Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-09

MNiNMNt NNNINN NNnNUNN 70 tnNN IN ANN
way OF leaving everything too late. IL
searching for summer place. She
reads ruidcbooka and sends 90 all the
railroads for those pamphlets that de-
scribe cheap and nasty farmhouscH. She
answers Advertisements by the hun
drudE, and she o. willing 90 take every
hody'a advice uH 10 where she On 90
abide during the long summer days She
lH uncertain as 10 whether II 10 the
mountain or sea air that she wants.
She claims a positive contempt Tor a big
hotel. but nothing win induce her 10 go
INTO a boarding house. The Kind u
place she wants ~ In reality tho one
which IL neNt door ~ hcavon-ubuolutc-
~ the Ideal.
In the first place. n must be near
enough the city FOR the fnthcr Of the
tribe 10 come out Friday evening and
remain until Monday mornlnE. Then II
must be too far from the city for all
lno'a poor relations TO come down aud
frond the day. The rooms must be
comfortable and yet she doesn't pro.
iose 10 pay the price that the landlord
demands She would prefer TO be- near
lake. because she would Ike the boys
,o learn the difference between an eel
md a ruttlosnnko aud yet she would
BE 10 be Tar enough from the lake 60
Ir"vont there being a funeral In tho
hmlly. She wishes the boys 20 learn Go
vim, but She has a sort Of an idea that
n learning this accomplishment they
would better hogln In the hathtuh, She
doesn't know that the little tlkoa have
been swimming this many a day and
that they learned In what might be
called "a practical faHhion-that IL 10
say the biggest boy threw the 'ttlcHt
ono In the water and warned him n he
didn't swim 20 shore he would not only
drown but get a thrashlnE.
Then she would like an nriatocratlc
ueirhborhood-a nclFhborhood where
there are some nice young fellows who
arr likely TO inherit some Eood old
ducatH-but II must be the sort OF place
whore nristocracy and shnhhlnona 40
hand In hand, since on account Of tho
war she must cconomisc. ana the girls
have got 60 wear last seasons frocka
fixed over Then she feels a. u she had
a longing 10 get whore she would be
free from the bondage Of servants and
able 10 eat her dinner as II she were an
independent woman. SO she travels Tor
hourH on "a hot day over a dusty road
only 90 ma that advertisements do not
always picture things as they are and
that the country home no beautifully
described doesn't compare Tor cuolncsa
with her own house In the city Then
she goes cayortinF around trying 10 ma
"a resting place whore there Is country
air Thank goodness you can have plen-
~ Of that without being charged extra
Tor cvory mouthful. plenty Of grass,
mountains az the back Of Il. water not
very Ear from H.. fresh butter and veg
etnblrs, milk from a COW ana not from
tin can, and chickens that were not
witnesses Of the late O. waahington's
VIII
II IL almost unnecessary 10 say that
this place IL never found. but every
blessed woman among un looks for II
every summer. sheds bitter tears over
the unrcliabillty OF printed descriptions
ana then trota on 20 the best place that
she can get and tries 10 be- happy. n
there IN anybody In the world who
knows n rather lonely and somewhat
lorn place where they know how 10
make corn bread. serve chickens fried
In gravy AFTER the Maryland fashion.
make a good cup or coffee and where
permission In accorded one to dress as
one ploaHes. 90 read when one pieasca
and not 90 set too intimate with the
family unless one 10 desires. let her or
him write 10 me. don't pretend 10 say
there are not such places. l only say
that somehow or other we don't seem 10
Ind them. and yet We don't demand
much
The average country boarding house
keeper takes "a dislike to the woman
from the city who has come 10 rest.
She objects hcrcely 10 your wearing
cloth skirt, a shirt waist lying In a
hammock and reading. She thinks II Ia
your duty as Christian % bring along
an your best frocks. 20 show them 10
her, 10 tell her how much they cost and
who made them, aud then when the
usual fair is given she prefers that you
should dress as n You were going to
the opera, for then her special chum
can whisper 10 her "Oh. I say, Marthy.
amt them city women wicked showing
their neoks that way and their arms all
barrel | call II perfectly indecent And
before the minister tool" And the lady
who entertnlna few guests for a COM
alteration says In rc8pousei Well
Well' When you have seen as much ~
the world as have-I once rtnid nearly
two weeks In New York city-you viii
know that az bad az those womtn look
they might be worse" And you hear
this doubtful praise. But when party
go 10 farmhouse and Ne around on
the grass and In hommocks and read
ana play with the chickens and find out
exactly how much intelligence turkey
has land " you devoted month 10
studying a turkey. as once did you
would know that he has lot more
sense than men; I will tell you why
some day, but that win be another
story and don't wear fancy clothes