The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-05
PLEASURES VAIN PURSUIT.
uoury TELL or THETR TRIALS AT
EFT RESORTS.
u,ric, or Ruined Ciothcs-The Revolt or
N,n-rho People they NIet-somo Social
1mrpnIes-The waiter Who Rssnnted an
,..,,t and Tho Girl Who brow ned Ser Grief.

,r..u.' said the pump Httio Woman lax
,h1n. s,trZ away 10 set rcS'ci. My physician
d-,.,l | was OH :he verge OF nervous prostra-
,,n Al the ,lrat Of Juno, and told me 10 got out
- ,,v,n md do nothing for three montha. As
~ IA, kaeS anything about q d6butante daugh-
400, I. ,ucu,, to me | have scarcely been in
h,l f,- the last month at all, and l am really
verso Of han when l went away. IN going
,o s,.,p for Ola solid week"
"V,L I'm as clad TO set back ~ you are"
.,.l the tai. woman. but thank heaven l
b.l no itbu,au,c. daughter this season.. not but
what We been through u all In my time Ny
,.rticu'ar reason for being glad to get back is
INA, NV y!o;Ac, arA actually Ia rags, and have
,n, IL hin: 70 wear. a serious fact, | assure
~, nv Gear. zoo know We divided our time
.rwcep lAe mountains and the s%eashore. and
sh,. wi;n bathing. riding. walking, driving,
rarl pnr'ca, and arrtdents, every gown 1 nave
On ny name Is trayed, run down ut the heels.
dragged, torn. and otherwise demolished as II
a. had been run through a sausage factory
was positively thankful TO nave a whole gown
10 come home In.
so was l." said the pretty brunette. "and l
WA. even worse of. My only decent remain
Ing gown that | was carefully keeping for the
last german had a hole burned In the front
breadth by my maid while she was cleaning
Il. and | had TO go to bed and send regrets"
The whole thing isn't worth 1t, anyhow
sald the tall woman, with AN air that settled
IN. who's matter, II vas really.bored to death
.x weeks ago, but | thought l would stay my
time out once more and never do 1t again. You
needn't smile; it's so. Tom got Disguised In
lust ten days, and declared that II he didn't get
back 10 town and settle down to work again
he would have a fit; and. what's more. every
man | knew thisRShole summer sa,d prauti.
caly the same thing. Positively, at the last re-
tor. we visited | don't believe there was II man
there who had como OF his own free will"
And that isn't all. said the handsome gray.
haired woman. Men are no longer what they
we're when l was a girl. They do not devote
themselves to women like they used 10. In
stead q counting them and dancing attendance
at every beck and turn. they are out on tho
golf links, playing pool. billiards., cards, rid
ing horseback or the bicycle, hunting, fishing,
walking, driving, and doing a dozen other
things, and when they are not doing these
things they are of IN a corner smoking, read
ing the paper, or hobnoh5ins with 9 lot OF con-
genial souls anything to get out OF going to the
ballroom or the casino in the evening, for. OF
course, after spending a day at hard work on
the golf LINKS or walking AL over creation they
,an make the excuse that they are tired.
some ct hem actually have the nerve to wear
their bicycle toys in the evening, and men arc so
scarce That the women arc just as sweet TO
theD Is u tncy were IN proper evening CIOtneS.
u never saw anything like 1t" assented the
plump woman. Il believe 1; has been the same
everywhere this summer. For q woman OF my
age. not in The gay whirl. the only relief was to
lear no current gossip and make notes OF peo-
Re. AMI Jha; reminds me OF q story. Ny
cousin came down 10 see me at that swell South
arm resort we visited. where you cannot be In
~;rolucei to any one without being told his an
tea;ry oack to John Marshall or Henry Clay or
Goneaciy Ike shat. | got rather tired OF il,
Int you know these Southerners are SO charm
inS that one doesn't mind it after a while. There
we're Il number-of representatives OF the +. F.
vs. there. and the first evening we went down
to dinner my cousin, who had never been South
hrfoce. said: Now, Fanny. I wish you would
point cut some OF :hcSe most distinguished per
sUns 20 me. wan; 10 see what they look like
The Erst one who came in was old Gen.
He IS about 30. had an arm shot OFF ia
The wa, walks with L cane. Gnd is nearly blind.
Ills ancestry dates back 10 the Norman Conquest
or somewhere about there, and he is an idol in
tie South. Having unconsciousiy inhibited
some OF the true Southern spirit, l whispered
these facts to my cousin In an awestruck tone.
lie looked hard through his eyeglasses and said
nothing. The next one was a woman who Is
connected either by blood or marriage with
nearly every family OF prominence in the South.
hhe was Il beauty and a belle in her day. and
she still has q fine figure. but when her complex
ION fell of she went TO Paris and was enarnelled,
and now It doesn't fall of any more. She looks
Ike an advertisement for u dye house. I told
my cousin about her. He laid down his knife
and fork. looked at her, and said nothing. So
II went on; one was a woman who was related
to three Presidents. now a professional chap.
eronc: another was the wife of a millionaire.
but Ugly enough to stop the Empire State ex.
press. Ny cousin stood about half a dozen of
them and then said: 'That'u do. Fanny. For
heavens sake show me something good and
connon!'"
There's no telling what you will find at
these Places said. the brunette. There wns
q choice assorted lot up at the lake where |
was Tor a while, and among them was a girl
who claimed, to be so athletic but who. was
sod creature. She had a Voice ike a peacock,
stuck her heels down when She walked, and
and S"t da S%ineai'i made %rsn ali Inc ,o msn' of h Sfat. mGthsr
Iut even was taken abask when the mother
s icna to Of me %os SnS m9M5H H 9s,r I am = 20 glad glad you ,o are
ely girl that you wouldn't think how literary
sae IS, but she has fits of inspiration and just
Clashes OF poems that the magazines accept!
one really has TO get used to everything"
said he tall woman. Il had become acquaint.
writer for years. / had also met a woman who
is"E:e Of the head workers In u certain charity
are able TO > earn rs'i ffosa IS S1' to si ISf a "% @esE, and AND
70 whom board at so cents n day is a boon.
ihIs Ia the rate offered BY The charity OF which
te woman was at the head. In an evil hour
rashly introduced the two. Tho charity wo.
man was instantly interested In the writer and
launched an avalanche Of questions al her.
inc woman writer got very chilly. Nothing
o@antei I, The charity woman perseyered.
DO you ever come TO New YorkF
Sometimes
All, Im 30 glad. You must come to our
honle, We have our workers at all railroad sta
pons 10 meet all trains at night, and il Is 30
&eEsant Tor a woman who may get into New
iork az midnight to be met and welcomed.
And then our board is so cheap. 1t is really
wonderful 10 think that II can be offered at 81
sants a day. You viii find II quite a saving.
thought the writer would, freeze the other
WI the look she gave her as she said: i have
low friends in New York, and / never stop at
o ~boardIng house
ne charity woman was arrested In her mad
career Tor a moment only.
"a. nat Is very nice for you.' Silence. Then
mat Is your nom do plumei IL viii DO &c
peasant 10 keep track of your work.
a., ne other woman Tas white with anger
.Natain, J have signed my own name for years.
. The charity woman looked at her blankly
an ,lITc You observe a great deal OF respeo
10. mat, she said fcebly. And, II you believe
te, mat charity woman never knew that sh,