Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-06
AN ORCHID AMONG
Women--That's What Bah Says
is the American Widow.
WHY A WIDOW MAKES A GOOD
Wifs-She Knows Men Better-Great Men
VINO Married Widows.
The New York Dog show-Traits of DIFF
ferent Canies-Has the Dog a soul9
Bah Willing to Go 70 the Dogs.
Story OF Marie BashElrtseR
WHY A WIDOW MAKES A GOOD


diabolically amusing that they laugh unit
they can't laugh any longer This is tn
sentence: A young man masqueradfno q
fOotman is talking to the servants. an,
after they tell him how good and kind tn
mistress IS he says, she must be a rari
avs. ne servants look at him aghast
and eventually the lady's maic
says, with knowing shake of her head
ooh, no, she amt; she's a Widow This
IS what convulses the house. And what
want TO know IS. why should widows al.
ways be subject for merriment2 II you
VIII take the same trouble that l did, and
ask the men about it, you will find that the
American widow, like the orchid, is re-
Garded as the finest, produ the nine
teenth century. Now, why shouldn't she
be?
THE WIDOW AS WIFE.
Ism there every reason in the world why
widow can make young man happier
than young girl CAM You see She has
gone through 1t all. She knows the small
meannesses, the nagging tendencies. the
tlFeSome curiosity and the tiny faultfind-
lag peculiar TO mankind. She knows how
To- ignore all this, and to olissfully accept
al the great big virtues that. thank the
Lord are predominant in man. She knows
how 10 cater 10 his appetite, material and
mental; she knows how to make him
thlnk as she does, and she doesn't adopt
the tactics Of young girl for this Oh, no,
not oy long manner of means. When
young girl doesn't agree with q Young man
she contradicts him That's first blood for
HIM. 4 widow does nothing of the kind;
bne agrees with him, and then she talks to
him tells him just how clever he is,
dalntlly brings forward her own view. sug-
gesls TO him that she knows that he has
been thinking that way all the time: that
be was only trying to see if she could guess
II, and hey, presto! before he knows any
thlng ne has veered around to her opinion
ano hasn't the remotest idea that he has
changed his mind
SHE IS LOVING AND AMBITIOUS.
linen widow has learned the delight of |
quiet, and, although she likes to go out and |
ENJOY herSelI, an evening alone with the |
man she has married is a special pleasure |
10 her. She is ambitious for him, and in |
terested IN all his pursuits. l know widow |
VINO SAID she would pay 100000 to |
nave her husband made governor |
She IS presiding over the gubernatorial |
mansion now. She has limited that she |
VIII give million to have him made presi-
cent OF the United States, and, as he is a
young man, and clever man, and million |
IS 4 good DIT of money, and money talks ex-
lenSIvely nowadays, shouldn't be sur
PI1sed 70 see her doing the gracious in the
White House yet.
GREAT MEN WHO MARRIED WIDOWS.
When you put your small boy in kniclzer-
cookers, and give q party in honor of it,
VINO DO you tell him to imitatel Who do
you nave on the table in pink, blue aud vel
low Ice cream2 The Father of his Country.
Wen, he married a widow. If you happen
70 pc an English woman, and 4 member of
tle Pilmrose League, then you say to him i:
MY con, be the great statesman Lord
beaconsneld was" Do you remember
ne was diplomatic enough to
marry widow OF course, it can't be
Canned that Adam married widow, but
why cast this stone at Adam2 The world
haqn't become sufficiently cultured to have
WIDOWS IN those days-Ihey are the fruits
u civilization. l am as earnest in taking
up me cause OF the widow as l would be in |
ldhlng up that Of the mother-in-law, for !
tnlnk jokes on either of them are in excess
!tyely BAD taste. A woman can stand every
lloS else but being made ridiculous and
70 that she objects most decidedly
sufficient number of men, muscular
men who can treat ridicule as they do
one OF those bags that they hang in the air
and knock at 10 develop their chests. should
pave all the ridicule given to them, and all !
the sweet words and nice thoughts should !
90 10 the gentle sex. There is no woman !
20 bad that she can't be trained to gentle
less, for women and dogs are very. very
much alike The condition of their minds :
md their general behavior are entirely the :
,esults OF the training given them. You q
lhow what you can do with a dog; you can 2
make him adore you, and you can teach him 4
q oe good at the same time. Now, my !
r'ends, that IS just the way you can do with n
woman.
THE NEW YORK DOG SHOW.
Dogs have been very much on every n
ody's mind for the last week, for we all K
elglously attended the dog show We Il
aw there the great, big, beautiful ST. Ber- u
ard VINO isn't bit tricky; who hasn't a v
y bone IN his body; who win wade through II
ne snow and find and bring back home n
'hoever is suffering, bearing the burden on s.
IS own back. Don't you know men like 1 q
imi We saw the mastif-big, smooth. T,
lth a jaw that meant success, and Ia
wag TO his tail that told he W
new the people he belonged to, and meant II
stand BY. Haven't you met politicians d.
he hlmi Then there was the great bull ST
'g-heavy, savage-looking rough in his p,
anners eyes bullying out from under no Sc
.oW TO speak OF; liking about one person N
the world, and growing and swapping at CT
cry body else. Isn't he the tough to per- a
c.Ion} Then there is the Chesapeake or
y; put your hand in his auburn curls. ct
el the fur way down underneath. D
ID YOU viii know why he can lump pa
the bay when the water is cold and bits at
Ice are floating all around Look at his pr
is only one woman who has eyes w
le that-soft, full and gentle. That IT
oman IS Lille Langtry. After the Sc
Wis SAN0Si 14S* ShpSAO AuE-
afd fellow goes home lies up or
'se TO the fire, and the chill
en- can 90 TO sleep on him, people can put
cir feet on him, and just as long as he s.I
ows you mean il in kindness he will took III,
You and laugh. Dom you know who that q
9 Is Hkel That dog is like the man you
Q love. The man who goes out and IN,
hts the world, and comes home aud makes ar
erything happy and warm end comfort
lie for the women and children. wi
THE STYLISH FRENCH POODLE. me-
Then there is the French poodle-hair va
oped to form 4 collar around his neck, /
lis around his legs. and a bunch lust at wa
end Of his tail clever dog-he wouldn't am
ch bit of bread without some butter on col
and his looks say, THANK you. but I
IT eat anything but the liver wing of sci
chicken" Do YOU want his prototypel pul
is sitting down in the Union Club win 1
well groomed, and precious careful as of
what goes into his stomach. Here comes and
pug dog-wsddling, TAT stupid, selfish, ask
grateful. has bad manners. and between I
and me is very much inclined to drink son
Kinks beer by the pitcherful Ineed not bra
you where 70 find that kind of a man. /
al him as YOU do the pug-ignore him. luci
ess you have TO speak to him and then | sue
"a him. or strike him; that's all the pug eve
the man he represents rsspects-being | fact
Iterei- thel
TIE LOVE- OF DOG. you
a! hal here comes the intelligence Of the the
show. It's making itself heard loudly, alw,
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