South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-05
NO7O the Hammock
Slips Gently By
BY FRANK HARRINGTON.

what he's happened TO the old fashioned hammock
that used to grace South Bend porches from North
Shore DIR. TO Chaplin st? Has IL the way OF the
dodo bird, and crinoline. and the modest maid who
boomers and a skirt when she swimming?
The POI swing apparently has taken the place OF
the hammock, and we sought the reason for the
cheLg. little GIRL freckles on her nose and
he. bue eyes somewhat sad with regret at the things
she was missing. said from her ~ Michigan st. porch.
Sure. have porch swing, but never get chance
TO use it. You see 1 work at night during the
tion so it's total loss far concerned. Day
time? But porch swings made when the
lights have been turned on. and then some Of them
turned off again
Hammocks figured many of the summer
stories. Usually the heroine discovered the
close Of the last chapter asleep in the hammock the
handso ne nero stroed UP the path and discovered her
there Then it his to edge up softly steal
"a kiss. (You see. she pretending be alseep.
and he pretended that he did not know she was pre-
tending) Anyway. il a nice little game Of deceit,
and then she usually startled that threatened
taIl from the hammock was the result and 1t was
necessary for the hero hold her in the hammock.
That is the manner in which many of the young men
Of Is years got the hooks thrown into them.
$50 Comfortable"
But the passing OF the hammock has not dulled the
edge Of romance. Porch swings are put to the same
uses, and are much more comfortable. How comfortable
IS shown by the dialogue Of the girl and the
average mother after the young has home.
and the mother is cross-examinng Jane" she asks,
what you doing out there all this timer" And
the apper replies with all the naivette of the species,
But, mother, its was so comfortable out there that
simply couldn't get him started home" There you
have the for the porch swing compressed to
a single sentence, and from the which is accused
of having logic.
Getting Together.
After all. the hammock is more romantic than the
porch swing of the sea, and everybody
loves sailor. It's practically impossible to avoid get
ting together in a hammock, and we know that pro-
piqunity breeds affection.
Gobs the only class that hammocks regularly
W. Any man who learned TO sleep quietly in ham,
mock during the late little game Of grab across the
water. and the end Of the could through
entire night without hitting the deck than twice
tell you of the comfort and utility of the beast.
O. Henry always had his adventurng soldiers of for
tune asleep in hammock with a plentiful supply of
lines, gin, and cracked ice waiting for them when
they awakened to start the nefarious work OF the
night 1t may be that there has been subtle and in
vidious campaign against the hammock makers carried
by the prohibdonsts. The argument might run this
way: Hammocks and gin rickeys found in juxta-
position; hammocks be banished; therefore gin
rickeys will automatically disappear.
the dodo bird is extinct possible,
the bathing suit of the modern girl is threatening
become So the complete disappearance of the ham
mock will take place for some time-if you don't
believe US, ask the COB who owns one