New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-21
WEEK END GUESTS
They Give Joy Both When They
Come and When They Go.

we are down at the shore for rest
observed the girl with e bungalow by the
sea. land during the week we get It. We
do all our own work ourselves. partly be-
cause II seems impossible 20 get help OF
any kind, and partly because we have re-
duced our scheme OF living to the simplest
scale. We get up when we Ike and eat
when the spirit moves US, always keeping
in mind the great nutritivs values con-
,a,n.d In raw foods. such az eggs and
milk But. oh, what a difference when
Saturday comes and the men descend upon
ia, with gladstone smiles they come
marching up the boardwalk. gluttony
b.aunins from every feature. When they
,ointlv and sevcrally remark that 1t IS
wonderful what an edge this salt breeze
puts on the appetite our hearts would sink
within US were we not used TO their kino OF
old. and in anticipation OF the devouring
element once more within our midst had
stocked the icebox high with sirloin steaks
and vegetable brought with great cihcuIty
and al al but prohibitive prices from
acros. the bay. We don't want 70 be any
trouble the devouring element assures US
politely. we can I'll up on any cid thing.
we can find. and II is cleared as bare as
an orchard after an invasion OK seventeen
wear locusts. IN one meal enough food van
ishes to keep US females hale and nearly
for a week at least After there Is rea4Iy
nothing more edible IN sight the men sug-
gest that every one pitch in and help win
the dishes; but we firmly say them nay
perceiving their longing glances In the d.
rection OF the hammock and piazza
couches. and knowing that their plethoric
condition cannot fail 70 resemble that or a
boa-constrictor after one Of his serni-annua
meals We girls do the dishes, and al
length. when we emerge on the piazza. are
viewed with high favor by our visiting
lords Of creation. who ask us where we've
been keeping ourselves all this time.
I'm retrospect. Saturday 10 Monday Il.
one mad whirl Of getting meals, eating
meals and clearing away meals. OF course
there are lucid intervals when all one has
to do. II one is a woman is making beds,
driving bathing suits. sweeping sand out OF
the living room. collecting newspapers and
disposing Of cigar ashes, 70 say nothing OF
cleaning fish which our enthusiastic guests
have caught, and would be broken hearted
not TO partake Of for breakfast. Really,
shall never venture TO look a tsh In the
face again after the helpless hundreds
have dissected this summer.
by Sunday night we are cheered Up
By the proximity Of Monday morning
which Will carry away by the O'Clock
/ boat these trustful. clinging male Great
ures who have had such q nice, restfui
kind Of tine, without the faintest con-
/ ception of the trouble they have caused
( II is not until the little steamboat toots
swav IN the distance. carrying with II our
/ loved ones. that the girls they leave De-
/ hind them dare TO turn TO one another on
/ the pier with signs OF relief. Thank good
ness, Now we won't have 70 see any food
| for another week.
I'VE return 70 straighten up the house
with a feeling Of having lost great
burden. and are each and aI Impressed
with the glorious peace and quiet. now
that the obstreperous male has vanished
"a II were from the face Of the earth Yet
nv the time Saturday comes around again
wa rnd ourselves once more with the thrll!
or something about 10 happen; something
mat will make Il worth while for Us 70
array ourselves In our best white dresses
end - nut fresh flowers on the mante'
shelf. Certainly we all hasten 70 the dock
with & spirit Of pleasurable anticipation
and are conscious OF even sense OF pity
for the placid but torlorn females VINO are
not looking for any sons Of Adam 70 hven
up things a bit over the week end.
a1n fact. the best thing about over sun
dav guests Is the Joy they afford al each
end OF the game: It's nne 70 see them come
and It's perfectly heavenly 70 see them