The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-07-15
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1.-THE only reason why don't like to
go there for the summer" she was
saying, "is because everybody is re-
| lated" She had run into town for a
day or two, and was giving an account
of the charming little rural resort
where she had spent several seasons,
| because of the benefit to the children.
You see, it's like this" she went on.
THE houselady is real New Eng
| lander, keen-witted kind, and q great
| talker. Her married daughter lives
| there, too, and is also very friendly
and talkatiVe. But, | declare to you,
| the subjects of conversation are linz
| tied. Almost anything that is sug-
| gested seems to have taboo attached.
| The old lady is always taking me aside
| and warning me against speaking of
| things which, like Sentimental Tommy's
| certain words, are not to be mentioned.
| For instance, one day she politely sug-
| gested that | should be rather careful
| about bringing up the topic of divorce,
as 'Jennie's husbands second cousin
| had been divorced. and the family, you
| know, feels sensitive about 1t, though
| 'twan't no fault of hern, poor thing
Now, | hadn't thought of saying a word
| about divorces and really didn't have
| anything to say on the subject as |
| had no intention of.getting one, and
! just at that time didn't know that any
of my friends were thinking of it, But
| 1t just seemed that l was possessed to
| discuss the question after her warn
| ing. Didn't you ever have q sentence
| or a thought in your mind that you
had no intention of uttering, but which
w. t,1I
| until suddenly you found yourself
| speaking it aloud? Well, one day at
the table if | didn't blurt out, I've al
ways thought there was no harm in
| divorces for some people, Nobody else
| had mentioned divorce. In fact | be-
| lieve the topic under discussion was
the probable effect of the drought on
| the early sweet corn. and / wish you
| could have been present to feel the cold
| solemn silence that settled over those
| gathered round the family board It
| could have been felt | assure you.
Then l must never allude to any
| body's having lung affections. because
| Manny's aunt on his mothers side had
| 1t and Manny's afraid he may inherit
| a Weakness CManny' is short for
| Emanuel and he is the head of the
| houseO Shed rather, too. that I
| wouldn't speak about bicycles. John
| Chats Jennie's husband) is dead set
| against en- and if you just speak of
em he goes on awful and she hoped
Ia remember to not say anything
about cherries when Mrs. W. next door
| came in. for she lost her only boy
| good many years ago from eating too
many cherries and it always throws
| her into a terrible lOw-spirted spell to
have folks talk about EN-
II find it unwise," she continued. ito
make the slightest comment. good or
! otherwise, about the people in the viii
| iaGc who happen to pass. for the girl
| remark to be pretty is sure to be one
| of Johns former Sweethearts, whom
Jennie doesn't admire, and the elderly
! parsonage with the eye which in per-
| petually winking at you in the most
| comlcal fashion is equally certain to
! be distant cousin of Mannys'
I'm going to make a desperate ef-
| fort to induce Mrs. Y. to go up there
! for the summer" reectively remarked
one Of the vivacious little ladys listen
ers, and all the others smiled cncour-
agingly.
The commutation traffic up and down
tan in aspect To be sure. it scarcely
| seems that as the New York COM
| muter knows it, with regard to his
suburban residence, for neither the ac-
| cOmmodation in respect to rates nor
| trains approaches anything like the
commuters needs. The beautiful sum-
mer home lands from Factoryville
down, and from Elmhurst in, would
| simply be a succession Of suburban
| residences If the slightest attempt at
| really convenient transportation were
IN vogue. There are neither night nor
daS trains sufficient to make out Of
| town life tolerabie for the many, and
until trolley road or some other gives
| evidence of a desire to accommodate
the cOmmuter, he and his kind will
scarcely swarm out of the city during
the heated term.
However, the o'clock train north
on the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western road is rather festive i'm an
| pearance nowadays. Here you will see
a banker bowling draymen and other
distractions over in his mad haste TO
get into the baggage room and secure
his spoils for the nightly journey home
ward. Later he is discerned with the
white mans burden, in the shape Of
sundries for household use. 4 succu-
| lent watermelon bangles from one hand
and is regarded anXiously betimes. lest
| the marketman's handle device should
give way and drop its heavy freight on
| the bearers toes. Under his other arm
| Is bundle which appears to he the
| family's favorite brand of bread. Slim
| ping down from above il is an axe
which menaCes the life and limbs of
| its owner and everybody else i'm the
vicinity, an express cart is strung i'm
| some way from his shoulder, and de-
| pending from the elbow which crooks
| painfully in its effort to convey the
watermelon is a parcel which contains
| either chafing dish or a bird cage,
| and yet if you ask him he will declare
manfully there's nothing like living In
| the country in the summer
| There's another He's a banker too,
and he is struggling with huge caddie
| bag full of golf clubs, parcel which
can contain nothing in the world but an
| angel cake, ana under his arm six big
| twelve-Candle rockets with the sticks
| of which he almost as successfully
| prods out the eyes of the other unfor-
| tunates along the car aisle as does the
average woman with an umbrella under
| her arm. When he gets home and his
| wife takes account Of stock aud says
| reproachfully, But YOU didn't bring
the siXteen-pound ham for the picnic
| day after tomorrow" he smiles a gal
vanlzed grin and meeky admits that
| he neglected to get It on his way to
the station. II he were at his city resi-
| dence and the feminine head Of the