The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-19

attending to the assembling Of the eat
abIes"
The chaperon made no reply Mere
--ords could never have expressed her
feelings. She asked il cutting syliabies
how people were going 10 eat eggs and
/ chickens and tomatoes without salt,
said she for one did not know and then
was about TO turn her back 70 the null
titude when q person from the other
side OF Dolly remarked that her party
would be glad 20 exchange some salt for
some sugar. and the barter was made
with many protestations OF gratitude
[ on each side.
Put down as a suggestion The al
/ truistic side Of the excursionist.' % whis-
/ pered Dolly IN my ear.
/ One Of the Ill small boys on the boat
at this moment made a graceful descent
I from a bar above Dolly's head by dint
l OF stepping on that lady's shoulder, and
/ greatly aroused her ire
! His mother. observing the strength Of
her feelings. called the culprit 70 her,
! and by means Of a bride consisting Of
I a stick OF pink-striped candy inserted
I IN q lemon, which forms a most inter
| esting sweet. I am told. induced him 70
) sit quietly beside her for the space Of
moments by asking questions about
ship wrecks
II this boa, got on fire, mother. do
l YOU think that you could save us?''
/ Would you rather burn up or
( drown?"
/ DO you smother when you drown -
DO life-preseryers always save you -
/ Why do they nail nfe-preservers TO
/ the csiling2"
If he were mine. said Dolly 20 me.
/ calmly, Il should pitch him overheard
/ now and let him work out his own the
/ Dries"
FIrtations Flourish
p, There IS no other place IN the world
/ where the Irritation flOurishes as II does
( on an excursion steamer. Nowhere else
/ do soft eyes speak love 10 eyes which
/ speak again" as here; nowhere else is
admiration so shamelessly shown.
] The cases Of devotion We're not exhfb-
tied openly during the daylight hours.
II was on the return trip, when dark
I nesS had fallen, that we caught glinpses
OF silhouettes showing dainty, wind
blown heads resting on sturdy masculine
! shoulders Il was then that the uri-
] synPathetic searchIight man pointed
/ out delicate fingers cla5ped in larger
! ones and II was then that strainfng
( our ears IN the rudest fashion possible,
Z we caught whispers never meant for
I alien ears Indeed. right near US a
4 young man mUrnUred' so earnestly
You are never AFRAID when you are
/ with ne, dear. are Jour that Dolly
/ thought the remark was addressed -
her. and replied, promptly. Indeed I
4 am"
/ All day we had been too prudent 10
4 leave our chairs, fearing that they
would be beneVOlCntly aSsimilated by
I some Oyer-enteTpTiSiCg person. but noE
I everyone was so wrapped in his fellow
that we walked about biz, surveying
from purely scientific viewpoint these
7 cases OF river chillS- We saw the erst-
! while noisy small boys now quietly seat
ed III their mothers laps, fighting witt
an agony Of sleepiDess 10 which they
were too proud 20 yield We heard
brave men using near-pr0fane language
- they packed UP the traps OF THEN
Z party and could not ind the Sroons
70 teA over pieces OF banana skins
ana skinned our ankles on forgotten
umbrellas and stopped en- route 10 lis
ten 70 the walls Of ar lmprOViSed St
Cecilia choir which was carolinE The
Merry Widow waltz on the upper deck
OF the rest OF the crowd The effect o.
the chorus was. however, rather marreC
BY gentleman with a pTOdigiOCS SnOr,
who was sleeping nearby
II want 70 so home" said Dolly
7 was thinking with animation OF M
humble cot at that very moment"
returned And then two babies awok,
and cried and an impatient and tired
/ out mother cufted her charge. and tht
choir turned without the qUIver o. ar
eyelash to Pull for the Shore" and
I Land. hOI' cried Dolly. after the man
ner OF Columbus. for the lights OF tht
city cleaned near.
We walked up the street toge thel
painting for breath, and Dolly leaned al
arm On me.
Just Ike a long, happy Gay in the
country she said.
Just" I asSented for was too
sleepy to say more.
LEONORE CALVERT.