Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-11-05
"BAB'S" NEW YORK CHAT.


NJ ieuSt' we tnlnk IL Island yet
civilization doesn't seem to take the form
OF doing the most good or the greatest
amount or Kindness possible. Yesterday,
stood by the Union League Clubhouse.
one OF group of five; four were watching
ono.
IN FRONT OF A NEW YORK CLUB.
She was woman, or, at least the rem
nsnt of one: she had fallen against the rail-
hg of that respectable institution for old
nrumps; she had cut her head badly; there
was dreadful cash on her hand and she
was bleeding horribly. The sympathiNng
2fowd consisted Of gentleman, who had
nelped to pick her up; two curious mes
senger boys, and myself; i wasn't much
use, except in the way of .wiping the blood
OF her face; but one of the boys gave the
whole keynote to the situation when he
said "She's pore old woman, anyhow,
Jimmy" That was just it. She was poor,
and she was old and it's just possible she
was drunk; but drunk or sober, young or
old, think II was contemplate and mean
toilet her lie there. on the pavement, in the
cold and rain, with the doors of the Union
League Club closed against her, while she
waited for the ambulance. It may be that
II was the clubs objection to admitting
women, but very few men will get into
heaven
UNLESS A WOMAN TAKES THEM THERE,
and couldn't help but wonder if the rules
OF the club were SO severe that this poor
old wretch couldn't have been taken into
the kitchen, given something to eat, been
warmed up, and allowed to sleep for
little bit. don't think she would have
cursed the world so generally as she did il
she had received this treatment; but sup
pose the only thing the club men have to
DO is to elect q governor or mayor, or see
that the street Immediately in front of the
clubhouse is kept clean.
Or was 1t because she was drunk fail
70 see how that stood in her way--there
have been drunken men in different club
houses, and while half the newspapers and
three-quarters OF the women are screaming
for their rights, do not understand why,
among her others, woman hasn't right
TO get drunk 1t isn't a nice thing to do.
It's very unnice thing. But it ought not
to be denied to one when every other
right, including that special one Of support
ing
HUSBAND AND A LOT OF BABIES
is given to lovely woman. Personally,
have no desire to get drunk, that condi-
ton, but the sight of this wretched old
woman, whose worst crime probably was
that she had taken a little too much beer,
was poor, old, and not pleasant to look
upon, and those sleek, well-fed brutes, for
they were that who yawned and looked
out the window at her never gave help
ing hand, has made all the blood in my
body boil l am SO ashamed of them.
Indignation wasted? Possibly. But we
women have way of being made indig-
nant or happy about the little things Of
life and curiously enough, it's the little
things that make the whole wheel go
round smoothly.
woMAN's DIvINELY IMPROPER HOSE.
To go from what is really serious to that
which is a bit frivolous, must ask, ..IIave
You seen the new stockings2 They are
most divinely improper; they are of black
silk to just about the knee, and then
they are a perfect flesh color, and when
they are on they look exactly as if you
were wearing your garter on your skin,
and your black stocking was glued to you
so smoothly it stayed in place.
NOW THEY WEAR GOLDEN orioles.
Next to these in the way of novelty APP
pears the golden girdle, not as 1t used to
be, and not as il is worn by mere, ordinary,
everyday people, but as 1t is made by
tirst-class jeweler, and costing something
like 5000, it is of the tiny links of gold,
Just such as you find in the meshes of
purse, and 1t fits the figure so perfectly,
that it gives 1T, be it ever so stiff, a some
whit plant air that is most effective.
never can see a golden girdlc without
thinking of the time Of Henry H., of
France; the king had habit of giving to
each Of his lady loves golden girdle. until
at last they became so common among the
court ladies that the queen could not help
but say, "A good name is better than
gold girdle." The same rule might be APP
piled to bleached hair nowadays Even
the lady % of the quarter world is striped
like the tiger, in her endeavor to get her
hair back to its natural color. for nature is
going To be the vogue this year, and she
must initiate, even if she be not of the
gentle people,
am beginning to have a great contempt
q u 4 mar h1,l
woman or child. And the reason for this
is, that unlike his French or English
brother, he doesn't know good thing
when he sees it. And this country ia so
full of good things He has a keen appre-
citation for whisky, tolerably good
EYE FOR PRETTY GIRL,
he finds delight in tobacco in its various
FORMS, but, when il comes to knowing
good plays he is just as far out of it as
that funny little dog that they call in the
far south tyke. New York has seen two
magnificent productions one which 1
have already talked about and which is
"Thermidor." The other is one which is
no longer in New York, but is worthy Of
more. a great deal more, good than was
said about it. Those great gall-drinkers,
the critics, objected to it, and yet it was
not only new presentation Of the story of
Nero, but it was marvellous study of tho
Rome of that day. People who took the
trouble to look at the stage discovered
that every chair was fashioned after the
manner of that time, and that not one of
the people in all the groupings was i'm
properly. that is, incorrectly, dressed, and
that, from the cloth of gold toga which
Nero wore at his wedding feast to the
crystal ball on the top of his astrologers
wand, there was not a detail that had not
been thoroughly thought out, and not
single person in the play. from Nero to
the smallest boy, had had his costume
neglected or not given proper thought. 1t
was Richard Mansfield who produced this
and he showed Nero as he was-cowardly,
brutal, wicked, sensual and selfish He
showed how he could love, as well as how
he could hate, and he made you under
stand that, though Nero's love was Of
short duration, it was at least love while it
lasted.
THE AVERAGE LOVER
OH the stage kisses the women to whom he
is making love as if She We're of wood, and
she looks as if her thoughts were far away,
and because she didn't have TO say any
thing, 1t wasn't necessary TO look as If she
had ever heard of anything quite us i'm
proper as love. Men make much better
lovers on the stage than do women-l don't
know why it u.s. But with the exception of
THE DIVINE SARAH,
do not believe have ever seen an actress
who looked as if she loved man, or even
threw enough warmth in her words to give
you an idea of what this emotion was for
which so much was to be sacrificed. But to
return to the staging of Nero" What is
known as Tyrian purple was really shown
in a gown worn by Miss Cameron; but
how many among the lookers-on dreamed
that that historic color was the deep,
purpish red that seemed to envelop her in
perfectly artistic foldsY
The amiable mob cries out "Give us
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