Life — June 23, 1898 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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LITTLE change, even in June, tsn't so bad ; not in the weather; not in appearances or terrestrial fixtures of any sort; but in ideas and plans, and reflections and discourse, This year Wwe have plenty of it. All our June dispositions and deliverances are more or less affected by No one tsasking what Is so rare as a June oO! At this writing, the contemporary tn- s: What Isso scarce asa Spanish squad- it orators and poets will spout this year as always, but on what unusiml themes, and whatever their themes, with what &n unaccustomed ringing in of warlike and pa- triotic allusions! There will be college boat races and ball games as usual ; but whereas they usually keep us all agog for a fortnight, this year they will ouly furnish tems of news of sec- ondary tmportance for our hurried consideration. UMMER plansare very generally affected. The American habit of going to Europe cannot be abated in a single season or by a single war, but this year current events have greatly affected It. ‘The June exodus has been cut in two, and ¥ those whose iron engagements are them abroad are many who go disconso- nd Would rather stay at home where they can chatter War talk and get all the news, RSONS who have arranged for June wed- dings are carrying out thelr purposes. Wed- dings don't wait on wars; indeed, war seems to stimulate affection, or daring, or the love of ad- venture, or Whatever emotions are responsible for matrimonial entanglements. Then, too, when so much 1s uncertain, folks seem to like to sete such important matters as can be settled, and so increase the supply of fixed facts that military developments cannot dislodge. So there may be as many June wed- dings this year as usual, in spite of the absence of a hundred and fifty thonsand able-bodied men from the centres of social life. A all this time, while the outdoor roses are blooming and the strawberries are closing thelr protracted season, and the grass ts progress- ing towards the condition of being haycocks, our shipsare carrying American soldiers to the far Fast; our cruisers are whizzing back and forth on the South Atlantic; our armies are gathering for Heaven knows what attempt on Cuta and Porto Rico; and we are sitting about, all agog with ex- pectation. It is a memorable June. Looking ahead at it, it seems big with destinies that any week may bring to a culmination, They cannot culminate too soon for our taste. Hear us, Fate We would like to settle down for the summer. Turmoll too long sustained 1s bad for our live We who are going to the seashore don't want to spend the summer months in bomb-proofs; we who are going to the country don’t want to read newspapers al! the time ; we who will stay in town would prefer to be atile to give some at- tention to the duties that ke us here, We who work at our Vartous jobs (u various parts of this big country would be obliged to you if you would have this fighting over. June is yours; use it to some purpose, so that the last commencement orators may dis- course of the war that was, and the alma maters of the great army of new graduates may not be constrained to fit them all out with soldier caps. PASIMONS FOR THE SEASIDE. me: anita y eh ss WEE I wanted to buy a few things, dear, so [ took that check you signed down to the bank and filled it out. “T hope you didn’t overdraw my account.” “Ob, no. They wouldn't let me.” XPERIENCE is the best teacher; but he is dreadfully unpunctual. comicbooks.com