The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-04-07

EgEW are various kind
W of wis dom,
laughed tne obseryant spinster, "anC
Betty Fosbery has the kind that !:
different"
Then it is pure waste" said the
happily married woman. for she is SC
very pretty"
That is just it," answered the OBJ
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 go
ing to a summer resort if 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 WON
an, what summer resorts are for
Still, it 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, | have no
doubt, and considered her assets.
she acknowledged to herself that
she had no speciality which could
make her stand out 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 a set if (
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 it was that
her wisdom stood her in good stead.
it 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 it is late.
Then she has her breakfast in her
room, and idles away the morning
reading or lying in hammock under
he trees. In the afternoon she has
nap before it is time to battle and
iress for dinner. When the other
girls, dusty and disheveled, come up
IN the porch, it is to see a crisp. cool
3etty looking the picture of comfort.
IF only the girls saw her it
wouldn't matter so much; but the
men see her, too 1t is all right to
ave companion to tramp across
he links with you in the broiling sun.
nut it is better to have some one in
dainty gown waiting on the porch
- Gi'tt When tOU tOiit- aUOiQt. =
70 many girl who goes in for sport ,,
) learning something of the perfidy
f man when she leads her partner
f the day up on this porch only to
ave him play the cavalier to Betty :
Il evening. =
Naturally Betty is attractive in the
vening. She can wear evening gowns
ithout fear that her arms and neck =
i'll show three or four different
lades of tan; she can dance all night :,
ithout being tired, while the girl .
no has tramped about in heavy shoes c
/ day is tired at the start"
But even if the other girls are +,
nned and freckled," said the hap +,
ly married woman, q should think o.
ey might win out over Betty by the
d rule of possession being nine G,
'ints of the law; for they are with II
e men so much more"
This from a married womani" ex- q,
aimed the observant spinster. IA
)on't you know that the one infal- tc
lie piece of wisdom in Betty's phil FL
ophy has nothing to do with sun
IN or freckles or dusty clothes. but c.
es beyond all such things? She
ows that to hold ones self apart as
netting rare is the first principle
the girl who would attract She CT
esnt let herself become an old or
'ry7 st
You ought to be married, yourself m
needed the happily married woman. da
ut I'm afraid you never will be. for
4 know too much. Betty Fosbery nj
y be just wise enough, but every
ng can be carried too far, can't it Of
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