d and Mollie on the beach in their bathing suits.

Snap-shots which show nothing at all.

Faded flowers, dance-cards and assorted sentimental objects, calculated
to bring up tender memories of summer evenings.

Uncompleted knit-sweaters.

Then begins the tour of the neighborhood, comparing summer-vacation
experiences. To each returning vacationist it seems as if everyone in
town must be interested in what he or she did during the summer. They
stop perfect strangers on the streets and say: "Well, a week ago today
at this time we were all walking up to the Post-Office for the mail.
Right out in front of the Post-Office were the fish-houses and you ought
to have seen Billy one night leading a lobster home on a string. That
was the night we all went swimming by moon-light."

"Yeah?" says the stranger, and pushes his way past.

Then two people get together who have been to different places. Neither
wants to hear about the other's summer--and neither does. Both talk at
once and pull snap-shots out of their pockets.

"Here's where we used to take our lunch--"

"That's nothing. Steve had a friend up the lake who had a launch--"

"--and everyday there was something doing over at the Casino--"

"--and you ought to have seen Miriam, she was a sight--"

Pretty soon they come to blows trying to make each other listen. The
only trouble is they never quite kill each other. If only one could be
killed it would be a great help.

The next ban on immigration should be on returning vacationists. Have
government officials stationed in each city and keep everyone out who
won't give a bond to shut up and go right to work.

XXXIV

ANIMAL STORIES

_How Georgie Dog Gets the Rubbers on the Guest Room Bed_

Old Mother Nature gathered all her little pupils about her for the daily
lesson in "How the Animals Do the Things They Do." Every day Waldo
Lizard, Edna Elephant and Lawrence Walrus came to Mother Nature's
school, and there learned all about the useless feats performed by their
brother and sister animals.

"Today," said Mother Nature, "we shall find out how it is that Georgie
Dog manages to get the muddy rubbers from the hall closet, up the
stairs, and onto the nice white bedspread in the guest room. You must be
sure to listen carefully and pay strict attention to what Georgie Dog
says. Only, don't take too much of it seriously, for Georgie is an awful
liar."

And, sure enough, in came Georgie Dog, wagging his enti