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Far Eastern Ancient Rites And Mysteries.
Might we not now learn valuable lessons from these ancients , to "work back" to teachings of days when the " sordid , narrow , selfish instincts " were less highly culti Abated than at the present time , when men were not gauged by " success " in gathering the tokens of wealth
alone , when the obtaining of pecuniary profit , of advance in social position Avere not the sole incentives to prompt our actions or to shape our lives ?
Where Shall We Go To For A Holiday?
WHERE SHALL WE GO TO FOR A HOLIDAY ?
BY SENEX . I / EVERYBODY needs a holiday , though , unfortunately , everybody - ^ does not obtain one . Happily a more genial view is prevailing as regards holidays than Avhen I was a young man , and most of us ,
wherever our lot of life is cast , look forward and share in a summer holiday . Just at this moment serious are the doubts , difficult the question , animated the debate , which besets many a good "pater familias . " People have such different ideas where to go for , and how to enjoy a holiday .
Some people prefer Scotland and its mountains ; others adhere to lakeland and its pleasant waters ; some are bent on Scarborough , Harrogate , the Isle of Wight , Broadstairs , Margate , Ramsgate , Folkestone ; some are content with Felixstowe , Heme Bay , Whitstable , fand
Westgate-on-the-Sea . Not a feAv are more ambitious ; they talk loudly of SAvitzerland and the Alpine Club , and the beauties of the lakes of Geneva and Lucerne , the Avonders of Interlachen , the quieter charms of Sion , Montreux , and the Rhighi . A large section are wending their way to Etretat and Ostend ; to a quiet Norman village , or a
peaceful Brittany farmhouse ; while a large section is intent on the churches of Antwerp , Ghent , Bruges , and the " Pays Bas " generally . A still larger party is bound for the Rhine , " am Rhein am Rhin , mien herz ist am Rhein ; " while probably the most numerous section of all are shaping their course to Hamburgh , Ems , Wiesbaden , Kissingen ,
Carlsbad , Ischl , and the quiet haunts of Franconia , or the more weird attractions of the Black Forest . The " little village " soon promises to be deserted , except by those who have still to AA ork , and who , for various reasons , give up this year the pleasant idea of green lanes
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Far Eastern Ancient Rites And Mysteries.
Might we not now learn valuable lessons from these ancients , to "work back" to teachings of days when the " sordid , narrow , selfish instincts " were less highly culti Abated than at the present time , when men were not gauged by " success " in gathering the tokens of wealth
alone , when the obtaining of pecuniary profit , of advance in social position Avere not the sole incentives to prompt our actions or to shape our lives ?
Where Shall We Go To For A Holiday?
WHERE SHALL WE GO TO FOR A HOLIDAY ?
BY SENEX . I / EVERYBODY needs a holiday , though , unfortunately , everybody - ^ does not obtain one . Happily a more genial view is prevailing as regards holidays than Avhen I was a young man , and most of us ,
wherever our lot of life is cast , look forward and share in a summer holiday . Just at this moment serious are the doubts , difficult the question , animated the debate , which besets many a good "pater familias . " People have such different ideas where to go for , and how to enjoy a holiday .
Some people prefer Scotland and its mountains ; others adhere to lakeland and its pleasant waters ; some are bent on Scarborough , Harrogate , the Isle of Wight , Broadstairs , Margate , Ramsgate , Folkestone ; some are content with Felixstowe , Heme Bay , Whitstable , fand
Westgate-on-the-Sea . Not a feAv are more ambitious ; they talk loudly of SAvitzerland and the Alpine Club , and the beauties of the lakes of Geneva and Lucerne , the Avonders of Interlachen , the quieter charms of Sion , Montreux , and the Rhighi . A large section are wending their way to Etretat and Ostend ; to a quiet Norman village , or a
peaceful Brittany farmhouse ; while a large section is intent on the churches of Antwerp , Ghent , Bruges , and the " Pays Bas " generally . A still larger party is bound for the Rhine , " am Rhein am Rhin , mien herz ist am Rhein ; " while probably the most numerous section of all are shaping their course to Hamburgh , Ems , Wiesbaden , Kissingen ,
Carlsbad , Ischl , and the quiet haunts of Franconia , or the more weird attractions of the Black Forest . The " little village " soon promises to be deserted , except by those who have still to AA ork , and who , for various reasons , give up this year the pleasant idea of green lanes