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


fashionable summer resort il repetition of all
Others, but in the point Of reposs- absolute,
uninterrupted, an-pervading rspose, this place
stands unique.
Now tia. remark may be miscon.traed - Q
slur, but that's because you don't know Deer
Park.
The first day, II you are Of the hind that
wears trousers, you declare that you couldn't
possibly stand IL more than few days; and IL
you are Of the kind that wears vatican bows
You wish you hadn't been In such hurry to
unpack your trunka The second day yoa both
admit that It is really beautiful, restful FOR.
OF place, and that, Of course, with such delight
full atmosphere The third day You mutually
agree that those who want to career around all
summer and have no vitality left for winter use
may do SO, but for your part you prefer to take
your outing where you can recuperste 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 its
spell around you. You drop easily into the
general routine and actively engage, like every
one else, in doing nothing. Tradition has il
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 10 .
fault-fnding disposition like that the peace Of
heaven would be irksome. As IN ofRsst to tn Il
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 afterward danced I'll TIE evening,
looking a. fresh as the provsrbial daisy whom
she retired at midnight.
And they talk about the dsesneracy Of our
girls. Great ScottI
There are a lot Of nice people here and no
end OF pretty girls, and q usual-though not
quite so much 90 a. elsewhsre-s dearth Of
young men. As Q certain army ofacsr who does
his gallant best to ameliorAts the general beau
less condition puts 1t, the ball room II recruited
from the cradle and the grave. and daily when
trains from the east or west roll in anxious
maldens may be seen straining their
gaze like Sister Ann in the watch tower 10 zee
II anything likely to wear patent feathers has
arrived. The worst Of 1t 10 Il 10 understood
that there IL standing Offer in Washington
and Baltimore of transportation to and from
Deer Park. with Eve days board for the insig-
nifcant sum Of SS to any single man Of terpsi-
chorean proclivities who will come ND and do
the agreeable. Consequently, when . young
man does happen to put his name on the reg
lister he is at once placed under the Notifying
suspicion OF having come up On one Of these
tickets, and just when he begins to flstssr him
SELF that no IL making an impression on some
one particular attractive girl she's sure to as
sumo sort Of .l'm-on-to-you" sxprsssion and
accuse him Of it.
Some girls do guy fellow so!
As general thing you can do sbout IS you
please subject, of course, to what the Others
think behind your bsck), but on one point the
etiquette Of the place Is irexoussble. At the
stroke OF you must vanish like Cinderella
from the ball. From 8 70 the hours are
sacred to the siesta. It is quite possible that
You are not in The habit Of taking afternoon
maps or that you are constitutionsly opposed
to it, but thai makes no difference. To YOUR
room you must retire, there to remain until
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. The souvenir maaiacs must be in
their glory, fer they can take their soup from q
spoon marked Grafton House., est fish with
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
q sort OF progressive railway dinner. equiva-
lent to trip o'er the mountains. Progressive
dining utensils and almost nightly progressive
euchre par ties might be supposed to complete
the sum Of happiness, but more exhilsrating
than either is the progressive gossip. for which
several first prizes could easily be distributed
though BOBBY prize would have to go beg
ging. Tt
Who would go to q summer hotel, anyway.
where there was no gossip? And II there is a
man or woman with eoul so dead where could
such a summer hotel be found?
Amt It simply fascinating to watch the hrta-
ton going on between Mrs.. Giddy and Mr. Slv?
And on. sympathies would positively grow
rusty IL We couldn't expend them (sotso voce)
upon Mrs. Sly-.'So blind, poor thingr' Is's SO
exciting, too, 70 be assured that Mrs. So-ani-So
drinks, my dear! electric lights down and
weak music by the orchestral. Actually has
been overheard ordering g mint julep to her
room"
Why, its almost as exhilarating - that julep
itself must have been.
A1d then when the bride, you know. locked
her husband out OF their room. Well! land
giggled, you know; positively was heard to
giggle while he fumed in the hail.
II 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 mtnions Of the hotsl who, with rare
discretion, averted, SO he doubtless thinks,
what to his prophetic eye seemed an impending
scandal and II 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 q 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 lad. The eagle eye of the col
ored youth aforesaid took il all In and conster-
nation seized him. Hasteniug to the young
man, who was making himself agreeable to an
extremely attractive girl, be whispered mystic
riously that he would like to communicate
something in private. Excusing himself the
young man retired, and having reached o e.
cluded spot the darkey respectfully unburdened
himself
You must 'scuse me, sab; but think you'se
got yo' pants on wrong side out
There are all the usual curiosities of the sum
mer hotel here, too. There 10 the small bow 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 is the maiden lady of
very certain years, but uncertain ight. whose
hair dye on hot days runs burrows in the houry
mark that covers her face: there 10 the young
pedagogue Of such unbending dignity that ono
frivolous girl declares that II he should ever say
''ha-hs, she shall faint; there is the ten-year-
old boy who is afflicted with socks and there
fore has to exhibit to q grisved 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 ike. and
there ip-but vhv 20 on2