Judge — January 18, 1913 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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Suggestions for Winter Travelers. By CARLYLE SMITH, ERMUDA promises to be as popular as ever this sea- son, and, thanks to a more rapid steamship service between its ports and the New York markets, visitors to its shores will enjoy to the full the delights of fresh importations of Bermuda pota- toes and onions direct from the city. A pleasant and inexpensive cruise for a New Yorker of limited means and not much time to devote to | travel is the famous New York to Staten Island and return trip, via the palatial-steamersof the Interborough Navigation Company, taking in en route fine views of Governor's Island, the Statue of Lib- erty, and on fair days the garbage fleet on its way out to sea, The round trip, including all expenses, can be made for fifteen cents, and need not take an alert traveler more than an hour and a half. Alpine climbing at this season of the year is of so peril- ous a nature that none but the most hardy mountaineers should attempt it. Those who desire to keep themselves in condition, however, by scal- ing less dangerous heights are recommended to essay the lofty reaches of the Metropolitan and Singer towers or the snowy peaks of the Woolworth Building, tak- By MINNA IRVING. The day was bright and sunny, And business going well, Bat Reuben in his office A prey to dreaming fell. He thought of woods and meadows. With all their sylvan charm, ** Good bye, old tor he mormared, ** For Reuben boys a farm.’ Bot getting up so carly To milk by lantera-light, Aad feed the pigs and chickens, ‘Was not unmixed delight. A pain was in his shoulder, A ctamp was in his arm, Aad life was full of trouble For Reuben on the farm He found a roomy dwelling With roses round the door, A covered well behind it, A picket feace before, ‘And ancient apple-orchards Where sang, secure from harm, An orchestra of robias, So Reuben bought the farm. He loved his growing garden And pleasant pasture lands, Bat not his aching muscles And badly blistered hands. The houschold gathered round him And viewed him with alarm, We all,” they said, “* should hustle ‘When Reuben buys a farm.” Now Paul attends the horses, The cows are Mary's cate, The pigs and geese and chickens Jeannette’s attention share, And George in ducks discovers A never-failing charm. So everybody ’s happy While Reuben runs the farm. A TOUCH OF THE GRIP. ing care to take them inside. A more strenuous species of lofty climbing available at all seasons is the attempt to surmount the high cost of living. This, however, is a rather expensive diversion and should be taken slowly by persons of weak financial circulation. Travelers seeking the human touch will find it at Palm Beach as usual this season. Large numbers of new palms will be in evidence, owing to the various waiters’ strikes during the past six months, whose outstretching long green fronds will do much to make the visitor feel welcome, and cast a grateful shade even on the sunny smile of Fortune herself. An interesting winter trip for a man and his wife who find themselves more or less in- compatible is known as the revers- ible round the world tour, involving a complete circuit of the globe by both, one traveling east via the Suez Canal and India, and the other west by way of the Sandwich Islands, Fiji and Australia, a sporting inter- est being added to the other delights of the trip by the guarantee of a fresh divorce to the one that reaches Reno, Nev., first. While quite a number of notable New Yorkers have recently left town for a winter at Sing Sing on the Hudson, at the famous State hostelry for retired sportsmen, the rigors of the climate there are such as to militate against its popularity as a permanent resort. We suggest it, however, asa good place for hunters suffering from overwrought nerves to spend the closed season in. Applications for rooms will receive attention at the booking office of the district attorney. The rush is great; early reservations should be made. Motor tours in midwinter should be sought in southern latitudes, where cli- matic conditions are more favorable than they are in northern territory at this season. The roads of New York City, however, within the urban limits, will compare favorably with those in the mountains of Kentucky or Virginia, and persons who cannot find time to make the ideal tour in Maine will find a pleasant substitute in a ride from the Plaza down to Forty-second Street in a taxi. By careful management this can be done under fourteen dollars and ninety cents. ‘. comicbooks.com