Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-07-02
She's Almost Due Now-The summer
Girl.

Gtrl.
She comes with the flowers and
grasses and song birds OF Summer, does
the Summer girl, and Is as welcome.
Without her, Summer would not De
half so sweet as IL proves to be when IL
is full of her. Young men hnd the
Summer girl at all Summer resorts-at
the mountains, at the lakeside, at the
seaside, and at the spring and well
watering places, where sick people and
those who are tired go to get well and
rest. No one knows where the Sum-
mer girl comes from. No one cares.
She may be what society calls NO
bodyn at home. Perhaps she works for
living, and has no place In the social
world of idlers. The young man may
never see her again. ItdOes no matter.
If his heart is not hit hard he will not
miss her, and she knows she is Sum-
mer girl, and expects the Summer at
tenli0n paid to her will end with the
Summer. She is out for n vacation,
and will make the most of ii. She is a
good girl on her own account. She has
not the environment of wealth and So
ial staIding and cut-and-dried COM
panionship. Whatever she does and
says may be known to all. Bless her
sunny face and cheerful voice and mer-
ry eyes! She brings a Summer glad
ness to all the places she visits, and
makes Summer life joyous tn all whom
she smiles upon. She is the life of the
picnics and groves parties and lawn
games; and riding or rowing in moon
light. her voice is clearest and sweetest
among the singers. Young men OF
high and low degree flock about her for
the gladness she gives. No frolic Is
quite complete without her. She has
tact, too, and can make the young man
slow of speech talk easy, and can re-
press the one who is too fresh. She is
clever enough to make all her admirers
respect her and respect themselves. III
one too bold wants kiss he does not
get it, but he is not crushed with her
indignation; she will seem pleased at
his want while convincing him that
the giving of such sweets might not be
quite proper for him nor wise for her.
And so he may sit at her feet and talk
of love, to which the young mans fan
cy gently turns, and swear ty the moon
until that sentimental and silver srb
gets full or is reduced to its last quarter.
1t is sweet snd it all goes with the Sum-
mer girl. Wall flowers Of society who
have seen too many Summers, who have
loved and fingered and got left without
lover. say the Summer girl IS nirt
because she has so many Summer
young men at her feet. She is not. All
of them are only one to her. she
would give up any ore or all OF them II
the wall-flowers could but hook tnem
away with whiting tendrils that lean
away from the wall with an lmplorlng
wilt-thou look.
The Summer girl steals nobody's low
ers. They all come to her and give
themselves to her for the Summer.
She is not to blame for living and for
being sweet. She is the fragrance OF
the season, the breath of clover and
dewof heaven, the roses by the Wayside
that belong to no One-only to God
and, like roses and all sweet things OF
the Summer, the Summer girl sweetens
and makes Summer gladsome, more
beautiful, and charming. One OF the
chaps who has been there and wants to
go again, sings of the Summer girl like
this:
She's coming with the flowers that will bloom fcr
b us once more,
She's coming with the breeSes that VIII nio" along
The sun will kiss her riuglets and will tinge her
checks with brswn,
While he who loves her madly grapples fate ana
And C1pid, with the arrows that he's given her 10
Will guard anew the footsteps of the sprightly Sum-
mer girl.
When the robin redbreast hops around while yetus
early dawn,
And tennis players dot the green of grassy field and
lawn, a..
Well see her dress in percale with walking stick
in hand,
And in her brothers. nicktie will she stroll along
the sand, ,, ..,
And where the crowd s thickets in the Summer hote
whirl, -L,..
Summer girl.
with glossy collar shining in the light of Summer
days, 49,
With vest and SASH and blazer we learn fnew her
Young Cupid will instruct us how to pierce this thin
disguise,
OF masculine attire that hides the maiden heart we
prize,
and when once more we claim her as the Summer 8
priceless pearl,
Wen hail the smiling features of the jolly Summer
girl.