Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-07-29
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For reasons best known 10 the prof.
iteers we are spending OFT vacation,
which is practically all we have LETT
to spend. right here al home in
the teeming, steaming city. But We
have been surprised to find there are
advantages and compensations in the
arrangement We had not suspected.
Many OF the things which we would
undoubtedly have acquired at a pep
ular summey resort have come to us
unbidden. III this class are mos-
quitoes and prickley heat. We have
them both. So generous has nature
been in this respect thai. half the
time the prickles run right over the
MOSQUITO bites so that you can't tell
one from the other. We have large,
reddish areas OF our body mapped on
into experiment, stations and when
the little fresh hives appea It is very
fascinating indeed trying to deter
mine whether they are ,lue to the
heat or the proboscis Jof the culex.
This Is a much less expansive skin
game than many OF thoss practiced
on us In previous summers.
AS, for the rest, q little magma
ton helps out lot. For il,stance. we
are able, in a way, to co nbine both
pleasures Of the. mounta.n and the
beach. II we want mountain climb.
ing we simply run up and down
stairs until we are utterly cx-
hausted and In dripping, perspira-
ton. The sensation IL quite similar
to that OF mountain climbing and
lacks only the feel Of few red arlts
crawling down our neck as we lie;
resting on the nice. soft floor.
II 1t Is surf bathing we desire. NE
run the tub full to the tap, mix up
e glass of strong salt and water,
snuff the latter up our ne sc until 1t
hurts and then fall sprawling. cough
ing and gurglihg into the former.
This also saves hiring so cent
bathing suit for q dollar and a halt.
For hunting we have TIL. MOSQUITO.
II you think there is n,,t enough
hazard and excitement In such g.
chase you are mistaken. The mos
Quito is much more SAVAGE and vo-
racious and quite AS MIN ole as any.
bird known to science, in TACT, he, Or
rather she. does not hesitate to att
tack the fercest denizens Of the for.
est. not, excluding the great AM.
erican grizzly himself. And when you
have to hunt her with a ny swatter
like ours that twists around In It's
handle you are fairly certain to get
plenty Of thrill and q first rate gelf
vocabulary. Our entire big for tie
season thus far is only f1vs--and ono
Of those we had to throw back b,s-
cause It, or rather, she. was not quite
eight inches long.
For fishing we use Alice and He's.
tor, the two gold fish we have hid
In the house for number OF years.
We rise at dawn, slip On q pair Of
rubber boots and a rain s coat and
hang string into. the bowl. Alice and
Hector look at the string OCCASION
ally and all day long we have the
satisfaction Of knowing they are.
right there in the water. Toward
nightfall we pull the string out again
and the results are just about the
same as we would have achieved 1T
Deephaven or Wading Riv ~ q
Later In the evening, about bed
time we put our military ha ir-brushas
and a few paper-weights under the
mattress and thus simulate quite
cleverly tho average hotel bed. Il vres
only had the courage We could polle
several holes In the screens with ol,r
finger and let the rest Of the mo.s-
quitos on the outside have their way
with Jus. But, OF course, there Is Z
limit even to realism.
The only thing we really miss lis
the bathing costumes on the beach.
Imagination, unfortunately, does not
supply complete assortment Of lines
and curves. When the desire for q
better understanding Deco mes irrei,-
tible, We merely stroll out to buoy
corner where the traffic is brisk ard
watch the girls in their quaint bar
rel skirts climb on the running board
of the street cars.
We observe that an Ohio match
manufacturer has Just diei and Loft
a fortune Of $4,000, 900. And he made
other people scratch for it. too.
With hard-hearted Brit sh trooIs
and concrete barricades scattersd
along the highways 1t certainly has
become the rocky road to dublin.
Germany IL very fortunate in hay,-
Ing Marshall Foch to explain the
treaty situation whenever the lesson
becomes difficult.
FEW.
For Control Of Medic mes.
The British minister Of health has
appointed a committee to advise on
legislative and administrative meas
ures to be taken for the control CT
the quality and Authenticity ~ fha-