Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-04-05
PEOPLE WITH WHlMs.
Those who Fancy All Sorts Of Thing.
More OF Loss Complimentary TO Self.


More or Less Complimentary to Self.
Beware OF the man who thinks hs
has none, for he is the man most
likely to be permeated, saturated with
whirlsicalities.
Our whims become part of our
character, just as our virtues or our
vices; indeed, with some of us they
become so prominent that they over
shadow everything else in our natures
and we would not be recognized by
our friends if, like Christian at the
Beautiful Gate. we should suddenly.
lose the burden and appear before
! them. -
know o woman-a noble, gener
Gus hearted woman in most things
who tips the scales at 200 pounds.
whose principal whim is that she is
not so large us she looks Wherever
she goes. she becomes the terror ofthe
nodiste. Hcr first remark always, to
new one, is to lie sure To remember
ithatshe is not SO large as she seems at
/ first sight Shc.is continually chang.
Eng, because, Us she says they don't
t4lIlQerSl;ttl1t !,
her 0asss2 lfsrls tan
have known a man Who fahcIes
THAT his carly teachers spoiled aifirst
class artist by not encouraging his
school day caricatures. ae never
speaks of art and artlsLs without bring
ing up the thought that many an Gnu
byro Raphael has been killed by the
frosts OF disapproval. AS he always
supplements this assertion with his
own personal experience. it is quite pa
tent TO his friends that when he says
many a one, lie means particularly
the one who wears his shoes
l know another man SO grotcsque i'll
feature that his face would make a
good illustration for comic almanac
or copy of Dickens, whose favorite
whiln is that he bears great resenl-
blance to the illustrious Benjamin
franklin. Never having crossed the
path of any of the old statesmans
heirs and acquainted them with his
belief, he has lived to a good old ago.
He derives great comfort from the
statement of the mental scientist who
, alfirms that if two people look alike it
betokens similarity of mind. Diff
ference in surroundings and circuni-
stances only has prevented his attain
ing the learning and eminence OF
Franklin.
In the suburbs of a distant city lives
clildlcss old couple who, when past
middle life. suddenly became very
rich through the legacy of relative.
! Their previous life lad been very sim.
pic and narrow, as far as any knowl-
edge Of the world outside the sim
pie village life was concerned. but
they Immediately set to work to live
as other moneyed people do. The old
lady took up the study of the diction.
airy to improve her conversational
powers The old gentleman went to
Europe, to Rome, and proved good
angel to the struggling students, many
of whom found an unquestioning pur.
chaser of their productions. He came
home with the most wonderful colles*
tons Of statuary and pictures, the
most incongruous mass one could inn
arine. He made his house one vast
picture gallery from basement to at
tic: The large grounds about the
house lie dotted with statuary till 0
stranger would imagine he was com.
ing to q cemetery whenhe first caught
sight Of the cleaning marble through
the foliage. Some of tie results oi
the old lady's dictionary study have
become old landmarks in the stock ol
local funnyisns OF tho community
For instance, a ncighbor calls: GOOD
morning, Hrs. b, is DIR. b al
home3" "Yes, he is out on the me
randum pursuing Shakespeare" An
othertime, in answer to the samequcry
Yes. he went out on the lawn.-to-
to olcandcr among the scrubbery. w.
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