Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-01

morality seems to be "ambulatorv'' indeed
Then there Is Mrs. Button; she lives in N.
CITY; her hnery is more abundant than on,
country friends; she has a good deal OF rs1I
iewelry; seven trunks hold part OF her clot5.
lng-gorgeous attire is her strong r5int All
she actually brings her horses and ca-riaye A.
nome she IS a kind mother and an aJsolonus
wife. Mr.. Button has made ''hEaps OF money!
in the liquor business. and they have I'm,
house on the corner of a once fashiaa5ls street
but TO come to Saratoga she sends her children
oil to farmhouse in the country, hires
French maid for the season, keeps Nr. Button
In the background, dances, dresses, hrts TO
her hearts content, not aware that she is over
dressed, vulgar, loud, and very far from being
in the good society which she brings into be,
hourly conversation in order to impress har
hearers by her familiarity Herewith
She is good natured, vain, SNOWY it'll. vo.
man, trying 10 put on the gasb and mien Of 4
lady without knowing how to do it. but above
all things bent on ''having good time" Fa-
tai phraSsl what it means is the worm At toe
root OF modern life She leaves her children TO
run wild with only the care Of an ignoar.
young nurse; she condemns her husband 10
such social pleasures as q solitary mIn in the
eity-a man with no particular moral principle
can find to solace himself wlthal; she puts al
her duties and responsibilities into the closet
where our skeletons abide, and turns the ksy on
them, in order that she may have "a sOoi
time" 1t was in the i1tozication Of suchl
good time that the chief courtesan Of Franco
uttered the oft-repeated, reckless words, 'ApTeS
moi ls deluge!" and the deluge came.
Next comes Mrs. CIymer. She is not given to
dress or show; she aspires to be- literary To-
man. You do not find her with novel in her
hand; she bTandishes about the most hesVyo
the reviews, the last new volume Of philosophy
or science; she has smattering OF all knoEl-
edge. and in the language Of the commo na.y,
''tells all she knows You find her surrounded
by astonished women fuently entightenilg them
on sociology or atomatic theories, OF the neTss.
bacillus, or the last epic: or else she decl2ns
on her intimacy with great or popular writers.
She is a dear friend OF l.. Poor l.. never knew
it; he is safely dead. She calls Mrs. W., II
speaking of her, ''Adeline, - tout court, though
she only lives in the same town aud exchanges
an annual call with that kindly lady. shs-NFS'
Clymer-proclaims herself as the intimate soul
sister of Miss H., who holds her in amused CON
tempt; in short, Mrs. Clymer tries to CLIMB y
holding on To the garments OF others VINO nave
Her attempt is futile, for She world isvsH
small, and her pretensiSng are reported 10 ins
suffereSs thereby and Indignantly repudiaIed o5
before another season, so that she must nee"
''Inoye camp" TOO often to be comfortable.
Oh why is the morality of women so amo1la,
tory? Are not honor, honesty, the dignity =,
reality worth q thousand times over ths oHsi
glories Of deceit and personationf 49,,
But there are other women who are, tnalA
Heaven, alike in summer and winter, by sea y
shore, true women, real ladies wherever ~
are. Such one is Mrs. Dyer het au 10,
is very wealthy She was born ana ID 3 u.s. X,
goes to enjoy the coolness of nature In the eU1T
try, the spice and salt OF sea winds, the mel,-
Ginning OF waters, or the keen strength Oh mO.I.
ain airs, all her family go with her; you M;
know her to be rich in money by her dressi, y ~
quiet, tasteful and adapted to the tl1ns ", " 4.
wear. She does not come down to breaElA,s a
diamonds. She has two fine ones ana - n
them too long to faunt them a. any tI.l lI, I'd
there is lace about her anywhere It Is re1 ~. 1T
fine; her silks are soft, heavy, su6dueo u
but rarely worn; she prefers delicate w. J
exquisite coloring and m2tch!ess eng5 f NJ
drapery; she has stout dresses Tor cLll1S5. h
boating; her headgear is never renalAAso,, ~
seems to be the right thing TO wear "nsA -
wears 1t. whatever 1t is. ..5. ,hs
Her manner is serene, kindly, reVerse9l' -.
does not talk to every one she meets, - .Srysf.
sonaIities are always left out from mel ,Syso.iv
sation She could talk of books lnIsi - ~
aud well, but she does not drag them az IN.
course. She is always herseh-weA-olsI'
read, well dressed. - .,,,try I'll
who has worn herself out with teacIi1tSs 20
hardest work for the poorest paymen. lie ani
man can do. She wears her gray c1sau.-srio1i-
her striped ginghsm with ne cam EsnoS0yerssdOn
ness Of Mrs. Dyer; she listens TO coIh.,t-osuca
with bright intelligence, but never .ts5 ioi.
her own ideas till they are N tbs Oh
She is courteous to every onei klna ".i1suesS,
ladies, who SO need and apprtect.Ih ~ children,
but SO rarely get it: merry with ths ~ To1rs
who fairly haunt her steps, modest 70. ~ jStsTsl5
men, who sometimes talk TO her ID lining w thsf
when the bellies OF the house are lePS Il thor
charms in their rooms Miss EdwaIos 1. not ha
oughly good, pure and maidenly; way .1a,tipgns
type published to the world Of both Dsg
instead OF the low ignorance OF
Miller? ,rn,oseig
Are folly, bad manners, slang, I;ag word
be more agreeable to the reaa 1lr13u irsi5
than the finer and quite as coL comm ,-ouuss.
Of instructive modesty and delies's
hood ..,,.a word,"
says the trite old proverb, and tnsS END Il OF
tafnly all kinds of women to be i0lD1
summer resorts. =, .bsu. ~
/ am 5 woman myself, and one Of , me tselr az
therefore do feel all tho more deeply
shortcomings. ~ from ~
NV dear friends, beg Of you al sit TT5osa
depths Of my sisterhood, to secep' 10 III .
Brownies words as a gracious trutn. regpsd..
be everywhere your own sweet ;s hI SiTs he ~
able, seIf-res pecting selves. ana g,sat1rs u
assurance or q woman, the best 0Gstheti41
ever made. For so, and only So ~
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