Venus is an attenuated "maiden lady" of uncertain years and Adonis is a skinny old chap, with whiskers. They spend their days of coy courtship on the beach, where they engage in the gentle pastime of allowing the waves to beat against their bones. They are such sights in their bathing suits that the whole summer colony rush away with laughter and give them the freedom of the beach. One day while in their airy attire, they quarrel, and Venus testily betakes herself to a rowboat some distance down the beach and settles down for a nap. Poor old shivering Adonis gazes admiringly at her from afar through an antiquated telescope. Soon a band of boys, who had been playing "pirate," come along and tow Venus' boat to a rocky island some distance from shore, and maroon her. Adonis sees this movement and quickly secures another boat.
