Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-07-06

Europe WOuIu nave TO wait because
she didn't want to chase away and
turn all the Arrangements over to a
Bunch of Female NlI-Wits who would
get everything balled up.
Hiram heaved couple of stable
Signs and said it was all for the best
because he felt 1t his Duty to stick
around for the Annual Tournament
out at the Country Club. He had gone
to the Finals in the Third Flight the
Year before and then had been robbed
of the Cup because he was buried In
the Sand, got Cuppy Lie, looked up
on all of his Pitch Shots, suffered
from Heartburn because the Steward
should have had 1t analysed, and an
Angle Worm stopped his Putt. The
Third Flight Championship had gone
to old Mr.. Dibbits, who had been a
Stacker during the Civil War and had
become venerable without achieving
Responsibility. Venice or no Venice.
Mr.. Sangwin wanted to be on Hand
In July to trim the everlasting Day
lights out of the doddering Wreck.
1t seemed that Mr.. Dibbits had been
suffering from Inflammatory Rheuma-
tism all Winter and looked to be about
Twenty minutes from a Rosewood
Casket. Mr.. Sangwin didn't want him
to get well but he did want him to
live until July and have Strength
enough to get to the First Tee He
soft hn Gv.ipa m fpof rcA
Off to Europe on a mere Pleasure
Jaunt when he had Chance to keep
working on his Approach, lengthen the
Drive and cop the terrible So Piece
of Silverware.
That was one Year. No Longer
ago than 1925 they departed from their
usual Habit of taking a Midsummer
Journey through Europe In April and
May. That Year they were all set
for Motor Tour which was to in
clude all the Best Hotels and the
Scenic Splendors of the North Amer
lean Continent. Mrs. Sangwin had
the Blue Book practically memorized,
and Mr.. Sangwin had bought his Cog.
giles and tested the Thermos Bottles
and everything seemed ipskalorious
when suddenly Mrs. s. remembered
that If she rode too far in q Car she
would get the darndest Case of Nerv.
GUS Headache, SO in 1925 the inveter-
ate travellers compromised by attend
ing Street Carnival pulled Off by
the B. P. 0. e.
For several Years before that War
was the Alibi. They would tell all
Callers that they were just crazy to
take in the Sights on the Other Side,
but they were waiting for Conditions
to get back to Normally. Not once
did they ever Confess, even to Them
selves, that they were scared to Death
when they saw a Storm at Sea in a
News Reel, and they had no real
Longing to be among Foreign Bar
barians who spoke strange Languages,
and they were secretly in Love with
the Corned Beef Hash, the Griddle
Cakes and the Double Mattresses Of
their own comfortable Shack.
of on a Wild Excursion.
This Year they are at it again.
They are just as het up as they ever
were. For several Weeks they have
been standing in awed Silence in
Westminster. They have supped at
famous Night Joint In Paris, where
all of the Ladies we're not what they
might have been but, evidently, were
what they seemed to be. They have
looked down from dizzy Alpine Heights
at the smiling Valleys. They have
learned how to pronounce Sale a
Manager! They have lOlled back In
Gondolas. looking at the Moon, and
stood in the coliseum, trying to Wis
ualize the spectacular immensely Of a
Roman Holiday. They have visited
Battle-Fields and purchased Souvenirs
and Mrs. Sangwin has seen the big
eyed Manikins parade in their hoop-la-
Fineries.
Gosh, but they have been going at
some Clip since about April the first
What's more, they really and truly
believe that they are going to sail on
the Mastodonic just as soon as Clarice
graduates from High School. II they
were not SO wrought up they would
pause in their Pipe Dreaming and re-
call that Mrs. s. has a lot Of Fruit
to put up this Summer and that the
Chamber Of Commerce has made Hi
ram Chairman of the Committee on
Arrangements for the Celebration Of
the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Or
ganization of the Fire Department,
the dates being July 9th, 10th and
18th. So the big Vacation will go
blooey.
However. the SangwlDs will not be
deprived Of their usual Outing. Some
Day next month she will fry two
Chickens and stun some Eggs and
harpOon them with Tooth-Pcks and
wrap them In Tissue Paper, and the
whole Tribe will motor up the River
as far as the old Peters Mill, where
Hiram will do some Still Fishing
while Mother takes a good Nap, with
the Black Cushion under her Head
and Handkerchief over her Face.
MORAL: There Is only one Long
Trip which cannot be sIde-traeked.
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