Telegram-herald., 1891-08-24

bies may nee sach other with very little
difficulty. You may sit on the piazza
OF the Easiingsoa ard s,nost look IN az
The dancers ia the SPriag house draw
ing room The latter hotel, by tho
way. boasts the broadcast and rooTniest
and br-eziest lounging place at the
springs on its piazzes, opening as they
DO directly on the park and running in
oil sorts OF directions, affording de-
tightful corpero FOG the young people
and sheltered nookz for their elders.
In the morning everybody walks In
the park. sits In the arbors ami listens
% the music. Between three and five
i the fashionable driving hour. In the
evening the hotel piaxzas are crowded
with gayiy dressed people. and the
streets are throngsd with bonnetless
ladies walking with their cseorts.
As usual there Is superabundarce Of
beauties and scarcity of beaux. When
went into the great drswing>room OF
the Spring house the other evening and
saw the perfect rosa bud garden Of girls
there assembled, all In evening dress
ready for tho hop. I thought what a
pity for all that loveliness 10 be so
wasted. for there weren't half dozen
young men 20 be seen In evening dress.
Later on looked at the dancing and
saw these rare and radiant maidens
waltxing together. 0ccnsisaally an
rgiy claw-hammer broke ths harmony
OF pal--hued costumes, but the dancing
young man was fsw and far between.
In a retired corner Of the piazza sat n
group OF youths in fannels and twceds
smoking cigarettes They weren't
dancing-not they. They were listen
ing 10 the maunaerings OF one of their
number IS he described trip he had
made with his tandem that day. bah
Jove," ne remarked. "thc views were
dcvilish fine, d'yo know? and l was la
meuting all the time. dawnt ye know,
that hadn't sornc writing fcllcr with
me that could describe them, dawn't yc
fee?" I was minded TO shake him and
say: 20, never mind about your tam
derns and your writing fellers and your
devilish hnc vi.wsl Don't You know.
YOU IDIOT, that net fifteen feet from you
get tooling along through the country?
Be man and 10 In md dance with
those pretty girls"
But they tell me that the girls hero.
wearied Of the blasc airs and lacka-
daisicai indifference OF these young
lsnips, have declared o boycott egainst
them and ignore them altogether
Girls dance. drive ard play tennis to-
gethcr, and pay attention to each other
IN fashion which would do credit to q
boarding school Mss Agostini. Miss
Eddy, Miss Dudley and Miss Levin aro
Examples of this feminine Damon and
lPythias school The two former young
ladies are insepcrable. Miss Agostini
Ia young, pretty and bruno. Her COM
lpanion is fair, slight, and with wonder
fully heavy hair worn in thick braids.
In dark blue gowns and pretty summer
hats. this she David and Jonathan pur-
sue their strolls arm in arm, unmindful
of the longing looks cast 1T them by
lcertain dasiing bicyolers-
Between ten aud two everybody
ldawdles into the pump room" at the
new bathing house for glass Of
sulphur water. This spring smells like
lHades. What a mercy that word came
into popular usage. IL filed loug-felt
want and helps one out beautifully.
but II the spring smells, what about its
taste? swallowed one mouthful and
wished I were dead. I stared open
lmouthed at the pcopls who drained
glass after glass of the 6endish stuff.
Now. tell you there's something
wrong about people who have taste
for thnac hotttornlcs. pit drinks They