Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-12-01

honey seem better than ever. The play
was called "The Councillors Wife"
1t was story of the people that you
and | meet; people who are poor, and
who are in love; people who arc good,
and people who are so philanthropic
that they will assume all responsibilities
Of somebody elso's bank account until in
time it becomes their very own. There
was in the play the picture Of an elderly
gentleman, whose heart went out to a
pretty young girl, and who thought he
could make her happiest if he made her
his wife; he discovered befors he did
this that she loved somebody else better
than she did him, then he was unseltish
enough to think of her happiness and to
make her pathway smooth. In writing
up this little story, Mr.. jerome did that
marvellous thing, he touched the face of
humanity with the wand of laughter,
just deep enough to make dimples, and
then he made vapor come over the
eyes SO tina! there were only tears enough
to fill them. It's wonderful art, this
being able to bring tears or smiles at
will. And it is all the more wonderful
when men and women like ourselves
can portray these emotions SO that we
feel thom and feel them keenly.
OUR JOYS AND SORROWS DEFINED.
My friend, if you are in harmony
with the rest Of the world, you want to
see this new play, Ii you are man it
will make you feel like putting your
arms arouud the woman you love and
holding her close to you; and if you are
woman you will long to put your
hand, oven IN the theatre, on the arm Of
the man you love and be glad that he is
near you. And then you will laugh
good, honest, merry laughs. Laughs at
benevolent frauds, laughs at the concert
hall singer, whose great desire in life
was to be respectable, and who was get
ting too much Of it. Laughs at the rich
girl who so cleverly pretended her
money was lost that she might get from
the man she loved an avowal of his
affection for her, Its combination of
joy and sorrow, this play | like, with
only just enough sorrow to make you
comprehend how delightful is the Joy.
1t is probable that your folly differs
from mine, but il we happen to be in
harmony, let's conclude that our souls
do shake hands. | wonder if souls
do shake hands. Some people shake
hands us if they had no souls, and ii is
just possible that souls have no hands.
Don't you know the man or woman who
takes hold of your hand in nice sort of
way, gives 1t II ilirt and then drops it !?
Don't you know the one who grabs hold
of 1t as If it were a pump handle and
works your arm up and down rs if it
were to result in fresh water coming out
of your mouth2 Don't you know the
one who gently lifts your hand and
gently drops 1t MS if undue exercise
would result fatally, and don't you
know that dear delightful person Il late
that word person, but there is no other
to use when you mean men and women
too) who takes hold of your hand, gives
it a sympathetic squeeze, and makes
you feel as if you had been inoculated
with friendship and good feeling !?
Thqts Misunderstanding worth while.
Perhaps souls will only flap their wings
at each other; but l suppose that's the
sort of thing that no fellow can find
out yet awhile.
RENDERING OUR THANKS.
Goodness, gracious! it is time, by the
command of tue President of the United
States, for lis to be thankful It's n
precious poor kind of thankfulness that
only expresses itself once year; how
ever, if it is the law, suppose it's got to
be done.
The Republicans have got to be
thankful that they are alive. ...
The Democrats have got to be thank
full that 1--WE are the people"
The men have got to be thankful that
the country is prosperous.
The women have got to be thankful
for the men.
The children have got to be thankful
that milk is cheap.
The girls have got to be thankful that
soon they can get imported gowns with
out paying any duty.
The dudes have got to be thankful
"that Poole, don't You know, makes my
trousers, and that gentleman can dress
properly, don't you know, without hav-
ing to pay any damn duty, don't you
know.
The people who are elected are thank
full for they think they got in on their
own merits.
The people who didn't get in are
thankful because they can blame Mr..
MCKINNEY.
The editors arc thankful because the
same old Thanksgiving editorial, re-
vamped, can be now used again.
The actors are thankful because the
audiences are good.
As for me, am thankful because /
am alive--it's great blessing to be per.
mitted TO live when you don't care for
Darwin; when you'd just as lief and
"liefer" be intelligent rather than intel
lcctua!, and when you do love fools and
their folly.
am thankful because l have a good
cook; am thankful that coal remains
stationary; that you can get cream if
you pay the price for it, and that hot
bread has never interfercd with NV di-
gestion. I've so much to be thankful
for that have set aside a special day of
my own for thanksgiving purposes. |
shall make it II point to enjoy myself on
that day. l shall eat of the meat of the
canvas. back, and hire n messenger hoy
to damn the turkey. | shall drink of
the fruit of the vine and get an able
bodied lrishmnn to use expressive Ian
guage on tho subject Of prohibition; and
| shall be merry, Merriment is the best
expression OF thanks--yes, it is my
friend; yes, 1T is. I'm bit of fool,
but that's true as sure as my name is
BAB.
"FrOIn Pole to Pole"
Philadelphia North American.
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