The Ordway new era., 1909-09-24

" OF wisdom"
laughed the observant spinster. "and
Betty Fosbery has the kind that IS
different"
Then II is pure waste. said tie
happily married woman. for she Is so
very pretty"
THAT is just It," answered the oh
servant spinster "Betty's prettiness
is only one manifestation OF her wis
dom.
The other girls are tanned and
freckled and sunburned; Betty's face,
and arms. while not extraordinarily
pink and white in themselves, seem
delicate In comparison. The other
girls are running wildly from one
thing to another all day: Betty hasn't
touched a golf stick nor a tennis
racket since she has been here. When
she goes boating. some young man.
not Betty. handles the oars. So she
never looks tired or pulled TO pieces"
But" protested the happily mar
ried woman. what is the good Of 60
ing to a summer resort II you don't
do anything but sit around?"
The observant spinster laughed.
you. who first met your husband on
This very porch. ought to know better
than to ask that question: she said.
You know. and SO does every wom-
an. what summer resorts are for.
Still. II is only now and then a Betty
Fosbery who acts with any wisdom.
You see." went on the observant
spinster. Betty decided that she
would be the most popular girl here
this summer and she Is accomplishing
that laudable ambition. Now. Betty
has no special endowments above 9th
er girls-except the strange wisdom
which Is hers. At the beginning OF
the season Betty sat down. l have no
doubt. and considered her assets.
She acknowledged TO herself that
she had no specially which could
make her stand out pre-eminent above
the other girls. She could play golf.
Of course. but not so well as Clara
Barnes. She could play tennis. but
she never could hope to win set II
Bertha Gates were on the other side
OF the net She could swim. but she
could not plunge for distance as Dor.
othy Tyler could. Then 1t was that
her wisdom stood her in good stead
1t whispered to her: DO not let your.
self be always in second place. Hold
yourself aloof from everything She
has rigidly obeyed that command.
Betty never arises until 1t 10 late
Then she has her breakfast in her
room. and idles away the morning
reading or lying in a hammock under
the trees. In the afternoon she has a
.up before II 10 time to bathe and
dress for dinner. When the other
girls. dusty and disheveled. come UP
on the porch. It Is to see a crisp. cool
Betty looking the picture Of comfort.
IF only the girls saw her 1t
wouldn't matter SO much: but the
men see her. too. II is all right to
have a companion to tramp across
the links with yod in the broiling sun,
but It is better to have some one in
. dainty gown waiting on the porch
to greet you when you come home.
So many a girl who goes in for sport
is learning something Of the perfidy
Of man when she leads her partner
Of the day up on this porch, only to
udVe MN Pioy Nho SaNdiicI " Deity
all evening.
Naturally Betty is attractive in the
evening. She can wear evening gowns
without fear that her arms and neck
will show three or four different
shades Of tan; she can dance all night
without being tired, while the girl
who has tramped about In heavy shoes
all day IL tired at the start"
But even II the other girls are
tanned and freckled." said the hap.
PLY married woman. II should think
they might win out over Betty by the
old rule Of possession being nine
points Of the law; for they are with
the men so much more"
This from q married woman" ex-
claimed the observant spinster.
"Dop't you know that the one infal
lible piece Of wisdom in Betty's phil.
osophy has nothing to do with sun.
burn or freckles or dusty clothes, but
goes beyond all such things? She
knows that to hold ones self apart ar
something rare Is the FIRST principle
Of the girl who would attract. She
doesn't let herself become an old
story" .l
you ought to be married. yourself"
conceded the happily married woman.
But I'm afraid you never will be, for
you know too much. Betty Eosbery
may be Just wise enough. but every.
thing can be carried too far, can't II
even wisdom?" Chicago Daily
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