Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-08-22


ural to believe, too, that the poetess o
passion must already dwell In some sucl
realm Of bliss, far above aud beyond thj
extremely mundane sphere; besides, q
she Is an attractive little woman, sill,
undoubtedly knows from experience how
men do propose-a fact more fully prov
ed by the indisputab.o existence Of a Mr.
Wilcox.
wonder If Mrs. Wilcox has ever reat
charming little French monoloQu,
written by Edmund Gondinet for tina,
clever actress Mile. Marie Dumas, entitled
ooh! Monsieur" The author makes bill
heroine, young debutante, innocent ant
Ingenious, cxclaim:
Pour dire qu'on Anne
pcux mots su1iisent-
-Jc crois memo
Que ION pourrait sen passer;
or, to translate the idiom, ITO say ONT
loves two words sufflce-I believe mysel
that one does not even need any" Evil
IDENTIFY the eyes arc enough to look love
for Ingenious young persons OF French
extraction, as well as for poetesses of ex-
perlence.
The monologue is short and may be
translated here briefly;
young girl of sixteen summers, q
lovely little blonde, just out of the con-
vent, stood alone in q drawing-room, the
door of which was closed. A little CO.
quettish, little dreamy, too, she exam
lined the effect of her metamorphose In
the three Venetian mirrors before her.
She threaded her curls with her fingers,
tossed about her laces q little. and then
smiled, for she was content with herself,
The door opened suddenly; she grew more
red than a cherry, and gave start OF
surprise. Heavensl 1t Ia her mother.
who herself is young, tender-hesrted, q
widow and a baroness.
Bertha, why do you show that emo
tion Do you think am going to scold
YOU'D" And she kissed her daughter on
the neck, little way she had Of show
ing pardon.
. hMaus, have pity on me, am afraid. -
"Atraid2 You2 And OF WHAT"
OF everything"
"You speak vaguely, what do you
meanf'
1.-THE world terrifes me. They tell US
such terrible things OF 1t at the convent;
they paint 1t In such colotsl dare NOT
speak without mortal terror. even
dream of 1t. Yesterday l was o little
girl; to-day / am d young lady, and |
must chatter. must pretend am some
one, and even with my cousin Charles,
who is only laughing, teasing school
boy, am timid. If strange young
man speaks to me shall always answer,
Yes"
Take good care, my daughter. how
you aay that"
"Well, then shall always say: NO"
That 10 dangerous, too" 5-
How do you mean, mammafp
Yes and No get very much mixed
up on the lips OF woman; they some.
times appear to mean the same thing"
well, what can / say, thenl"
you must say something that does
not mean anything. Let me see. Say
'Ohl Sirp That does very we'll. You
can say II In many ways, always with a
pleasing manner. Only great men need
say more than that"
Thank you, mamma you have made
me feel SO much more comfortable.
Will take care TO say nothing but oh! sirp
and be careful how say It,
And as the baroness was going she said
to herself: "Those two words Will not
get her into trouble "
A moment after the door was again
the baroness to he still In the drawing
room, announced with very solemn air
and deep voice:
Count Albert lie Mansablow. -
The count was charming fellow. He
was well built, had fair skin, but with
dark hair.
On seeing Bertha alone, her eyes mod
cstly lowered, he gave Il start of embarrass-
ment, but In reality was delighted with
the misadyenture.
mile, Bertha, at Parisl II gives me
the creates surprise TO see you Have
you left the convent for goodi Have you
come home to be the life OF it, part OF the
ooh! eirl"
~ stand before you mute with sstonish-
ment, without being able to say Que
word, to find You such grand parsonage,
SO grave and SO beautiful"
oh siri"
u am so surprised; you must think me
perfectly stupid"
"Ohl eirl'
"Bnt am SO surprised; saw you
last child, entirely occupied with drcss
Ing your doll suppose you have given
up that?''
"Oh! sirr'
''oh, yesl that was long ago. The doll
oday is left In a conner. You Will have
other plays, other onjoyments. Do you
like to dance:"
"0hl STRIP
'lesl you are At the age when ball
has charms; when Il girl dreams month
over her toilette; all the tulles are fancy
robes, almost with wings. And now you
pun one rose coquettisnly in your hair,
little later pearls will twist themselves
around your neck, and then, maybe, Won
will come 10 emeralds, then to collar
II rubieS aud the diamonds OF Il matrun2'
"0hi sirp'
"rhen you will be woman but IN
rider to have the jewels you will have 10
rave a husband. That's good thing
for us men! But you are SO young!'
"Oh sir''
"We played together under the trees
n the park. DO you remenber!'
"Oh! siI."
81 see You little girl with long curls
led back in a net, your dress just coming |
o the ankles. | see the dandelions and !
lie for -get-me.nots. And then we
,layed at war. Your big brother organ
2ed superb combats. He was the general |
ND we were the soldiers. Do you re-
member"
OH sirl"
"0hl Happy days! Days of 10y and |
False ,lreamsl Mad vows. |
iy heart is full oi these past happinessrs.
they all come before me, but yelled with |
sadness,
''Ohi sirr
t'Will they never come again. Do you
htnk Of them as frivolous remembrance
6 l. IN Il
refy one sees at evening on the side Of
he road"
"0hl SRI"
ttRnt how can / m AXE pnn nnlnrstnnd