Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-01-10
TIMES HAVE CHANGED
Mrs. Homespun's Comments on Lawn
Tcnuis and Modern Filtration.

mrs. HOmespun's commons on Lawn
Tcnuis and Modern Filtration.
Yes" said Mrs Hpmcspun. re-
Gently returned from the seaside, Il
had a pSetty gool time, considerin';
but 10 { xnu the livin' truth, I'd
Itry-S.,-i, a tho onaress.H,Lat with
eatin' all sorts O. strange things;-..
stufiin' ones self from mornin' to
night and the sleepin', or try to, on a
bed that would be disgrace in any
Christian household. with nothin'
under you but the Stats. and nothin'
over you but tho ceiling, and what
with the comm and the goin' and the
airs that some of the folks put on
folks that live mighty close when they
are at home, / reckon-I was sick
and tired of it all before I'd been there
three days.
"And then they have such ways OF
KILN timel They had q game they
called lawn tennis. l couldn't make
head nor tail out of il; but the fellows
and gals, specially the gals, were just
crazy to be at it all the time.
''There isn't much to the game, so
far as can see. All they do is to
knock ball to and fro. Tho principal
feature Of the game, IS near rs l can
make out was to rig up in the out
landishest things they could lay their
hands on, and the consequence was
that the gals were dressed in all tho
colors Of the rainbow and as near like
men rs they dared to. The fellers were
generally clothed in white flannel and
profusc pcrspIration. And you'd
oughter seen them gals kick up their
heolsl 1t was positively disgr aceful,
and 1t made mo feel shamo-faced
enough TO look at them. But they
didn't seem to mind it, notwithstanding
whole piazza full of men were lookia'
at them.
They didn't have no good place to
play and they didn't have nothing to
play with. Some fishermen had hung
their nets up to dry right across the
field, and 1t bothered the players
awfully, and the balls-they played
with two OF 'om-kept a gettin' foul o.
the net, and though they didn't say
nothin'. could see they were mad
enough inside. And they didn't have
any real bats, so they had got hold OF
somo old snowshoeS somewhere and
used them instead. They made pretty
good bats, however, codsiderin', and
perhaps the novelty of the thing was
more than half the fun.
"But / guess after all, the principal
fun was the flirting that was goin' on
all the time. Myl but they did go Il
awful strongl There was May Smith;
she was in it as hot as the best of them,
and l heard her and fellsr she hadn't
known more n ten minutes talking as
glibIy of love as an engaged couple.
j just mado my dander rise to hear
'em, and said l to myself; 1 guess
your mother would put flea in your
ear. young woman, II she was here
I'D like to catch gal o. mine romp-
ing round with q lot O. follors and
love before all tho world in
that brazen fashionl l guess she'd
never hear the last of III
"But you'd oughter seen 'om.
There's May Smith, for instance.
When she's at homo she's so weak she
can't lift dish-rag, and l really be.
Ilevo she'd faint dead away II
you'd ask her to sweep floor.
But there she romped and raced tho
whole afternoon and way after dark.
and she didn't seem to be tuckored
whom she got through; and / reckon
twas mighty sight harder work than
she'd ever been asked to do at homo.
guess, however. that they wore all SO
much taken up with their flirtin' that
they didn't have time to feel tired.
reckon they were stiff enough next
"But 1t beats all how young folks
10 go on nowadays. Whom was
young we used 10 have our kissin'
yames, such as pillcr and roll the
,over. They was innocent enough |
md didn't mean nothin'. / guess
we'd hoard from 1t II we'd went a
racing around the green with par
,cl o. fcllcrs ialkin' about lovo and
iuch things, right in the face and eyes
II all the world. "-BostoB Transcript.
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