New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-28
THE SUMMER WANDERER.
STUDIES OF A BIRD OF PASSAGE.

STUDIES OF A BIRD OF PASSATE.
The summer wandcrcr belongs. strictly speaking,
TO the passerine tribe and Is cross between Foes
raven and Noahs dove. Its plumage Is sometimes
white, sometimes black. sometimes decidedly rides
cent II can COO as we'll croak Having danced
the winter awny, much after the butterfly fashion.
one does not wonder that on account OF the corns
on is II has become very tender footed and Ike
WISE fastidlous about its foot rests. II Is probable
moreover that this pain In It's pedal extremetcs has
driven II to amphlbous habits OF He for we read
in the society column that It has been In the swim
all season.
Now don't get the summer wanderer and the sum
ncr grl confused first. because neither Of them was
ever known 20 get confused, no matter how embarTa'-
sing the situation; secondly because the summer girl
leads a scdcLtary existence In hammocks, rocking
chairs not exactly designed for two, canoes. or under
umbrellas Mt the sea-shorc while perpetual motion
Is the law Of tho summer wanderers physical being.
Then too the wandercr may be % either sex. but
as lovely woman shows closer ldnship TO Provl-
dcnce than man, by her ways that are dark and
MYSTERIOUS propose to become the mOuthpece Of
the bird Of passage feminine.
The summer Is the wanderers harvest home 1t
is then She must all her old clothes. which
she IS entirely too proud 10 do at home II IS IN
the summer she rccupcratcs her health BY reducing
herself to nero running and thus getting rid Of
ell the Ills that flesh IS heir TO. This Is her season
ALSO for recruiting ideas She must have something
to talk about next winter, and whenever In CONVEX
satlon any place from Kamchatka 10 Zulu land IS
mentioned, then. oh. then
OF all swcc, words Of tongue or pen
The sweetest are these, Yes. there I've been.
Now scourscd by these pressing necessities, do
you wonder that bright Idea strikes her she
rcvamps such costumes MS VIII not pass muster gives
tho others external applications Of ammonia bcnzne
ana dry clean IT, makes inspection tour OF railroad
Offices observes the anniversary OF her annual frta
lions with ticket agents. acquires and valuable
collection OF guide books and summer excursion
pamphlets becomes authority on the cheapest route
to everywhere, draws down the front blinds Of her
city home and departs, not for the back room In the
third story-oh, Infamous libel but for parts un
known.
Among her most interesting possessions IS a long.
very long thin strip OF cardboard folded again and
again upon itself into numboress transverse sections
1t Is stopover at station along the line and stay
long MS please indefinitely extended at tho
terminus nondcscrpt.
The wanderer has become n feminine bloated bond
HOLDER seated In a Pullman car. where the conductor
passing along anticipates her slightest effort by clip
ping Of coupons for her from what IS vugarly called
railroad ticket. She IS also undoubtedly n classical
scholar for she has learned from studying Caesars
campaigns how to carry her all with her. band boxes
lunch-baskct, umbrella the portable library strap
ped up In her shawl-why. Alexander SelkirkS pos
sessions pale into utter lnsignlcancc compared with
hers She is monarch OF even more than she surveys
for that she has Il trunk goes without saying But not
always several times she has said n great deal
because that trunk did not CO. Once She missed her
train because OF It's delay. Seating herself in tho
railroad station she supervised the telegraph operator
until that runk overlook her, when she resumed her
Journey. No matter how close they border scpara
tlon she and that trunk come together naturally
as two lovers on another occasion, after ransaclt
ing the baggage room In search OF her "ownest own
She found checks had been changed, and the chccl,
corresponding In number 10 the She held trans
fcrrcd to a very mean affair In the way Of baggage
into soak In shower bath OF tearsl Sitting squarcy
down upon her property, See here" said She this
Is my trunk can describe every article in 1t. In
the upper tray, placed there TO prevent It's being
pressed fiat as n pancake, Is my India silk dress
wanted lavender, but mother insisted on blue. In
the bonnet box Is black lace hat trimmed in forget
me -nots TO match the dress. In the compartment
designed for love lctters-I know that by the lovely
little Cupid pasted the lidare har-pns kids for
putting up my front hair. leads for pcncilmg eye
brows, powder box rouge pot, shoe aceS corn plaster
pins scissors everything you think OF except
needle thread and thlmble. ] 60 On, but that Is
enough 10 convince you that know viat am talking
about. It's mine. No other woma& will be truthful
enough 10 identify II. so give me peaceful possession
OF It. Hurry up too. III make trouble for YOU"
policeman approaching the baggage master also
saw that Satan was making n ballroom out OF her
eyes: he made especial quick delivery, free OF
charge.
Sometimes she and her best girl frlend-they travel
in pairs for their protection and the persecution