Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-07
OBJECTS OF PITY.
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viviDtY PORTRAYED.
vs.,s PEOPLE Who Think 1t Good Form Z"
10 Be Bisss--A Vigorous Pen-Pieturs
from Ella Wheeler wilcox.
mar me NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., issal

dsv. Young people eSpeclMly seem 70
link # AN evidence of "good form TO
Va dis.rngtful and blast. Budding dc
by,0nfes pride themselves on what they
c,n "thoroueh knowledge 81 the
rorld." aud declare that all men are
has deccivers, and women friends are
lions foes to be regarded with suspi-
c,on Nonpg boys moralize over the de-
nrayitv Of humanity. the falsity Of wo-
man in particular, and folly Of love or
BRARDLEss cYNos.
Almost daily meet in drawing-rooms
come beardlcss youth who tells me life is
a horrible bore, and that society ennuies
h,r, and that he hasw worn out all human
emotion, and would give the world for a
val sensation, which he never again
homes 10 experience.
iesh Of these youths imagines his re-
rosrhs 20 he quite original, and looks to
So he listener start with astOnishment
81 snch a prodigy Of experience or to
melt with sympathy.
Sorevery young girls grow sentimen-
al over the blase airs and cynical as
eurnptous OF these callow youths. Small
bows emulate them, and sensible men
md women who think OF them at sll de-
spise or pity them for their lack Of COM
non sonse.
SOCIETY BORIS HIM.
We can but wonder why this speci-
mou OF youth so persistently socks the
society that boros him. | have met him
nunsTously Of three afternoon teas IN
one dry and again in the evening, every
where posing as an omotionless stole
and hopeless ennuie. Frequently he
makes vague references to "sinful
past or 10 tragedies through which he
has passed, only 10 issue a SCARED and
homeless wreck One is inclined to ask
II bis sins consisted of thefts from his
mothers pantry and his tragedy OF the
accidental oyorturning OF his crib at mid
night.
All these nondescript creatures dis
trust woman, dislike humanity, and
sneor at love and marriage. They are,
of course. atheistical in their tendencies,
consider this life sad mistake of Ma
tnre. which death will end. They pity
Won Tor entertaining any belief in flu
ture existence. or sigh and say: dear
me, how delightful it must he to have
any such faith quite refreshing, really
out, Of course, wholly without reason
NOTHING IN THEM.
4 somewhat mature specimen Of this
genus homo said TO me recently :" fancy
i must be such a pleasure to believe in
God and mankind, III love and goodness
the way you DO. No foundation, OF
course, for such belief exists, save IN
vour poetic imagination, and hare
Jrcat fQih that 3Ou toU get change
yovr ideas and beiieUG in nothing at
0V."
must confess at that moment. if
had not been able to see beyond this
shadow Of q man who stood before me,
giving utterance to such rude and use
less platitudes, that | might easily have
believed in Roihissg ~ al, so excellent
an illustration was he of nothingness.
There IS no more painful object III
life t. me than the spectacle of pes
simistic youth or maid devoid OF the
Hopeful dreams. the bright outlook, the
trusting confidence which naturally be-
long TO youth. They develop INTO
dlsagreeable friends, and uncomfortable
wives and husbands, and unsuccessful
men and women.
IDEAS or SANTA CLAUS.
Not many months ago / was ques-
toned regarding my ideas of santa
Claus. DID | not think the illusion n
cruel one, and the awakening painful?
should not this mythical beng be abol-
ished? | said no recall the happi-
ness the belief in Santa Claus gave me
I do not recall any succeeding misery.
Let us keep our illusions while we may,
aud not awaken until We must. Too
many parents nowadays seem DESTROYS
az tearing away the veil of lllusions-or
what they fear NAV become illusions
from their children'a eyes.
MOTHERS Installing POISON.
To the Young girl they say, "Do not
expect happiness in love or marriage;
there Is little poetry and much hum
drum Practically about you-you may
Us well know It soon as late" SO at tho
nrt shadow on the sunlight of her
dreams the girl is prepared to believe
that the end of happiness has arrived
and she makes no effort to rescue her
ideal from complete destruction.
Ner. the mother Of young daugh-
tcr would say, "The world IS mainly
as Won make It people are, as rule'
What Won believe them TO be; and you
receive from the world what you give TO
d. The greatest possible earthly hsppi-
ness hes ia a congenisl marriage. Clouds
mav shadow your pathway at times, but
the -unlight Of love can dissipate them
if it shines persisiently and warmly
enough.
II seems TO me such utter bad breed
ing % 20 about the world scattering the
seeds of distrust aad skepticism. We
Get unite enough of these ideas IN the
novels Of tho day without being obliged
10 hear these failure breeding theories
expressed il every parlor and drawing
room. say failure" breeding adj
ylsedly.
OPTIMISTIC TENDENCY.
have theory-the result of observs-
tion-Wbich is quite my own. Almost
without exception have seen chronical-
I,-inclinad pessimistic people degenerate
or only achieve partial success IN LIE,
while the optimist, even less richly en-
dowed by nature, reaches his goal more
rsnidlv and achieves more compile 10
suceess with the same amount OF dill
gence only. -,
believe the tendency of the world is
strongly optimistic. Even the inanimste9
things of Nature are helpful and kind
toward one another. The breeze aud the
bee aid the flowers to propagate ana
bloom. The sun assists more yearnlng
Germs to grow up into beauty than oil
the teDpests blight There is Suite
Law of love and progress behind 1t all
which fills the universe like a vast golden
tide.
PULLING AGAINST TIE STREAM.
Let any man, however great and gift
Cd. say to himself, 1.-The world IS my
natural enemy all mems bands are lifted
a.....-.A M. have no laith in iriend-