Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-02-19

Special Correspondent of Gazette ana journal
New YORK, Feb. 13.-I have been
told that they were called "neither
limbs" II may be true. For my own
part ] was taught to speak Saxon, and /
call them legs, The way they impress
themselves forcibly on my mind was
because l saw Mr.. Lawrence Barrett
elocute blank verse tragedy. Under
stand that by "blank" | Just mean
blank, though it deserves to be called
worse.
LAWRENCE BARRETT's LEGS.
While I've watched the various people
being stabbed all over until they were
dead" and saw the heroine put "a cup
OF cold poison in her inside" became
fascinated by Mr.. Barrett's legs. They
arc not handsome legs, even with the
addition of calves, but they have
peculiarly fascinating way of their own
that is touching. And in more senses
than one, too; for one knee touches an
other in such pronounced way that q
frivolous woman would pronounce the
learned tragedian knock kneedl When
this result is reached at the knees, the
right foot has a decided tendency to
turn, and defy any human being, espe-
cially any woman being, to look at those
legs and believe that the man attached
to them is passionate Italian lover. To
be slangy, it wont CO. An Italian lover
must have "nether limbs of the shape
Hest, and clothe them in silk of the
glossiest, so that the eyes and the heart
Of the lady of his love are both gratified.
MASCULINE LEGS ON THE STAGE.
Apropos Of legs, very few actors have
good ones; their brains and the upper
portions of their bodies may be built for
tragedy, but their legs are intended for
comedy, or indeed for farce Mr.. Iryings
legs have peculiar and many-sided
curves; these are brought out to the best
effect when long cloak enshrouds him.
Mr.. James Owen O'Connor has I'M
doubleday the most interesting histrionic
legs; but they would lose their charm if
they were not the active powers in MAX
ing walk that is a combination of a
hop, skip and jump. The only man
can think Of on the stage who has really
handsome legs is DiXey, and all New
York got to know them when lie
dressed so that he looked like bit of
Dresden, and sang that pretty little
song, sim such susceptible statuette."
Now, | can't understand why men
shouldn't have handsome legs. They
walk more than women do, they arc
greater devotees at the Russian bath and
consequently they are oftener rubbed
down, and SO they ought to be in good
order, not stringy nor muscular looking,
but well shaped and firm. The old men
OF the stage can very much better afford
to wear knee-breeches than can the
young ones, while the average swell
looks as if his legs were pair of lead
pencils in divided skirt.
HOPE FOR OUR YOUNG MEN.
Simplicity is earnestly endeayoring TO
make itself felt in New York. Pretty
debutantes no longer appear at teas in
elaborate ball gowns, but instead high
necked and long-sleeyed cashmere frocks
of soft gray, pale blue, or deep scarlet
are counted smartest. The result will
undoubtedly be a boom in the matri-
monial market, for the average young
man will begin to think that he can, by
making great effort, dress woman,
whereas before, when nothing was seen
but tulle and chiffon, he doubted
whether he would be able to robe an
angel. In some other ways, too, sim
pllclty is coming upi you ask for cup
OF tea and with it you get u bit of hot
cake not cut, but broken by the pretty
fingers of the hostess herself, and she is
happiest when she can tell you that she
has made it herself. This cake is usually
very plain one, with currants and cit
ron in it, that abominable stuff known
as angel cake having been RELOCATED to
the mansions from which it came long
ago.
A BRIEF ESSAY ON ALLIGToRs
Did you ever have an alligator, and
did you like himI One came to me the
other day--at least he started to come,
but when he heard somebody on board
ship say what his destination and who
his future parent was 10 be, he stretched
himself out in despair and died. don't
know just what he thought, but he was
probably wise enough to know that
canary birds and dogs and alligators
would hardly form II happy family. He
was buried at sea with high honors; he
was wrapped up in d bit of sail, put on
. shingle, and thrown down into the
blue waters from whence he had come.
That sounds very romantic doesn't il?
In fact, when we heard it the dog and
the canary bird and | each got up q
tear as we pictured the funeral, but
nay as well tell you that there wasn't
my funeral al all. That it was like the
tory Joseph told his wife. The alli-
gtttor who was to have been my very
own was brought home to New York,
and is now going through a process of
embalming, in view of making him a
paper weight for me- but the woman
who brought him thought it would be
nicer to tell about the funeral first. II
really did add piquancy to the occasion
AM AN ADMIRER OF ALLIeAToRs.
But, after making close acquaint-
ance with one that was TO come and
live In artistic quarters, | scarcely think
J should care TO be welded to one
They have clamrny feeling that would
down all love, and when their mouths
are opened they are so expressive of
yawning gulf that you just as soon
think OF kissing a coal-hole as the
gentle bird. Then, too, he has an I'M
pleasant fashion of singing all night It
may be that he is follower of Wagner
Il don't know, | am not we'll up in
music, but it is an awful sound, some
place between croak and bark--that
causes you to shudder under your
blankets and gives feryent thanksgiving
that you and the alligator are not in the
same box.
THE coLLEGE-BRED WOMAN.
Have you been overcome lately by the
young woman who has had college
education2 She is, without any excep-
ton, the most absolutely cocksure
woman in the world. Under no cir
cumstances do you know anything.
She won't evan rradit ,ra,, with hot-;Yn