Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-07
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baseball, as must be apparent a very learned
and complicated sport. There really is no
such thing as a baseball amateur any more
even among the spectators. Either you take
baseball seriously or you don't take it at ALL
The real amateurs of life are down at Palm
Beach, at this moment but even there they
have very strict and definite rules of conduct
according to Vogue C):
At Palm Beach one may swim, fly or 20
on wheels, but it is not smart to walk. Bicy-
CieS are considered ultra-smart and are rid
den by sedate matrons as we'll as society
buds. The most popular vehicles, however,
are usual, the wheel chairs propelled by
dusky slaves the basket electrics are OF
course, their chiefest rivals.
There is an unwritten law that to go into
the water before 11:i5 in the morning is to
lose caste somehow: one may even be taken
for maid valet However it is quite
correct to put on bathing suit and walk
around and talk to friends until the psy-
Geological moment arrives.
Promptly at 11:45 every one repairs to the
pool and spGshes around, each trying to
outdo the other The men dive splendldly
from the roof of the Sail Fish Club, and one
morning, not to be outdOne, young woman
climbed to the roof and plunged into the
pool In the applause that followed, few
noticed that she had splashed buckets OF
water over chffon-cad spectator, who was
Obliged to beat a hasty retreat to the dress
ing room, a sight for gods, but not for men
Promptly at 12:45 society goes to the colon
made, at the Breakers for the aperitif and
dance. After the aperitif, it is the thing to
go over to Bradley's and lunch in the open
air, and it is here that some of the smart
luncheOns are given During the course OF
the evening, every one in society and sunburn
and pearls may be seen at Bradleys, for one
must dine, YOU know, and it is smart to dine
at BradleyS. However, unless the magic
password is known, the Palm Beach guest
will never see the promised land.
launching Bradley's veranda is like
lunching on Ciro's terrace, with the Medi.
terrancan only n stones throw away; that
is, it would be, were it not for that peculiar
pungent eXhilarating breeze which blows IN
from the Atlantic Ocean, and does not blow
i'm from the Mediterranean. Nowhere on tine
whole Riviera are such snappy air and such
pretty women to he found as at Palm Beach
Walter Camp, the famous Yale coach, con-
tributes an amusing column of epgrams on
Life and Sport to Golfers "a:
Coxswan-The man i'm the stern who tells
you beautiful but untrue things when you
want to die
Crew-Eight men cursed six months for the
pleasure of hearing a coXswain lie to theln
for four miles.
Victory-The ultimate sensation when, on
crossing the finish line, you can see the other
crew without turning round.
Gof-A game devised to make wise men
foolish.
Golf is the mortgage that middle age places
upon the athlete.
There are some holes in most golf courses
where the straight and narrow way is ths
The man who thinks himself natural
golfer usually winds up in the duffer class.
Many a golfer who tells of his scores makes
his conscience quite callous in time
You VIII never find golfer modest thar
he wishes to tear up good card.
The fascination of golf lies in the possi-
bility of miracles happening
THOUGHT
l am not poor but / am proud
or one inalienable right
Above the envy of the crowd
Thoughts holy light
Better II Is than gems or gold,
And oh! II cannot die
But thought will glow when the sun grows cold
And mix with Deity.
-RaIpb yVaIdo Vpnareon