The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-04
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Is beyond the comprehension OI lldH.
a we'll balanced woman. is the way II
which the members of a summer col
ony divide up into little cliques an
call each other by their Christl2r
names on short acquaintance. Af.el
two months of the season have passed
a stranger arriving on the outskirts
Of the several charmed circles would
imagine that they woco all related o,
else had gone to school with one
another, so rapidly do the dear
Mauds," or dear Ethels," or dear
Hates" fly back and forth in even a
casual conversation, and as the hus.
bands arrive on the scene of action,
which is most frequently the club
house veranda or the lawn, they, too.
are unanimously greeted by nick
names. as if they were lifelong
friends The condolences exchanged in
the first ardent flush of finding 4
kindred soul, willing to share imagln-
airy grievances. love affairs or ac-
counts of previous good times, are OF
a most personal nature, so persona!
that the narrator frequently oversteps
the bounds of prudence-nothing IS
held sacred in the desire to gain SYM
patty, for these shallow, impression
able natures are always on the qui
vive for an occasion to spread broad
east their experiences, and, alas. too
frequently such experiences bring in
other people, who, being in ignorance
of what is being said about them, new.
er have the right to defend them
selves Women of this undisciplined
temperament invariably make them
selves both the heroine and the vic.
tim in every tale they tell. II any
one is at fault it is always the other
person, and they personally are the
most innocent Tor injured) people in
the world. The number of anecdotes
they have on hand varies with the
vividness of their imagination, but
they always may be counted on to
have a supply sufficient to las.
through the season and keep the will
ing listener fascinated. Half the en-
joyment Of the summer time to them
is the prospect of new friends AMI
if they are to go to new place as
we'll so much the better for the field
is new and old tales may be retold
and improved
The first evidences OF an over
desire to "be friends
comes with book lending, pattern
lending or, in fact, loan of any |
kind that carries wee bit of obliga-
ton on Its wake. After while |
visits that overlap the lun-
cheon hour are in order Each has !
to trade and shortly |
The delights Of secrets begin. After
secrets most naturally comes the re-
quest to "call me by my own name,
,r find some cute little nickname that
will just be yours for me; for 1t
seems as If we had always known
Zach other" Before long 1t Is DEEM
d silly to call the husband or broth
r mister" and another cute little
lame is evolved. Nor is this Stiffness
md mistaken form of friendship con-
med, as might be expected, to the
Dung girl just out of school or to
middle class society. Instead, 1t is
PREVALENT with all but the oldtime con-
entional men and women, of which
here Is q conspicuous minority in
he gayer sets of fashionable life.
In acquiring so many intimates the
'onder to those who watch is how .
ach batch of condolences can be kept {
eparate, and it surely happens.
ooner or later, that something is be-
aged which does irreparable harm,
nd perhaps may part real friends. &
no. not having the ready gift of out. S
During their Utmost thoughts, can
ot go one to the other and ask what i
is that has come betweetn tnem. Z
lille neither ever dreams that 1t is '
l due to the chatterbox who has T
liked her stories in some herculean Y
tempt to Guido all former efforts. 8
Is always the incident that does II
1t really belong to the story that a
YES 1t snap and spice, and borrowing 3
ON one to add to another is q trick v
at even after-dinner speakers in Il
llge in to achieve . witticism. There n
10 to be at the end of the seaside h
mountain sojourn wedding out OF "
ose who have not proved congenial 8,
roughout the idle month. and here a,
where the social bee begins to buzz. O,
lose who have seemed the most a.. .
lctive and sweet are often thrown II
t because others not nearly as de- v,
able from a sensible point Of view a,
ve more prestige In their set. To W
ow them even slightly is feather K
the summer bonnet, and the de-