Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . re room,followed by a meek little wife and threetimid children. There was the broad,dowager w^oman, preceded by a meek,shrinking little man, whose whole appear-ance was an apology. There was a mod-est young couple who looked exceedinglyself-conscious and happy, and anothercouple, not quite so young, who were notconscious of anybody, the gentleman giv-ing a curt order to the waiter, and fallingat once to reading a newspaper, while hiswife took a listless attitude, which seemedto have become second nature. Therewere two very tal
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . re room,followed by a meek little wife and threetimid children. There was the broad,dowager w^oman, preceded by a meek,shrinking little man, whose whole appear-ance was an apology. There was a mod-est young couple who looked exceedinglyself-conscious and happy, and anothercouple, not quite so young, who were notconscious of anybody, the gentleman giv-ing a curt order to the waiter, and fallingat once to reading a newspaper, while hiswife took a listless attitude, which seemedto have become second nature. Therewere two very tall, very graceful, veryhigh-bred girls in semi-mourning, ac-companied by a nice lad in tight clothes,a model of propriety and slender physicalresources, who perfe(rtly reflected the gra-cious elevation of his sisters. There wasa preponderance of women, as is apt to bethe case in such resorts. A fact expli-cable not on the theory that women aremore delicate than men, but that Amer-ican men are too bus\ to take tliis sort ofrelaxation, and that the care of an estab-. ARRIVAL AT FORTRESS MONROE. 662 HARPERS NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. lishment,Avitli the demands of society andthe worry of servants, so draw upon thenervous energy of women that they areglad to escape occasionally to the irre-sponsibility of hotel life. Mr. King no-ticed that many of the women had tlieunmistakable air of familiarity with thissort of life, both in the dining-room andat the office, and were not nearly so timidas some of the men. And this was veryobservable in the case of the girls, whowere chaperoning their mothers, shrink-ing women who seemed a little confusedby the bustle, and a little awed by the ma-chinery of the great caravansary. At length Mr. Kings eye fell upon theBenson group. Usually it is unfortunatethat a young lady should be observed forthe first time at table. The act of eatingis apt to be disenchanting. It needs con-siderable infatuation and perhaps truelove on the part of a young man to makehi
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