Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-13

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be at rest when he is in your presence let
him find his greatest joy there, and he will
never leave you for another; care for him
only as woman can for the man which
she. loves; think of his comfort day and
night, and make Yourself beautiful for his
sake wear the colors that he likes, use the
perfumes that are pleasant to him; make
him understand that while he is your lord
and master, you choose him for that
because Of your love for him. Obey these
laws, and your lover will never depart
from your Well, now, do you think any
man would, If he had Gil this done for
himH It's marvelously sensible advice.
but it proves to me that there is no dis
putting Voodou's sex--that he is man,
and stands by the men.
THE ADVICE OF PROPHET.
One of our party bought charm that
was TO bring luck in games of chance; it
was small piece of coral, with curious
looking figure, it was claimed that it was
seven, scratched upon it in gilt The adj
vice accompanying 1t was this: "Never
play with white-eyed woman or blue
guinmed man. The first will cast an evil
eye upon you and take away your luck;
the second will come TO you stealthily in
the night and bite you, leaving the mark
OF three teeth on your left shoulder, and
from this You will die. Always play in
ombinations of seven, ami when You feel
IN doubt as to your luck, touch the coral
with your hand and Voudoo will send you
his messenger and good luck will come in
your direction. Be satisfied p regret to
say that the young woman who bought
TINS was frivolous, and she said if Voudoos
messenger would always give her four
sevens at poker and let her get a seven to
one horse every time at the races, she
would send down and buy several buckets
full of charms. The Voudoo prophet
glared at her. and have had an idea that
he gave her an evil eye. Immediately after
that she had violent pain in the place
where the Chinese say the soul exsts-the
unbelievers attributed it to combination
Of green figs and green apples, but for my
own part | fully believe the Voudoo gentle
man had cast spell about her. This was
ore OF the pleasant experiences that came
to me "on the wing am now believer
in Noudooism, and | expect him and all
the little devils in his service TO do my
bidding, and ] am perfectly certain he is
going To- finish up my enemies in one
round. Voudoo seems to be an obliging
sort of a god; he will knock out an
enemy for You at reduced rates with even
more pleasure than he will buy you a
sweetheart at high price. His humanity
makes HIM attractive.
WHEN MEN WERE ''couRrIERs" AND WOMEN
LADIES'
There is another thing have seen while
| have been ION the wing Some OF the
great, big, splendid houses that were built
to last forever. And you know that, as you
look at those houses, You can understand
how the people who inhabited them were
digniiied and courteous. You could no
more imagine a New York girl in tailor
made suit slanging it at Monticello or at
Arlington than you could seeing the old
houses themselves arise from their founda-
tons and do a waltz They belong to the
days when ladies were called Madam"
and never rode bicycles; when the men
used courteous words and were ready to
shoot men who spoke lightly of women.
1t is impossible when You are in these
places not to realize what surroundings
mean. The gentlefolk lived up to their
houses in those days, and their houses ex-
pressed dignity and durability. To-day we
are in flats and boarding houses, and
houses that springup in night There are
no associations attached to them; we are
not called on to respect them, and we grow
idle and indifferent. There is no doubt
about it, my friend, that there is always
more stability in the world when houses
are built to be homes and to last.
AT THE OLD HOME OF LEE.
Just think what it must have meant to
had driven out there to be present at gay
marriage festivities, to carry messages of
coincidence or to attend funerals Gay
young men had ridden there to make love
to tile pretty women of the house, and
many minuet had been danced, and
many time had the fiddles gaily played
the tunes that were popular in those days.
When the call came for men to defend
their country, madcap Harry Lee was
Qmnnn the first n rpennnH md wa
Drawer, holder or more generous As it
had to go away from them, it is best that
ii is what it is--a resting place for those
other brave soldier who, having fought
for what they believed to be right, are
asleep. But rs you stand ON that wide
portico and look down you could easily
understand how Madame Lee died so soon
after they took her from her home. 1t is
just as well once in awhile to live little
while in the past. | think our past is more
full of romance and dignity than our
present.
ADVANTAGES OF OUR DAY.
Then the present isn't so bad, after all.
We have lot Of things they hadn't. We
can freeze ice cream in six minutes, and il
use to take them nearly three hours, but
somehow believe theirs tasted better.
We can make a frock on the sewing ma.
chine in day, but if you pull the wrong
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the carefully placed stitches of the ladies
of the olden time didn't do that
We can get in street car and ride and
see Mrs. Tom, Mrs Dick or Mrs. Harry all
in one afternoon, and get the gossip and
scandal from each one of them; in the
olden time it took longer to 60 and less
evil speaking was promulgated
We can play poker and bet on horse
race; maybe we will win and maybe we
won't, but the ladies of the olden time,
who so solemnly played whist or vingt-et-
un, would not have thought it was quite
refined, and they would have been right.
We can do most anything we want now
adays, we women, and think what most
of us want is good sound thrashing, ad-
ministered with skill and discretion. Are
you Mortified? think the charm of the
Voudoo doctor has made me tell the truth
about my own sex, for it is the truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth,
uttered by yours under charm, BAB.
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