Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-28

m ore favored sister lacks. Young men, young
men? Why will you pluck the peoples, leaving
the sweet little violets to bloom alone? Why
don't you look beneath the surface, remember
ing that 'he who would find rich pearls must
dive below?'' But twas ever thus, AMI young
mems love still lies mot in their hearts, but in
their eyes" So it is that many girls who would
make the sweetest and best of wives remain
married.
Many women don't marry because they can't
forget an old lover from whom fate adverse
circumstances has parted them. To him they
have gwen their whole heart, and once out of
their keeping they couldn't get it back carry
ont the French proverb, which bids US love what
we can get if we can't get what we love, All,
WE'LL Marriage at best is q lottery, and
Some weep because they part,
And languish broken hearted,
And Others-O, my heart
Because they never parted.
Far better sweet recollections of what was,
and tender thoughts of what might have been
than a reality that dissipaIes the early dream.
In any case
Its better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all,
and these women are perhaps happier Though
OF course they don't think SOY in the love they
gain as sympathetic friends and delicious maiden
aunts than they would have been had they mar
ried their lost love.
young ard lovely girl sin society," wa.
guilty OF an improprieTv this summer which was
most re prehensible regarded from a high ground
of morality, but which, compared with much OF
tine wrong doing of more experienced and con-
worth considering The young woman regretted
what she did; and suffered intensely from the
fear OF being made the center of q scandal 1t
so happened that her ill-considered action be-
came known to 4 certain stately and proud lady
who makes business of posing as an exa npIe
Of all that is upright and wise. and this lady
ike many others of the superior class she rep
resents, took occasion to insinuate here and
II ere that some young women were not all they
should be, and really ought 10 be debarred from
intercourse with self-respecting people. The
indiscreet girl heard of this gossip going round
aud learned of its source. After time she de-
termined to go to the superlatively good woman
who so pitilessly Slurred her, and appeal to her
to refrain from repeating her insinuations re-
lying upon the proud ones feminine nature to
sympathlZe with her IN her regret at what she
had unthinkingly done. 1t happened that the
lady gossip was staying that week at hotel on
Fifth avenue, and to this hotel the trembling
girl went. Word was sent TO her from the Office
that the lady she sought was not there. The
coiored boy bringing this message grinned as he
delivered II, and, as he ventured the supple
would never come back 10 that house, the sup
plant maiden was at once interested q Id pressed
the boy TO explain himself.
''Well she's funny lady, suah,' said til
Ethiopian, still grinning vigorously. Peoples
talked bout the way she made signs to young
quency dat he called on her.
1t las been noted that the proud and spotless
lady no longer insinnates anything against the
fair name OF the unsise virgin.
Don't you often wonder, after You have fire.
Queuty read of a woman. exactly how she looks?
I had formed two distinct impress ions of Mrs
Leslie Carter's personal appearance but that
much .scussed lady shattered both OF them
when saw her on Fifth avenue this morning
had we'll defined belief that she was one OF
two things --either stout and mature blonde
OF The excessively loud type, or a simpering,
brainless, or a makeup little fea herbrain. Just
why can't say. but hardly expected to see a
lady. She was going up Fifth avenue near the
unslghtly and useless old reservoir and was Sc
renely p!odding along few PAGES in the rear.
couldn't help noticing the tall, symmetrical
hgure, straight as an arrow, and the two brnds
OF marvellous red hair, surmounted by I pretty
little sailor hat aud falling clear below the
shapely waist. The auburn Marguerite braids
and Tree swinging. aceful strides of thei
owner, were pleasant TO look upon. Suddenly q
little bundle OF type written manuscript tum-
bled to the pavement and I saw III my tall
divinity was encountered with other pare lis and
had not missed 1t. or course my ma Q compan-
ion picked up .he manuscript and called 10 her.
A quick glance at the title page revealed - he
Ugly Duckling.' and it flashed upon ne that
here was Mrs. Leslie Carter going to her daily
rehearsal at the Berkeley lyceum. And was
night. rretty little frown of impotence at her
own negligence was quickly chased away by q
sunny, grateful smile. 'I thank you" she
said, and her voice was like sweet music her
heavy black eyebrows contrasted sharply with
the mass of auburn hair brushed straight back
from the white forehead. Her smile revealed
teeth that were perfect. II was altogether a
'h arming face. frank. gentle. full
bright, alert, quick-witted, refined woman,
With poetry in her soul and will Of her own not
,asily thwartsd. She had slender nervous.
white fingers. and the perfectly manicured nails