The Pine-tree coast . 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, cheaplytarnished. They appealstrongly, however, to thenational demand for thebiggest of crowded, they are in-supportable ; when thereare only a handful ofguests, they are inex-pressibly dreary. The big landlords say. We must have a net to make a big haul. That is true,except when the fish have struck off. Bar Harbor is conspicuously lacking in the
The Pine-tree coast . 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, cheaplytarnished. They appealstrongly, however, to thenational demand for thebiggest of crowded, they are in-supportable ; when thereare only a handful ofguests, they are inex-pressibly dreary. The big landlords say. We must have a net to make a big haul. That is true,except 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 eves 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. TEXNIS-PLAYER. 310 THE PINE-TREE COAST. Eodick as far as the Grand Central. Two or three omnibuses were already inwaiting to take passengers to Green Mountain, 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 are 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 medley 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 top-lights in the tennis-courts. Upper-tend
Size: 1350px × 1852px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookpublisherbostonesteslauriat
