The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-09-17
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First and foremost in the category of
her faults comes selishness.
Its difficult to be unselfish on cold
winter day, with blazing fire in the
CRATE and warm garments protecting the
body. But the severest test for an unself-
1sh nature is n blazing August sun, with
no breeze on land or sea, and only one
hammock at command.
have seen the summer girl retain this
hammock Il whole afternoon, lazily fam
ming herself as she swaycd to and fro
and sublilnely conscious that half doz-
en- people besides herself might have found
the position equally enjoyable Thought
lessness of others is n noticeable fault of
the summer girl.
CHANGED not long ago to see a bevy of
six young ladies who had formed n sort
of pleasure club at summer resort. and
who managed to extract great deal of
amusement out of their manless enyi-
ronments
Into their midst came very sweet
and pretty girl, one who was we'll known
and respected in her city home.
She sat at the same table three times n
day with the six other young ladies and
slept under the same roof. They spoke
with her pleasantly when they met, but
it did not occur to them to try to make
the days pleasant for her by inviting
her to join them.
They were not III the least Jealous or
disagreeable girls. They We're simply
thoughtless.
The idea of bothering themselves about
this girl did not suggest itself to them.
They saw her sitting about rather for
lornly, but they were too occupied with
their own plans to think of her.
Finally mother of one of the young
ladies took compassion upon the new
conner and called the attention of the
bevy to her situation.
They took her into their midst and
made her one of them and at once. But
it seemed a great pity that they had not
thought to do this before the mother
suggested it.
Perhaps the most glaring faults of the
summer girl are brought out by the op-
posite sex.
The girls who plan like II general be-
fore Il campaign to avoid Introducing
their young men friends to other girls
are as numerous as dandclions in NAV.
and the girl who does introduce her
beauX freely and generously is as rare
at summer resort as white blackbird
1t is an odd and absurd idea, too, this
of hoping to hold the attention of one or
more men by such articles.
have observed it to be almost invari-
ably the most admired and successful
girl with men who does introduce them
freely and fearlessly to her lady ac-
quaintances.
The girl who has any understanding
of men knows better than to try to keep
them interested by force
The girl who makes sport of the other
girls beauX is frequently found at the
summer resort
Ii Maud is proud and happy over the
fact that Will has been down from town
TO visit her, the caustic girl pokes fun at
Wits mustache and hair and accent and
manner of walking. She likes to make
Maud feel that under no stress of cir
cumstances could she content herself
with the attentions of man like Will.
Give her tho chance, however. and
you would find her ready to sacrifice her
time to man far less interesting, than
Will. 1850
The drinking" girl who makes every
body wait for her is another type always
found at summer resorts. If walk. n
drive, picnic or a party is on the taps.
the pretty prinker is always in arrears.
Men, women, boats and even trains must
wait for her while she pins up stray
hair, changes her stockings and rubs the
powder rag over her nose again. And
the queerest thing about it all is the
pretty prinker looks exactly the same
when she emerges from her room MS
when she entered it. Nobody can see
that she has done anything to herself,
yet ali are conscious of irritation of
mind and spirit by having had to wait
for her.
1t does not matter whether she has
had five minutes or five weeks notice
the prinker always has to be waited for.
She does not realize it, of course, but
it is thoughtless disregard of the feel
ings and interests of others which actu-
ates her. Once make her understand
that she is sacrificing other peoples time
and pleasure to her vanity and think
she would reform, for the pretty prinker
is usually very good hearted girl and
her fault only bad habit
The lazy summer girl is most pro.
voking creature especially when she is
pretty and attractive.
She would be adorable in bathing
suit, but she never swims-it is too
much effort She is urged to join the
tennis party, but she never plays tennis
it is too fatiguing
Sho declines to dance, as 1t is such
bore and leaves one so moist, and as for
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