New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-02
SCENE AT LUNA PARK.
BLOSSOM SEELEY,
New Brighton Theatre.
THE VACATION FRONT"
When Thrown with Discrimination 1t
Really Does No Harm.

A VACATION 'front.'" Don't you
N know what that is, Horace? You
u don't? oh, yes you do! You've
taken a vacation haven't you? We'll tleh'
you've thrown" one.
Remember the time you took that Vaca-
ton last year? You sort of skimped arounu
at hash houses" for your meals the week
before. wore your old clothes ana saNei
YOUR coin. Then, the very minute you lett
the office with two weeks pay IN ADVANCE
bullying in your jeans-you began 10 I'VE.
Straightaway you became gentleman Vi
leisure, with open purse and open manu-.
Nothing was too good for you. work ana
this unpleasant business Of making both
ends meet were as things OF the past. lou
felt and acted as though there was plenty
more" where that money came FROM
And YOU tried-not deliberately, perhaps
but you tried to give the impression that
Won were accustomed to living in just that
fashion all the year round Not that you
lied about your Occupation-of course not.
But, all the same, you were mighty cdreiui
not to tell your exact salary!
As far as your personal appearance went
YOU were certainly the Nifty Person.
weren't you? You changed your clothes AT
least three times a day. And you spent
coolies of time in choosing just the right
color scheme for hose and necktie. None OF
this grabbing the first tie at hand ana
rushing off to the office for yours then, en-,
10? The creases in your trousers were
lust so. and YOU changed from tan to white
to black shoes at precisely the proper mo-
ment each day. Really, the time consumed
T.. 81, charming wasn't III
And then, the girls ani their mammas?
You put on all sorts OF dog for the
former and talked nice to the latter. IL their
papas happened to come down FOR over
Sunday, you really surprised yourself by
the manner In which you discussed current
topics on the resources of the country
round you with them. You gave papa the
impression that you were strictly i've
wire young business man-perhaps an en-
bryo captain OF industry. Not that you
said a thing that wasn't so or was even ex-
aggerated; but you assumed that mex
plicabe and readily recognized air of hav-
ing done things, of having succeeded.
When yoI were engaged in the above lit
tie stunts, Horace, you were throwing
front" AT the end of your vacation, after
you had returned to the daiiy grlha ana
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acted differently. Somehow, those airs ana
graces and, more than all else, the vaca-
ton spirit fell from you. You became nat
ural again. You were no longed Keyed up
10 top pitch. ...-.,.
Now this matter OF putting up front
is by no means all wrong nor one To be
made sport OF Sometimes It's mighty
good thing. Nowadays, somehow, the man
Without zone doesn't seem TO get very far
People are attracted more by success than
bv mediocrity or failure lnstinctiyely, one
has confidence in those in whom others be-
lleve. The stimulation OF attainment, OF
prosperity, Of success not infrequently at
tracts these things to ii and opens the way
at least TO making them tangible assets,
The danger lies In taking this matter OF
throwing a front" seriously. In deliberate
~ setting out 10 deceive others; In carrying
the thing TO the extreme, ana, believe us,
Horace in making yourself believe That
Won are and have all those qualities and
possessions you try 10 make others believe
you have. ~. ,
cialiy when you're on your vacation and
earning the rewards Of your years hard
WORKOUT remember to laugh at yourself
M your sleeve every time you do so And
N any enc calls your bluf-srin with him
and tell him it's your turn 10 buy!
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