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others. One girl appropriated more
than her share of men and queened it
over the wallfiower.
This variety of summer girl grew
and grew. Her cry of woe began to
hurt the standing of the summer re-
sort and the proprietors all over the
country were in despair. Male guests
heard the cry, and when they saw
female arfayed in the best her trunk
afforded they became fearful and fished
go3fed, smoked or rewed in Eveless
grandeur. So she was left to garb
herself In lifeless muslin, creep down
stairs to solitary meals. wildly excit-
ing strolls unaccompauied or regulated
to the cold comfort of a piazza chair
and beautiful view. Dinner gowns
twinkled and besought notice in vain,
viclins called pieadingly from the ball
ROOM pale, white moonlights illuminat-
ed the lake with shfmmering. opales-
cent splendor and the summer girl still
waited.
Going were her brief holidays, gone
was her cash into the pocket of the
proprietor and the only thing she was
getting out OF the whole business was
the determination never to come to his
hotel again.
When the men packed up to go 1t
was the same story; pools all right, no.
tel fine, climate great--but Too bad.
but the atmosphere of the place was all
wrong. The hotel proprietor knew In
his heart they would never return to
his hotel again.
When he was down in the depths of
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cases on record of the rescuer actually
knocking the drowning one on the head
and rendering him unconscious SO that
he might tow him ashore without in
reference. Such violent measures are
obviously very dangerous, 1T will be
seen, and should not be resorted to ex-
cept in an obvious case of life and
death.
There are several ways of towing a
body ashore, and opinions differ as to
the best AS a general proposition.
however, the body should be towed
backward. 1t is obvious that In this
position it is almost impossible. no
matter how excited the drowning one
may be, for him to secure any hold on
his rescuer. There are several ways Of
holding the body in this operation. The
main thing is to grasp it so that the
mans arms cannot reach you. A good
plan is to firmly grasp both arms or
place your hand beneath the shoulders
and draw the body tightly toward you.
In this way the arms are prevented
from reaching you. and at the same
time the head is held well above the
water. Even should he strike out con-
vulsively with both arms and legs the
rescuer is safe from such attacks.
Another plan is to take the person
in distress on ones back and thus gain
the use of one hand In swimming
ashore The position is a dangerous
one, however, unless the one being res
cued can be depended upon to trust
entirely to the rescuer and make no ef-
forts which will trouble the rescuer
When it comes to rescuing those who
are not far spent or have still retained
some presence of mind the problem lie
much simpler. Such persons can. as a
rule, be trusted with life prescrvers,
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the most wary general. Yea, and IL
she be endowed with all these virtues
and have not charity her triumph as
professional entertainer is shortlived.
Hotel proprietors greet her with open
arms. She spells success for them and
happiness for the guests, but they never
knew her value until she told them of
it. Tables were good, rooms likewise.
walks, drives, recreation grounds and
halls all excellent. bur the guests either
lolIed about the piazzas or loeked in
groups of one and yawned. Guests
who had arrived as party stuck to-
gether and froze out the lone one.
Cliques formed and cold shouldered all
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who dwell In the sunny Southland" or
he finds his muse responsive when he
desires to tell about the old Virginia
homestead where he spent his hours
of childhood, romping merrily at play"
Hathaway, however. is more familiar
with nature as seen in Pulaski County.
Ind. In some of his poems he sings
about the blue-tinted waters OF the
historical Tippecanoe River which
flows through his fathers farm and
gently washes its wavelets against the
shaded banks.
This region also atounds in Indian
lore and legend. and this Hathaway has
found to be fertile field for the kim
ding of his poetic Imagination. Ro-
mances of the red men freely intermin-
gled with remorseless savagery and
the story Of how the white settlers
fearlessly entrusted themselves to the
keeping Of White Rose, the beautiful
daughter of old Chief Wynemac. have
also aroused the muse IN this Indiana
poet.
1t is said that Hathaway Is regarded
as an ideal by certain members OF the
fair sex, but when asked about this the
poet scoffed at the idea. Mr.. Hathaway
says he is not interested in women and
fails to see why they should be inter-
ested in him. BY the way Of giving an
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whether of cork or pieces OF wood, and
once supported even partially may be
towed ashore with comparative ease
Another plan is to take such swim
mers, II they be unable to help them
selves, on ones back. In this position
their heads will be held above the
water and their position is compare
lively safe and easy one When more
than one person is to be rescued ana
they can be trusted to keep their pres
ence of mind. 1t is possible for strong
swimmer to reach the shore with two
or even three persons on his back In
such a case the strain is obviously very
great on the swimmers strength and
there is danger of his giving out ana
dragging the others down with him.
If the person in distress is an ex-
perienced swimmer and can keep MS
wits about him. no matter now ex-
hausted he may be. the problem is
greatly simplified. A plan which has
worked well in practice when dealing
with such persons is to have them face
you, put their hands on your shoufders
and place a leg on each side of the body
and hold tight.s The advantage or this
position Is obvious, since 1t enables the
rescuer to use both arms and both legs
with comparative freedom The WeiEnt
of the body being supported is not a
serious hindrance to a good swim
mer. While this is the quickest method
in all probability, it is exceedin gly
dangerous unless you can be perfect
ly sure Of your man. for should ne
clutch too tightly with his arms or
legs both would infallibly go down to-
gether.
The plan OF forming human chain
is good one when more than one man
goes out to any one in distress Each
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idea or the extent OF his diSintereSt in
the fair sex he makes the claim that To
his knowledge the first woman is yet
to press kiss upon his lips.
Hathaway says that kissing Is dis
ease and that it ought to be put under
ban. When interviewed about never
being kissed by a woman. he said:
Woman in her determination TO kiss
man will do silly things. Some men
think that women are celestial beings.
don't think So They are butterflies
of fashion. Their magnetic attractions
doom men to matrimonial slavery. Poor
fellowsl A kiss The idea. Leo me
sing to you My Bunch OF Roses
We'll. must say that no woman ever
kissed me- The idea, Time and again
have scolded the silly girls about the
danger OF a kiss. They said they didn't
care and even threatened to kiss me-
Their threats give me an arctic chill.
Why, the silly girls are insane on the
idea.
We'll. at any time a charming girl
catches me asleep and carries out the
threat all have TO say Is that girl Is
going to be my Bunch of Roses in
my home. and we viii go rowing on the
waters OF the dear old Tippecanoe
River when the flowers bloom for Iu-
ctle. in Junetime.'
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ually are, the rescuer greatly increases
his own danger in the undertaking
As proof of this witness the number
of cases reported every season all
along our coast of the loss of the
weuld-be rescuer. AS rule, there is
a board or a rope somewhere near If
those about have the presence of mind
should be borne in mind. to support
a person in distress in the water even
for many minutes while such relief
is being brought than to attempt to
swim ashore with him. If no such
relief is in sight, even a small piece of
wood is infinitely better than nothing
and might help to support the person
in distress when time is so precious.
1t has been found by those most ex-
perienced in such matters that the best
plan as rule is to approach the drown
ing from the rear. taking them by sur
prise as far as possible. This permits
one to secure just the hold he desires
without any resistance from the one to
be rescued. Another way to do this is
to dive under water as one approaches
the person in distress and come to the
surface beside him SO quickly that you
can get the hold you desire before he
has time to clutch. This, of course,
calls for considerable skill in swim
ming. If, on the other hand, the per-
son in distress be reasonable, it may be
possible to tread water or even float
near long enough to arrange just what
is TO be done and caution the weaker
one against making a blind clutch
There have been cases when the swim
mer on reaching the distressed person
has actually frightened him into proper
submission by threats of violence. At
such time sharp argument of this
kind is certainly iustifable. There are
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away somewhere without even hOU VI
recognition ,T
Everybody is moping and wishing
that nice girl was around. wheh shS
arrives, fresh, smiling. talkatlVe ana
ready for a good time. They nock
about her and Invitations to walk
drive, row or play tennis are eagerly
offered her. With the greatest tact she
hands these invitations on to the Shy
girl. the neglected girl and ratner 81
derby girl, holding out promises TOT
herself for some other time, and then
gives her own attention toward enter
tanning that most difficult person, the
masculine species of wallfiower.
All day long she plans TO get people
together Picnics straw rides. auto
ing parties. tramping parties. boat trips
and all sorts of big, inclusive games
Piazza fends must be dragged on an
shy people dug out OF lonely corners
TheatricaIs have been found to be
splendid means for drawing people TO-
gether The spirit of the affairS-mu-
tuaI benefit, effort and shoulder-to-
shoulder pIanning-breaks the ice or
the most rigid formahty. The guests
take the parts; the professional enter
tainer can only be manager, prompter
and leader OF the mob.
At the hops she appears glOrihed
and starts things moving by getting
out first on the floor. She is so popular
by this time, or should be, that the
gentlemen will allow themselves to be
handed over TO any girl she happens
to select for them. They will prance
around the hall with the stoutest, thin
nest or most awkward girl If she prom
ises to sit out but two minutes some
time during the evening with them
Age never enters into the game she
smiles on the extremely young, middle
aged and old men and women alike.
She glides about with the most POM
pous or bashful men alike indifferently.
Her chief concern Is to get the awk-
ward folks comfortable-to rid the
dance of all walliowers.
Her work Is increasing. She must
get and hold on to the extreme edges
of all situations until the tension Is
slackened. Coquetry is a weapon she
uses but she never hirts. The social
entertainer is not allowed the luxury
of a summer love affair. She has more
chances to enter into them than any
other guest at the hotel, but she has
no time for them. Her life must be
spent in the crowd, in the rush OF az
fairs in trying to make other love at
fairs run smoothly. She can't allow
herself to be drawn into any heart IN
terest, for the moment she loses her
grip on herself and becomes interested
in another her reign as a social en-
tertainer is over.
All the compensation she gets comes
when guest is going home, when he
or she seeks her out and says: II must
thank you for the best holiday / have
ever spent feel but for you it would
have been a rank failure. You are the
life of the place, and I want to thank
you for the fine times I have had here.
/ Where do you go next summer?
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everybody TO have a good time. The
masculine nature would never evolve
such pretty way of relieving the sum-
mer resort Of its one thorn.
This dainty bit of elegantly clad
womanhood, she who resembles the
lilies of the field in raiment only, tolls
late and early to chase solicitude away
from the most diHdent vacationer and
spins tales for the edihcation of~the
piazza hangers on. She must be en-
dowed with the wit OF De Stael. out
shine solomon in raiment and wisdom,
have the originality of Eve, the un-
self1shness of an East Indian high
priestess and the resourcefulness Of
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from wardrobe to pleasure. She sets
the pace and to do so must be properly
gowned for whatever part she plays.
The one material asset the professional
entertainer must have Is wardrobe.
Costly her raiment as her purse can
buy-a simple, artistic and yet withal
practical affair 1t must be, complete
In every detail. 1t is her stock in trade.
She need not necessarily be the most
costly gowned woman at the hotel,
but she must be the best dressed To
be successful the aspirant for the po-
sition must know herself thoroughly.
She must have studied herself critically
and disinterestedly, and then. as Calve
so tersely puts it, "accentuate" herself
Individuality and temperament are
the two things she banks upon to bring
her safely through the season. tact to
pull her out of all embarrassing situa-
tions, and her wit to grace her actions
at all times.
If the confessions of a professional
entertainer were written ad lib. great
would be the stir and fascinating would
be the reading To tell briefly how
she does her work and what she gets
out of 1t is a trifiing matter.
She arrives at the hotel like Gin
derella in her coach--a little belated
perhaps If she wishes to make her first
impression on the piazza throngs, or
perhaps earlier, but keeping In close
conference with the proprietor until
dinner, when she will burst radiant
with good nature on the guests.
Mamma or a paid attendant gives the
necessary background for the picture.
She is necessary from two standpoints.
She represents the proprieties-for one
may flirt with Mrs. Brundy, but never
shock her sensibilities-and then she
helps work things up. She is the work
ing member of the game.
The entertainer has spent days and
days in reading "the literary digest"
In arranging line of campaign and
preparing "sops" for this mans vanity
and that woman's wit At dinner she
sizes up her people mentally. If the
proprietor has helped things along by
noting the different guests so much the
better. but the chances are he hasn't
Before dinner is over your profess
sionai entertainer has planned some
thing that is big enough to include
everybody. Either she or her compan-
ion make dash for the piano and play
all the popular things Of the day. First
this one lounges in, then the next, until
everybody is getting good natured and
chummy.
When the atmosphere is tested and
found to be just right for more iufor-
malities she slips off the stool, gets
some one of the guests in her place
and then distributes herself unobtru-
sively, but yet emphatically. through
the groups. Universal conversation is
entered into, cliques broken up and the
wallhower drawn into the circle.
The evening passes of swfmmingly
but by morning her influence is gone
again. Groups sulk or read, scattered
here and there. They have watched
folks they joked with last night sc
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despair she arrived. Who? The pro-
fessional entertainer Jones hotel was
booming, and Jones told him on the
quiet 1T was all due to her" In sheer
desperation he took her in He was
willing to try anything, but if one
bunch of women had stuck together
and almost ruined his hotel what would
another one do?
OF course, the circular read all right.
If she could do half she was warranted
to do he could see himself crowded for
room She was to come as guest and
have the best in the house Every
thing must be at her command, from
stable to lake, including the hotel and
proprietor. All amusements must be
passed over to her. She must have alb
solute control. control of sports and
parlor entertainments and, having all
this. she promised him a successful
season.
Some things, of course, she couldn't
do. For instance. she can't make over
entirely human nature, but she can
bend 1t a good deal by using a great
deal of tact and a keen knowledge OF
Its frailties. She can't make round
pegs go in square holes, but she doesn't I
try to. And to her he passed over his
hotel and his reputation.
Now, who is the professional enter
Nine chances out of ten she is a college
girl, girl who is on her own resources
to some considerable extent. one who is
energetic, independent and who ranks
high both in the social and studious
world at college. She is a born leader,
a girl popular with classmates and
teachers, a girl who can be depended
upon in any emergency, one who is
we'll born, well bred and well made.
She iS the avaraC heaItbv Salf-raita n Z
girl who has come into the greatest in
heritance 1t is possible for life to give
her, nature that will not see any
thing but good In everybody. one that
radiates sunshine and laughter.
She is decorative and practical. but
she lacks money. The cry of the dis
consulate hotel-keeper reached her
ears and she listened attentively. Here
was a new field of labor and. its sue
cess lay in making people happy. If
at college she could chase homesick-
ness from the forlorn "freshys'' heart
or drive sordidness from the wealthy
''sophs' nature. laugh cynicism from
the juniors brow, and brush care from
the pale senior'ss brow. why couldn't
she do all these things and plan frol-
les for the holiday crowd?
Her services were accepted in half
hearted way at first but she has fought
her way up and through all obstacles
until now the position of the profess
imaginable. The girl who fills the po-
sition now has many aids and convent
ences the first ones had to fight for.
You will find her at the best hotels
all over the country, from Newport to
Palm Beach, from Atlantic City to Cali
fornia. Her duties are wholly decora-
tive. Shells the leader in everything,
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lakns che F'rsr hold

TE8AT every one should know how
to swim is, OF course, a plati-
tude 1t is equally important
that every one should know how to
assist others in the water when acei-
dents occur. Il is not necessary, as
is commonly supposed. that one
should be an expert swimmer to be
able to rescue any one in distress
There are a few simple rules which
II borne in misd in such crisis wouH
make il possible 70 bring any one in
distress ashore without great danger,
There is a surprising amount of ig-
noranee even among good swimmers
as to the best plan for effecting a
rescue. Throughout the summer
mouths the number of drownings
which might have been prevented by
a little presence Of mind is appalling.
The principal danger in such at
tempts is that in the excitement of
the moment both the reseuer as we'll
as the man in distress will lose their
presence of mind. A considerable pro-
portion Of the amateur life savers
are drowned every season in their at
tempts TO save the drowning.
For one thing an effort should be
made to carry out a life preserver,
either a cork jacket, or. IL one is not
al hand. a. rope, or both. The few mo-
ments which may be lost in securing
such assistance and Of arranging for
those on shore TO lend what assistance
they can is time well invested in So
perflous an enterprise. If these pre-
cautions be neglected. as they US
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-HE idea was not originally mans.
Nor was il the idea of a woman
Of mature thought. The disap-
pearance of the waIlhower from sum
mer resorts is due solely TO the efforts
OF the summer girl 1t was the result
that came from one of the happy
thoughts that fash through the mind
OF the fluffy, diaphanous creature that
SIS queen Of the carnival season of the
year.
The very youthfulness Of the plan
OF campaign and its butterfly nature
proves that it is the work of one who
loved happiness, who wished to share
81 with everybody, one who wished
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tion appeared to be simple and the dan
ger practically over. No sooner were
the man in distress and his would-be
rescuer ready to be towed in than the
crowd on shore pulled the rope so vio-
lently that both men were dragged
under the water and in their exhausted
condition were drowned The work OF
resuscitating a man once he has been
brought ashore is almost equally i'm
portant. and every one should be ia
miliar with the principles involved.
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the various members OF the chain. In
this way 1t is often possible to swim
for a considerable distance with a prac-
tically helpless man with very little
danger. When a number OF rescuers
are working together there is an added
danger of too great haste. A striking
example of this occurred recently in an
attempted rescue on the New Jersey
coast when a man succeeded in reach
ing the drowning man with a life pre-
server fastened to rope. The situa-
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sionS, ana yet un1nhuenced
and free from the fascina-
tions of woman's charms to the extent
that he has never been kissed, is the
remarkable claim made by ". @. Hath
away of Winamac, Ind, who now bids
fafi to become known to the outside
world in a rather extraordinary man
ner.
Poets and writer's of sentimental
songs are supposed to have some
knowledge and experience in love. That
Is always a foregone conclusion, SO
when a man comes along who writes
poems that breathe of love and says
that he knows nothing whatsoever
about It, and further claims that he
has never been. to his knowledge.
kissed by woman, 1t is to be wondered
what sort of a poet he is and If his
poems do not lack the warmth that Is
supposed to come only from the heart
that can tell it's own story.
Yes. @. Hathaway was born on his
fathers farm near Winamac, yet for
seme reason or other he likes to write
love poems about "maidens fair to see