The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-08-20
THE GENUS "sUAMER roy"

A Special Providence Watches over His
Path.
Ia our serious admiration OF the sum-
mer girl we have persistently overlooked
The summer boy. IL is a natural weakness
on ours: one generally gives more renec-
ton % a single gaudy butterfly than 10
d dozen mosquitoes. But the summer
bows. Ike the mosquitoes, are now de-
handing our attention. Any one now en-
gaged i'm the study of the summer boy
win be awe-siruck at the aggregate OF
rim sSirmishing along the beach or among
the mountains The small summer boy
demands land he generally gets whatever
De demands "a whole volume TO himself.
lie Is agsressiyely and perversely on deck
III this season iu full force. He dlsdalns
npe fruit given 70 him INA straight
forward manner. but he hies himself 10
O. Tree and risks breaking his neck or be
Ir- arrested for trespass 10 secure rev
lIfnpe, little. green, hard, acrid apples
OF cherries. The small summer boy has
the inscnability of a pig, and how he
fefes cholera and nature and lives Is a
secret; but there is a special providence
that seems % watch over idiots drunk
ards and young summer boys. it Is, now
ever, the full-nedged summer boy that Is
most fascinating 10 study The nash OF
his Immediately white trousers are seen
everywhere What IS the secret of himl
How comes ne 10 be at these summer
resorts. dressing In his new suit every
day a la the immortal McGintyf Is he
there on the free list2 Does mine host
"set 'em up" IN return for his attentions
o. the lady guests Wen, If lie as dead
head as some say, he wears no Skull or
cross-bones, but sweet boutonniere, and
the clothes with which he Is adorned are
fresh and brilliant. The feathers or MS
summer campaign are unsoiled' and he
struts about with the low-necAed sum
mer sin with such an airl
A COnndug tailor may have been huns
I'D for his swallow-tail coat; the fresh
yanish on his patent feathers may hide
Il crack in the material or well-dFaWn
specimen OF the cobbler's skin In stitch-
ing. The gay summer boy may be very
poor and unhappy little clerk In winter,
but with warm weather comes the DOW OF
promise in the clouds, mere spech on
bis horizon in the shape OF summer
resort ball. fills out splendldly into
vision of music, lights, decorations pIh-
lncy and pretty women. our summer
boy energies from the chrysalis state OF
u poor. very ordinary little mortal; me
lul becomes a perfect flower; he quits hls
iolcine-house with a stealthy step ana
beafinr heart. rejoicing when he has MADE
BIS escape from his stony-hearted lahulauy
with his pet shirts. You VIII next prota-
biz find him at the seaside military pail
biz has borrowed a uniform from some
military friend or hired one from an out
of-town Soldier boy" and he plays MS
game so well that when the grand mareh
IL on a veteran would not suspect our
summer boy OF being tape meashfef'
one cannot be very cross with the poor
little enob who is living beyond ms
,reans-the retribution IS so certain. IL
is the summer boy who really has the
money and who chinks II In MS helshDo's
faces. .-,,..s Of
When the rich summer boy arrives al
the snrines what a unanimity OF NoeheI-
ols ,eeicope he receives The girls look
him over so ereedny and with such de-
youring ewes ID almost frightens a novice
back 10 the train under the impression
shat he has been landed upon desert
island and that these are shipwrecked
women turned cannibals and are ready 10
carry him and divide him among them
selves. It requires only a little time ana
De realms bis self-conhdence, ana ne
reyels An mis- ephemeral Importance ana
then how he talks. AS Mark Twain SAID
o. the cross Of the Legion Of Honor, rev
have escaped" hearing this youth talk
10 his piping tenor or monotonous BARI
tone or money, as the least common ue-
Nomination. in terms Of which nearly
every other desirable thing on earth may
be expressed. Whatever disadvantages
nay attach 20 him. the rich summer boy
nay nullify them in the eyes OF large
rajority Of his fellows by putting a suf-
h-lency OF money bags into the opposite
scale. No need 10 wonder then at The
Proportion Of young men who try 20 re-
commend themselves by appearing veal
tmer than they really are. The shrewd-
Ness, ability. perseverance and other
good qualities required for money max
ING are not 10 be disparaged. but II must
ue a. the same time admitted that the
instruction OF wealth Is more easily and
readily gained than any other form OF
Ieslumate, Dotoriety, and the young man
VINO has had some success In art or lit
uaiure, or uncertain politics. should be
Insured a:certain degree OF prestige
Sometimes the summer boy wears a
saehting nat. and about his waist he
wears canvas belt. in which he places
very confidence. This is the kind OF
summer boy who battles explanation. He
uyh own yarht-no. not even d row
eoa' apd he never even knew man who
s"aeo one, but from early June till the
'Ns'shenoly days come he runs around Ia