The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-21
Virginian
Reveries of a Modem Bachelor
ny L. nANCROFT GIBSON.

| The man who said. II viii never live
bachelor till sixty; never, so surely
as there is hope in man, or charity
! in woman. or faith In both" lived in
a bias and ignorant generation to ours.
! Let us but think over the chances
for Il mans harvest to-day and you
win see the blind philosophy of that
| innocent determination but a man can't
think until he gets his pipe
/ It's fact! Smoking clears out the
confusion of sensations he gets. After
a double turn of seven nights at the
! beach, a man is queered on his sensa-
lions.
In the volumn of books it Is not
written what a bunch of summer girls
can do to tincture the mind of a man.
They reduce the mental ingredients
of a sure enough man in about FIVE
minutes.
The effect of the entire circle of them
your pocket Venus your twice daily
Dianas, your peach trim widow with
Argus eyes, the heavenly twins with
out their celestial bindings; all fix you
out in garments of a court Fool, with
actual bells ringing in your ears.
Nothing temporary. either, you are
a stationary imbecile before you realize
you are a mark.
First Day Impressions.
Your definition of a seaside resort the
first day, Is great deal of Ocean and
blue horizon. with a small strip of
sand; "A promiscuous crowd and a
well meaning landlord--all of which
looks very good to you.
When YOU leave that beach you
have revised that translation INFO, a
very small ocean, blue lights in your
st~T- board and no sand of any kind;
multitude of counsellors In matri-
mony and a landlord who resembles
your worst enemy.
If the waves do not get your discre-
ton, you make for n Home Run, II
YOU have the price of a home stretch,
and conceal yourself in 1he fifth fiat,
But see what persues YOU Look at
those pink and white ink drops which
attack you
Here is one written on cross barred
muslin dyed with diamond dyes, with
border of three quarter morning Il
don't mean weeds mean three quar- =
tiers to sunrise).
The hand that penned that don't
raise q fiager-ring less than five hun
dred and she "Begs TO have the pleas
use of dear Mr. Waldrop's presence at
Veranda Bridge, ETC. etc"
l thank you, my dear lady of the
uncertain ColcT sCIItHiSs. hul htai
MIR, Waldrop," is as much afraid of
damaging drafts. at Neranda Bridge
as indoors.
Though 1 never believe in crossing
until / arrive.
Now this one is little fascinator;
not all wool nor anything like yard
wide, but oh, SO fashioned for coddles
and as witchchevious as moonbeams.
A man who goes through summer
without a woman like her-oh. we
won't talk about him-he is more
pftiaDTe than yellar dog with no
history.
Unrea sonable Blessings.
All here's something which brightens
the future. you might call this a real
promissory note.
Miss Amazon would be pleased TO
see MIR Waldrop when the season
opens at her Baltimore home. Wen,
the damaging forecast of mother ANA -
zon rather dampens that
Funny to me, how ancient anglers
will try to show the young fry how TO
fish In swollen streams and then csckle
warnings
There is no note here. flesh or pink
of tint, from the pretttest little bait
at the Beach.
She who sat back and let you do the
searching-party act, who had eyes OF
size and looks Of surprise. who was
always gowned modestly and with a
simplicity which covered the figures
of your bank account and whose hats
for a year would mean the sacrifice
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