Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10

WERE you in town yesterday? Wei,
w 70 ron were you would not be here
a. cad. this today, because you would
s.,or.lly be melted. II was some day.
uosn,t it7 Mel went out as little
:. noasible and sat under an electric
s.r every minute I could. for ! don't
like warm weather.
IN No That rs II may. think Of the peo-
i. who nre up In Maine! Think OF the
..m clear air and the foga and high
',,ods . and always being cool--tbnt is,
.,,r,v a,ways. Think of the wind being
nea. .,rong that one who Is up there
so,,uoi,y had the audacity to write me
ac.'stS atSor day and say that the wind
Ine hov;nr no hard she wondered IL
wss host would be able to land. And
NV swclterinr here! But wait; ven.
me me-" s", viii he mine; for later In the
EanI will 20 away and j will writn
!eat 7 leave. behind me of the won
"T my' sunsets and the cool winds. AMI
~. h;,;nr fish. and sea water. and the
esn .ne of the fields. and the smeli,of the
sIesa and the swish OF the oars on the
p,"t pp.ter. an everything; and then sheh
know how felt.
rTowEyER, let's talk little about
n nor Harbor, because hear a great
80 have gone up there already. and
an' i;s certainly one beautiful spot. The
IA witt Cuylers left this week for
,heir cottage there. Miss Eleanor Guy
Ia E of New York. who IL Mr.. Cnyier,s
sister. always goes up. TOO. ana tnss rS
have delightful house there. me
Madison Tavlors have. gone and the
Wesarzce wrights and Margaret anu
Hannah. should think ths younger
Wrights would misa cape May, My pa sa.
s.nsc they have been going thcrc tor
csuse 80 four Years now. and there Are
m' many more young people at the Jer
o ~, resort than In Bar Harbor. Bus
~, he scenery at the Harbor far
sutdoes Cape Mays attractions, ana so
Il Is. ~, r- q ,o;np tn
~,n an Emergency Aid shop ana Tea
,onu o% in Bar Harbor this year. She Is q
.,.,sr NJ Mrs. Wright and has always
,rod with them. They had a tea room
.rd r. a.. shop at Cape May ior
sa.roraj au wears. and 80 decided TO nave
one In Bar Harbor now.
There arc two tea rooms nlreanv es-
,sblished in Bar Harbor by Miss SOPHIE
ir.sej and they have been very sue
eessful. In fact. they have been going
on for six or eight years. >,
There Ia a sort OF shop attacnen W
tbc rooms. and beautiful old CHINA anu
sntiouc furniture and other odd th'nss
are sold. in connection with the VIZ
room. A great many women OF soe,a
nrominencc have gone in Tor tnls roI' rn,
n thing and 1t Is good idsa' ro'
hey have excellent taste ana july
mcnt and they do have sue'Tssa. h.a =
ni,ees Miss Elizabeth woodville has Q
room and shop In York Harbor
sna @ tbero are innumerable others dot
I I'D here and there throughout New
Eno,and MS we'll as our own state and
New York and Delaware.
TTAyE YOU seen that baby OF Nancy
II smvtbe Miles? She's nearly twt
,,,rs' n,d now. and the most lOvablt
ws. niece Of humanity I have ever seen
shes sinply beautiful and so good anc
! cmnr;nr You know Mrs. Miles named
her Nancy Thomas Miles, because being
a rirl she could not be named after
her soldier father, whom she will never
sec in this world. for he died in France
just about month or SO before she wal
born. lie was Thomas Miles, and st
small Nancy has the Thomas in hei
name.
Her mother was Nancy Smythe ant
she and wee Nancy live with Mr.. ant
Mrs. Calvin Smythe, Mrs. Miles's par
ents, at their home in Germantown.
Ill the family were enthusiastic
n over Jimmie. who having attaine'
the age Of fifteen, had gone to boy
camp and think of it! was made I
junior assistant or something OF tn
kind.
Father aud mother were delighted
Their boy vas so ambitious, think o
his being considered Of proper age. ant
knowledge to be junior helper tel
you And when his first letter CAM
they read 1t out loud, and they took !
around with them an everything, ant
were just as proud as could be about 1t
For he told how he rose in the morn
Ing and helped with breakfast. And hov
be helped the younger boys. with whom
he came in contact, and oh 1t was JUS
wonderful! Well every one was inter
ested and agreed how lovely it was til
one day Jimmie's elder sister came hom
from a visit.
She listened to the letter and prais
with bored expression and the
she raised wearied arms above he
head and remarked: ut must be SOM
camp IL it can make Jimmie work ~
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