The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-09-17
Life at Saratoga,

st. Louis who was flirting with three
handsome fellows on the States, says
Eli Perkins, what she did in Sarato-
ga.
do you mean everything / dor" she
asked.
Eyes; / want to know the daily
ritual of all young ladies'"
well, we get up at s, put on our
nun's-veiling or batiste dresses and
chip hats and meet Fred or Gus on
the front balcony for q walk to the
spring. At the spring we meet the
girls and fellows from the other hotels,
and we all drink the water and talk
sensible"
"What do you talk about?"
ooh, we girls talk about dresses and
tell each other what the fellows said
the night before. You know on those
dark balconies the fellows do say lots
of sweet and very sensible things,
too. Now last night Albert McCor-
mick and | had a regular p~hilosophi-
cal discussion. He held the umbrella
to keep off mama's eyes and the cleo
trio light. Then we talked about the
human soul-how destiny sometimes
bound two souls together by an invis-
ible chain. Then we considered the
mission OF man and woman upon the
earth-how they ought to comfort
each other in sickness and in health.
Then Albert quite startled me by ask
ing me il / aver really cared for any
one. And when / said Yes, for papa
and MAMA he laughed and said he
didn't meal them, and then / felt
quite hurt and the tears came to my
eyes, for do love mama, even if"
well, what do you do after drink
ing the water?" l interrupted in my
business like way.
"Why, we all go to breakfast. Then
after breakfast it's 10 o'clock, you
know, and we all sit on the balconies
and hear the music and read the
newspapers. Sometimes the flirting
fellows try to hold our hands under
the newspapers. Now yesterday
morning Albert tried to. He leaned
his face towards mine. felt his mus
tache almost touch me as he whisper
ed such nice words in my ear. He
told me how he had longed for an OPP
lportunity to speak to me all alone.
Then / was very happy, for / knew he
was going to say something very nice
indeed, and"
"And after the balcony discussion,
what next?"
"Oh, then wedress and primp
dinner. And after-it's 5 O'Clock now.
you know all 60 to drive. We
drive to Moons lake and take a LEM
onade, over to the Geyser for q glass
of vichy and up to Woodlawn among
the cottages. Mother, she scolds us
about being so worldly and rumpling
so many white dresses where it costs
SIS to wash them, and we girls look
out sharp for the fellows in their dog
carts and tandems. Albert took me
out in his trap yesterday. Such love
ly horses, and Albert, wasn't he love
~, tool We drove over on the old
road, where nobody ever drives. Then
we came back by Lake Lonely-just
Albert and j, you know, and the
stupid tiger behind-and Albert never
talked SO sensibly. Hetook my hand
and said every father ought to give
his daughter 500, 900 on her 81
riage day, and, l said it would be
real nice if they would do it-and |
knew he would, and then Albert sigh
cd and his lips came"
"And what do you do in the even
ing2" | interrupted.
"Well, we just dance. Mother buys
the ball tickets and takes us in, you
know, and sits and holds our things
ard talks scandal with the other
mothers. Then the ~fellers, all dressed
just lovely, join us and we slide off in
to the waltz. We dress nice, too.
Howdoyoulike this dress? Connelley's
cut decolette, cost two hundred and
fifty. I've brought out ten new ones
this summer, and six more to come.
We'll, as ! was saying, the fellows join
us, and we dance and dance and dance.
And when we get tired and hot we
promenade out on the dark balcony
in the wind. Last night Albert held
me so tight in the waltz that / almost
tainted, when he took me out on the
balcony to cool of my face was so
red. Albert said it was my dress was
too tight. / guess Albert did it. Then
Ihe commenced n of his sensible talks
about brides having dots. / agreed
with him, and told him 1 was to have
two hundred thousand, and then he
put his arm around me. / felt his hot
cheek against mine and"
seThen. alter the ball, you all retire,