Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-04-23


possible if only one loves, and that one
the man. A man very quickly wearies
of the woman who loves him. For
awhile alteration is delightful, then il is
like too much sweet and clogs him. A
woman is wisest when she has sincere
affection for man, and her wisdom is
that of the serpent when she always
keeps an attraction in reserve for him
and he is never quite sure of the charm
that may come next. When he next
meets her she may greet him either with
the words he has most longed for, or q
perfectly dressed salad. He doesn't
know whether there will be a sweet
invalid who can make his heart swell
with joy, because his hand only can
make the poor head stop aching; or
whether bright coquette will offer to
pin rosebud in his coat. Never to let
a man be quite sure is the secret, for
certainty and safety are twin sisters.
WHEN LOVE IS MOST LASTING.
Love and affection are unlike in one
thing; affection should be the vim or
dinaire of life, love that curious liqueur
called parfait amour, which you take in
q tiny glass just after dinner. Then it
is appreciated, its flavor is enjoyed and
there is just enough to make life
piquant. Somebody said, "The history
Of love would be the history Of hui
manity; it would be a beautiful book to
write" And yet, with the exception of
long ago writer, whoever has at.
tempted to write the history of love has
always made the mistake of making it
the history of woman. Why?. Well,
one is to be the neyer-understood crea-
ton, the other the never-to-be-analyzed
emotion. But, after all, this sermon on
love is best summed up by quoting
what clever man said long ago (by the
by, how much cleverer things men say
than women-that is, how much better
worth remembering are the things they
say1: GA woman by whom we are loved
is vanity; woman whom we love is
religion"
HOW WISE WOMEN KEEP WELL.
There was one reason why the smart
New York woman looked well on
Easter Sunday-she was thoroughly
and beautifully clean. For four days
before, at one time or another, at one
bath or another, she had been scrubbed
and rubbed, showered and sprayed, and
came out feeling herself like a new sort
Of flower prepared to look its best on
Easter Sunday. | see the usual wall
about the society woman breaking down
is going through the newspapers, and it
is as absolutely untrue as that the far
mer's wife leads an idylic life. The
woman of the world is as well taken
care of as a thoroughbred horse. She
is rubbed until her satiny skin glows,
takes her beef tea when she comes in at
night, in the place of warm mash, and
and while she enjoys good dinner, she
doesn't allow herself to eat too much or
too often. She is too wise to deyour
quantities of sweets and ices, and while
she is very often the wit, she is just as
often the wisdom of an afternoon tea,
and she is the woman who is going to
look well when she is so or 90, because
she does understand
THE ART OF TAKING CARE OF HERSELF.
The Russian bath is her greatest help
in this, and once q week sees her religi-
ously going through the ceremony, MAX
ing a dash into the plunge, being sprayed
until she glows, bundled up in blankets
until she is thoroughly warm, then
rubbed dry, and out she comes looking
as bright as a new dollar, feeling as if
she had cast off garment of dirt and
was in her right mind. Ride? Not a
bit of it, She has learned from the
southern women and the dogs that after
her bath she wants to walk on the
sunny side of the street, and if the sun
shine does put freckle or two on her
face it will make her eyes clear and her
skin healthy-looking. The extremely
athletic young woman isn't as wise as
,ig fT,r ba, 4, III Nra
peZes and doing all sorts of things that
they do at the circus are not exercises
calculated to make women beautiful in
form; they make them muscular and q
little bit masculine; but you are not par
tcularly anxious to have your daughter
that way, are you?
UNIQUE EASTER LUNCHEON.
There were some pretty Easter SOU
venirs at luncheon the other day that
all pointed moral. A party of ten
women resolved to make over their last
| spring bonneis for Easter and give the
money for the new to some young girl;
to whom new bonnet on Easter day
would mean perfect delight. A mar
| who heard of this gave them a luncheon
and the souvenirs were in the shape Of
willow hats gilded and filled with hya.
cinths and jack roses, while the broad
white ribbon loops had the name and
date in gold upon one and on the other
this twisting around of an old quota.
tion; "She did good by stealth, and
blushed to find 1t fame" These girls
were perfectly delighted at the thought,
fulness of the man. You know it is
very nice to do good and then have
somebody tlnd it out.
now TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE.
In fact, all of us would he a great
deal gooder if we were encouraged more
What kind Of encouragement
There is an immense amount of en-
courgement in pleasant greetings
greeting that means you're here, anc
I'm here, and it is a happy world.
There is an immense amount of en-
couragement in two or three loving
words-the little atfectionate words tha
don't count for SO much, apparently
but that make cold ones and stern ones
easier to bear.
There's an immense amount of en-
couragement in a few written lines o.
hopefulness, it's giving drink of cole
water to somebody who is perishing.
There's an immense amount of en-,
couragement in look or pressure OF
the hand that means, 81 know YOU
trouble and sympathize with you" bu
people so often forget this.
There is an immense amount of en-
couragement to be given by you and me
every "a hours of the day, given to men
women and children. Let's do it thi.
way. There are "a hours of the day
and you and may resolve to say the
positive word, the judicial word, or the
cross word, but we can stop for one
minute in the "a hours and change OH