Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-23

they do not like you they put out their
hands towards you as If to say go away,
you are of no use" And II they do like
you they put out both arms: they show
whatever teeth they have got, and there is
wonderful smile OH the face that seems
to say II am ever SO glad you have come,
and hope you will stay When ! can
see even this much In them, do you won
der that ] want to buy colored baby2
The colored baby is one of the charms of
Washington; another il that you go right
over the streets and feel for once in your
life as If you were in civilized town. In
New York we have lot of cobblestones,
on which are cats who have known all of
life and are more than dead; dirty pieces
of paper; marketing that nobody wants,
and whatever may have happened to have
flown out of the dust CARTS but in Wash
ington you ride over smooth, smooth
pavement, kept clean, and therefore yon
give special thanks.
THE PAvEMEETs OF WASHINGTON.
don't know exactly what the govern
ment at Washington is. whether it is the
President who runs it, or whether the
people have the care of it, or whether the
obliging darby who sits up on the box or
seat and tells you which is Mr.. Blaine's
house, where the Chinese embassy is, and
which is the British legation, and where a
mighty beautiful lady used to live, and
where gentleman who owns newspaper
bought a lovely playground and built a
little house, that his children might have
good time in it'll confess | don't know
who runs it; but whoever manages those
pavements ought to write letter to Mayor
Grant and all the rest of the Tammany
ring, and invite them to come on and see
what pavements are like; that is, pavements
upon which gentle folk are supposed Ia
drive. Somebody could give them points.
don't know but ii seems to me they might
find out If they made Il sufficient amount
OF inquiry.
1t is mighty mean man who won't
have a good pavement in the city, but
then there are lots of mean men in the
there are mean women. What is mean
man?
HER IDEA OF MEAN MAN.
Well; he is mean man who does moi
give the woman who bears his name quite
half of the money he earns.
lie is q mighty mean man who does not
let his women folk see some of the pleas
ures of life; who does not let them know
what fun ut the theatre is, and who doe:
not feed them on whatever they want
whether ii is ice cream or champagne.
lie is a mighty mean man who does moi
appreciate woman when she is doing hel
best to please him with all the odds against
her, as they generally are.
| He is a mighty mean man who cannot
| say kind word or two as he meets witt
some other man or woman who is fPienC
of hers, sbecause kind word do not cost hin
| one cent.
lie is Il mighty mean man who dom
like your friends if he likes you.
| To be absolutely honest, think he is (
mighty mean man all the way through
who IS not just MS good, and just as sweet
and just as generous, and just as charm
ing. and just Us lovely can be.
Am going for all the men No. ther,
are two things that stand by; tire,
things, four things; three of the things ar,
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion, and tn,
fourth is mankind; but | am Just givin,
them little tip as to what a mean mar
can be, and | know he wont be that fo
| the sake of his eternally Bah.