Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-01-15


Women Insane.
Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
NEW York, Jan. GA much mooted
question just now is, "Is it fashionable
to be mother?" and it may be most
emphatically answered in the affirma-
tive. The smartest of The young fash
ionable women in New York are never
30 proud as when they are accompanied
In their drives by handsome baby
prouder and happier if they happen to
have twins; and the whole lot Of them
were as enyious as they could be when
one of their set presented, ON Christmas
day, to her happy husband, two of the
sweetest girl babies You ever saw. And
what is more, these very fashionable
babies are very simply dressed, but with
every thought given to their comfort.
Beautiful fine fabrics are used for their
little frocks, but lace and embroidery
are counted as undesirable, though no
end of fine sewing by hand is permitted.
EDITH KINGDOM HAPPY MOTHER.
One of the happiest-looking mothers
in New York is Mrs. George Gould,
prettier now than she ever was; and
with one of the handsomest 3-years-old
boys, she looks as if she was so glad she
was in the world, and SO glad she had
her boy, that 1t is an absolute delight to
watch her face. At the doll carnival
her dolby the by, it took a prize
was dressed exactly as she does her little
boy when he goes out to take the air.
1t wore long undressed kid leggings,
warm flannel skirt, over it skirt of
lawn, a silk knitted shirt, and little
gown beautifully but simply made of
linen lawn. Its coat was white cloth
one, with cape to it, and the hat u
white silk shirred one that tied down
over the little ears to keep them warm.
The hands were covered with brown
gloves, and little ermine muff on a
cord was swung about the neck so it
couldn't be lost even if it wanted to. Its
coat collar was fastened with little bar
pin on which was engraved, Little
Jay" SO Jay, Jr., was duplicated in a
doll
MATERNITY NOT OUT OF FASHION.
Pretty Mrs. Burke Roche is seldom
seen in the daytime without her little
group about her, the twin boys and the
demure little maiden named Cynthia,
while if you go a-visiting down where
the hunting set mostly collect, you will
find that in each country house the
nursery is full, and that the little peo-
pie are thought of with great pride. II
has only been among vulgar, new rich
set of people that it is limited that ma
ternity is out of fashion. That woman's
life is never quite complete who is not a
wife and mother; and, my friend,
when you hear some young woman
laugh and say she wouldn't be bothered
with baby, don't you believe it. God
hasn't seen fit to make her mother,
and the brayado with which she talks
Is as sorrowful as if she had put her grief
into her words. Every normal woman
wants to be mother, and when she
doesn't there is something wrong about
her, something wicked, and she can
never be either good friend or good
wife unless she has this desire, We
may only have bread and cheese to
offer, but you know if they are spiced
with kisses they have flavor that the
finest sweets, the richest Of game, and
the most delicate fruits do not possess.
HOW WOMEN CAN KEEP YOUNG.
Have you had any instruction in the
art Of keeping yourself young forever ?
This is the method. 1t is strongly recon-
mended that every woman who can will
go to bed three days in the month, sleep
as much as possible and think and eat
as little. If she can stand it, glass of
milk and yichy at morning and night
will be quite enough for her. If She
nnds herself faint, an egg beaten up in
the milk will soon straighten her up.
There is no doubt about it that little
fastlng is good thing, and the woman
VINO mas the courage to do this will
work better, live longer and look better
than the woman who hasn't the courage
TO seek the seclusion of her bed for
three days. Rest, and enough Of it, is
what the American woman wants; no
matter what she is doing, her nerves are
drawn like the strings of fiddle, and
they are bound to break either all at
once or one at time.
She is inclined TO eat GOOD bit of
nonsense, and SO her stomach demands
Its rest as well as her nerves, and il gets
it II the three days are adhered to.
cLuBMEN ARE DRINKING MILK.
BY the by, there has never been So
much vogue given to milk as there is
Just now In fact, there are hundreds
of clubmen who have never seen as
much since they went from one bottle IA
another. You are asked to have glass
OF hot milk, or glass of milk and
vlchy, just as you are asked to have d
cup OF tea, or some creme dc menthe.
In a cut-glass goblet, standing on a
bright-hued plate, the milk and vichy is
particularly appetizing, and il Is mar.
yellous how much Of il the men drink.
Now, this isn't the result of preaching
temperance sermon. 1t is the result
OF Offering simple drink in an attrac.
tive manner. Service in this world
means so much, and really it seems 10
be more appreciated by men than BY
women. A boiled potato and a piece Of
beefsteak on a hot plate, with glitter.
ing silver fork and a bright steel knife
with the butter in dainty little nat
and the bread in sm0oth-cut piece
with the whitest Of napery, is more an.
petlzlng than dinner If 20 courses
served in careless fashion. When
women learn that a man not only wants
his stomach but his eyes catered to
there will be fewer labor riets. fewer
men to dine away from home, and
fewer clubs that depend on married
men for their support.
THE WOMAN WITH 4 HEADACHE.
| waded through one column Of
closely printed matter headed .'Do YOU
ever have headache Z" only to discover
when reached the tail end Of it, that il
was an advertisement for patent med.
icine; but it got me to thinking about
headaches, their causes and their effects
have no sympathy with a headache
that results from over-eating, and which
appears in the morning at the break.
fast-table with wet handage tied firmly
about its forehead, decidedly cross *.
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