Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-23
DEOpLE DON'T EAT
M A RIVER TRIP; IT'S
roo OLD FASHIONED
sasameo and "Cholly" Have
Retter Uses for Their
arms and Mouths Than
"a Waste Time Carrying
and Eating Lunches.
BY M'LIss


-. boarded the excursion boat for
trip II had always been my fond
II, that with the possible exception
s.npy frame Of mind the chief requi-
~ having good time on such an
we're a capaeious lunch-box and
..m wrap.
l,ttie while, however, after I had
ced myself in the bow to watch
,,s.oomers troop. painting, aboard, II
4owly borne In upon me that my
sstlons we're all wrong Few IL any,
nv bresthless damsels carried outer
s, nnd the little packages under
rn,s OF their accompanying swalns
al scarceIy have held subsistence for
med canary.
later on, after the good ship had
her rauoous whistle contemptu-
XII a. A passing ferry. after she had
y .hs wharf way behind her and ran
ss..lne her way contentedly down the
l,'eaTe and pale moon was beginning
-,.n ropiishly from behind threat
,,s. cloud. l began to change my point
.s,y regarding the first essentials for
liver trip.
a.mle and Cholly were really respon-
KS M sor the beginning of my education.
.i.,y with all the other pairs they
~ scross the gangplank In the two
,..scs fashion, which makes the river
n, eeem more like modern arks than
III mere pleasure craft,
es,lrely unconscious of my observant
's,nce they planted their camp chairs
sSfIy in front of me, and, stretching
I'm feet out to the boat rail, made
smsslyes gloriously comfortable.
afa going to be moonlight, Cholly,
iars the girl said. after they had got
itlr breatlis.
Cholly sighed q sigh which might nave
Ken Interpreted as one of ecstatic ao-
aIescence
The boat was opposite League Island
80 and Mamie, gazing adoringly into
N. sves of her escort, listened entranced,
-Snn he with pardonable masculine
'sde expatiated on things nautical.
n didn't matter that he told her the
NJ shipyaid on the Jersey side was
lamps' when, in reality, 1t was the New
Iork shlpbuilding Company, nor did 1t
at when he pointed out an interned
eefman liner as being the mystertously-
burned Oklahoma. The ways OF maid
VA d man are incomprehensible on
ger trip, and, though Mamle's eyes
lxihkled humorously when Cholly wasn't
boxing. she drank in his words as though
hey we're honeyed nectar.
She made an appealing little figure as
ne sat In her comfortable chair. Her
uepe blouse clung to her figure.
Lets eat, Name, so we won't have TO
bother later on" Cholly said at this point.
Regardless of the fact that she ought
70 have been thunderstruck at the Idea
Of any man speaking of gastronomic
feat as q "bother," Name busied her lit
tie fingers with undolng their small-sized
package,
Two peanut sandwiches, a small bottle
y olives, two ladyflngers and two
Yghes comprised the dinner that the
h had brought.
iiY. Name let's have your hatpin."
line took her white sailor off and let
y soft brown hair blow In the breeze,
vie Cholly. with clumsy attempts at
nismess, fed her olives. His own sis
b souldn't have recognized him, at this
hEe,
Al around other couples were doing the
ame thing, with more or less variation.
aea poor unfortunates who had not
ns in pairs, didn't look quite so happy
Enshow-though they wer hard to find.
Presently, the moon came out into the
cen, and the boat. which before this had
an as dark as an English town expect
4a German air raid. was softly illum-
Aled Cholly took off his straw hat,
n' banded it to Name, This I noticed
is part and parcel Of the boat etiquette.
llsiy man who really likes a girl on
be- trip takes off his straw hat at the
Hehological moment-which is when the
an comes out-and hands It to his best
n
Cod little girl?"
Names response to the half-murmured
very was to put her head shyly down
The broad, nicely padded shoulder of
tholly. And he, as though waiting
last this cue, slid blue-sleeved arm
Hasly around her waist.
nus they sat In a sort of comatose
Asi for the two remaining hours which
COX for the boat to get back to the
ssaic city again.
Good time. kld?" Cholly asked when
boat, humping the dock, had had the
4qei OF bringing them to-"
fQa bet the girl replied as they dis
Aeaced and made for the lower deck
Are capacious lunch-boXes and warm
ars necessary 10 the full enjoyment OF
Ffer trip?" 1 inquired OF myself as /
alnk
They are not" my inner consciousness
eeFed decisively "All that Is really
sdsa Is comfortable masculine shoul-
good right arm and sweet little