The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-17
NINETEENTH CENTURY GARLANDs
She started in to get little fat, and we all

She started in to get little fiat, and we all
sent her something. No matter how little
it was, we helped along in the furnishing
Of the fat, and | think by the time July
comes she will have a large house party on
her hands, for three of us are staying there
with her now, and she's glad to have lis,
and we don't feel in the least as though
we were imposing on her good nature
when we are provided with enough
, money to go away for week or two W.
never choose any Of the fine places you
read of where the girls wear expensive
mountain farmhouse and live on 81 or S.
week apiece as long As the money holds
out. We drink lots Of milk and climb
hills and lie about under the trees and live
just as differently as We can from the dress
ing and makeup of the stage.
But country resorts are just little too
swell for most Of us, and we have TO settle
down in town, unless We are lucky enough
to have folks somewhere. in which case
they are sure TO see lis before the autumn
comes round.
"A very fine summer was planned for four
of us year ago. but the trouble was that
we got lonesome, and We gave up the plan
instead of sticking it out There is place
up on Cape Cod where you can hire little
hut for the whole summer for $50
1t really is a hut. you know, that you get
for that price, but 1t is right on the ocean,
and some people manage to put in very
comfortable summers there, going TO an
inn for their meals and roughing II be-
tween times.
Those things always read delightfully."-.
and we intended to have a bully time living
in bathing suits and burning driftwood on
the beach and all that.
I'VE arrived at the place at night and 1t
happened to be cold and stormy. and there
was no fireplace or stove or anything to
heat the place with except big lamp that
was supposed to heat and light the cottage,
we sat around the lamp ana laughed and
ate timed things we had with US, and we
heard the wind howl all night, for none,
OF us had the courage to 60 TO sleep.
In the morning II was better for we met
other people who seemed not to mind living
that way, and we got things to rights and for
few weeks we managed to enjoy 1t: But
the stormy nights were too much for us,
and we packed up and came back TO New
York in the middle Of August and found it
AT it's hottest.
Then we luckily ran across another
show girl that had been content to stay in
town. and she was one of the lucky ones
with ia, and we all went and stayed with
her until the season opened.
There is something about this. gypsy
way of taking life in The summer that hai,
its compensations We are happy as tramps
and we have put in so many just such sum.
mers that we know We shall make out all
right this time.
last summer we found place down in
Staten Island where we boarded with an
Italian family and ate all the garlic favored
things that you 60 to restaurants to get
here. Our accommodations were very
plain and very small, but clean, and. though
the mosquitoes bothered us some We had
fine summer. and swan every day for
few hours. SO that we came home as brown
and healthy looking as though we had
been across the ocean.
It's good thing for show girl not TO
take life strenuously. for YOU know the work
itself is awfully wearing When you see
us on the stage in costume, smiling and
dancing a. though life were one huge joke.
you never realize how tired and worn out
some of us feel.
you see there is constant rehearsi
and there is so much dancing and posturing
nowadays in chorus girls work that It
becomes ms wearing as continual athletic
exercise. Only we cannot stop and he
rubbed down when we are through, but
must be fresh and ready for the evenings
performance,