The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1889-08-03

The Lifo of the Loiterers at Asbuiy
Park.
People who Heroic NV Try to he
Gay In tho SURF aud Out-Ihc
business Man Cut OF
f!s Element.

snii~ lFfT vary not. save rs ~ NrilheF. II
would b. easy rpr one vino had lsYn here 10
{, r, 10 pur,ualr him eli or hers II that there
hal been no winter, no .rns tiiic,. iuurtiIs uf
ay,ar oi busin'ss or every day nctivity. no
big woili outside. These arr surely the SAINT
people l,siw moving gbout RS .c,s'y, mn =
fl the most par; ainhcs.ly, last year AID
the year ir ore anl three wears AGO.
They lvuk the same; thoy wear the Same
clothes. apparently: they utter the same
iii,soinc insipiGiti',: they mnko the sane
ceasclc-s struggle IN the Iy-icnic name Vi
fccrcaiiun,
There /, a difference in nrm". to he sure,
hut mono in the typ 5 of char. ctrr. AT my
hotel there are only three or four l%uiicrcis
who were here las year, but the places u.
the other %sc,cntv-tivc are flied ly their
counterlnris. Human nature is IL book of
many rrpctitiohs a n9w figure. IA + ally
~ nj character. is ~ rue as n modest
author, or n musician without Jealousy.
SPEAK M of modrsiy reminds me that the
authorities of this corporation put great
Stress On it. TIE la'h-boLsc tic, Is are en-
hc,l she'd iy printed suggestions TO the effect
that 'Molcsiy on the leach is Us becoming
rs in the parior.'
This is II hint to women. Nothing in The
way of modcsty %. apparel il ever cxlec'cl
CT required OF men. Their bathing suits nre
mere cunccs ,ious to dccrncy. yet nobody
complains. Bat here. ms elsewhere, the
curious belief oltiins that long skirts on wo-
men conducc to Righteousness. Som
of the excessively CONSCIENTIOUS carry
this hallu"inatiol to n ~ rilons cxtrcInc.
They found r in the surf IN SIX rts that iairly
strike their heels when they walk, AMI of
necessity impede their every movement.
should like to So a man swimming in
skirts: but / siioul Int Ike to lie near enough
To hear what hc would Jay. | have never
l.en able To learn why n woman's form is So
much less decorous than n mans. There is II
general admission that She is II piece of the
Creators workmanship that must always be
kept well concealed.
There nrc jauniy bathing suits Mt Ashury,
OF course, AMI plenty u pretty. Cycling
girls to wear them; but the dat surf COS
TUNES are numerous. Ov,r in Ocean Grove
one can see the regular, farewell vain
world bathing dresses. There everything is
within the pale OF picty, from the breakfast
bacon tn the after-dinner snlms. But As
bury. easy, unconvcntiuna and beautiful
Asbury, is n comfortable compromi, 80 be-
tween rigid riS hteousncss AMI that irnpolitc
individual who is supposed to find his high, It
enjoyment i'll disturbin. the peace of mali
kind.
The cartoonis's do not exaggcratc when
they set all humanity in u roar over their
pictures of the daily bath at the seaside. |
am not sur. that they do not flltt II tic
batHcrS. Such sights, thank the stars OF our
d, stiny. are not to bc seen all days of til,
Year. IL they werr, we couldn't stand it.
Clothes. Who darcs to say clothc, are of
no moment! If You want to fully conprc-
bend Just how mic,i we ars in lebt,I to
npd'stcs and taiiors for salvation from
lideousncss come AMI take n look at tho
small army of mel and WON N who go down
into the sra every day, when the bath flag
floats. donulcl of the garb of civiliza' ion.
Holding To tn, rop :, laundering like
n school of p,rpoiscs. g.gglins, chat
tcrins, knocking against each other,
from a distance, they look us though
hucN wv hihilS ~ utt'tCh
on the sra AMI were & tim the worst of it.
Color is one of TIA, delights of seaside
life. Every dash of re or patch Of yellow
Is an inspiration, Il relief from du.lncss.
Americans are the sombcrest people in the
world in their dress. Barbarians are beauti-
FIJI lcsidc them. Too r fin d, too closely
pruncl in their tastes, porhap.
Haul ,,.n,l, tbis lu,sin,oo of ,.,,,,ot;,, TO,
most of thes loi:cicrs. Their energetic eff
forts to seem happy would move even n
hack-drivcr to tears. Nuidens young and
maidens not so young glare ut each other
savagcly through the day, ami in the even
ing. in full society arinor, clasp each other
round the waist in the dance and affect IL
DO e~xtravaguntly gay. lis all II drSl crate
ease of pretending. Pretending to like it,
pretending to be carried away by the charm
of the hour, pretending 10 be more than
they really are.
1t Is all we'll enough to he idle in summer
and go to the seaside, or b, lille in 9ny way
you please. bat what's the us, of making
such hard w"r@ of it and calling it play
There il enjoyment hero of the rcposefuI
kind, but they don't want that. III. grcga-
rious instinct Is too strong. |: n man OF
woman wants 20 Flock y himself on herself
1t cxcit,s comment, wonder, iston .sinn mt.
II makes talk lie or sho is eccentric, un-
sociablr, a rank. Then the Others lay lttl,
plans 10 invciglc the crank into their circl,
that they nniy soun Him or her and thereby
extract some amusement Tor their resource
les, minds to feed upon. The individual.
labeled ''craik" is apt To bc an entertaining
sort OF iellow-has IDEAS fresh Thought und
n bourll ~ mental AMI splri.ua horizon
else he couldn't bc II crank.
There l., sich a person at the hotel | stoy
Mt. An un"btrr s.v' man, with n pair OF
clear, almost all-S''ing eyes. and u mos
musical voice. He never forces hims.lf ol
his opinions ON Others, but i, constructed IT
unlike his fellow men that wlcn lie doei
ak hs speaks what he believes 10 be til,
truth lie has No caution. either. and seem,
never to have boon made acquainted will
distrust and suspicion.
lie hadn't leen here long before il leakc,
out that he actually leicvel life IN AN
something more than catill. and drinkin,
and buying and eossipins IL was even as
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