The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-08-14
HITS AND MISSES.
CONTRIBUTED BY A. sPARRER.
"De omni re scibiH ct qui6usdam ais. ="


CONTRIBUTED BY A. sPARRER.
"De onni re scibi6 ct qui5uSdam AXIS
They say" staid conservative mother Eng
land has gone ahead of US on the woman
question.
The very latest is whisper that the con-
servative leader of Great Britain insists upon
female suffrage being one of the features of
their coming campaign. We have heard be-
fore of making virtue Of necessity.
The inference is that the advocates of wo-
mans cause here have been over-zealous or
over-aggressive, or else the British govern
ment is putting in strong bid for the sup
port of a class with whom it has never been
supposed TO be in sympathy.
The Hare and Tortoise having adorned our
tale, might here point the moral.
We have screeched and screamed long and
often upon the subject, while our better bal
lasted neighbor has been up and doing.
We cannot rid ourselves of the belief that
we are leaders MS we'll as pioneers in this
movement, just as surely as this nineteenth
century will 90 down in history as The wo-
mans cycle.
Our national conventions lay many and
various planks in their platforms, but they
are not adopts at driving home the nails.
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Mr.. Cleveland, 10 his summer home, telling
us he has not one anxious thought beyond
the bite Of Cape Cod blue fish, solves the
problem he left unsolved to his neighbors of
BArnstable.
WHAT to do with our ex-Presdents may
not he long one of the vexed questions Of the
hour. We have tried them as nonontities,
as fingerers in political pies, US patrons OF the
liberal arts, as prey for lion seekers, in any
and all of these capacities there is the newt !
able flaw patent to keen-eyed public opinion,
But here Ia chance for undying fame.
Let Mr.. Cleveland bel sort o! summer school
of the philosophy Of rest Let him pose a.
the apostle of rest, rest pure, unadulteEed. I'M |
SPOILED by nerves and prodding cares.
Already equipped by nature with ply |
sique that not even the cares Of office could re-
duce, he need go no further for an expressive |
object lesson.
To become more local and not to say per-
sonal, there is q broad field of encouragement |
to these philanthropists who would see the
world at ease, in our own Deer Greek val
ley.
MY old friend the toad patient with great |
big p, hoped in for little chat not many |
days ago.
The fact is, my dear Sparrer,' croaked he. |
81 have about abandoned railroad interests |
and Will invest in the motor of the future,
these much ventilated airships, which may |
come in dozen years or more. My private
opinion is the D. G. and s. r. r. is no CO."
Settling his wrinkled coat more comfort
ably, he blinked very sarcastic blink and |
hoped little nearer.
you see, my dear fellow, you and ], we
travelled fast and far in our imaginations,
and think we will have TO come back on the
very same road"
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A LAWYER, owned OF Massachusetts,, some
time warrior, politician and other things be-
side, stands confessed to-day the prophecy of
u fad that is ravaging the world.
All great public benefactors, from Joseph
In old Egypt down to DR.. Jenner, and on
until to-day, have found the same tunes piped |
to their novelties.
The genius who first saw the possibilities |
in the spoon mania, was derided and reviled |
by more than one section of these United !
States. He, more fortunate than some of his
fellows lives and knows his wisdom and fair |
fame vindicated.
1t has taken wide-awake America almost |
thirty years to realize that if you are to be
anybody you must have large and varied |
and valuable collection of spoons, spoons of
every sort and kind, of all sizes and from
everywhere
Ingenuity has devised memento for al
most every country and city that the civiliz-
ed world visits; some popularity in the place
or its history is used for the design.
We have history and geography illustiat-
I'd III the lotus flower spoon from Japan, the
thistle from Scotland, by the National Capt.
sol on the Washington spoon, and the State
House bell for Philadelphia, the "Anneke
Jsns," Peter Stuyvesant and Rip Van Win
kle for old Knickerbocker New York.
What more unique design for souvenir of
the old Bay State. than the strongly marked
features of her ilustrious son, laurel wreath
ed, and set as finish TO q large and long
handled spoon.
As further emphasis hor those Of eur
younger generation, not we'll up in their his
tory, the handle might bear The legend 1868
1891.
A cuIsury glance at novels, old and new,
reveals the fact that the age of the heroine of
to-day no longer ranges from sixteen to
twenty-five.
Since the literary scademiciaps know no
novel but the philosophical, psychological,
soul-dissecting species, the timid, blushing
maiden Of sweet sixteen has lost her place in
literary art.
1t is the woman of thirty who has lived and
suffered, maybe sinned, who plays the all i'm
portsnt role.
You may as well try 10 dissecl a flowers
breath, a drop of dew, d ray of quivering
light. as make psych logical study of the
maiden soul, which is as light as the cloud
fieax. as pure rs a lily's heart.
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Whether we have gained by this change, is
entirely question OF individual taste.
IL Is rather a comfort TO believe with the
old adage that every dog has his day
Coy madenhood, having danced through
one literary epoch, falls back at the step Of
woman already crowned she in turn may
stand aside while the future artist paints the
backward glance of serene old age.
True, ancient or modern art has painted
no more exquisite picture of the dawn of
maiden love than George Meredith in his Or
deal of Richard Feverel.
But Lucy's love tale is only an incident or
hy-play in the great drama of life, unfolded
from the soul of Richard Feyerel
One modest criticism may incline To the
spinion that this wel-spring of pure, unadul-
terated joy, is the one redeeming feature in
style which is thunderous and electrical,
which hurries you with a volcano like lava