El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-12

course the most allurinS road
in the world to all young people
~ is the road to pleasure
always think of it as like one Of
those beautiful. smooth. broad. white
pixies that they have down in Kentucky
that run between flower bedecked
green meadows. and through gay little
towns. You go bowling merrily over
it without thought of care. and then
-plunk-you run right into tollGate,
and you have to pay the price OF your
JOY ride.
And it's that way all through life
At every turn of the roads OF pleasure
we bump into the tollgate and have to
pay for the fun We have had. And so
1 think it's worth while for us to sit
quietly down every now and then and
count up the cost. and see whether we
are getting the worth Of our money.
This is particularly true Of the
summer time when all the world is
going a hOllidaying. for somehow it's
one of the peculiarities Of the season
that We leave off the conventions with
our fur coats, and We all do things
in the dog days that we'd be shocked
to death at doing at Christmas
But when you start out to have
good time in summer girls, remember
the tollsate that you'll find somew here
on the road Of pleasure. There's no
detour around that.
I know it's hot in the city. and you
are tired and worn after long, weary
day at work in store or office
The EnticIng Call.
Nothing in the world would seem
more enticing to you than a spin in
good automobile out into the country.
terrace. Therefore it listens good?'
as Weber and Fields say. when your
employer says something about his
wife being away, and that when the
cats away the mice will play, and in
vites you to be one OF gay party te
motor down to some gayer resort
Don't do IT, girls. There's toll
gate on that road Of pleasure, and
many a girl has been bankruDtei for
life by the price she has paid for
single automobile ride and a shore
, dinner and a bottle or two of cham
payne
I know that for many life IS dull
and monotonOus. all work and no play.
and that this seems particularly hard
in the summer time when you see more
fortunate girls in gay sport suits.
starting off for long vacations that
will be full OF tennis and boating and
dancing and the pleasures that every
girl Graves
It's in moods like this when YOU
feel that fate hasn't given you a square
deal that girls do silly and rash things.
such as picking up the acquaintance
Ol SOOO lO0kluS EndDS VINO invite them
to 20 to the beaches with them, or TO
beer gardens or dance halls.
Theres tollgate on that road. too.
Don't forget that Chance acquaint-
ances are just dangerous in August
as they are in December. and the Plea
sure that you have to buy at the cost
OF your self respect comes too high
1t isn't worth it
It's jolly 10 throw conventions % the
winds in the summer II appeals to a
girls sense OF daring 70 wear au-
dacIous bathing suits that startIe the
beholder. and TO sprawl around the
beach in undignified attitudes. and TO
permit famfliarities from men that she
bushes when she remembers il later
on
Remember the toIlgate on that road.
girls II never pays a girl to have a
good time II the sacrifice Of her
maidendly modesty and reserve.
The Danger in the Air.
summer is the time OF filtration.
There's just something about green
trees and SlisteninS water. whether
they are on a mountain trail or the
seashore. or in a park. there is some
thing about moonlight nights. whether
you are floating on a lake in A canoe
or sitting on a flight Of boarding house
steps in the city
There is something in a summer
night whether you are strollinG down
an asphalt street OF a country lane,
that makes men and women sentiment
tai and soft and mushy. That's when
a girl listens when she ought TO shut
her ears. when romance makes wrong
wise
It takes a strong and level headed