and the big blue sky for a roof, than sit- 

 ting in a 10 by 12 whitewashed bedroom 

 of the summer hotel variety, with the 

 tin roof to keep out what air might be 

 passing. A possible mosquito or gnat 

 in the mountains is no more irritating 

 than the objectionable personality that <p 

 is sure to be forced upon you every 

 hour at the summer hotel. The usual 

 walk, the usual drive, the usual hop, 

 the usual novel, the usual scandal,^ 

 in a word, the continual consciousness 

 of self as related to dress, to manners, 

 to position, which the gregarious living 

 of a hotel enforces are all right enough 

 once in a while; but do you not get 

 enough of such life in the winter to last 

 for all the year ? 



Is one never to forget that it is not 

 proper to wear gold beads with crape *? 

 Understand, I am not to be set down 



