Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-12
letters. Cleveland, free trade. and sound
< SUMMER dIRI,.
How She Manages TO Make Many Ac-
quaintanceg

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| quafntances.
| al beg thousand parions for watkins
into your room like this said the mos
popular girl At the hotel. but the door
was open and.
" Oh ! don't a,noloeize," said the young
big open trunk Sit down anywhere-or
the bed. You see am packing up
You are not going back to town, are
| II thought might just as well ca
home. You see. rye been here two DAYS
| and I've doiie nothing but eat ana s.cep
! don. I seem TO enjoy myself much; in
| fact, ! am really very uncomfortable
You've kept TOO much 10 yourself. .
said the popular girl. II noticed when
you came Saturday night you were so re
| came right up 70 your room and
Went TO bed.'' said the young woman
on the floor. i've been here two days
and spent nearly All my time In bed /
don't know whether the trouble is win
the pace or with me. but I'm tired or IL.
I've talked 10 two Or three women on the
piazza after breakfast. and they seem 70
get dIsgiisted because ! make II rue
rot TO gossip about folks
oh, that's not gossip. It's Jdst hotel
talk. II you are going to stay al a sum
Iner hotel you must learn 10 talk hotel
Language and DO as everybody else does.
fou'n excuse me but you've made some
awful bad breaks since you We been here
For instance. you went in bathing in TIE
afternoon the other day.
We'll what OF il? ! think | can 80 in
when please. cant IL
but not in the afternoon. No one
goes In in the afternoon; It's AWAY
and then the mall gets in and then a
bath just before luncheon. But TO go in
In the afternoori-why, it's awfuAy BAD
form l felt like telling you when ] saw
you going down the board walk with
your suit. The nursemaids go in N ;he
afternoon"
We'll, | think that's funny sort o,
Idea, said the queer girl. 81 ike 10 DO
things when | Please; not because other
people DO them. am afraid ] am not
cut out for this summer life. | feel lone
lv, as though the sight Of a broadway
able car would do me lots of good: its
home-sickness. | imagine. And yet
came here TO spend a two-weeks vaca-
ton
.'Oh, youth never make hotel woman.
! can gee that said the popular giI:.
Taking about a vacation. You mustn't
do that, my dear: remember, you must al
ways be Just coming from some other re.
sort: that is, when You arrive, and when
you start to go you are going 10 join
friends somewhere; the Thousand Islands
IS always good place 10 say; going IT.
join friends at the Thousand Islands;
that's easy.
Yes. but am not in the habit of tell
Ing hes, and the fact is ] am going back
to toWn--to study
oh. for the Stage? How lovely
'-Oh, no, Not at all. I'm
"Oh, music. then? Do you know, l no.
ticed your voice when you asked for the
corn muinns this morning. thought
No. ! am studying medicine, and my
nerves got u little unstrung with the
heat. and the doctor said two weeks by
the sea would fix me up; but don't like
II here. | imagine the trouble Is that !
came alone,
NONSENSE | came alone only two
days before you did,!
';But you seem to know every one at
the hotel
mo. there's man that don't get down
until the l1-l0 train each night. and I've
never even spoken 10 him. In fact.
haven't seen him except once. and then
he was running for train. NO. | don't
know everyone, but nearly every one.
You see. | make 1t a point TO get to kno"
folks. You go around like g clam. get
ting further in your shell all the time.
You don't mean to say that you speak
20 people without being lntroduced?
Introduced. Nobody gets introduced
at summer hotel. at least it doesn't
count: but you must make it a point TO
get acquainted. Everyone does"
But | don't exactly want 10 get ac-
quainted. | don't want to avoid anybody.
but | should like to rest and read and
lust live an ordinary life. without making
such an awful effort 10 lse,iup to tbs
well folks VIII think y6u queer II
you have any such ideas. 90 II you hang
off by yourself. first thing you know
they'll talk about you. You simply must
mix in and have good time and do i
the rest do, and really-you won't mind if
| tell you something-really YOU ought to
smile more"'
Smile"
Yes; you look too serious. Al a sum-
mer hotel it's always good plan 10
smile at every body; not merely pleasant
look. YOU understand. but a smile that
shows your teeth, so that there Is no
doubt about your meaning 1t.
oh. l could never do that. What's the
use Of it,
That's what everyone thinks at first. |
You'll find out that people Will talk of |
you as being the most amiable and lovciy |
person If you do. / practlced for Two |
days in my room before a glass until |
thought / had IL right. Then | tried 1t |
on the cha nlbermaid and watched how |
she acted You mus, learn: see, IKE ,hs |
Yes Now try. That's II. That's H. |
You'n get it in no time.'-New York Sun |