Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-20
"BAB" ON THE VERANDA.
She Relates Some Interesting Bits
of Summer Hotel Gossip.

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On THE WING, Aug. 14.-Just what
the women do and say is about the only
thing that is intesting at the summer
places. Man is counted as an inferior
animal-nine times out of ten his num-
Der is so small that he is not counted at
all. Of course, there are girls who
dance, girls who play tennis, and girls
who fiirt, but the real interest is centered
in the lively married woman and her
boon companion, the young widow.
They are the women who get In one
corner of the veranda and discuss the
questions of the day-such questions
ranging from how to paint ON china to
the Tariff bill. Nothing is too frivolous
and nothing too deep for them to attack.
After two have started the little talk,
two or three more will join them, and
after while, to the CONSERVATION of
the typical summer girl, she finds her
few men are drifting in that direction to
hear what the women are saying. Just
here, this morning, there have been
three questions discussed
ARGUMENTS ON LOVE AND MAN.
The first was, "In love who are the
most faithful, men or women?" And
the argument, which grew very hot, was
carried on between young woman who
wasn't married, but who wouldn't give
a straw to go with girls, matron and a
widow. Said the unmarried one, 81
must first announce that don't believe
in such thing as love. Affection, yes.
Pleasant comradeship, yes. But when
it comes to question of faithfulness, l
think the things are about even--if the
woman secs somebody else she likes bet
ter, she is not going to stop to consider
whether even intellectually she should
be faithful, and the man certainly will
not. Love, my friend, is game of toss
and go, and the one who goes the SOON
est is the one who has gotten the most
pleasure out of it,"
A round Of applause met this senti-
ment, and then the matron had her say.
She announced: ~ am on the side of
the women. Once we love, we love for
ever, and we stick TO a man through
thick and thin; we bear with his faults,
we exaggerate his virtues, we nurse him
when he is i'll, we are considerate of him
when he is well, we want him always
by our sides, we turn to him in our sor-
rows and our joys, and" "And," con-
tinued the widow, tive let him pay our
dressmaker's bills. For my part, l think
that causes half the trouble in life. Not
dressmaker's bills; / don't mean that;
but the women who are eternally faith
full. l don't mean by this that want
any of you to be unfaithful, but this
sticking by man through thick and
thin makes him weary, and he would
be much better satisfied if he were occa-
sionally allowed little rope. However,
don't believe that women are very
faithful. l don't think they are made
that way. They are utterly lacking in
sentiment, and the cleverestof them can
only assume it. Whereas man will
choke up, and his eyes will be full of
tears, and when you ask him what is
the matter he may say he would rather
not tell you, but eventually he will let
you know that he thought 1t was SO
sweet in you to put on the frock he
liked, to pin flower in his buttonhole
or TO have had some special dish that
| pleased him for dinner. Now, you only
put on the frock because it was becom.
ing, without a thought of him; you
| pinned the rose to his buttonhole be.
cause you had ii In your hand and
| hlOW Nudt tlS6 W tO WIFI II, anu
you had that special dish ordered be.
cause you liked it yourself. Men are
faithful to memories, even, and women
lovely women, who has every virtue in
the dictionary given to her, is as nm
faithful as a cat ~
Somebody said, "Oh, Catherine, how
can you say such thing? Didn't you
love your husbandp"
And Catherine with a truthfulness
that was charming, because it was un.
usual, answered YES, suppose did
but | really have forgotten what it was
like, and | don't think ever put myself
out particularly to please him." Some
body said this wasn't suitable ques
ton to discuss before young girls, so il
stopped just there.
THE FAIR SEX ON POLITICS.
| And the next one taken up was
"What do you think of the politica
situation ?" Every woman had al
opinion on this, but as every blessed
one OF them were Democrats, there
could only be discussion about wha
candidates to have. A sweet blonde
thing, dressed in French cotton. fol
which she had paid Worth $3.50, and
whose blue eyes were as innocent as {
baby's, was the most outrageous of the
whole crowd on the political standpoint
Said she, II am ashamed of my party
They got in and they had chance tc
stay in, and they were such miserabl,
politicians and consummate idiots tina
they got out again. They are fightinl
over what man they shall put up. and i
will serve them just right If the Repub
bcans literally own the country. Fol
my own part l think there is only on,
thoroughly good politician among them
and that Is Arthur p. German of Mary
land-I believe If he came from Ohio
he would be elected, but because h,
comes from state where they breed
gentlemen, and where people know how
to eat without snoring like grampusses
l suppose he won't be elected, but he il
on my ticket, and my four votes go fo
him, or else they don't go for anybody
/ A young woman, who looked neutra
in coloring, and who was embroiderin.
baby's bib, said: II always though
Mrs. Grover Cleveland rather mic,
person n
At this all the men listeners roareC
with laughter, and young woman
who was embroidering tea cloth
grabbed her needle yiciously and said
"Let the Clevelands go to - Buz
Yards Bay My ticket is firmly de
cided upon. am sick and tired seems
in the White House people who haven
any brains; flesh is very deslrabl,
thing to have, but you don't want it il
quantities unless you are buying hogs
My ticket is Carlisle and Whitney
Brains and Doodle. Mrs. Carlisle woulC
make a charming mistress in the Whit,
House, because she is so genial anC
kindly, and everybody knows what Mrs
Whitney is-one of the sweetest, kindcs
women that ever lived"