Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-30

graphs save possibly the the bald headed
friends, have been carefully put away,
and the tai IL grOans under its loud OF
ESSAYS, poetry and ethics. There Is an
odor of liaimeut. Perfume bottles have
disappeared; so have souvenirs OF other
days. In one corner tn monthly maya
zines rise like miniature tower of
ElTa!. And now comes the last scenes
of all-siyty-tive to seventy-sauS per-
fume, sans manicure sans coquetry sans
gayety, sans everything frivolous. Bible
aud prayer book lie on a little table At
the head of the bed Photographs of
reverend this and bishop that adorn the
mantle. the well-psdded rocking chair
shows the effect of constant use while on
the dressing case II long array of medi-
Clue bottle tell the story OF late suppers,
bnre shoulders, late hours, irregular
habits and disappointed hopes of the
flraway past. The husky, starato cough
has taken the place of the bird like voice
which in the days OF long ago carroiei
forth its pleasure in tleeting and frivoi-
Gus things. II is u biz jump from fifteen
TO seven;y-after you have made il!
-
I need not tell you that the fashionable
woman of this city is not anxious to be-
come the mother of u large family. She
is quite willing to have one child aud let
II 20 al that. The consequence is that
thiS poor little specimen OF humanity is
often prtted spoiled and IdOliZed, which
would not be the case if there were half
dozen of them. This single bud upon
the proud ancestral tree is made TO do all
sorts OF ridiculous things, such as recite
poems, give limitations Of various people
who visit the house, sing, dance and
make himself generally disagreeable.
certain wealthy family of this cit, has
one such prodigy. People actually shuu
the house, for no matter at what hour
you call, Archie 10 invariably dragged
into the room TO show off something new
that he has learned. All con-
versation ceases. All attention
Is centered in the youngster, who pro-
ceeds to make himself nuisance, giving
pert answers TO his father, aud retorting
upon his mother with slang. Finally he
is bribed into 'beiug good:'' but before
they can get him out of the room be
sends farewell shot at some bald head,
red nose, set OF false teeth or bodily in
FIRMLY that catches his sharp eye among
the guests.
Well, the owners OF this Archie were
lately beside themselves with Joy. The
boy suddenly gave promise of becoming
the eighth wonder of the world. AL
though at the tender age of ten he began
TO write poetry, talk politics and discuss
the tariff Tops. marbles and ball hal no
more cha IN for b IN. His picture books
were thrown aside, and in their steal
Bancroft, Ruskin aud Emerson were
greediy devourei by him. Archie put
away his putty Hover and began to
study the ancient civilization of Central
America. II was astounding, and peo-
pie came from far and near TO converse
with this infautile Solomon. The family
physician was consulted, for it seemed
necessary TO check this abnormal de-
velopment OF brain, and in one of his
examinations of Master Archie's head
our good Ksculapius caught a'decdei
Whit of sherry wine. He knew now it
was hmssif. being a great connoisseur
OF Amontillado aud Xeres in general; so
upon taking his leave the coed man
merely remarked to Arches mother:
please Keep that tonic of yours. that
quinine, cocoa wine and chloraI, under
lock and key -
The woman obeyed, and 10! smother
miracle. Little Archie became rs
common youngter, and in the course of
a week returned TO his jig saw and
tricycle.. He lost I'll interest IN the