Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1905-07-20
Saint Maru's Beacon


summer vacation coming. ard you
know you made me spend on a silk
dress the money you had saved for
il.
"Of course, / could have got along
without the dress, but you were SO
insistent on my having il when /
told you ] had bought the material
that I couldn't resist.
1t panied me, beloved, to protest
when you said today that you want
ed TO take days trip through the
country, because it would have cost
soawfully much. Five dollars would
scarcely cover il.
THAT is why l wanted TO come
down to Coney Island, so we could
get nice trip, see everything there
is TO be seen, and still not be under
any great expense.
Doesn't the sea air make one
hungry We might as well have a
little lunch now as any other time.
II always liked this place. Let
me see, think I II have a clam chow
der-every one here eats clam chow
der-and half broiled chicken. and
some triflihg little salad. and Oh,
asparagus just love it.
"I'll have a double portion of as
paragus, because | think it is better
than any spring medicine. And
then. let me see, yes, I'll have straw
berry shortcake with ice cream on
top, and you can pour some hot
melted chocolate over the cream.
Its really lovely, darling, but l
do not see why you will eat nothing
but a hot roast beef sandwich and
glass of beer. Yet when you come
TO think of it, hot roast beef sand
witch should be enough for any one,
for, look at the amount of gravy you
get with it.
THE bill is $6.90p Why, how in
the world is that ? How much was
that hot beef sandwich ? Thirty-five
cents ? Ridiculous! Tocharge that
amount OF money for few little bits
Of bread and meat. cant help it,
dear, / can't help il. | cannot see
your money taken away from you in
this way.
Now, | ate nothing. and all you
had was hot roast beef sandwich
and yet they have the effrontery to
give you a check Ior $3.50. feel
like reporting the case to Mr.. Nc
AdOo and having the Island closed
up.
Il am so upset that | must 60 in
here and get q glass of Fixo nerve
food to quiet me. 1t is awfully re-
freshing. Just try one. MOP Well,
then, we'll just walk over TO the park
and see what there is.
II could shoot she chutes all day.
We've been down eight times al
ready, and it has cost nearly 81. 1
cannot see how that can be. III bet
they short-changed you. l heard
that man was once caught here do
ing it.
I'VE must have our pictures Ia
ken. There is nothing funnier than
q tintype.
Gracious look like an old wo-
man of 60. Now, that was half dol
lar wasted cannot see the sense
in going into such places and get
ting picture that does not look any.
think like you.
How many places there arel And
we haven't been in half of them vet.
| want to see the animals, because
it is educating TO watch them. /
could sit here forever; but as long
as we are over here we might Just
as well get the benefit of our time.
because goodness knows when we
will get a chance again.
Now, here is where we should
have gone in the first place. You
get a genuine Rhode Island shore
dinner for 81, and if We had done
that we would have been amply sat
isfied. know had a little lunch
but I'm hungry, and it isn't every
day we go out, nor is it every day
you get genuine Long Island shore
dinner for dollar.
There's too much fish with il.
That is always the trouble with these
shore dinners. always much rath-
er have gone into some place and had
just little ice cream and cake. II
would have cost less and been more
satisfactory.
We haven't had a taste of ice
cream today, and I'm just dying for
some. Now, darling. please don't
be disagreeable. Il viii only cost q
few cents, and we'll both enjoy it so |
much.
The ideal OF course, they don't !
put moth balls in the ice cream,
That is the new antiseptic flavoring.
and it is really nice when you grow |
accustomed toit Tt'sawfully scien- !
titic and it's awfully cheap.