Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-08-26

"Goodby. am going to have gay
time now for little while. I will be
very glad to see you again in the au-
tumn" Then IL the autumn, when
you are hard at work In your office or
store or shop or counting room, Good
Health Will come In and say: 'Goodby.
1 am going" You say. where are you
going" "Oh," says Good Health. 81
am going to take a vacation" II is g
Door rule that Will not work both
ways, and your good health will leave
you choleric and splcnetic and ex-
hausted. You coquetted with your
good health in the summer time. and
your good health Is coquettlng with
you in the winter time A fragment
of pauls charge to the jailer would
be an appropriate inscription for the
hotel register In every watering place.
'Do thyself no harm."
Society Artificial.
Another temptation lowering around
the watering place is the formation OF
hnsty and lifelong alliances. The we
! tering places ure responsible for more
Of the domestic infelicities Of this
country than nearly all other things
combined. Society Is 30 artificial there
that no sure judgment Of character
can be formed. They who form COM
Partnerships amid such circumstances
90 Into lottery where there are 20
blanks to one prize. In the severe tug
of life you want more than glitter and
splash. Life Is not ballroom, where
the music decides the step and bow
and prance and graceful swing Of long
trnin can make up for strong common
sense. You might rs well go among
the gayly painted yachts Of n summer
regatta to find war vessels as to 90
among the light spray Of the summer
watering place to find character that
can stand the test Of the great strug-
gle Of human life. In the battle OF
life you want stronger weapon than
a lace fan or q croQuet mallet. The
load of life is SO heavy that in order
to draw 1t you want team stronger
than that made up OF @ masculine
grasshopper and feminine butterfly.
If there Is any man in the commune
ty who eXcites my contempt and who
ought to excite the contempt OF every
man and woman 1t Is the soft handed.
soft headed dude, who. perfumed until
tie Dir is actually sick, spends his
summer in striking killing attitudes
and waving sentimental adieu1 and
talking inllniteslmal nothings and find
| ing his heaven in the set Of lavender
kid glove. Boots as tight as an inquis!.
| ton. Two hours OF consummate skill
exhibited in the tie of flashing era
vat. His conversation made up cz
"Ahsr' and "Ohsw and re hes"
There Is only one counterpart to such
a man as that. and that is the frothy
young woman at the watering place;
her conversation made up Of French
moonshine; what she has in her head
only equaled by what she has on her
back; useless ever since she was born
and to be useless until she Is dead un-
less she becomes an intelligent Chris
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faces und graceful step. but amid the
heartlessness anG the imitation and the
fantastic influences Of our modern wa
tering places beware how you make
! lifelong covenants.
DaneIul Literature.
Another temptation that bowers over
the watering place is that Of baneful
literature Almost every one starting
off for the summer takes some reading
matter. 1t is a book out Of the libra
~ or off the bookstand or bought OF
the boy hawking books through the
cars. l really believe there Is more
pestiferous trash read among the In
telligent classes In July aud August
than In all the other ten months OF
the year. Men and women who at
home would not be satisfied with 8
book that was not really sensible l
find sitting on hotel piazza or under
the trees reading books the index Of
which would make them blush II they
knew that you knew what the book
was "Oh." they say. "you must have
intellectual recreationw Yes. There
is no need that you take along to q
watering place "Hamilton's Metaphys-
les" or some ponderous discourse on
the eternal DEGREES or "Faraday's
Philosophy" There are many easy
books that are good. You might as
we'll say, II propose now to give lit-
tie rest to my digestive organs, and In
Stend of eating heavy meat and yege-
tables / will for q little while take
lighter food. little strychnine and q
few grar6; Of ratsbAne." Literary
poison in August Is as bad as literary
poison in December. Mark that. Do
not let the frogs Of corrupt printing
press jump into your Saratoga trunk
or White mountain valise. Are there
J not good books that are easy to read
books Of entertaining travel, books of
congcnial history, hooks Of pure fun,
books of poetry, ringing with merry
canto: books of fine cngravlngs, books
that will rest the mind as well as puri-
~ the heart and elevate the whole life?
There will not be IN hour between this
and your death when you can afford
to read book lacking in mOrnl prin-
clple.
Another temptation lowering all
around our watering places is intoxi-
eating beverages. l am told that it is
becoming more and more fashionable
for women to drink. care not how
we'll woman may dress, il she has
taken enough Of wine to flush her
check and put glasslness on her eye
she is drunk. She may be handed into
q $500 carriage and have diamonds
enough to astound the Tiffanys-she ia
drunk. She may be graduate OF the
best young ladies' seminary and the
daughter of some man IN danger OF
being nominated for the presidency
she Is drunk You may have q larger
vocabulary than have, and you may
say In regard to her that che Is Con
vivinl," or she is merry" or she is
festive" or she is "exhilarated," but
you cannot with all your garlands OF
verbinge cover up the plain fact that
1t is an old fashioned case OF drunk.
Dangers of Tipping.
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