Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-03

anu poiiuthuS. NOb tnut ne Is NOT
human. oh dear, mol But n vote with
him counts more than all the emotions
put together, and in his heart he won
ders how men live who don't touch the
button and let the voters do the rest.
THE LovELIEsT SUMNER GIRL.
There now, have told her what l
know about politicians, and she asks
me, Where did you see the prettiest
girl during the summer" And | told
her the truth; "In Washington, at a
minstrel show. She sat just in front of
me with two men-one her brother, the
other her sweetheart, | am sure; she
had skin like satin; great, clear gray
eyes, with black lashes and brows, and
the most superb black hair ] have ever
seen In my life; ii was simply braided
and wound round and round her head
until it was an absolute crown of glory,
and didn't wonder when she took her
hat off. 1t was delightful to look at
her; she laughed at everything funny,
and her laugh had that curious silver
ring in il TINT is so attractive. Her
sweetheart looked at hcr--hc was a
great, big, iiue-loolSing chap-as much
as to say, You are the dearest thing in
the world And II was only the per-
suasion Of my maternal parent that kept
me from telling her how pretty she was.
There are lot Of pretty girls in Wash
ington--thcy are not particularly well
dressed and they don't seem to know
how 10 make the most Of their good
looks, but they always remind me of
those roses that live out Of doors during
the winter and bloom in the spring and
summer; that while they haven't SO
many petals and are not so large, are
yet thousand times sweeter than the
cultivated rose, which, gaining in size,
has lost its chief charm"
on CAN'T THE WOMEN GOSSIP!
Well, what displeased me the most,
she wants to know then. The gossips
at the summer hotels. | sec some woman
had another one arrested, or something
of that sort, for talking against her, and
though don't know who the people
are, don't doubt that it was deserved.
In the old days, the scandalmonger
used to have to sit in the stocks, and it
Is pity they don't revive the custom
now. Women say the most horrible
things about women without flnching,
and the summer sun which makes ali
the weeds spring up, seems to bring the
scandalmongcr to the fore with them.
1t is none Of your business and it is
none OF mine, where women gets her
clothes, but that is favorite question
by the dissemination Of news at the sum
mer hotel. It's none of your business
and ITS none of mine, as to the rela-
tions between people, so long as they
behave themselves properly in public
place. My friend, we kneel beside sim
ners in church, we are going to meet
them in great many other places, and
we may be thankful if our own account
on the book of life is as straight as that
of some of the so-caled sinners. The
scandalmonger elects herself saint.
never hear woman talking about other
woman, announcing that she knows
that they are fast women that she knows
they are bad women, or that she knows
that they are drunkards, that l don't feel
like asking her, if she hasn't gone
among just such a set to have gained all
this Information. Good women don't
know; il is only women who have gone
through the mill who can carefully
pick out the chaff from the wheat.
Then my friend asks me
NHiAhf maj Abobl lhb MIN
And | anu forced to tell the truth,
which is that the men don't bother
themselves about gossip generally, and
that when they do they are not apt to
be men; they have either become so
elderly that they count in as women, or
else they are so young they are counted
sexless. But don't want to think
about the disagreeable things now that
| have come home; want to remember
the agreeable ones, the pleasant people
| have met, the kind words that have
been said, the dogs with whom I be-
came acquainted, even the organ grinder
who made music for me, and gave me
the kind of bow that only an Italian
organ grinder or a stage brigand can
It's much better, after all, to |
just put down in your book the pleasant
things. 1t is much better to blot out |
even the memories of the people you
didn't like, but try and remember, and |
well, the lesson that the sum
mer time has taught you. You have
learned that speech may be silver, but
silence is gold. Silence as to the disa-
greeables, silence about your own and
other peoples affairs.
now ABOUT OUR RIGHTS?
Have you or l any right to look curl
ously or even speak about eyes that
look as if they had been shedding tears?
Have you or right to wonder in
speech, why two people who are mar
ried seemed to try to ignore each other?
Have you or "A right to find fault with
somebody because she doesn't choose to
give us her whole history?
Have you or | right to take il for
granted that something is wrong simply
because we haven't had explained 10 us
The something which is right?
No, we haven't Socially we have
but one right in this world, and that is
10 mind our own business, and | don't
mean that in its nasty, hard sense, in the
sense of never doing q kind thing be-
cause we are so wrapt up in ourselves.
mean it in the sense of attending to
our own affairs and not discussing or
with those of our nelghbors.
The right way to mind your own bust
ness is to follow the Golden Rule, and
o do unto others as you would be done
)y. Isn't that true? BAB.
That tired feeling now 80 often heard of. is
'ntirely overcome by Hoods SHfsaparilla, |
Which giyes mental aud honilv atranuth |