Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-12
nee Of The Evening Star.

1t has been said good many times that every
summer resort Is . repetition Of all
others, but in the point Of repose-absolute,
An-pervsding rspose, this place
stands unique.
Now tia. remark may be misconstrued q Q
slur, but that's because you don't know Deer
Park.
The first day, il you are Of the hind that
possibly stand il more than Q few days; and IL
you are Of the kind that wears vatican bows
you wish you hadn't been In such Q hurry to
unpack your trunks. The second day you both
admit that II is really beautiful, reetful sort
of place, and that, of course, with such delight
ful atmosphere. The third day You mutually
agree that those who want to career around all
summer and have vitality left for winter use
may do SO, but for your part you prefer TO take
your outing where you can rccupersse nerves
and muscles, and where social ostracism doesn't
follow II you happen to appear In the same
garb two days in succession.
And there you are. The place has woven It's
spell around you. You drop easily into the
general routine and actively engage, like every
one else, in doing nothing. Tradition has il
that there once came. up here . malicious
person, who declared that all people did was
to sit around the once, their bodies strained
forward, one foot extended and their eyes
glued on the dining room doors. But to .
fault-fnding disposition like that the peacs Of
heaven would be irksonae. Az an Offset 10 th,t
slanderous statement an energetic young lady
the other day bowled all the morning, then
took little dve-mile walk, upon her return
plunged into the pool for An hours practice in
high diving and other foolishness q can't dive,
myself, and afserward danced ell TIE evening.
looking a. fresh as the provsrbial daisy whom
she retired at midnight
And they talk about the dsesnerscy Of our
girls. Great Scott!
There are q lot Of nice people here and no
end Of pretty girls, and a. usual-though not
quite so much 90 as elsewhsre-a dearth Of
bis gallant best to ameliorats the general beau
less condition puts It, the ball room ID recruited
from the cradle and the grave. and daily when
trains from the east or west roll in anxious
maidens may be seen straining their
gaze like Sister Ann in the watch tower 10 see
II anything likely to wear patent feathers has
arrived. The worst of 1t is It 10 understood
that there Il standing offer in Washington
and Baltimore Of transportation to and from
Deer Park, with 1--WE days board for the insig-
nlhcant sum Of IS to any single man of terpsi-
chorean proclivities who will come up and do
the agreeable. Consequently, when . young
man does happen to put his name on the reg
lister he is once placed under the Notifying
suspicion Il having come mp on one Of these
tickets, anu Just when he begins to 1stter him
self tAas he u making an impression on some
one particular attractive girl she's sure TO a.
sumo sort Of "I'm-on-to-you" expression and
accuse him Of it.
Some girls do guy q fellow SO!
As general thing you can do about Is you
please subject, Of course. to what the others
think behind your back but on one roint the
etiquette Of the place Is inexcussble. At the
stroke Of you must vanish like Cinderella
from the ball. From 3 10 the hours are
S-N radA - $50 d l. ~
You are not in he habit OF taking afternoon
maps or that you are constitu.ionslly opposed
to it, but thai makes no difference. To your
room you must retire, there to remain unt,l
supper time, when presumably having paid
your resrects to old Morpheus you may bob
up sereneiy," conscious OF having duly OBJ
served the proprieties. Just what would happen
to one caught on the verandss or in the other
public places during the prescribed hours NO
one has been foolnardy enough to test
And then the collection Of silver at the Deer
PARK Hotel is another Of its interesting
features. Tho souvenir maaiacs must be in
their glory, fCr they can take their soup from q
spoon marked Grafton House, est fish with
a fork marked Queen City Hotel" cut their
meat with knife marked Deer Park
Hotel" find their salad fork marked
"Oakland Hotel and eat ice cream
with spoon marked "Viaduct Hotel
a sort of progressive railway dinner, equiva-
dining utensils and almost nightly progressive
euchre par ties might be supposed to complete
the sum OF happiness but more exhilarating
than either is the progressive gossip. for which
several first prizes could easily be distributed
though booty prize would have to 60 beg
ging Ts
Who would 90 to q summer hotel. anyway.
where there was no gossip? And If there is a
man or woman with soul 80 dead where could
such summer hotel be found?
Amt 1t simply fascinating to watch the h,rts-
ion going on between Mrs Giddy and Mr.. Sly?
And on. sympathies would positively grow
rusty II We couldn't expend them (sotso yoce)
upon Mrs. Sly-''So blind, poor thingr It's SO
exciting, too, 10 be assured that Mrs So-and-So
drinks, my dear!' electric lights dcwn and
weak music by the orchestral. Actually has
been overheard ordering mint julep TO her
room"
Why. its almost rs exhilsratine a that iulep
And then when the bride, you know, locked
her husband out Of their room. Well land
gi9gied, you know; positively wss heard to
giggle while he fumed in the hall!''
If anybody thinks Deer Park is slow just let
him come mp and be surprised with some real
live sensations.
Great amusement has been created BY one Of
the dusky minions Of the hotsl who, with rare
discretion, averted, SO he doubtless thinks,
what to his prophetic eye seemed IN impending
scandal, and Il the beneficiary hasn't been duly
grateful it is because the laugh has been on him
ever since. There came a few days ago from
Washington a good looking young man, who
shortly appeared upon the veranda in q most
fetching flannel suit, the hem Of the trousers
turned up on the right side In strict accordance
with the latest tad. The eagle eye Of the col
ored youth aforesaid took it all In and conster-
nation seized him. fastening to the young
man, who was making himself agreeable to an
extremely attractive girl, he whispered mystic
riously that he would like TO communicate
something in private. Excusing himself the
young man retired, and having reached o se-
cluded spot the darkey respectfully unburdensd
himself:
You must 'scuse me, sab; but think you's e
got yo pants on wrong side out"
There are all the usual curiosities of the sum-
mer hotel here, too. There il the small boy who
ate sixteen wheat cakes one night for supper,
raised the limit to twenty-five the following
night and broke the record ON the third night
with twenty-six. There il the maiden lady Of
very certain years, but uncertain sight whose
hair dye on hot days runs burrows in the doury
mark that covers her face: there 10 the young
pedagogue Of such unbending dignity that ono
frivolous girl declares that II he should ever soy
''ha-ha," she shall faint; there is the ten-year-
old boy who is afflicted with socks, and there
fore has to exhibit to q grieved public two
brown legs decorated with stone bruises,
scratches, dirt and other marks that boys OF
that age affect, and pair Of knees-well, every
body knows what boys knees are like, and