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Show H .HOTEL LIFE. B In spite of the great number of people who spend va- B cations in cottages and bungalows of their own, summer B , holds are being built all the time, and many of them of B .'great magnificence. You may be far away from the B iiaunts of men, and all provisions and supplies may have B to be carted over the road. But the machinery of lavish B -living follows even to the wilderness. Even in the wild B --scenes of nature, you find your oriental rugs and plate B glass windows and mahogany furniture. The thing seems B taxo'dc and artificial, but it seems to take this kind of an B atmosphere of display to make some people feel at home. B ' There arc plenty of simpler resorts for the quiet folks W slso. Every hotel has its own type of people. Some are B inexpensive and rough and plain, appealing to people who B like plenty of good food but would as soon it were thrown B on the table. Others no more costly have somehow at- B tracted to themselves circles of people who are rich In B intelligence and culture if not in money. Associations B sire formed in places like these that last a life time and B ire elevating and enriching. It's a gambling game to engage summer board from H "the handsome prospectuses that the managers send to your address. The hotel may be equipped with all the B incilities for amusement, and you feast your eyes on the B 'prospects of tennis courts, lovely dance music, and charm-H charm-H 'ing society. When you get there the old habitues look B vrrer their shoulders at ypu superciliously, and perhaps B "will venture a few words of stilted conservation about B he time you go home. B It js hard to imagine a more uneasy or unpleasant B situation than being a guest among people with whom fl one is not congenial. Even the finest view of sea and sky B -will pall, and then you begin to look around for human H companionship. If your opposite at the dining table wants H to Icnow about your family pedigree and your bank book B "before he enters into conversation, you are more lonely B than if you were in the wilderness. The people who get B 'the most out of hotel life are those that go to places B "Jrceommended by personal friends, or who try- out an inn -Sot tv few days before settling down for their whole B "vacation. |