The evening world. Newspaper, July 23, 1921, Page 11

Why Has Every Summer | Its “Silly Season”? *« Simply Lessening of Our Ten- sion,’’ Says Andre Tridon And Most of Us, He Says, Are Just Pretending to Have a Good Time—What We Need Is More ‘Silly Seasons.” By Fay Stevenson. Copyright, 1021, by the Press Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) HTS is the “silly season.” ry It is the time of year everybody is at his silliest, when staid men wear pink shirts and green bands on their hats, women don felt hats and furs, college girls flirt with soda clerks, debutantes elope with their chauffeurs and bankers’ sons “carry on” with @ wajtress or manicurist while lovers talk “baby-talk” by the hour. It is the time of year when people sleep on the beach, on the roof, in ® tab of cold water, camp out with the frogs and crickets, eat burned bacon and huif-baked potatoes: or, if in town, drink pink lemonade and @oda water every hour, rol! their sleeves, roll their socks, unrou their money-tolls, throw their hats in the alr and literally stand’ on their heads. Yos, indcody, it Is the time EVERY- BODY doos JUS’ 'TLY as he or she pleases. Hubby My Wife's Gone to the Country,” enjoys the free- dom of his home, club lite at the Iatest bours, roof shows at midnight and forgets to wind the alarm clock. Wifey gues wading in a brook or shimmying out in a near-one-piece DBething suit and fongets she ever had @ me or husband and children. And uke kiddies themselves toss school boas to the winds, chase butterflies, buIA sand castles, kick off most of their clothes and become as near hot- teptots as the law allows. ween old Aunt Selina and Uncle Amos come to the city and paint the town red by “sceing sights," the kind ‘hey hadn't oughter see." Tsepend upon it, we all know how to be silly if given half a chance. But the question is: How do we get ‘hat way? Is it the intense heat? it a certain brain-penetrating ray from the sun which makes us do so many silly things in tho summer time which we would never think of winter? doesn't account for many of the silly things one does in the silly season,” said Andre Tridon, the welf known psychoanalyst, author and lecturer, at his studio, No. 121 Medigon Avenue. “Of course, it is true many are affected by heat, hot waves and intense summer weather, but, depend upon it, we fee! the silly season, all of us, every time the sum- mer rolls around. And if 1 were asked: to give two conclusive reasons for the silly season | would say, lack of temsion and tlic art of pretending. “Now let me explain myself,” con- tmueg@:.Mr. Tridon with a | merry twimtle in his eyes. “By lack of ten- sion E.mean that the boss goes away, @ man's wife coves away, school closes, everything lets down in the summer. It is hot, the sun feels good, we bask in it and our freedom. Lack of ten- gion and formal life is enomgh to make any one giddy and silly. “Then there is the art of pretend- ing. We call people silly who are realy just pretending to have a good me, pretending to be happy, pre- tending to spend a lot of money. Gummer is the great time of pretend- ing. People go to camp and pretend are having the ttme of their lives; they sleep on damp bunks, cat ants and raw food. Others drag off for a day at the beach; they cart Tunches, bag and baggage, tired chil- @ren and stand all manner of hard- whip because they are pretending to have a good time. Another man will entertain and spend a great roil of money on a fay because he wishes to pretend he is rich. A hus- Qamd pretends he is a bachelor again. wife pretends she is a maiden in—they both enjoy their freedom, Bem do silly things, read silly things end think sify things. “Bammer is the greatest time in (Gee world to be silly, to enjoy life and @ the things that are silly just be- qnmec they are silly and put a new @tinrcins into our life. Summer fiir- tations, silly shows, sity things we gay and do, combined with our abso- fate freedom and the desire to stand on our heads, are the greatest tonics amd health cures we have ‘wortd.” ee. you epprove of the silly “The sillier the better,” replied Mr. Tridon. “During the summer | have @o patients. No one is troubled with mental! disturbances or neurotic cases. AMl are too busy amusing themselves. ‘The silly season keeps them busy. It is the best thing in the world for them. “The moment people become too serious or absorbed in Nfe they ‘suffer from some type of disease. But dur- img the summer, when this lack of tension and the art of pretending are everybody ts well. The doctors’ Qdices ase clmost empty.” “Perhaps that ie why the doctors’ HE had nothing but money, ‘Therefore, she had no time, Nothing But Money By Sophie Irene Loeb. Ceperisht. 1901, tw the Prem Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World offices are full the moment the vaca- tionists and merrymakers return.” 1 sugwested. ‘Do they overdo the silly season's stunts?" “Not a dit of it,” heartily responded Tridon. “It simply makes them Il! to get down to the old routine again They usually como back brown and ruddy. They have heen free and they have enjoyed that ‘pretend game’ immensely, but because the, settle right down into the old ten- sion and the relations of life they become iH. “What more people need,” con- cluded Mr. Tridon, “is more ailly seasons. The week-end, golfing parttes and our present tendencies to Motor out into the country have put @ new tonic and health zest in our lives. And I hope they continue to do 80. We need to break tension, to pretend to be happy, to pretend to be getting the most out of life, and after a while with that pretense will como actual happiness. Everybody needs to stand on his head overy so often. ‘That ts why the silly season does us What Would You Have Done? By Richard S. Uhrbrock. Coprriskt, 1921, by the Preas Pubtisttog Co. (The New York Brening World) S Mr. Thomas passed the door of A the president's office he chanced to hear his name mentioned. He knew thas the company had not ‘been making profits for a long time. Perhaps, to cut expenses, he was to be discharged. If that were true he must think of his wife and children and quickly look for another job. Without being seen he could stand beside the bookcase, which was along- side of the president's door, and over- hear the conversa‘ion. What would you have done? 1—Léistened, in order to safeguard the welfare of your family? 2—Refused to listen to the conversa- tion? e Courtship and Marriage By Betty Vincent THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1921. | Can You Beat It FUNNY, You ARE WILLING TO G0 Ta THE }A SEA SHORE Copretamt. 1901, ty the Press Publishing Ca (The New York Wvening World.) a lonely girl in New York, without even a relative to advise me. 1 know a very nice man of my own age. ! have known this man for sev- eral years; he has called at my home and my friends think ae is very nice, Although he says he cares for me, he seems to prefer going with other men rather than to spend his evenings with me. | have known him tong enough to know I really care for him. Would it be proper for me to imvite him to spend an evening with me in my home? X. Y. Z.” M would be better for you not to force his friendship. You see, by in- viting him to spend an evening with you you would place him in a de- “De Miss Vincent—1 am For every moment of the day REEES eyEenepg ene? cgelreeney BoSeeasas responsibility, ; fr 8 2 ig i : aE Hit er i 88 83 Re i: ge 3 8 i 3 PREP af it Hi asi ‘Was regolated by e pendulum of pandering And pluiendering at parties and pleasure places, And weary and wan the early morning found her, A no children, and therefore no loving arms to cling and to caress her. no mother, and thus ehe knew not lerness and love that rules the world. ‘ne brother or sister to whom to turn for comfort it confidences that make for precious things. duties to perform that when done bring nse of satisfaction—like no other glow. sacrifice to make, which gives solace to the sou! the big spiritual hour of exaltation sorrow, und 6o her joys ' i : I f thenkag ving when they were Mfted. t the realization of her stremgth and pows rk, without which ¢ universal scheme. sought ber and gave not of his true self. cidedly awkward position. If he re- fused, and he might just have an engagement for that particular eve- ning, it would be embarrassing for both of you and might end alt your good comradeship. Better leave this calling to his own judgment. “Dear Miss Vincent—For the Past year | have been going about with a young man. This chap loves me, but | have ceased to care for him. | know that if | told him it would break his heart. How can | tell him the truth without hurting his feelings? “VIVIAN.” Be honest with him, Vivian, and tell him the truth. Do not keep him stringing on Hearts are not brokea 4s easily as you fancy, and it 18 much better for young people to be honest with each other in matters like this. ‘Dear Miss Vinoent: | am sev- enteen years of nd very much in love with a girl five months my junior, ‘e@ have been going with each other for the last six months, Recently | left high school for good and have been trying to @ position, Unfortunately 1 have not suc- ceeded, and since | left school my folks have reduced my week- ly allowances. They thought it would help me to get empioy- ment. Of course | cannot con- tinue to entertain this girl as | have done previously, 1 have mentioned this fact to her and she says that nothing must ever come between us. Please tell me whether | am doing the right thing toward her. Am | spoil- ing her chances? K.O,T.K.” ‘he girl has proyed herseit true- blue and you must appreciate her. In the summer there are so many things that one can do which cost little or nothing that entertaining her sould not bother you at ail. Just Keep up your courage and every- @ing will work out your way. “Dear Miss Vincent: | had a very serious quarrel with an old friend, and after a year’s absence we made up. We are very much in love with each cther and he is most anxious to marry me. | want to be married seoretly and announce it after our home is ready. Would our marriage be legal? LOUISE.” If you are not eighteen and he is not twenty-one your parents could have your marriage aunulled if you have reached your majc it is better to be married and let your friends know at the time, much mere conventional. is can be packed tn the crown. 1D Jusr AS SOON Go To PIFFLE-B EACH LET 'S GO To THE SEA SHORE SURE. WE'LL ‘G10 TO PIFFLE - REACH Yau VE ALWAYS WANTED SCE > Les BATH ING SUITS FORBIDDEN AT PIFFLE-REACH « 11 > Fables for the Fair How the Other Half “‘Flivs’’ By Marguerite Mooers Marshall Moral: A Wife May Call Her Husband Anything— Provided She Doesn’t Call His Bluff! Copyright, 1971, by the Press Publishing On, (The New Yori Bruning Watt) NE perfect definition of a hus band Is the champion of bluffere— The first of “flivvers”— In competition with him there is no second! He begins tn his courtship daya, When he plays up his “ham and” in- come As if it ran to caviare and canvas backs; When he tells HER there NEVER was any other girl; When he explains how much more clever he is than the head of his department; When he mentions lightly by their first names The Wizards of the Street; When he promises HER that he will always love her just exactly as much as he does now! After he marries He keeps right on filvving; (it went so perfectly in the past that he doesn’t see why it should- n't go equally well in the future!) Kven on the honeymoon [WHAT eter? Copyright, 1981, ty the Press Publishing Co. (Tae Now York Bruning World.) QUESTIONS. 1, What State is popularly called the “Tree Planter State”? 2, What ls the only North Ameri- can variety of the parrot family? 3, What bird of the Antarctic Seas is peculiar for the ereot manner in which it stande? 4 What is the name of the round, flat block vised in playing hockey? 5, What sound lies inside Cape Hatteras en the North Carolina coast? 6 Under what famous nom d¢ plume did the French novelist Mme. Dudevant write? 7. From what blue stone was ultra- marine originally obtained? & Where are the Wasatch Moun- tains? 9, What is the largest city In tre- land? 10. What is the second largest city in Ireland? ANSWERS. 1, Nebraska; 2, Carolina parrakect; 3, penguin; 4, puck; 6, Pamlico; 6, 4; 7, lapis lazuli; 8, Utah; 10, Belfast. He tries to compey the tmpreesion of the complete worldling, the widely travelled man of affairs, By calling all the Pullman porters “George” and all the waiters “Max,” And tipping taxi drivers recklessly; ‘Though he really combines the meek- Ness of Moses with the patience of Job and the stature of Tom Thumb, He gives bis bride to understand, “in Ro uncertain terms,” ‘That he is not a man to be trified with, And that he belteves in following the Unwritten Law, even when all the cops are looking; He likes to appear omniscient as to where to go and what to see, And would rather take the wrong turning or the wrong train any day Than consult a policeman or the in- formation desk at the Grand Cen- tral; He already has learned that clever conjugal retort—the flivver’s favor- ite, When he is asked a question to which he doesn't know the answer: “You wouldn't be able to understand, dear, even if I explained it to you!” But it is only when they are es- tablished in thetr own little home That every wife learns how the other half flive! He tells her all the scathing things he intends to ssy—and never says —to the landlord and the janitor; He bluffs about his ability to wake early without being called, and to take a cold shower the year around. About his bravery at the dentist’s-- and bis success as a fisherman, About his golf bandicap—end his home brew, r About the good opinion his boss has of him—and the interest he’s going to get in the business, About the little dinners to which he's going to take his wife—and which somehow never come off, About how considerate he is of her About how he always tells her the truth! And she listens—listens—listens— (She can't do anything efse!) A tactful wife is the listening-post of the home, And a wise wife never admits, even to herself, that HER husband Is a flivver; In a moment of excitement she may call him almost anything else, But she NEVER calls his bluff! Group Exercises for Summer Health Specially Arranged by Doris Doscher Copyright, 1921. by the Press Puisishing On. (Tee New York Evening World) NO. 3—OBLIQUE BALANCE. ONE! Place hands on hips. TWO! Bend the trank forward. THREE! Raise the right leg back- ward, stretching the knee and in- step as much as possible; the back of the trunk and leg should form an oblique line from the head to the extended foot; draw oe pe in and the head back- ward. FOUR! Trunk and foot to position. Do the same exercise with the other leg. This is a splendid balance exer- cise. It should contract the posterior mmuscles—those of the back—and those do much to cultivate correct carriage. Artists will tel! you that if eny one portion of the female figure is overburdened witu fat or out of pro- portion the idea conveyed from the canvas is “vulgar.” It is only when the human figure is in perfect propor. ton that the finest ideals for which woman etands can be portrayed. Therefore after the next swim you take do the exercise in to-night’s les- fon, fords much fun on the beach with congenial! friends Have you ever tried walking backward? ‘When you tire of this leg exercise, have a “back-walking” race on the sand. This will tug and pull at those uruscies where layers of fat bave formed and wear them down till the buak becomes shapely, Reauty {s largely dependent upon weight. And the body beautifu! is the body in which weight is correctly distributed and correctly proportioned in relation to the entire figure. Another exercise will be published next Tuesday. By Roy L. The Jarr Family McCardell Copyright, 1921, by the Prees Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World) HE system of bookkeeping em- ployed by Mr, Slavinsky, the glazier, was, in a measure, & card index system all his own, at least the syste was his own, the cards were not. The cards were from the salesmen or the firms themselves of wholesale glass dealers and jobbers, putty con- cerns and the like. The larger a card Mr. Slavinsky could get hold of, the better he liked it, and when salesmen had extra large cards Mr. Slavinsky always asked them for a dozen or so and treated the sales- men so urbanely that they felt sure he would eventually give them 4@ large order and also distribute the cards among other glaziers, Mr. Jarr stood by sympathetically while Mr. Slavinsky waa making up his books on his own cand index system. With Mr Slavinsky such mental effort appeared to induce se- @ Packing the Trunk | Oopyrixtt, 1921, by tke Press Publishing Co, (The New York Pvening World) NE woman who asserts she never finds her garments wrinkled nor small articles seattered about at the end of 4 journey places an old sheet in the bottom of her trunk bringing it uD the #ides. When everything ts in the trunk she folds the sheet over top of the clothes and pins it with safety pins. Lay collurs, jabots &e. flat on the cardboard that is put in men’s shirts at the laundry, Snap a few rubber bands on to hold them in you will always have fres} to put on Press corks firmly into bottles. Then either ie them down or cover therm with paraffine. Wrap bottles in soft towels or garments and pack in taiddle of trunk. Put hats in top tray and put two or three good sized pins through the brim to penetrate bottom of tray, Smal! articles, such as handkerchiefs Cover hat loosely with tissue paper or light ry “Lost— and woight garment and paok other ID you ever leave your umbrella, articles around the hat until tray 1s D yae Hise come ckmares Vas nie gloves, your bathing suit or (but of course we won't got too per- sonal) on the Long Island trains? If so, did you take the trouble to ro after thom? Recause if you didn’t perhaps you are one of the following: Skirts should be placed at the bot- tom of the trunk and, thanks to their shortness, In many cases do not need to be foided. [one has a new three tray trunk it is advisable to put skirts in the last tray | Interesting New Inventions Ooprrsht, 1921, by ns Co ) enable persons to see both sides ine I of their faces at once, a c ventor has mounted a pair uf pe mirrors on lazy tongw, which separate ran be poure them as far a4 4 user wishes. automatieally Wor use at baseball gaines a Texas inventor has patented a device can be used as score card, me phone or fan a The sections of an Ohio inventor's ur fishing pole telescope into a walking stick. tho ends by pieces of metal To prevent women’s hats being form a Virginia inventor's device for dlown eway while the owners aro holding men’s soft hats in sbape. been ipvented tacles aod without han. » steel wires held together at ( Ooprrtent, 1951. by tae Press Publishing Co. Unclaimed” (Tro New York Brening Wertd.) An investigation just completed by the manage:ment discloses the surpris- ing fact that of over 7,600 articles carelessly left on trains and ia sta- tions and terminals of the Long Ial- and Railroad by the travelling public last year ONLY 42,893 articles were actually recovered by persons who took the trowu to claim them, “It ig hardly believable,” said J, R. Savage, General Superintendent of the Long Island Railroad, “how relatively smail is the percentage of patrons who try to get back articles they ve on our trains apd in waiting rooms. Alvonge the ubings most commonly cost and found umbrellas are in the majority Other articles found in jLantities include raincvats, over- ALs, vallses, suit cases, furs, cum eras, Keys, brief cases, dooks, shoes, rubbers, gloves, medicines, sweaters, walking sticks, fishing rods, tennis racquets, pocketbooks, automobile ac- cessories and bathing suits.” vere physica] strain. It was a warm evening and Mr. Slavinsky, perap!: ing freely, was bearing down hard with a stump of a lead pencil on the back of various cards, making memoranda of his stock in hani and several items of outstanding ac - counts. He followed the heavy movements of his hand with an equally heavy move- ment of his head, bis tongue sticking from the corner of his mouth as though he were deriding his own «(- forts. “My wold!" he finally remarked, as he looked up from his auditing and was aware of the fascinated gaze of Mr. Jarr. “My wold! Only I got it such an education wot got, I couldn't keep it my accounts etraight. I[ wouldn't know what sizes of gless I got in stock, and I wouldn't know how much tt ls @ let of slow pays owes to me.” “Have you the same educational aid to enlighten you as to what you owe?” asked Mr. Jarr. “What do I care what I owe?” re- plied Mr. Slavinsky. “It only makes me laugh when I get insulted with let- ters from the gless jobbers telling me what I owe them, because then | know my business is good, especially when I take stock and find I ain't got hardly any standard sises left.” “Where did you get that system of keeping accounts on the back of busi - ness cards?” Mr. Jarr inquired. .This wae to distract Mr. Slavinsky’s atten- tion to a card that had just been turned over on whioh his own name, spelird as Mr. Slavinsky pronounced it, was scrawled against the initials Cc. O. D, and figures $1.15. “I got it from Gus what kept the Nquor store on the corner in the old times quring tne war,” said Mr. Slavinsky. “If he was hung 1p for the cigars by any of you fellows he put it down on @ cigar salesman’s card, and if it was for hard Hquor he put it on @ distilier’s card, and s« on. And that reminds me, here's dollar and fifteen cents your vi owes me for potting tn a big gless in her kitchen winder. J was going to collect It C. O. D., but she said you'd pay tt? Mr. Jarr fished down for the mone) hat card is that on the back of” usked Mr. Slavineky turned it over, was on the card of a bil collect agence: nd had sureharsed in red letters, “We specialize on small ac counts run up by professional dead beats.” And Mr. Slavineky couldn't under- stand why Mr, Jarr should be im~ sulted. o j |