THE SEASON.

Evening Star, Issue 13000, 20 December 1906, Page 2

THE SEASON.

TO THE EDITOR. Oh! for a lodge in eome vast wilderness, Somo boundless contiguity of shade.' Sir, —Tho limo when the yearning of the spirit expressed in the above lines overtakes even the most steady-going, moiling mortal has arrived, and the evacuating epidemic has set in. The city and suburban uchools are out, and Hocking northwards and southwards they come, old and young, prepared, yea, determined, to " respirate" as much hill and sea air in a mouth as will keep the body strong and tho mind vigorous for the whole year to follow. Prom a tourist point of view, which is a point now at bitter variance with the farmer's, there never was or timid be more delightful weather than we are now enjoying. The month of December, which along with its smiling sister January is tho proper and popular tourist- time in the country, is about to be ushered in under the most delightful auspices. The crops, it is true, are shrivelling up, but the country, with its gardens, its fruits, and flowers, and, equal to all, those glens and cosy river and beach sides shaded by fragrant trees and overhanging rocks, is looking its possible best.

The most popular .iuramer resorts arc fast filling up. and the numerous visitors from all parts will have a most dekghtful tiuie of it. Houses are iu request, and the season promises well. Tho watering-platt'.s \yill soon begin to draw. And no wonder. Who can resist a dip in the blue with weather like this?—l am, etc., Abkstos. December 19.