Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-16

young woman who had asked the question
| and she said she had seen a blonde baby
look like an angel in blue, and the artistic
lady said: Yes; so have |: but you never
saw anybody look that way except baby
| or an angel" and she added in a Slightly
sarcastic tone: Il don't think the average
young woman of to-day is anywhere neal
an angel" and, to say the least, this wasn't
| kind of her.
| vERANDA PAsTIMEs-FAvORED ACTORS.
| They We're all working hard with their
needles, most of them on autograph table
| cloths, but not the ordinary kind, where
| people Just write their names and you work
| it out in red cotton. Oh, dear, mo- This
| group on the veranda was nothing if not
original and so musical girl had had each
friend write her favorite composer and the
girl with dramatic designs had each one her
1aVorlte actor, and the politicians had their
own candidate just in the center, and the
rest all around, while the woman who
talked about love had most equisite senti-
mental quotations meandering all over their
table covers. The dramatic girl had the
most amusing cloth. Her best young man
had written "Harrigan" III the center, and
then. on one side, he had drawn realistic
sketch of the tough girl" Another man
had written irving" and put a chime of
sleigh bells above him. Another one had
written ''Sothern,' and then drawn pict-
ure of him as he sits drinking the beer in
the ''MaiSter of WoodbaTow,' when he
declines TO be gentleman any longer.
Wilson Barrett's name was down: SO was
Joe JefferSOn'S; so was RobSon's and
Cranes, and so was dear old Stoddard's,
and poor old Fritz.
WOMEN AND PATRIOTISM.
The political banner had caused so much
discussion that it was being worked in the
national cOlors-red, white and blue, the
candidates who it was thought would be
hkeliest to lose being done in blue, those
who We're too good 10 win being in pure
white, and those who. as 4 slangy young
woman announced would whoop it in
We're in brilliant scarlet.
Somebody said this sort of thing made
women patriotic. Perhaps it does: that
may account for my own great lack of pa
trlotlsm. don't even possess an American
flag: | have a French one and an English
one, but not an American, and think the
United States ought to give me one with a
new star on II to encourage me in the time
OF war or elections. | spoke to the Secre-
tary of the treasury about it, and he said he
WASH at liberty to take any of the surplus
to buy me flag, unless the question came
before congress and they made an appro-
priation for it.
l suppose if had come from Ohio would
have got that flag without any trouble
Now. rs my own country refuses to give
rebel, and shan't feel, if the French or En-
glish attack US, that am called on to even
encourage people fighting for the green
graves of their sires, and encouragement
goes great way in this world
ENCOURAGING Bah.
You know YOU are encouraged when YOU
have tried your very best to do right. and
somebody says that you have succeeded,
and says it with smile.
You know you are encouraged when YOU
have been helping to paint the town red
and cultivating Tom, Dick and Harry for
the sake OF getting in congress, and you get
a telegram from man you know saying
you have got there.
You know you are encouraged if YOU are
woman when the man you are married to
tells you you are good looking, and adds en-
phasiS to this announcement by giving YOU
money to buy pretty frock to make you
better looking.
You know you are encouraged. no matter
what you are, whether you are man or 4
woman, if the sun shines, and people smile
with the sunshine and everybody seems
glad to see you who happens to meet you
| am Judging you by myself, my friend, for
am encouraged when you have a smile
and greeting for her who is called
BAR