The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-09-06
Narracansett Pier, Aug. y

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Tho chief products Of this point are
ybiSkey and water. Inc water is for
the girls to battle in, ana the whisky
is refined into mint juleps to act as an
antidote against the water. 40 ~SeIf-fe-
Specting woman at \arraganSett IS with
ont an attachment in the shape OF some
sort Of Il man. and it is his special duty.
after she has been rubbed and scrubbed
and is once more in an innocent muSilh
gown, to provide her with that innocent
drink. which has been favored by women
ever since the days when Adam toned
by the sweat of his brow to cultivate a
mint bed to place Nine. Eve.
Society and mint julcps are compatible.
There is Il decided touch of mauye about
society. while mint green IS very fashion
able. There is Il certain type Of glrl ut
the Pier. She is apt to be either from
Boston or Richmond. Occasionally she Is
a New Yorker. but the New York girl
is too knowing in some ways and not
knowing enough in others TO succeed rs
u Pier girI-that IS TO say, she doesn t
know enough about Plato and Mr.. Elmer
son. like the lady who wears glasses, and
who arrives from Boston, and she IS too
ignorant of coqUetry-n0t flirting. hnf
pure. innocent coquctry-1lke the HIch-
mond girl-to be Il success.
INDIVIDUALITY IN DRESSING.
The style Of dressing at the Pier is de-
cidedIy individual. At most summer
places a great point is gained If one IS
stylish. wears frills and ruftllcs and laccs
and silks and satins. and all the trips and
frippcries. but here it is demanded that Z
girl must be pretty. If she has three
white wash drcsses-that IS to say, tW1
at the laundrcSS' while she is wearing
the third, yet looks pretty-she is q sue
cess.
There is one girl here from Richmond
who claims that She can manage to ave
more solid enjoyment in twenty-four
hours than the average girl does in TWEEN
ty-four days. This IS her method: In the
morning her colored maid helps her dress
in Il white piquc gown. with Il plain skirt.
n Jacket bodice. a white leather belt. and
q null tie, with n big flarin@ bow nest
ling under her chin. that seems to say
To each and every young man, Don't
YOU wish Won were as near this dlmple
as | ann" Her hat is Il sma"t-looking
sailor, with n hand showing the Stuart
plaid, while her gloves. displaying no
rings under them are of white chlmois.
At the Pier a chaperon IS not necessary
50 my pretty girl trots off to the casino
with big Jack Gordon. IF You ask her
ANYTHING about it. she will say in tones
as soft as her heart: "Oh. he's all right.
He and my father are second cousins.
and his mother and my mother are third
cousins. and when they were girls they
were great friends. even now when they
meet they talk about what the gentlemen
did for them-rode horses mp staircases
jumped high fences. and did marvelS to
prove just how much each of them loved
his lady. 1t is really 4 great deal better
and mightily more effective than sending
flowers or buying candies" After rat
fling off this the lady looked scorn at her
escort, who pulled his mustache. hoping
to increase its growth. and wished that
women's mothers did not remember so
much and put such ideas into girls
beadS.