The evening times., 1896-09-07

backyard before the robins have finished
rubbing their eyes.
Most popular is the exercise among The
young ladies. A. a beautifier of the com
plexion, a wade through the de w-laden
meadow is. said 10 surpass all the articles
ever invented. The higher the grass the
better
A man who owns Il ten-acre field whe,.
the spears are eight or ten inches high, II
the field is easily accessible to the city.
has Z chance TO make trunksful of money if
he viii but seize the opportunity. Only one
Thing is necessary. lie must insure seclu-
sion -
WHAT MILKMEN SEE.
The bfcycle-i is dGe df the best friends Of
The Kucippists. For the past three weeks
the milknlen and others, whose duti.s make
them early nsets. have witnessed a ccnI-
pany from five 10 eight young lady en-
thusiasts gather near Iowa Circle before
the sun WIS up. At first the milknien
looked on in amazemcnt, butBow they take
IL as a matter Of course.
what do the girls do?" repeated one of
the milk dealers to Il Times reporter
why. they don't do a thing but gather
there 10y the circle every fine morning be-
lWttb - ana % q Gluth anu wheel OIL III
the country 10 wade in the grass.
r ''Ynudon 'tbeHeveit? Neither did when
somebody told me the the first morning
saw them there. But | believe it now.
caught 'em In the very act. If they knew
told il my trade would fall off, for 1
rec isIize two of them as belonging in fam.
lies OF my customers.
'one morning last week, though. was
late. 1t was IL wee hit after O'Clock
when ] came driving down our lane and
turned into Tenleytown road. ! saw about
half a dozen bikes leaning aGainst the fence
and noticed that they were ladies' wheels.
Locking across the meadow I saw the
girls about ten rods from the road wading
araiind in the grass. When they saw me
two OF he young ladies ran iowa rd n clump
Of shrubbery in one corner of the field As
they ran saw that they were barefooted.
j heard some OF the others laugh; they
didn't care and continued wading. There
was a very heavy dew that morning.
when | was about through my route
l met the girls in the city as they were
dispensing for their homes''
Upon further investigation the reporter
found that it was very common prac-
to take an ante-sun-up spin for the express
purpose Of reaching some secluded spot
where they may doff their shoes and stock
ings and wade in the wet grass for beauty
and health's sake. Generally the young
people go in pairs, or larger number, as is
the case with the milkman's friends, but
there is an occasiopal devotee at Kneipp's
shrine that prefers to pedal out alone, with
no one but herself and the fairies to look
upon her dainty members of locomotion.
There is a charm about the dew tha:
makes its moisture more desirable than any
other to the Kneippists. Still, the mcrc
unromantic and practical think that the
spell lies in wet grass, no matter whether
il is drenChed in a heavy rain, with a thick
fog or artificially wet. That is the reason
the reporters attention WIS arrested by
the following sentence as lie passed n +.
street home after tile curtain of night had
been dropped: ..-.-.-
THAT will do, John; it's quite wet enough
now, and You may ron in.''
The words came from particularly weet
voice, aid were addressed TO a colored
man who had been giving the side lawn
drenching with the hose. The gas ieton the
other side OF the street was assisted in
throwing "a dim. lightaon the lawn by the
branches of a sheltering tree.
Then there were more voices and gigglins.
and dtittering- and.the next instant a quartet
of young society maidens, whose pretty
faces have doubtless quickeDed the psc,. of
many male heart in a ballroom, came
tripping out in their bare feet. They began
TO gamboi, while an elderly lady stood at an
upstairs window aud looked on approvingly
"oh, my; this hurts my feet, exclaimed
one, who'was evidently novice in the ex-
ercise.
MAKES THE FEET LARGE.
ssYes, it di d mine. too, at first; but now
! don't mind it at an was the answer OF
the tall girl, as she found little puddle of
water that hid her pretty ankles. But,
say, girls. it makes your feet grow at g.,
awfulrd have had to get a larger ..ar
of shoes twice since L began, and I'm 60
ing to quit pretty soon, or my feet will
he horrible. But isn't it nice?r'
The reporter moved away, and left the
maidens walking on the green At no time
did they talk or laugh loud enough to at
tract the attention of passers-by, but it
Observation-Disclosures mirth over the novelty
OF the thing was hard to compress into tit
tiers and giEgles alone.
Car conductors ana motormen are able to
give the most positive evidence against
the worsbipers of the dew. There is hardly
a carnian who has TO make the early
morning trips that is not able TO testify
concerning the Kneippists that travel on
his hne.
- For almost a month past one OF the
earliest cars on the Takonia Park line
has been carrying young couple country
ward each morning. They would return