Scribner's magazine . ets, are on their rounds fromone cottage to another, meanderingthrough the crowd, and driven withexasperating calmness by people whosit far back in their little tunnels, andcannot possibly see on either side ofthem to get out of anyone elses there are all sorts of light privatetraps, usually driven by women or girlsbound on household errands or visits,and psychologically unbalanced betweentheir desire to speak to the friends whomeet them on foot, and their anxietylest they should be forced to recognizethe particular acquaintance on whomthey are just going to call
Scribner's magazine . ets, are on their rounds fromone cottage to another, meanderingthrough the crowd, and driven withexasperating calmness by people whosit far back in their little tunnels, andcannot possibly see on either side ofthem to get out of anyone elses there are all sorts of light privatetraps, usually driven by women or girlsbound on household errands or visits,and psychologically unbalanced betweentheir desire to speak to the friends whomeet them on foot, and their anxietylest they should be forced to recognizethe particular acquaintance on whomthey are just going to call. Along theboard w^alk there is a row of littleshops, some of them scarcely largerthan booths, the proprietors of whichperch like birds of passage, plumingthemselves in the sunshine of the briefseason, and taking flight again beforethe autumn gales. In one window alot of Turkish finery looks curiouslyexotic, especially the little slippers, gaywith tassels and embroidery, turningup their pointed toes as if scorning the. Or, the Corniche Road. stouter footo^ear which tramps alonoroutside. Another shop is bright withthe crude colors of Spanish scarfs andpottery; in another, Japanese waresmanage to keep their faint smell of theEast in spite of the salt northern air,and farther on you may wonder at themisplaced ingenuity of Florida shelljewelry, and be fascinated by the rak-ish leer of the varnished alliLrator. By one of the contrasts which makeBar Harbor peculiarly attractive, nextdoor to these cosmopolitan shops therestill thrives one of the indigenous gen-eral stores, where salt iish are sold, andhousehold furniture and crockery, andthe candy peculiar to New Eiiglan<lstores and New York peanut stands,which keeps through all vicissitudes avague odor of sawdust, and where you270 may also buy, as was once advertised bythe ingenuous dealer, baby carriages,butter, and paint. Should you wish to give a message toa friend without the trouble of writinga note, the chances are more than
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