Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-02-05


was over here she had increased in flesh,
and everybody knows that the women
| of her race have decided tendency to
fat as they grow old. The "Cleopatra"
of Mrs. Langtry is said to be a beautiful
one, although it is an English one; the
stage-setting is said to be better than
that in Paris, although that shown by
Fanny Davenport here far surpassed
both of the others.
EVERY BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
seems to have a desire to play "Cleo-
patra,n and as nobody believes that
Cleopatra gained her sway solely by
her beauty, it is odd that they do not
realize what an enormous task they are
undertaking. 10 depict the woman who
was as subtle as the first serpent, who
could use each charm to its best advan-
tage, and who was as cruel as the cold
est steel, while as loving as the hottest
fire, does not seem difficult to them, The
rage for representing "Juliet" seems to
have subsidized, and every amateur wants
to picture the woman who had Caesars
and Marc Antony's love as well as the
alteration of the Egyptian populace.
They had better remain content with
"Juliet, for, after all, most of us have
endured such agonies in seeing the sweet
maid done by amateurs that we no
longer mind the dose.
NEW KIND OF FEMININE STATIONERY.
What kind of paper do you use The
very latest is card-like in shape, being
the ordinary note size but not doubled.
1t is tolerably stiff, and pale gray, ard
yourcipher must be wrought in gold at
the top of it, while your address is in
gold at the foot of the sheet. This is
written on with white ink, and is the
largest handwriting imaginable. The
sheet goes into the envelope without
folding, and when the letter comes to
you it looks like an official document
A messenger boy can't get it into his
pocket, so he usually marks ii with hand
decorations. The postman can't strap
ii in with his other letters, so he carries
it by itself, and consider you great
swell to get it, and the person who
wrote it somebody with more money
than he has. Nobody ever makes mis-
take in writing on plain white paper
that folds once. For myself | have
liking for large-sized sheets, but the
little billets to-day are sent on very
small ones.
CHARACTER TOLD IN STATIONERY.
II isn't so much, after all, what the
paper is as what the envelope contains,
though you almost know before you
open it.
That MISUNDERSTANDING envelope,
directed in running Italian hand, such
as was taught in the schools forty years
ago, comes from somebody's mother;
you can almost see the signature, which
is only ''your devoted mother"
That pale gray letter, redolent of
violet, closely sealed with white wax,
and having immediate written far up
in one corner, is from somebody's sweet
heart, and it is signed Ever faithfully
thine own true love"
That business envelope with the name
and address of .John Brown, LAWYER
crossed over with ink, is from wife to
her husband; she is using one of his
business envelopes, and the letter ends,
always your affectionate wife," and
below that is a postscript which tells
that baby has put a kiss in the corner
That severe-looking envelope, with
the name of a collection agency on IL, is
some young mans tailor bill; poor chap,
probably his worst fault was vanity, but
he will have to pay the piper now.
That legal looking envelope is from a
lawyer to his client, announcing that
case was lost.
That square little thing, with its gold
cipher and its pointed handwriting, is
the acceptance that a pretty girl has
given to dance.
The black-bordered envelope is from
somebody who has written a letter of
thanks for word Of coincidence that
came in time Of trouble. And that
square white envelope, with cipher in
gold and the motto "Litera scripta
manet," that announcement that "what
| write mean" is from BAB.