Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-12-17

right straight down to the Frenchman
who has just written book on woman,
anybody who has ever given any thought
to her knows that good things To eat are
as necessary to her as pleasant words
and sunshine; that is, ii You want to
mako her good-looking. There never
was good-looking woman raised on ont
meal-if YOU have any doubt of this 10
to Scotland, and see the brawny damsels
there; bone aud sinew are all right for
man, but a muscular woman is as oh
1ectionable as a feminine man, and
ought to be extinguished by electricity.
80 ought the sanitary woman. Because
in the first place, she don't know what
she IS talking about, and in the second
place, she don't talk about it well.
TIE PoUssE CAFE OF LIFE.
/ am quite willing to confess that the
average woman is not always we'll posted
on her subject. But she can talk about
II in her own frivolous way and be de-
cidedly attractive. Frivolity is such
blessingl 1t is the 'pousse cafe Of life;
formed OF one part of good nature, one
OF kindness, one of nonsense, one of
usefulness, and then, to give it little
flavor, Il touch of deviltry on top. But
i is popular, and l recommend it for
people who are wearing bags and poul-
tices, eating sanitary food and burdencd
with their many woes.
THE COMING CHRISTMAS TIDE.
What are you going to do for Christ
mas ! hope you are going to have
jolly one--I hope, even if you are all
alone, you are going to have bit of
holly and be as merry as YOU can.
Christmas is an elixir of youth. It's
the time when we all get to be boys and
girls again. It's the time, when, unless
one has heart as hard as the proyerbial
stone, or has a wild desire to give some
thing away; if you are women you are
careful, however, not to give the secrets
Of your heart, if you are man you do.
/ like everything about Christmas, from
the fairy on top Of the Christmas tree
down to the eggnogg, which is really SO
good. 1 ike the mince pies and the
plum cake; | like having my stockings
llled,and | like having to fill other peo-
pies. You know it isn't bad thing to
get intoxicated with the Christmas
spirit. 1t is apt 70 You make you feel,
i there is anybody you are angry with,
that You would like to make it up at
Christmas time. It's apt to make you
very charitable, and to make you excuse
the little faults Of other people. It's
apt TO make you want TO give pleasure
70 the children. My friend, you can't
DO anything better than this.
THOUGHT FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
don't care who the man is, gambler
OF tout, thief or liar, who gives to one
child an hour Of happiness on Christ
mas Gay, there will be written in that
great Book OF Life opposite his name
pure white mark that will cover up
some Of the black ones put against him.
tell you people can't do too much for
their children. They ought to remem-
per that II ever there is a time when one
ought to be entirely happy and free
from care its when they are young, and
no little child who can be spared ought
to know what sorrow and trouble are.
We women and men know it only too
We'll; we "grown-ups" have met sorrow
and greeted him as bravely as we could;
we have met misfortune and battled with
It; but that is no reason why we should
let the little ones know anything about
1T. Let them have all the pleasure, the
JOY and the love that can be given them:
| don't believe it hurts them, and do
believe that when they don't get it thew
are not only unhappy when they arc
young, but when they are older they re-
member all this-remember all the Plea
sures kept from them, and blame those
who did not give them beautiful child
hood
Just think about this, wont YOU. and
make for the Christmas time somebody's
how Tir1 10 t,tAxr 4 !
with nursery OF your own, and if you
are not, then there is no reason in the
world why you should not,go stone-brolSc
in making happy just as many small
people as you know or can scrape an
acquaintance with.
THINGS THAT DO NOT HURT CHILDREN.
No child was ever nude worthless or
bad by too much loving kindness.
No child-that is, no girl child-was
ever made anything but happy by pink
party frock.
NO child was ever made a liar when
he had the sympathy and confidence Of
his mother.
No child was ever made unbelieyinr
when he was told all the beautiful
nursery stories of the little child who
did. 80 -
No child was ever made more than d
little faint by absorbing the blue paint
that distinguishes Shem from Ham.
no child was ever made more than d
little achy by eating the contents OF his
stocking early i'll the day.
RIGHTS or THE LITTLE FOLKS.
II had my way, ! would make
the trcating Of children improperly u
! criminal act, with death for the penalty.
! THINK they ought to have their rights,
and their rights arc love, sweet words,
Kisses, toys, candies, and whatever the
heart q a young one may yearn for.
10 disapproye Of whipping? Well.
would never whip little girl; it dc.
stroys her self respect; but Il iudicious
dose q the slipper occasionally admin
tered 70 the hoy will do him good but
II must be mild, and once the whipping
IS ever he must be forgiven and his sin
forgotten. lie mustn't be nagred nj.
L | were boy and the entire house.
mold naggea me, as | have seen bows
nagged, ! would poison them. Which
only goes 10 prove, as fnw boys dothis.
there must be something angelic IN
them, whether they are big or little.
NOW, Just remember what | say won't
you! And get all the lovlnaess YOU cali
for the small boys and girls, for thc
dogs and the cats that abide in liz
nursery. And don't tell them that Won
give them Christmas gift because they
have been good; give it to them whether
they have been good Or bad because i'll
Christmas.
That thespirit 10 put in your pocket.
BOOK when you go cutie buy the Christ.
thought ~ B.n