Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-06
yAgArIOS DAYS OVERTIME TO
TAKE STOCK.

Wilh Labor Day past, vacation days
are practically over The seashore
begins 10 empty itself OF its engorged|
population Of summer boarders,"
and the mountain Businesses begin TO
divcst themselves OF their summer
population.
Verify, verify, vacation days are
past and gone. and the place thereof
shall know them-these same yaca-
ton days-no more Let's take
stock OF them. en- PEASANT Is vaca-
ton really worth while after all?
Does Il pay? To be sure we do get
a change of scene, Of faces and q
food. but after all, is II all worth
home and home comforts?
We pay high price for a nine by
six with one window, and often I'M
der the roof where the sun shines
from sun up to sun down. We eat
poorly cooked food, badly served,
oftcntimes not fresh, but we dare not
say anything. We meet disagreeable
people and are Obliged TO hobnob
with them and to be nice and polite.
when all the time we wish they were
in Guinea. We are Obliged TO listen
To their tale OF woe. and to put up
with their eccentricities. And all
this is a part of our vacation days,
and even more. and worse, too.
We &c TO the country for rest.
DO we get it? AT night the frogs
croak, the waves beat themselves
furiously against the shore Cf we
happen to be near the seashore). The
near-neighbor's children yell and
scream, they whistle and whoop, or
sing and dance. or worse yet, they
play the Victrola or Grafonola until
midnight When you do get to sleep
you are awakened by the dogs bark
ing when the servants return at one
or two a. m from their nights fes-
tivities Somewhere in Anne Arun-
del" The bark of one dog is taken
up by chorus of dozen others.
Screen doors bang as the servants go
to roost. beg pardon, rest.
Then II is daylight The motor
beats begin 70 chug from or A a. M,
and the birds begin to sing to drown
the noise OF the chugging. If possible.
The ROSTERS begin to crow, for, like
Chanticleer, they think the sun can
not rise unless they crow, These
same cocks are like some people, by
the way.
Well, then il is time TO get up, and
all this, and more. is part of your
lovely vacation days.
If you try to take a nap in the
afternoon. the servants from near
by homes collect under your window
and discuss the Brandon murder and
the much-talked of race riot, so that
II Is impossible for you to get even a
few moments sleep for hearing the
cooks and the maids air their views
and theories.
Nobody, white or black, thinks of
the comfort OF anybody else, aud its
"Every man for himself. and God for
us all" at any old place where You
spend your vacation. You thought
you were going to a residential re-
sort, but instead you so to a farm
where corn grows so high il keeps
the air out and hides natures beauti-
full scenery. You say to yourself:
Corn grows so tall in front of the bay
It's stalks hide God, we cannot pray.
The world il the same the world
over. so are its people America
spells Commereialism, the Almighty
Dollar. and its people spell Selfish
ness. The big fish eat the little ones
an the time. and If YOU are a work
ing person you're not entitled to n
vacation anyhow. so what's the use.
Then, too. there are the thunder
storms. Don't forget their part in
The nerve-wrecking vacation days
lust ended You battle TO the tune
of a rising thunder storm, or you fish
Or boat or drive TO the same tune of
these electrical showers The thun-
der roars, the lightning flashes and
The rain pours down on the Just and
on the unjust 1t makes you think |
the end OF the world has come.
DO you get rest on your vaca-
tiong Certainly not. All vacations
are q delusion and snare. and we
know whereof we speak