Evening journal., 1901-06-20
. Notes N ron v oman ] Reaiifi.
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rna continued cold weather and rainy
DAYS of the Spring have made the awaken
ing of the Summer resorts somewhat
slow process and above all have delayed
the blossoming OF the annual Jersey crop
OF Summer girls. No part OF the country
ever puts forth more plentiful array of
feminine beauty than the coast, which
now from cape May TO the Highlands
wears a cold unlnviting look. says the
New York sun. Something Is missing
from the landscape. The scene is set and
the waves have sounded the prelude, but
the leading lady Of the Summer time has
not yet put in her appearance and the
stage waits.
The ocean is there I'm splendid working
order, the waves coming In and going put
with a pleasant rhythm, but there Is
sobbing note in their recession. They are
waiting longingly for the coming OF the
goddess who, each June-end, rushes to
their embrace with eager ecstacy The
Winter to the ocean is long and glrlless
blank. The spray lacks the animation II
has when Il swirls around 1870 pounds Of
fascinating femininlty clad in cllnging
brlliantine.
Jerseys blithe buzzing bird. It OF the
penetrating fang, that hovers over hotel
pillows. whetting its singers like a YAM
pire, Is waiting for It's open season on the
soft velvet cheek OF the girl of Summer,
Favored. maybe with a touch OF pquant
camphor ice.
Even the clerks behind their registers
are dreaming of the time when sweet
things will cluster around them for their
letters, depositing their jewel bags Of
chamois In their keeping while they
fronc on to WOO the waves
And the head waiter also misses her.
For while she never was known TO give a
tip, many a dollar has been rendered him
under The influence OF her magic glance.
Summer belongs to the girl and the girl
is Summers. What a gray emptiness the
landscape would hold without the CLINT
Of her parasol athwart the sunset A
girlless Summer would be like n rosaless
June
There are foolish travellers who pene-
trate to Spain. Japan and India seeking
diverse feminine types but sensible New
Workers. take trolley trip along the Jer-
sey shore. And where the trolley stops
they get out and climb into Jersey hack
and look for fairy princesses asleep under
trees in hammocks with one eye on the
sunsets purple rim so that nothing in
the shape of the prince can get by them.
But as yet the Summer sport is slow
and tame. Relocated huntsmen in auto
mobiles may be seen plunging through
unfrequented byways. peering into cottage
windows and hotel porches, searching for
early specimens The Jersey peach cror
was never known to be a failure like that
Of Delaware. But stin, there never was
known before such a rainy May as the
last and there are always evil prophets
TO make people miserable.
The Summer girl takes time TO ripen
Soft suns must shine upon her and She
must feel the sinking Of the sand beneath
her silk stockinged feet before she begins
to turn her sleeves up 20 the elbows and
let the curl get out Of her hair.
AS yet, her things are in boxes and the
girls who arc settled in seaside cottages
are going about in shirt waists and soil
skirts with a sort Of superior higher edu-
Gated look as though they we're above
mere clothes But there is q look in tho
eye Of the early Summer girl samples. tC
be seen at present along the coast, thai
tells OF vista beyond; a sky Of chiffon
misty and cloudlike. with polka dots fol
stars.
The early Summer girl is very like the
early strawberry she is satisfactory onis
because she gives a hint of what is tC
follow Ina ;he season. She suggests tbs
unpretentious caterpillar that will bloom
by and by INTO radiant creature fitting
and iuttering about in Summers gardeR