Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-01


over tho proposed tour. II is well to plan
generously on visits and rejoice the heart
OF all those who ever carelessly let fall
the worde, 40 come to see us sometime"
That matter settled, the person needing
rest and change, If OF the feminine per
s'iasion next casts despairing glance
IT her wardrobe and plunges into a fever
18Th season Of shopping, ripping, turning,
pressing; OF making frantic appeals to
busy and obdurate dressmakers; sending
:ush orders 70 oil the emporiums of fash
on In tho country, which, after an inter
'ninable delay. finally forward an n,pos-
sible suit at an impossible price, either
one enough to throw body into hys-
terics
However. BY toll and persistence that
would be killing II applied to the daily
Grind" she Is able to survey with salts
faction II collection OF sleeves, model 1910
md feel return of moral cours ge
which good clothes give to woman, as
she reflects that the rest OF the outfit
does not too apparently antedate those
figures. Then the trunk is packed and
by dint OF tho heaviest members of the
family standing on the cover, It Is locked
and started on the iourney
Numerous pleasure seekers, looking as
happy az man with the toothache,
crowd the train. and glance up with q
scowl of welcome at the new intruder.
The passenger coach upholstered in red
plush, filled with car smoke and the nau-
seating eAor Of oranges. Offers a fair sub
stltute for Dante's Inferno, and the trav-
olers. for the most part. wear the express
IT, - l..
luck find an entirely vacant seat when
! lie entered the car is spread all over It
md the grace with which he gathers him.
self together and yields four inches Of
space. In response to a t'mid request,
would be more becoming In an animal
wearing visible bristleS With eyes smart
ing from cinders that swiftly change her
complexion to that OF a burnt cork min
strel. covered with dirt and SCOT perspir-
ing AZ every pore and gasTing for air the
vacationist enjoys a change from the
comfortable rocking chair on the vine
shaded porch at home where a soft breeze
blows around the corner
Nearing her destination. she rises to
shake off cloud of dust and sets her fell
low. sufferers to sneezing and coughing.
mops her countenance with a handker
chief that looks after the process as
though Il had been used to clean stove
and IL hardly In the aisle before her ami
able seAt-mate has slammed a coat into
the place she occupied and lain down
with Erunt OF relief at her departure.
She is met at the station by a host, who
carefully adjusts a smile to his TEXTURES
as he advances TO greet her. and tries
to conceal his disnay at the sight Of the
trunk. The hospitable grimace almost
slips off as he hastens after truckman.
whose services he had not expected to
need in the case of handbag which
was the extent of his expectations IN the
| line Of luggage.
Il thought YOU said she was only to
stay a week" is hts stage whisper TO his
wife. with n tragic gesture at the Sarato-
ga hruising the stair railing and denting
the wall as it Is being tugged TO the
guest chamber. But the hostess ig-
nores him except for an admonitory
Hush" and PUSHES forward hubbling
protestat.ons of delight at seeing her
dear friend and showing herself 50
| altogether sweet and cordial ss TO al
most convince the dear friend that the
Hush" and the cause OF II must have
been her own ina Rination.
| Having AT length gotten rid If the
cinders and dirt, but not all OF the ir-
ritation Of the Journey. the vacation
! !st arrays herself in one OF the fash
iona BILE gowns she has Just made over.
and goes down stairs though she would
undoubtedly derive more happiness
from solitude. a loosely flowing kim
ono and a springy couch. In the par
lor she attacks the hardest Kind Of a
proposition. that OF being agreeable
when there Is a strong tendency to tho