New Britain herald., 1929-09-28
Where Hearts Are
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 tion." The least relaxing nation in the world, we still observe the fort. night, usually in Summer, as one of the rights still held inaienable. The Brit, iSh have their outings and shootings and bucolic excursions; the French go rural periodically; the Germans go into the forests and the watering places from time to time. But only here do we observe the regular going away and knocking off process, as much the privilege of the poorest as of the eis- ured classes.
 And, since vacations almost always mean seaside, farm, mountains or boat-trips, where all serious thought and gesture are suspended and the lighter emotions run free, there are quick and easy acquaintances formed, there are time and spirit to let them grow rapidly, and, in all, tremendous rising market in romance follows the two-week recreation habit.
 It might be an interesting specula ton to wonder how many of us are, directly or indirectly, the children of vacations. l know hundreds of in- stances of marriages which had their origin in vacations.
 And of these not the least interest ing was the three-way continuation of an episode by the sea which ob- served with indulgent interest, as be- came one who eXacts a living from watching and listening, and whose own life's scheme has already been long fixed.
 Among the young folk who at the time inh sbited the comfortable. if not exclusive! hotel at the shore were three girls and three bachelors
 1 was a stayover, having preceded them and fingered after their allotted term. They all chanced to arrive on the same day and depart on the same day, which is not so odd, since vaca- tions are so arranged in most offices that the employees leave in relays at the end of each working week. Thus there is not a Saturday that millions do not start off for their holidays dur ing the warm months.
 Of these, fate chose Bert Brinkley, Cal Firney, Roger Farman, Estelle Reign, Bessie Link and Mildred Trop- per to meet at that hotel at that time, no two of whom had ever seen any of the others before.
 Let me list them for you so that you may visualize them:
 BERT BRlNKLEY-past 30, sales manager for plumbing supply house, decent chap, owner of roadster, ex cellent prospects.
 CAL FIRNEY-certified public &C., countan+ working for himself, doing rather Well, under 30, thrifty and not bad looking.
 ROGER FARMAN-assistant to his father in retail agency for medium priced pianos, radios, talking machines, and the like; 28, lively. college grad uate.
 BESSIE LINK -19, stenographer, brown haired, tall and well formed, dandy dancer, nice kid
 MILDRED TROPPER - 20, red headed, wizard with the uke, adding machine operator.
 ESTELLE REICH - dainty, cute, beautiful, IS, blonde, model.
 They met in the mingling about the porches, on the beach, in the dining room ard Tn the lobby, where dancing went on after dinner and until 10 o'clock, after which most of the guests went driving, reading, walking, brdg- ing or letter-wrting.
 The three chaps took to each other, as did the three girls, and then each took to the other. Within two days, it was a sextet and everybody so recog- nized it.
 There had as yet been no tri-section into couples; that came soon, however. The twosomes were Bert and Estelle, Cal and Mildred, Roger and Bessie.
 But the other two men had given up Estelle reluctantly. She was by far