Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-06-18

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opinion. Bennett seems to own the
Herald first, Of course, for the profit it
brings hun, but largely, it would seem,
because of the satisfaction he derives from
The exercise of arbitrary power in moving
about like pawns on a chess board q set OF
men, every one of whom is his superior
and otherwise. The World is
the minister to the vaulting social and
political ambitions Of Joseph Pulitzer,
who actually tried to use IL as an instru-
ment to effect Democratic and Stalwart
coalition 10. send Roscoe
Conkling back to the Senate because
Conkling had taken Pulitzer up and tried |
his best, though in vain, 10 get that |
auburn haired son of IsraAf unto very |
exclusive club. The Sun represents |
simply the likes and dislikes, the whims |
and fancies of Mr.. Charles A. Dana, and
one must know that brilliant but erratic
writer's private affairs and personal
in order 10 have any idea as
to the papers probable course, and even
then large latitude must be left to allow
for manifest and growing tendency of
Mr.. Dana to do audacious things for the
mere sake of seeing how far he can go
without shaking the Suns great hold on
constituency still very large though con-
siderably diminished. The Times repre-
sents the many financial interests OF Mr..
George Jones and holds its nose and gives
the Democratic party half-hearted sup
port, hiding its time till the pig-headed-
ness of Whitelaw Reid shall deprive
the Tribune of its leadership in the
Republican party and enable the
Times TO swing back into line. As to the
morning Journal it seems TO be trium-
plant vindication of the excellence of
an idea occurring some years ago to its
founder, Albert Pulitzer, that there must
be in a city so large as this enough idiots
to support newspaper carefully adapted
to their abilities and tastes. OF news
papers sincerely devoted to some great
idea and really striving, first Of all to serve
the public we have none in New York, and
probably never will have since the COM
bination of capital necessary to the estab-
ishment and conduct of a modern news
paper is never likely to be contributed by
men who have other interests of their own
toserve. The thoughtful organs of opinion
in the future are likely to be weekly
papers of the class now common in Eng
land but unknown here since the Nation
practically gave up the ghost and became
the weekly issue of the EUening Post.
Probably many of the GAzETTE's
readers have heard of Miss Juliet Corson
of cooking school fame. / am sorry to
say that she is very i'll of disease be-
lieyed to be incurable, and she spends the
greater part of her time on a lounge in
her rooms, in the Continental Hotel. She
is really a remarkable woman, and began
her literary career as n writer on the old
| National ReDielc. She became interested
in course of time in cookery, and estab.
lished the first really successful cooking
school in this city. She made quite com.
| Portable little fortune, and subsequently,
lost it through the treachery of female
rascal, into whose pretended philanthropiC
plans for benefiting working women Miss
Corson entered eagerly. More thar
a year ago Miss Corson was informed by
her physicians that, unless she submitted
to a terrible surgical operation, which
they admitted would probably prov,
fatal, she would surely die in few
months. She did not submit to il ant
she has not only lived to fulsify that pre-
diction, but both the physicians whC
made it have since died. Still, she is
very sick woman, and has no hopes o.
prolonged life, but is now working Will
calmness, Int persistent energy in gather
ing up the results of her experience int,
two books, one entitled "Practiea
American Cookery" to be issued b,
Dodd, Mead Il Co., and the othe
Il collection of local recipes iron
New England, California, Maryland. Vii
ginia and elsewhere. In talking of thi
latter project she said TO me the othe
day that she would like to have som
recipes from Delaware house keepers +
embody in this book. Miss Corson whe
she lectured always illustrated he
: theories by cooking the dishes sh
described. She is an enthusiast on he
pet subject and thinks this world coul
be made much better and happier if il
peoples food We're only better cooked
Ill as she is, and painful as NOV,
ment is to her, she dragged herse
off to Baltimore last winter TO ASST.
in opening cooking school there unt
but few weeks ago, Mt the cost Of niue
suffering, went to Philadelphia to give
cooking lesson in public school /
demonstrate the fullacy of the obiectio
raised to any attempt TO introduce cool
ing rs branch of study in those institI
| AANi gwen 1T lut
, of the Baltimore school have been printe
) ON separate slips and put in a larg
: envelope by the Baltimore Women
Industrial Exchange" to be sold for il
: benefit. doubt if any soldier ever face
death with more of bravery and calmnei
} than this woman who works with the col
seriousness that her time is short, merel
for the sake of her work, and delights [
gather few friends around her MS ofte
A as possible of an evening, when she
/ always amongst the brightest of the 10
+ and often thanks them ut leaving fl
5 having enabled her to forget pain for
0 little while.
S Many people in this city and elsewhel
presume, seem to have Jumped to Il
l. conclusion that because Gen. Grant di
b, not succumb to the severe attack Ia
a winter he is likely TO get entirely we'll
: fear all such will find they are mistaken
: He is undoubtedly suffering from
4 cancerous affection of the tongue al
: throat and is gradually growing weake
s He will probably be able to go to the co
1 tage taken for him near Saratoga, but it
= very questionable if he ever leaves it aliv
. There appears to be nothing new
i politics. Collector Robertson's term
: flee expires just two weeks from to-da
;. and whether there be action or del,
: there will be excitement, disappointing
a and wrath. W. L. G.
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