The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-12
TIE VACATION AND SOCIETY
HUMBUGS.
(Contfnued.)

He's n good example OF blood that tells.
You know he claimed tremendous de-
scent from the great venician. Marco
Polo. and he and his family evidently
wanted 70 be accepted as the real article
by their display OF wealth the same as
the Polos did their display OF diamonds
and other precious stones upon their re-
turn to Venice after a sojourn OF more
than twenty years"
THE false life OF one family" says
Cornelia, should not be set down as
representing all familiesl'
"Of course not OF course not" says
Toleration, but IL goes 10 show that II =
better TO lean upon something besides
pedigree II you want 10 be sure OF the best
there Is that makes up the real and gem
uine society OF this world. You know
how he cut a swell here for n few years
Finally. went 10 New York. and got mix
ed up with some doubtful business under
taking therc that came near putting him
In jail. There he is today. living In luxury
they say, in one OF the best hotels in the
city. Broke his poor old fathers heart be-
fore he died, and his mother In living
down at the poor farml Now that's about
the meanest honorable descent that I
know OF!
Now. Cornelia," says he, "you'n please
mother and me just about right IL you'n
only invite folks TO our celebration who
have got a good honest everyday record
To- integrity Don't stop to figure their
pedigree nor look TO their bank account.
That's all waste OF time, and there's
no sense In IL. You see, Cornelia we'd
'nough sight rather take chances OF en-
tertaining now and then an angel un-
awares I'm an old coat without any bur
densome history back OF him. than 10 be
fooled by devils In satins and silks who
aN2R l. fUe -.
Ing all about the blueness OF their blood"
The result WAS all the neighbors came,
no matter whether they were counted
nigh or low, and we had n real whole
some time, everybody enjoying them
selves. And when IL was all over Tolera-
tion md we sot down together and felt
tnanktul that we'd showed a spirit that
made us feel happy and contented.
1 tell ye, when you've done right there's
something that tells We so, and YOU
git your reward. But II you don't do
right, and are selfish and clannish, there's
somethin that tells YOU all about that,
too. And the wust OF II is. you find you re
unhappy.
To get back 10 what was n sayin, the
more evrybody tries 90 have everybody
else enjoy all Of the sports that are going
on In a public hotel the better It is all
round. and particularly for the land
lord and the landlady. II | pay for my
suite OF rooms ! am entitled to be as ex-
elusive I'm them as 1 please, but n I try
10 git up some little stingy clannish cir-
Gle or entertainment in the public par
lors, inviting only my favorites TO Join
In the sport. I am like the man that
prayed for me and my WIFE my son
John and his wife. us four and no more.
Amen" Riches and poverty are both so
passing that IL amt wuth while TO let
either OF them stand In the way of our
happiness and that OF those about us
Everybody may not agree with these
sentiments. for ! am we'll aware. as one
writer says that people OF good sense
are those whose opinions agree with
ours But the truth will prove itself
without anybody to defend II. and what
I've said is the truth.
Every person who is trying TO cit benefit
physically as we'll as mentally at any
resort. should make IL a practice
10 take ride every morning or afternoon
along the seashore or among the hills and
for by this pastirne you are /
taking in oxygen faster than by any other |
means, and oxygen is life a bicycle is
ell right for robust people but for folks !
trying to build up IL Is too violent exer- !
else. 1f you haven't an automobile then
a horse and buggy is the right thing.
But before you take your drive, YOU |
should take a good sponge bath all over /
The first thing after getting up I'm the |
I know some folks don't ap- |
prove OF this but ] do, and federation he /
does 10. for ne says:
II can't see for my part why people |
want To preserve yesterdays sweat so |
that they'll smell around today like a
nfggerr'
III after you gift to feeling we'll and want
10 continue that way, try and not let lit
lie things trouble you, and always try |
10 be contented. never allowing youself o
git into the habit OF criticising thinas
ana conditions that you are sure 10 see
all about you. "A contented mind is n
10y forever" But YOU can't bo contented
4 you criticise everything YOU see from
Alpha to Omega. For sometimes YOU
bring reproach upon ysurself. and then |
'ou are all stirred UP and git hystericky
why I've known women before now 60 /
,rlticise the wardrobe OF some other
and particularly their hat or bon
ret. laughing and pol<ing fun about IL.
when actually the woman that was
Laughing had on bonnet that must have
made the Goddess OF Fashion shed tearsl
Better remember that we don't see our
'elves as others see us When we want
o poke fun we'd better ask some friend
" ours 90 look us over critically before
We begin.
If somebody wants 10 dress so tina,
hey'll look like all possess. let them 70
m with their notionsl Can't you see that
he contrast will be greater between youi
lner tastes and thers7 Comparisons are
III that show of wel-dressed folks sue
essfully. Jf We all had the same tastes
ved be miserable. But. after all. dress
nd beauty don't amount 10 everything.
We seen some OF the homellest and oldest
nortals that YOU could find on top OF the
arth that could paint pictures and sing
ongs that would charm your soul.
But its human nature TO follow along
n the same old rut that nlne-tenths OF
he people are travelling in 50 far as
ashton IL concerned. N fashion dictates
sugar SCOOP shape OF hat its got
o be worn, and n ~ calls for large
lunch OF lace and bugle trimmings. that
must be worn too. no matter whether it's
or not |