West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-08-27

Except n rev VINO nave TO hust-
lie all the time
To raise the dust.
~ EAR READER-It was summer
time. The sun glared down
w upon the city with pitiless fe-
rocity. IL Is difficult for the
sun to be ferocious and exhibit COM
junction simultaneously. The heat was
-oh. bother Thermometers! Who cares
for standard measures anyhow II
was so hot that
The roof gardens put on SO many
extra walters that you could hope TO
get your GIN fizz now-as soon as all
the other people. got theirs. The hospi-
tails were putting IN extra cots cfor
bystaniers. for when little woolly dogs
loli. their tongues out and say "woof,
woofr' at the fieas that bite 'em and
nervous old black bombnzine ladies'
screech mad dogr' and policemen be-
gin TO shoot somebody u going 10 get
hurt The man from Pompton. n. j..
who always wears an ovcrcoat In July
had turned up IN n Broadway hotel
drinking hot Scotches and enjoying his
annual ray from the calcium. Philan-
thropists were petitioning the iegisla-
ture TO pass bin requiring builders TO
make tenement fire escapes more COM
modious, so that families might die all
together OF the heat instead OF one or
two Mt time. So many men were tell.
Ing you about the number of baths
they took each day that you wondered
how they got along after the real lessee
or the apartment came back TO town
and thanked 'em for taking such good
care OF IL. The young man who called
loudly for cold beef and beer I'm the
restaurant. protesting that roast puiiet
and Burgundy were really too heavy for
such weather, blushed when he met
your eye. for you had heard him all
winter calling I'm modest tones for the
same ascetic viands. Soup. pocket
books. shirt waists. actors and base
ball excuses grew thinner. Yes. II was
summer time.
A man stood at Thirty-fourth street
waiting for a downtown cara man
OF forty, gray haired, pink faced, keen,
nervous, plainly dressed, with harass-
ed look around the eyes. He wiped
his forehead and laughed loudly when
fat man with an outing look stopped
and spoke with him.
No, stree" he shouted, with def
ance and scorn.s "None OF your old
mosquito haunted swamps and sky
scraper mountains without elevators
for me. When l want to get away
from hot weather Lknow how TO do II.
: New York. sir, Is the finest summer
resort In the country. Keep in the
shade and watch your diet and don't
get too far away from an electric fan.
Talk about your Adirondacks and your
Catskillsl There's more solid comfort
In the borough OF Manhattan than in
all the rest of the country together.
No, street No tramping up perpendic-
ular cliffs and being walked up at In
the morning by a million flies and eat
ing canned goods straight from the city
for me. Little old New York Will take
a few select summer boarders. Com
forts and conveniences OF homes-that's
the ad. that 1 answer every time"
"You need vacation" said the fat
man. looking closely at the other
You haven't been away from town
In years. Better come with me for
two weeks anyhow. The trout I'm the
Beaverkill are jumping at anything
now that looks like n fly. Harding
writes me that he landed a three pound
brown last week"
''Nonsensey' cried the other man.
Go ahead IL you like and boggle
around I'm rubber boots, wearing your
self out trying to catch fish. When
want one go to cool restaurant and
order It. laugh at you fellows when
ever think OF you hustllng around In
the heat in the country thinking you
are having n good time. For me Fa-
ther Knickerbocker's little improved
'arm with the big shady lane running
through the middle OF IT,"
The fat man sighed over his friend
aud went his way. The man who
thought New York was the greatest
summer resort In the country boarded
car and went buzzlng down to his
office On the way he threw away his
newspaper and looked up Mt ragged
patch OF sky above the housetops.
'Three poundsg' he muttered absent
~. "And Harding isn't a liar. be-
iieve. II could-but it's impossible
they've got to have another month
another month at least"
In his Office the upholder OF urban
midsummer joys diyed headforemost
into the swimming pool of business.
Adkins. his clerk, came and added a
spray OF letters. memoranda and tele-
grams.
At . o'clock in the afternoon the
busy man leaned back In his Office
chair, put his feet on the desk and
mused aloud:
Il wonder what kind Of bait Harding
uscdf'
She was an in white that day. and
thereby Compton lost bet to Gaines.
Compton had wagered she would wear
light blue. for she knew that was his
favorite color, and Compton was mil
iiouaire's son, aud that almost laid
him open 90 the charge Of betting on n
sure thing hut white was her choice.
and Gaines held up his head with TWEEN.
~ fve's lordly air
The little summer hotel IN the noun
taics had a lively crowd that year.
There were two or three young college
men and couple o. artists and a
young naval officer on one side on
the Other there were enough beauties
emonx the Young ladies for the CORE
spondtnt 81 a society paper 10 refer 20
them a. q "bcvy" hut ths moon
amonx the stars was Mary sewell.
zach one ~ The young men greatly de-
sired 90 arrange matters 80 that he
could pay her millinery bills and az
ne fufnace and have her a. away with
the seweli part of Der name forever
Iboee sho could stay only a week 90
t~e went away limiting st pistols and
hilEbied hearts. not Compton stayed
H1e tae mounfaias themselves. for hs