The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-08-09
Tuxedo Park.

We have commenced 10 90 a-gaddip-.
The first place We reached IS one Of those
sweet IittI,. cottages that look like Swiss
chalets hung 10 Oh the hillside. The lake.
with its broad terrace frlnged with trees.
IS 50 rich With fish they walk up ana
take the bait as if they knew their sole
object in life was to furnish dishes TO de-
light pretty women and brave men.
Everything is good 1T Tuxedo. The
houSps are well built. and the fireplace
III the club Is al that it claims 10 be.
Indeed the whole place IS best described
by the man who III trying TO tell about
ii could only sun it all up by saying,
Well. Tiffany had the contract for the
fence
To be 4 Tuxedo girl You need to be an
out and out good one-that is to say. you
must have patience to fish. ability to
shoot and dexterity in playing pool. You
must ride without fear. YOU must drive
like Charley Bates. and if YOU can row
. boat 50 much the better. on can loaf
ia the clubhouse III day long if YOU want
to ana read or chatter. You can 90 into
the ballroom and rehearse a new dance.
or YOU can go in for being 4 yerslble ath-
lete. having taken your lessons III racing
banging the bag or handling the dumb
bells from that h~andSomest Of men, Viii
| liam commonly known as Billy Null
doom.
LOAFERS VERSUS ATHLETES.
/ think the women who loaf have the
best time OF ii. But. then, | always had
4 lazy streak in me. Those women who
read or walk just 4 little in the morning
enjoy their luncheOnS rs only feminine
| gourmets can. and then when > O'Clock
tea comes they meet the men III the draw
ing-room and look as sweet and fresh III
their cotton frOckS as no feminine ath-
lete ever did.
The athlete will get red in the face, she
will burn or frccEle, or both. and some
how She never looks quite tidy. At dim
ner she is something Of 4 sight, rs she
! staid too long to shoot. fish or run Il race,
| and consequently she hasn't had time %
! Get her RIG on as it should Je. All wo-
| men agree about billiards. 1t is Il game
| that grants f~rivolity III gowns, allows I
| dimpled arm to show to good advantage.
| permits one to take charming poses and
really shows 4 woman at her best. | had
always thought that pool was 4 good
| for Il woman. but an old book in the lib
| rary here tells me that it was 4 favoritc
| game of C1eopatra'S. and SO the woman
Of today is not unlike her III preferring 20
play with men rather than women.
Tuxedo is delicioEsly cosmopolitan.
| Gossip is not good form. but there IS an
immense lot Of chatter that comes in
letters here, there, and everywhere.
! Sometimes parts Of these letters are read
III tea. and Il girl who had been trolling
for trout all one morning confessed to
drinking five cups Of tea while she
~Wrangled with her most intimate frienC
over the morality Of the English woman
as compared with that Of the American
When 4 man is down here. he is a joy.
But Just now men are 4 bit choice. The
special man comes in from fishing III.
finds himself surrounded by four or five
stately beauties who didn't notice hin
last year. when men We're plentiful. Rut
now in one way or another they cater Il
him, and each Will be saying. Dear boy
DO come in and have a cnn of tea
Somebody. the quickest. not the fastest
Of the lot. gives him the desired cup
Then he leans back in his easy chan
and sips the amber liunid and wants
more SUGAR and demands more cream
Just to force the women to wat upol
him. Then he slowly sips it and listen,
ia Tho talk