The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-31

| ried men as an Offset. Ten chances 70 one
] they will show far moro attention 70 the
married from on, b e to n sss q
course the latter makes conquest, as does
sometimes happen. ITO my mind the deck
OF a yacht Is ono of the best match-mak-
ing places know Of.
| yacht house party are married pair VINO
are sufficiently good friends with each other
not to want to rush apart every chanee
| they get and who are also willing to make
| themselves agreeable not only. to one other
pc rson, but to every one Of their COM
panons who can be happy. in short, with
| y should think there. must be q good deal
| OF monotony about a house party anoat,
was suggested TO pretty married woman
who was getting ready to san on ci11sse
In foreign waters lasting until the middle
of August, and who is asked to 90 reg
| uarly every year.
Don't you find it hard to be obliged to
try, to be entertaining all day long. day IN
and day out to the same people. 1t seems
| to me under such circumstances one might
| end by hating everybody In sight, host ana
hostess included, long before the end Of two
! months
aBut ! am not expected to be entertain
| ing all day long. In fact. there Ia no place
do as she pleases than on board yacht,
| she replied. For instance, We my own
suite of rooms, which include a four-post
bed, bath and oil the Injuries one can
ing some port, and want 70 have days
sightseeing. l always breakfast in my room.
So do the other women. Then read, study.
write letters. do anything have mind TO.
without feeling that am mex expected ed, N a sne
. or am at liberty to read and write on deck
without troubling my head about being
agreeable TO any one.
don't feel equal to being gay and chatty
| at the luncheon table | plead headache
| and stay in my ROOM where no one would
dream of ntrudng,, Oh, to those familiar
| with yachting there is no phase OF existence
quite so blissfully s-you-please, so
adorably sati sfactory.
"Of course, We try to amuse each othe
| at the midday meal, at afternoon tea, at
have to depend on conversation to do 1t.
| There are music, all sorts of games. dancing,
even athletics Ono yacht ] know OF in
cludes in its equipment on every cruise
| string orchestra.
| HThen, as to monotony; why, every few
days we can make port if we want to. once
we are across the ocean, and 90 sightseeing.
Sometimes We stay for a night or two on
| shore If we want to extend our Journey
inland We telegraph ahead to friends at
other places where we mean to stop and
all along the route give receptions and
attend others. Monotonous! Why for
quite six weeks Of a Mediterranean cruise
were in a whri of gayety almost day and
night. ] never was quite 30 fated ana
| hattered in my life
I'VE danced At night on deck illuminated
with gorgeous lanterns and on, moonlight
nights, when the boat moved along like a
seemed ed't almost saoriiese to do anything
no commonplace as talk, we had impron'ptu
musicales. To my mind no one has tasted
| ri ~ nj made
of house party under lust such coma"
| tons"
Not the least delightful feature OF q
yacht house party" confessed a man who
is always in demand on such occasions.
lis the good cooking. None OF the owners
OF the biggest and finest steam yachts
trusts to one cook. There are always two
aboard when women are guests. and on
to get the finest delicacies in the market
wherever the boat touches: The .privations
and rough experiences Of the oldtime yacht
ing trips have all vanished What il il does
good-sized fortune fifty wears ago TO build
one Of these modern steam Yachts, and
another to keep il in commission six months
Of the year? It is we'll worth it,
house party guests from dipping into their
purses on any pretext while afoat. On
land, however. the men of the party. indie
pendently Of the hosts, are allowed to foot
| the Dllls.
what sort Of clothes am getting for
my Yachting tnp9' repeated young
woman who Is to begin her maiden yachting
trip next week well. I am paying more
attention to fetching hats and parasols
than to anything else. My dresses are.
for the most part, of the fluffy. frilly kind.
although I have some stunning white duck
suits and two or three embroidered cloth
costumes a white. cadet blue and
biscuit color. =
a house party wardrobe for yacht
and one for country house are really very
much the same. 1t is only on sailing boats
that palmer gowns and hats are seen. and
even from them the old-fashioned yachting
costume of a generation ago seems to have
Disappeared.