Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-07-23
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beverage Cheerful Comment.
Special Correspondence Gazette and Journal
New YoRK, July Ibid yon ever travel
on a railroad pass? did once, and al
though other railroads may say to me
s'Come to lis at reduced prices" do you
know l am quite honest and honorable
enough to keep on paying my fare on the
4 railroad that once gave me pass.
49, RIDING ON A PASS.
At this time of the year | am always
honest, and may as well tell the truth
the pass was not meant for me. it was for
somebody else; but that somebody else
having pocket full of passes, said, why
pay " and L said because can't get out Of
u; and this pass was hurled at me, and
rode 80 miles for nothing, and felt as if
owned the road, as il | were director and
president, and all the vices that are in
y cludcd in that; and, the consequence u.s.
= when ! am going any place, even II the
other road is nearer, still go on the road
OH which once had pass, and pay my
way in the brightest and most shining
ducats you ever saw. Think the difference
between getting pass for the theatre and
q pass for railroad is that after you once
have had a pass for theatre you never
want TO pay, and after you once have had
= pass over the railroad you always want
70 stick to that road because you feel it has
has only done its duty. Funny, isn't it
THE WOMAN ON A BICYCLE.
:. think the most vicious thing lever saw
In all my life is woman ON bicycle
and Washington is full of them-l had
thought that cigarette smoking was the
worst thing woman could do, but have
changed my mind. don't know why
think it is vcious--it is Just one of those
queer things that cannot explain but II
had boy who was going to be married,
ard he came to me and said 'Mother, she
Is the incest girl in the world, and she rides
bicycle with me-" | should say, II forbid
the bans,' and should get up in church
and do it, and i would be the worst
mother-in-law that ever lived until the
bicycle was broken. You don't like it, my
friend, any more than / do. 1t may seem
x TO you jaunty, it may look to you charm-
4 ing, coquettish, but | doubt it. But how
N would you like to see your mother ride n
e bicycle? or how would you like to see
VI your grandmother ride a bicycle? Don't
You think it is just making her a little
n less grille II she is young enough to be
A called Minnie? Don't you think j Is just
\ making her little less sweet if she is
"A called Lily? And don't You think it is TAX
ing away a bit from her dignity If you call
her Dorothy2 know you do. You can
X imagine girl, who for fun you call Jack,
or Tom, or Dick, on bicycle, but not a
M woman you would want 10 kneel down
"A before, and say; BLESS me before go out
Ia into the world" You can ask that of a
ID woman, who has committed u woman's
IA follies, but you cannot ask it of the woman
~ whom YOU nave seen in divided skirt on
N bicycle, oh, no Of course, this is just
* what you and think; but after ALL what
N you and think, and what some other
mans wife thinks, and what some other
N woman's husband thinks, and what all the
rest think, is what after all decides what is
n right and wrong in the world.
DRESSING AFTER THE FLOWERS.
The latest fad among the smart women
is to dress after ilower-it seems to you
an easy something That is because you
are a man-it is because of your expe
rience in trousers waistcoats blazers and
white shirt fronts Now, dressing. after Q
flower means having your underwear
match ii, having your gown the same hue
having your bonnet trimmed with the
flowers using always the same flower and
having your parasol in harmony, and slip
pers that are at least near IL they are moi
The exact color. know two women who
have gone in for it. One has made UP hel
mind that she will dress always as u violet
always meaning for the summer time
and the other as a forget me-not. They
are intimate friends and drive together
and the pale blue and the pale mauvt
I make the latest French contrast. TIL,
violet young woman has chiffon, chini
4 silk, or crepe gowns of pale violet trimmet
with white or black lace as she MAY
fancy, little coronet bonnet made Of vic
z lets, with a star Just in front, that is of jet
that sparkles almost like black diamonds
Her parasol is pale violet silk, with whit
point lace butterflies on it. Her gloves ar
IA violet undressed kid and her shoes are o
violet undressed kid, and she wears pal
violet silk stockings. For underwear sh
has violet silk vests, violet brocade corsets
and u petticoat of white linen lawn, tie'
s with violet ribbons. The perfume sh
,,l uses is that wondrous one which smell
like real violets, not hot-house violets, bu
those that have come from the woods am
iN filled the air with an odor that is as bliss
ri esaA IS it is indescrbable.
AsrhpHoNY IN PALE BLUE.
e.a The Pythias to this Damon is gowne
AZ always in pale blue. She wears gray sill
W. stockings gray undressed kid slippers
M white lawn petticoat tied back with blu
5ia ribbons, blue silk vest and blue brocad
<N stays. Her bonnet is us demure as only
NnN forget-me-not can be. 1t is little cost
fitting one of chip, like that favored b
N the Princess of Wales, and has forgotten,
l# nots just in front while the gloves are O
VA white undressed kid and the parasol {
1I white crepe. None of their adorers sen
. them anything but forget-me-nots Q
3 violets. Orchids are cast aside in disdaiI
V roses are nowhere, and each woman feel
W that unless she can live in harmony wit
Y her flower life is absolutely not worth tn
u trouble. To my way of thinking, til
young woman who selects u rose as he
X typical flower will have a much easie
4 time of il, because roses bloom all the yea
round violets have short season, an
forget-me-nots only last q month or tive
Queer, isn't it?
GOOD DRINK FOR SUMMER.
It is such an easy thing in this world [
some people to forget. 1t seems as if
great sponge of the present came an
blotted out everything Of the past cxceI
the disagreeable and somehow that alwaA
lives with them My friend, if we wal
ing backward and just look forward. W
don't want glass of champagne. VIII;
we want is a glass of hope and after W
have gotten absolutely full Of hope we Gu
get along marvelously we'll Hope is
good medicine-it is u good drink-and
Is good stay for one always, whether oil
be man or woman or ghost.
4 "BABr LIKES THE pARKfEs.
But to return to Washington, which
4 u wish / could do. Don't you think til
Ia the Lord was good when he created Il
darkies? do. 1t is not u question
politics with melt isn't question
N anything with me, but pure like. I
like them because they have been good
me-they always remember me, and
would give more for smile and "ho
VI dye from an honest dark face than
\. would for the superficial greeting of
IN French garcon, who is looking for h
~ slips, from the stolid Englishman, wi
~ wonders how much you are worth, or fro
the greasy Italian, who is not quite &C
tain whether he approves of you or not.
like to come here and have them smile
me, and remember what like to eat III
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