Kansas City daily journal., 1896-09-06

September first has become a recognized
tourists curfew. Thoughts. trunks and, !
incidentally. people turn homeward with
last lingering look Cbarring the trunks
at their quiet summer retreat. and with /
new interest in the workaday world to
which they return. There is much of the
spirit of speeding the parting guest and well
coming the new, in the fall home COM |
ing. 1t is in many respects the giving up
of one life and the taking on of another.
This Is especially true Of the class who
make play day rather than show oc-
cas.on OF their summer journeying.
Just how much pleasure and benefit an
individual derives from an outing depends
largely upon his or her disposition and
point of view. A woman and her family.
always accustomed to the comforts and
maSy of the Injuries of a go1d home. mt
the past season at a country farmhouse
in Minnesota. They had well cooked veg
etahles. fresh from the garden, fruit and
berries galore. The older members read
books. for which they had found no time
in the busy whirl of the winter. and the
children roamed over the grassy lawn at
their own sweet wills. On rainy days they
found entertainment in putting dissected
maps to rights and arranging the columns
sf n patented tangle of figures that
Nnally developed into neat multiplca-
ton table. Under the guise of amusement
the young people enjoyed preliminary
drill for the fall educational campaign.
which will doubtless be appreciated by
their teachers in the near future. Pure air
and good country living brought about
natural results, rejuvenation for the moth
er. and a new impetus toward growth and
strength for the boys and girls. They are
home again. hale and hearty, and each
of them proud of surplus Of their reg
ular monthly allowance.
A shadow to this sunshiny experience is
thrown on the canvas of passing events
by another family, who went out of town
because their neighbors did. They landed
at a fashionable resort and entered their
names on the register of the swellest hotel.
Their rooms were a size larger than the
average square piano box. They piled
trunks and hampers in the, little
aisles between folding beds and
dressers. At night when the beds
were lowered a large part of the hotel
force was detailed to move things around
so that the family could sleep without hav-
ing their heads or heels at a disagreeable
angle. This was only the beginning of trib-
dren's sports in the hail. and the sign
keep Off the grass" settled the yard priv
ueges effectually. Another family across
Che hall placarded their door with that
dread word, .Diphtheria," and for two
weaks our would-be summer cutters were
inners without release or intermission. To
be sure they might have moved There
were many neat and pretty places with un'
pretentious cards signifying desire te
serve the public with good fare at reason
able prices. But our friends knew the
value of first-class style. and SO. with one
discomfort after another, they Weatherec
through the ordeal and now fnd recon-
pense in relating incidents when We were
al the so-and-so last summer Cali Il
mind the number of people who leave goo
roomy homes and put themselves into lit
tie coops with mistaken idea that so
ciety demands the sacrifice and ask your
self If human nature isn't queer and un
selfish kind of thing after an.
An entertaining feature of the home re
turning is the gossip that travellers picl
up at the expense of some other tourist O.
old acquaintance. If an invoice could b.
taken, the stock on hand would be foun,
TO compare favorably with that of preced
A lady bought some rare articles in
curio store in New York one day last week
When she gave her name and address tn
sas City in here just little while age
She was very mach interested in the chin
department and said she was the onl
china collector in that city,.
II don't know about that" was the re
ply. There Is a great deal of rare an
exquisite china in Kansas City among ou
old and exclusive families that mas com
down as heirlooms. In Fact. everybod
there has so much china that l suppos
the lady just in must be a newcomer"
In telling the story the a,, loyal =, kansa 1sa
New Yorker think that china was a scare
ware in the West. The only collector
Just the idea"'
Last winter at a very elegant reception
a guest, Mrs. Very High Tone. was intrt
duced to cultured lady who graces or
influence as a teacher. The 'assistir
lady" who was especially responsible 4
the honor conferred upon Mrs. V. II. I
was astonished a little later by a peculii
swing of that lady's ostrich feather ia
which she interpreted as a request to ste
over that way"
In the cover of that fan. Mrs. V. II.
said:
You don't recognize teachers in socie
here. Such a thing isn't thought of in II
East"
your pardon, but / happen to know tn
many exclusive circles the world over a
proud to number professional women
superior ability among them. Locality n
little TO do with the recognition OF int
lectuality. Cultured people are never slo
to appreciate worth"
that ! never saw the like of this before
and she seemed offended at meeting sor
one out of her own station.
But the mills of the gods, etc.
The assisting lady chanced to spe
the past month in a city reaching out fro
one Of the cardinal points of our ow
one evening 4 caller said:
by the way, one of our old school teac
ers is a resident of Kansas City now. S
drifted out West and married into I
Very High Tone family-a rather imposi
kind of a woman in appearance-used
make the little boys howl and all that
The story was too good to keep. b
when Mrs. Assisting Lady came home a
found that that particular branch of I
V H. T. family had removed from Kans
City, she felt that the knowledge came
late to be of any, direct benefit to a WON
who, although once in authority still ne,
ed a lesson in good manners.
In a slow but grand old Eastern c
that stands sponsor for many a Kan.
City family a company of young peo
assembled not many evenings since. c
of ..those present was Kansas City &
not yet half way up I'm her teens. A c
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