travelled hundreds of miles in orderto play at tennis. The aquatic side of lifeis also well represented. I came frequentlyacross the gilded sailor, who is alwaysshivering his timbers at the hops, orsmashing his tarry t
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