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The road makes a rather abrupt turn toward 

 "the lake and down the ravine. It would bring us 

 out on the sand with the children. But we can- 

 not go down. Clothes forbid. In one's best 

 clothes it is not possible to get below the surface, 

 either of nature or human nature. Fine togs 

 repel all confidences. If one wears them, she 

 must suffer the consequences and be content to 

 stay at the top of things. 



When you can bring yourself to leave the gar- 

 den, you will need bodily refreshment, and in 

 Highland Park it may be found to suit any taste 

 or purse. 



And now, after luncheon, I will disclose the 

 reason why you made this a civilized trip, 

 when the wild scramble down the ravine bot- 

 tom and out on the beach is so much more fun. 

 It was because you were going to the concert in 

 the woods; for not far away, in a pavilion built 

 among the trees, a treat is in store. 



We have chosen the afternoon of children's 

 day. 



The children, big an^ little, come in droves 

 from their summer homes in the towns about, for 

 there is nothing to pay ; with their mothers or with- 

 out, with hats or without, with stockings or with- 

 out, plainly dressed or elegantly dressed, under- 



