The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-07-12
POINTS.
For KIdcrly People at tho Seaside Who
Hnvc Time to Spare.

For KIdcrly People at tho Seaside Who
Hnvc Time to Spare.
If you are an elderly lady and expect to
pass the summer mt II fashionable resort,
you are naturally looking forward to Pc
Rod of extreme boredom.
by II little care on your pTt this unpleas-
antness may be easily obviated.
1t will only he necessary for you to move
among the young people and take part in
their amusements. This may require q
great deal OF tact and some nerve on your
part, and the young people may be inclined
10 resent your presence among them, but
the end will justify the means.
IL IS good plan to become au courant of
all the firtations in the hotel in the early
part of the season.
This may be done by keeping a sharp eve
10 wlndward. Walking aimlessly and noise
lessly into dark corners Of the piazza il
usually an interesting occupation. Much
valuable information may also be picked
mp by hiring n boatmsn to row you into
all the sequestered hooks ON the lake. OF
course you will always take the back seat
on moonlight drives and keep your eyes and
ears open.
In addition, it is we'll to learn by interro
eating the bell boys which of the gentle
men patronize the bar to an undue extent.
and by the same means you may easily as.
certain the outcome of all the poker par
ties.
The results of these observations of HUI
man nature cannot fail to afford agreeable
topics of conversation to the little circle of
ladies of your own age who will gather on
the piazza i'll the mornings
Ii the girls in the hotel are so irreproacb
able i'll conduct as to be absolutely uninter-
estlng, much pleasure can sometimes be
derived from looking up their antecedents.
Alter you have found out where they
come from you will usually be able to
think of some friend who knows some one
III their native city who will be ONLY too
glad to furnish you with Il mass of statis-
tics III regard To the girls ages. their previ-
GUS engagements, their lack of social stand
ing and their numerous ilirtations.
This information, judiciously doled ont
will serve to shorten many Il long summer
day.
or course most of the married women
Will have husbands in the city If YOU can
learn, through your bureau of correspond
ents, OF any one of these men taking ad
vantage of his wife's absence by drinking
schooner of beer, or inviting his tyne
writer to the roof garden, or by commit
ting any other act of rotous dissipation, do
not fail to inform his wife of it at once
Tell her that you only mention it in conf
dence and then tell all the other ladies in
the hotel directly aftcrward
The absent husband may also be made
the subject for investigation in regard to
his business rating the number of times he
has failed, his disinclination to pay his
debts and whether he has ever swindled
anybody. Most men have something to
conceal. Find it out 1t is better for tho
truth to be known
And when The husband comes up to
spend Sunday at the hotel, get him into n
corner and give him vivid description of
his wfe's occupations and the number of
men she has smiled on during the week.
But these are only hints have no doubt
you will he able to develop them into some
thing really amusing and useful Brook
Ign Life.