Show The Busy Womans Woman's Off Hours r Gallivanting BY HILDEGARDE HAWTHORNE Th The word gallivanting probably had its birth in New Now England where whore so many an expressive phrase has first come corne into use and one certainly hC hears it there thero oftener than elsewhere Ive been gallivanting round you get when you ask Bome acquaintance acquaintance acquaintance ac ac- how she sho has hils been amusing herself and you know Just what she means its it's a word that sounds SOund exactly like liko the thing it stands for And what a lot it has baa to stand for torI Pleasure and aimlessness M drifting alon along from on ono one thing I Ito to another with no definite purpose but with thorough enjoyment when you go gallivanting you arent aren't taking your sense of duty along though you certainly dont don't do anything harmful when you gallivant You are re just idle and blameless taking taking- for tor tho moment tho the path that looks easiest and nd the true returns to customary tasks taska a a. whole lot better and jollier for tor her gallivanting She has haR probably dropped pod in on two or three people who didn t expect her hor but who were delighted to s see e her or perhaps she's taken lunch or afternoon tea tes at some quaint little restaurant never before before be be- fore tore known to her or tried on hats at t an enticing milliners milliner's for tor the pure joy of ot tho the thing or drifted into a a. bookshop and turned tho the pages of ot the new novels novel or travel books or some friend and persuaded her to go trolley riding She has bas been busy husy doing whatever carne cams into her mind at the moment in fact tact and I which appealed to her as being agree agree- able Of Ot course anything so pleasant and so 80 I useless as aa gallivanting is going to come corne comein comein corneIn in for tor its share sharo of ot disapprobation To say of ot any anyone one that sho does doe nothing nothing- but gallivant gallivant gal gal- livant from morning to night is to give that person parson a a. black mark Gallivanting can be overdone the overdone the tramp is a representative representative of gallivanting at its IUs worst ex but but that doesn't prove that it isn't good in Itself and when taken Inthe in inthe inthe the proper quantities The woman who Is la confined to her desk the best part of ot V the week for tor Instance does well to gallivant occasionally It is isa isa a 8 kind of ot dissipation that will do her good goo I Just try It for yourself Some day I after atter a a. particularly trying week when you are feeling too done up even to plan anything pleasant as a relaxation go out i prepared to gallivant Follow any suggestion sug sus' of ot the moment turn In any di direction direction direction di- di that looks Inviting board a a. bus or car or traia that seems to call to you for no bott hotter better r reason than that you feel teel like it Be entirely without plan or reason rea rea- son on for that day be a a. Adventures Ad Ad- ventur ventures z to the adventurous I Before your gallivanting day V Is over you will have I enjoyed yourself immensely have haYe run up against many Jolly little incidents and unexpected unexpected un un- un- un expected people and have refreshed yourself yourself your your- self physically and mental mentally You'll have been boon of ot the band of at the free tree of ot foot toot for tor fora tora a few hours and found It worth while |