Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-20

hall, was lifted and slowed away, together
with furniture, pictures and bric-a-brac-
all familiar objects. The entire place was
refurnished, repapered and repainted. until
no one would know his or her room except
from its location. Now it's easy to see how
this pretty scheme, backed up by an active
Imagination. became a success, and in this
instance imagination was not the lacking
ingredient" for, in the little woman's own
words: "We quite forget we are in town
and fancy ourselves, when the moon comes
up and scent is strong from the honey
suckles. away off in some restful spot in q
second honeymoon. The boys laugh because
we have grown 'spooney' and actually hold
hands" Poor handsl blistered it's safe to
wager. And would you not think that
tired body would need 'holding?"
THE ROUTINE THAT KILLS.
When shall we all have learned that do
ing the same thing every day within the
same environment is irksome, be the oceu-
patton ever SO trifing; that it is routine
more than labor performed that wears out
body and soul; and that doing nothing is
not restful. In change o. occupation alone
is rest to be found. If your life is habltual-
ly an active one, you will find doing moth
ing the hardest work you ever tried to do.
But you need to remember what "all work
and no play" did Tor Jack, and take a few
weeks play along with other "children
grown tall" fill your lungs with invigor-
ating salt air; :frolic in salt water; bowl,
play tennis, sail. take bay ride, find out
from experience where the fun
comes in tobogganing and ride
the most spirited horse in the merry
go-round. Of course you will take
your children in with you, but you do not
need to so far as the fashion goes. The
merry -go-round is no longer dintinctively a
childish sport. "Come on, father. we're
Just as young as any of them," one old lady
was heard to remark, and after q little per-
suasion "father" assented, and the old folks
mounted the least restive of the animals in
procession and were soon flying around to
the tune of Little Annie Rooney" and en-
loving the novelty Of such sport equally
with the young couple just back OF them.
who were finding the lions share of their
endowment in what they considered the old
folks foolishness.
CRABS FOR THE COMPLEXION.
Grabbing is the sport of the hour into
which people throw themselves with the
most zest. Ii Atlantic City happens to be
your vacation home, you can leave Higbee's
wharf any morning at 10 and return in
few hours with baskets we'll filled with
crawling, creeping prey, which you will de-
posit in the large kettle Captain Higbee has
provided since the fad set in. Tables will
be set in the boat house, and there YOU will
eat more crabs and have more fun than can
be told. Apropos of crabs, Philadelphia
girl claims to have discovered that they i'm
prove the. complexion, and attempts to prove
it by the elearness of her own brilliant skin,
which has persistently refused to take on the
fashionable, seaside, meerschaum tints.
The salutation of the day is no longer show
do you do?" but chow are you coloring?"
whereupon saucy faces will be turned about
for inspection after the manner man would
exhibit finely colored pipe.
The sea and sun have patent on this
coloring process, and nowhere else is it to
be obtained. You can board up the front of
your house and sit in the back yard bare.
headed for a month and you get poor imi-
tation of it, and confdentially you don't
want nearer approach to it, for an uglier
you never wore. MEG.