Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-10-20

and lot; or, may come off at the very |
end of everything, only hold pair of
deuceS, and receive check for my hotel |
bill. That is what | call sense, and | |
have been looking around for it for |
sometime. In the meantime, while am |
forced by circumstances to stay in the |
eifete east, shall try and become an
adept in the art Of the pastehoards.
SOME SILLY NAMES OF WOMEN.
Not thong ago met a gaunt, tall, bony
specimen OF womankind, with nose
decidedly rosy in hue, and a method of
speaking to youth that was subduing;
indeed, il might be called snappy. She
was just on the sunny side Of 80, and
her sister called her PUSSY" | felt the
widest possible inclination to laugh,
and then felt sorry for her, because
l blamed her own people for this non
sensical naming. She looked more like
an old cat, who had gone through in
Vulnerable fights and came out victor,
than white, soft kitten. Isn't it awful
to meet women who are no longer fresh,
who are called Daisy? Isn't it harrow
ing to tumble across a woman who is
all thorns and find that she calls herself
Rose2 Isn't it ridiculous to meet
woman nearly six feet high and hear
her addressed rs Tny2 And isn't it
absolutely idiotic to find a cOlorlcss
creature with gray eyes and ashy hair
who speaks Of herself as Pinly? Give
me name that you are not ashamed TO
see on check or a tombstone-that is a
credit to you while you are young, and
sufficiently dignitied when you are old
What the people who love us may call
US is another thing that should be done
when there are no strangers around,
but for the world at large to know
woman, not girl, mind you, but Il
woman, as Pinky or Pussy, is dis
grace to American civilization.
A girl ought to be taught to write her
name as it is given to her for if it is an
ugly one, she can make it beautiful by
her own charms; if, unfortunately, she
had fools for parents, she ought to have
the privilege of altering her front name
long before she changes the last one
when entering the holy state OF matri-
mony. Somebody | know laughs Il. this
and says, You would call man Jack,
or Dick, or Tom, il you loved him, if lie
were 30" perhaps | would, but | should
do 1t when | was alone with him, and |
should preface it with two adiecttycs--
dear and old. certainly should not call
him "Totty," OF "Lainbkins," as have
heard women called.
woMAN's THREE NOBLE PROFESSIONS.
And yet after the Chicago Fair women
are To do everything. lou see, IA woman
Is to drive the nail in, and that is essen
TALLY the work Of a man. don't mean
this as any old joke; know 1t 10 be
sad and sorry truth. | have stood on u
back Of Il chair with Il nail in one hand
and a hammer in the other, and if the
nail got into the place ii should get
without the hammer lying back in my
face, or vlciously bruisinI my fingers, it
was due to accident; il was never due to
my good sense. | frankly ami freely
confess this, and really Shall begin to
believe that
WOMEN WILL own THE FUTURE
when | see the nail and Mtnlner sub.
servlent to the feminine hand. 1t isn't
yet. have made inquiries, and know
what L am talking about. Until it is,
there is hope i'll my mind that women
Will, as fur as possible, stick to those
three beautiful professions in which no
| man can ever reach them, even get near
| them-the professions of daughter,
mother and wife. Yes, | think ii. You
may not agree with me because you
have aspirations.
But if you are man, real man, a
| straight -thc-way-t through man, YOU
do. You say, "Here, | want to take
care of the women OF my family" and
you do it. | tell you, my friend, this
being taken care Of is Il very good thing.
The peach may be just as attractive,
| Just as sweet, but the bloom very soon
goes off it when it is displayed on a
corner fruit stand; and woman can't be
quite the same, not quite as fine or quite
as feminine if she has to 20 out and
fight the world for her bread and butter.
Remember, am not saying one word
against the great army of women who
do this honorably and nobly, who are
obliged to 90 it, and who, | pray God
may succeed. But it is better; much
better, il you are woman, to be taken
| care of.
ALL MANNER OF NICE THINGS.
1t is all very nice to paint picture
and get a medal for it and some money
and to work and work to make
more successes-but it is a great deal
nicer to make beautiful the home mes;
and to be the one who gives the loving
applause for the work done.
1t is all very nice to write an article
and have people praise you for it, and
have somebody tell you what you may
be in the future-but it is a great deal
nicer to make dainty little frocks fol
small people who, in the near future
are going to give you love as a reward
1t is all very nice to touch the keys OF
the typewriter all day long, when each
click means more money-but it is {
great deal nicer to have somebody else
touch your heart and to realize that Tho
money which you hold was earned fol
you by somebody who is devoted to you
1t is all very nice to be on the stage
and receive the applause of the public
and to have your name in all the papers
and your pictures eyerywhere--but it Il
u great deal nicer to have one MAI
treasure your picture, to have thost
you love TO approve of you, and TO b.
cared for and made much of by them.
1t is all very nice to be independent
if you can be, but you can't, not if yoI
have a bit OF woman in you. You wan
10 love something and you want some
thing to love you, and you want home
and you want people who are essential,
yours and who take care Of you. That
what we women want. Perhaps tina
may come after the Chicago Fair, 70,
can be very sure that il is the arden
wish of Bah.
A GREAT LOCOMoTIVE.
1t is Expected to Traverse tile Read at
Speed of 100 Miles Per Hour.
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