Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-05

rings and so on. In fact ] saw three o.
| four of her. Queer. how hard it seems
for some people to understand that
breakfast and multiplicity Of diamonds
| Well as usual, too, | saw the big,
| strapplng. Junoesque woman being
| wheeled around in the invalid cnairs by
| more or less putty headed men. while the
small, delicate, sickly looking women
seemed rarely TO avail themselves OF the
| hand- wheeled vehicles. 1t always strikes
me that there IL something essentially
wrong about "A buxom, perfectly well ana
heaithy woman who will permit herself
to be pushed around in an invalid chair
at the seaside. | had the peculiar salts .
FACTION OF seeing whole hote.ful of
| young women fail into dismal error with
| respect to young man who was Il guest
| Of the same house.
They Unanimously figured him to be
| a young man of a ribbon department., or
some such sort, and he looked II to Il r
Ihe young women barely noticed him. 1t
ga not leak out until the afternoon that
| ne moved INTO the hotel next doUr-gv-
| ing dizziness as his reason for abandon
| ing his original hoStciry-that he was the
only son 81 Colorado millionaire, with
money 10 bdfn in his own right. The
| young women In the other hotel took him
| mp instantly and donned their incest
irocks Tor him and spoke enthusiastically
among themselves OF the character in
| his face.
The pretty, demure, deep-cycd young
woman whose husband-not in evidence
was known by the dowagcrs to have
! treated her scandalousiy, was there, too.
| / aAways see her. She was, as usual the
| calm recipient of the galantrIes ana at
| tentions OF most of the young men at her
hotel. and she did not appear to be en-
| tirely popular with the young unmarried
women-not 50 unnatural considering.
The iidgety, eagle-eycd mother OF
| the four daughters ali Of them dressed
appr0%lma tcly alike, was there with her
| brood this year, too. As in other years,
she regards the efforts of all other moth
| ers whomsoevcr 10 dress their daughters
StYliShiy and hecumiugly rs the nerest
| hopeless hascoS, and. Is Of yore. she in
| sists upon each Of her daughters, one aft.
! cr the other, giving performance upon
| the pianofortc in the hotel pdrlor aftes
| dinner.
The middle-aged. nabby featured man
| who addresses his fat, pudgy wife WIN
| the false iriZZcs rs dear and darling
| and baby ana 'duckY ut the public
| breakfast table was AZ the hotel where
| isn't aware, of course). who rides mp ana
| OF him every summer At the beach Tor The
| past Y years, The young woman with
| The pale blue eyes who plays The Georgia
| Camp Meeting last year II was Pack
| Io Clo'"S an Con the hotel piano
| from morning until night. only resting
| Tor meals, got In her fine work, as usual.
So did the fool young man no thinks h
has haSso voice. ANA h. sings about tine
| shir that went down 10 his own black
smith accompaniment on the piano every
| night.
"rhe papier -machc-headrd young wnm
| an of admirable figure tot which she
| iSn't aware, OF CuurStl. who rides up ana
| down the beach in her bathing suit on q
| bicycle % the imminent peril ~ the haIh
ers. Is quite a feature this yrar-morc 80
| Than last. She permits her hair 70 ny to
| The winds, allc same Hladirrl. and she
| attracts all the attention she is looking
| for.
The young women whose skins tam
| almost black We're rnyyinE. as usual. NAV
girls who just turn lobster rcd. and wee
versa. The strong. chcsty youth who
| goes uut beyond the breaker line with a
| cigarette III his mouth, ANA VINO a fcw
| minutes later Is iEnpm.niouSiy dragged
| on 20 the beach by 4 couple of lie
| guards, looked just about aS sAccp!sh
| i1jcr his experience rs he usually does.
| The pulp-hraded man who takes his
| li,tl" baby girl in his arms out into the
| surf oyer his head. thereby filling hcr w
| tu the bursting point with salt water ana
| throwing her into an hyslcr!cll panic
| was there again. IN Hll NJ his grlnninG
| asninity. 81 was the humorous youth
whose sole fun ia life consists in holding
| ne heads II bathing young women under
The black waiter who us,d ~ attend
| your table in Washington cafe and
who expects 81 per meal out of YOU Tor
| mat reason has his customary Jph. Tie
faj-Vitted young man Who takes = Who'll,
boatload of girls out FOR q sail on the
| bosom of the deep ana doesn't discover
that tie sailing OF boat is = new one
| IN him until after he has almost dumped
The whole outfit Is back again this yeaE
| N numbers.
The very young AMI attractive aunt
who is 'chaperonng' her TWO beautiful
nicres is winning the immediate admi-
ration Of the widowers ana settled men
his year, as always. | noticed. too the
same old groups of Cottagers sitting on
heir front steps in naughty. frosty mag
aiicencc ana sizing up all the 'hotrlrrs'
through quZZiug glasses. as If they Were
new and strange, i vulgar, blpeds late
- down from Mars
AS usual, | observed that the very
pretticst girl in the place didn't spread
herself at all in the matter Of changing
her costume three or four times day,
but went around in pretty $l.aS shirt
waists and fresh looking pquc skirts
morning and evening. ana had most of
The impressionable youths on the verge
II suicide at that.
The $25.S5 with which ] started for
he seashore disappeared pretty quickly.
concluded the man with the peeled nose.
but look at the things | sawi'-Wash-
ington Star.