Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-15

| Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
indeed.
Young men who paid no more than a
passing notice to Mary back home sud-
denly flnd themselves writing the most
/ astounding nonsense to her
After the morning swim, before din
ner is ready, there is plenty Of time TO
/ kill. and this almost always is utilized
/ by the boys in writing to Mary.
! Those who formerly found 1t difacult
4 to achieve, as much as one sheet of
paper now discover that they must
make several trips back to Tia desk for
more sheets of writing paper.
The charms Of certain Millicent,
| too, are largely incorporated. Horace
| believes, with the craft of youth in such
matters, that if Millicent is played
| up" Mary backbone will become
/ jealous.
Nothing quite equals the green-eyed
/, amonster-to wit, jealousy-Horace has
read somewhere, for stirring the other
| sex to reciprocal attachment.
BY telling how he met Millicent, what
sort of a bathing suit she wears, the
| color of her hair, her eyes, Horace man
certain portion of jealousy.
Every time he writes Maryland he
does SO at least once a day-he deftly
managed to bring the beautiful Mill
cent on the scene, If for no more than a
! heeting glimpse.
Met Millie"-yes, she is Mile now
ION the beach last night at the marsh
mallow roast. Quite a crowd Of we
| boys and girls"-Horace never was
much on gathered drift
wood and bought some marshmallows
and roasted them. We had lot of fun,
but the marshmallows turned out to be
chocolate covered, and they dripped
when they were roasted, but we ate
! them just the same"
n *k%
| Mary-at-home, who already has had
several dates with Johnnie. thinks Hor-
ace is sillier than ever, but fortunately
| Horace doesn't know that.
| He keeps on writing Mary until Mile
| packs up her lavender bathing suit and
returns to Baltimore.
/ Now. there are some mighty pretty
| girls in Baltimore, and Millicent Jones
| Is one Of them.
! No sooner does she leave the seaside
| depot, followed by much hand waving
| from Horace, than the latter feels the
| poetic urge come over him.
| He Immediately returns to the hotel,
seizes q secluded chair and desk in the
writing room, and draws toward him q
sheet Of paper.
|
! him, will presently appear an ode-ah.
nothing leSS!-to the Departing Venus. /"
\ X 4
| Vacation letters are filled with re-
| quests for money bits of clothing and
| novels. Every one loves to read at shore
! or mountain, no matter how fond of
/ athletic sports.
Nothing gives one more prestige at
the shore than the possession of the
very latest book. Those fortunate per-
sons who now faunt Villa Gathers
Shadows on the Rock are envied of
| all the large ladies who rock back and
| forth In the comfortable rockers.
! If one is so unsuspicious of mankind
| as to lay the book down on a table
| while at dinner, he will be rldely awak-
sned to the iniquitieS of his species when
he returns, for Shadows on the Rock
will be gone.
/ Just before he returns to the city, II
he has limited enough, he will find the
book lying on the same table, a little
the worse for wear, with discriminating
chocolate srnudges on some Of the pages,
but largely intact Next to writing let
ters, every one doteS on reading on
| vacation.