Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1893-09-06
AT A WAYSIDE INN.
How ObServant Bah is Enjoying Herself and
Willing Away Summer Days.


Willing Away Summer Days.
Ar THE REGENT Inn, August, 1885
We came on shore to be day and a
night at the Inn so that Handsome Girl
might have a dance, and also an oppor-
tunitv to display her pretty frock
That sort of thing appeals to me very
much. | do thoroughly like woman
who has keen appreciation of a pretty
frock, enjoys wearing it, and is very
happy in the knowledge that other peo-
pie are looking at her. 1t is an essen
TALLY feminine trait, and one which is
as innocent as possible. 1t has ne touch
of vanity, but it is pure, simple delight
in the possession of beauty and a desire
TO make others share that pleasure.
The night of the dance, the Artist, the
Captain and | sat on the veranda, where
we could see the dancers, and laughed
quietly at the Cynic whirling around IN
an ecstacv Of delight to the sound of his
fayorite waltz He had forgotten all
about his cynicism, thrown it Oft as one
throws off a tight-ftting coat, and was
enioying himself in way only possible
to people who love music and dancing.
The pretty girls only represented to
him so many good dancers, and q slen-
der, dark little creature with nOta claim
to beauty evidently inspired the great
est admiration from him because she
seemed to thoroughly comprehend and
express with her feet what the compos-
er had meant when he wrote the
rvthmic measure.
FAIR WOMAN AS \ MAGNET.
The Handsome Girl was surrounded
by admirers. And we all felt duly
elated, for she was part Of us. She
looked handsome in a way only posi-
BILE to New York girl. She carried
herself well, her dress was admirable,
her skirts swung in the latest fashion,
and her bodice was cut SO it gave tan
talizing glimpse of her neck and al
lowed one to see the perfection of her
arms She danced, and, | grieve to say,
| think she tiirted a little bit; but when
you are just twenty, beautiful to look
upon, the moon is full, and you are
walking on d veranda that looks out on
to the glittering waves, are you to blame
for being a little bit of a coquette?
She left the room, and we weren't
paying very much attention to the peo-
pie in there, when the Artist suddenly
said: THE Queen is dead Long live
the Queen y Then we looked In the
place OF the Handsome Girl, stood a
soft eyes, the lids of which seemed to
have trick of dropping down over
them, as If when a stranger looked too
long in them, he might read too
much. Her hair was parted and
drawn softly from off her face and
fastened in a loose knot at the back
Her grown was white muslin trimmed
with lace, and about. her waist was a
blue sash. The frock lacked the air of
smartness peculiar to that worn by the
New York girl, but it had something
equally attractive, though absolutely in
describable. This girl spoke softly as
she gave her fan to one man to keep,
her gloves to another, her handkerchief
to another, when she went to dance,
and it seemed to me that [ had never
seen a woman really dance before.
They were playing one of Weber'S old
fashioned Waltzes, and she appeared an
embodied spirit, floating through the
air III response to the summons of the
dead musician. Our Handsome Girl
dances Well-she does everything Well
-butthis girl, | do not believe this girl
was ever taught how to dance; she was
born knowing how.
Inquiringly I looked at the Captain;
he answered: cts the ideal Summer
Girl"
l looked at the Artist; he answered
with a question: tWhere does she
come from 2" | laughed and said:
From some grotto made Of coral down
under the sea, and then coming back
to, the earth, added: From the land
ofwhite muslin frocks and blue sashes."
Then he said: ''I'l prove it"
Leaving us he sauntered over to
where she was and said something to
her; she looked up at him, looked him
full in the face, then gave him her hand,
grew quite earnest, they talked little
longer, then he stopped over, and with
great respect kissed her hand and re-
turned to Us.
you are right" said he, "as you get
close to her
THE PERFUME OF THE MAGNOLIAs
comes from her hair [ went UP to her
and said: i beg your pardon, but [
think | have the pleasure of speaking
to Miss Randolph, of Virginia, and she
answered: No, but [ am Miss Ran
dolph's cousin; I'm Miss Carter. [
think you must have met my cousin
Dorothy in Richmond last winter. It is
SO pleasant to meet somebody who
knows ones people Don't you think
she is lovely? And do you know this
IS my first season out? And [ am en-
loying myself SO much, and you must
let me introduce you to my mother she
will be SO delighted to meet somebody
who knows Dorothy; she will be here
directly, and until then [ am going to
say au revoir to you My dear Captain,
it would be impossible for that type of
the Summer Girl to come from any
place but the South; she absolutely be
Iieves what man says to her; that is,
after she has concluded that he is a gen
tleman. When she looked at me, that
first time, she read me as clearly as if [
were a primer, and she knew that [ was