The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-01-27
Summer "A
Parties

When first settled down at
Cumagen Woods | thought had a
breathing space ahead Of me. Every
woman and girl there said things like
this: Isn't 1t perfectly heavenly to
get out Of doors and be close to ma
ture and drop all the rush and worry
and social doings that one has to sui
fer in town:' Then some one would
answer: Perfectly grand am
5000 tired OF ii all.
"'Aha" said to myself I have
found the place have long been seek
Ing. And was innocent enough to
believe that had
Then in about a week | observed
that Mrs. Fink next door was moody
and restless. Finally she burst out
with her troubles, She said she had
decided that She ought to give II
part! because she hadn't done so for
! two seasons. and WAS indebted to all
the Old residents She said il WAS
such ,a weather that she jest dread
ed IT, hut it hid to be done and she
migat rs We'll got i over
So lie walked two mites up and
down ,ho lake front inviting rcupic,
ANA il AIS 50 hot thai VIXEN she go'
homc tie family had to rut her 10
bed and keep ice on her head Ill
nish' IA! II" toc.or's bill vs. about
ten GGllns Mrs Fink then used VI
two GatS IN driving about clinla 9
iarn ors into Promising To 4, liver ict
tucc and parsley and chickens and
thiras Tor her salad ard anulher
wLo'r day in making tie salad
Sic nearly nd nervous preservation
over tho lettuce because as snc said,
the farmers didn't care whether they
did as they said they would They
regarded TIE desire for lettuce
merely rs one of the silly vagalies
Of The summer residents and she
knew il the lettuce farmer took it
into his head To 70 on 4 picnic or
drive to town that day he'd do it..
uiN l'i' u NiiuN FU'tttu SHt wv W ltli
for'y women coming
W, were all 50 worried over Mrs
Fink's lettuce that We dis'ract"dly
walked the porch the morning of the
party. and when We saw the lettuce
farmer really dr," up We Just chcrrcd
out loud In our relief, He didn't
bring the nice. crmpy, curly kind
that she had ordered.
III was about 40 degrees In the
shade that AFTERNOON. and II you
walked by any house in the place you
could hear muttcrings and grumblings
from the unhappy women within who
were trying to curl their hair and get
into their party clothes. All of them
were wondering what Mrs Fink want
ed to give a party for. anyway, and
wasn't il horrd having to go" The
perspiraiion rolled off Mrs. Finks
face as she told her guests how glad
she was 10 sec them and then every
body sat and crOchctcd and mOrrcd
her face and ate three times more
than was digcstiblc and said what n
beautiful time she had lad and then
rushed home to get into kimono and
to feel thankful that il WAS over
Then Sally Casey arrived ore LAY
and asked Ipc to an afternoon bridge
party. The weather Was perfectly
ideal. the kind ila' makes yon want
10 run har,h. aG"d through ~" wcoaS
md shout because you're aliya Eat
We sat all tia' e,uriuas Afternoon in
doors quarroling over cards and
vas sick two days from tfc ONT |
a'e. and woman who didn't ptt the
Prize said thai the woman WHO did
cheated.
'lIy that tiiac 'yclv woman in the
place caGgl IL entertaining icyer
There we're invi'Ptioas out Tor nearly
'lery AFTERNOON aHl cvpfIin%. ba,rrsc
ivory Gre Was afraid that Il .hc dim
Ky" = r"r'y she Wcnldat be- asked
." ito r'h frs, and. "i course. no mai
or fo@ 'rch vtu hate TO 20 YOU
,o.rl Dc il >Ga don't pt the chance
- 20 %ua.ty 'aa aiy time 10 do
,;E' IL Hhit,Ha. il her SHOES
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cort ta'tt IA i"n 'or,. 'a,'i.y "...i
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