Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-17
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New YORK, Nov. i'll like to go over
% Philadelphia, because every time do
/ become more and more convinced that
the reason people live longer there is
because they have more time to do it in.
This sounds little milky, but it isn't. /
devoted two whole days to watching the
business men in Philadelphia, and |
came to the conclusion that their
methods were altogether charming In
most of the big cities man careers out
TO his luncheon, gobbles up sandwich,
washes it down with a drink, goes back
10 his office, has indigestion, and is Bit
terly cross all the afternoon.
HOW PHILADELPHIANs LIVE.
They do these things better in Phila-
.delphia. About o'clock man gets up
slowly, puts on his top coat and hat,
istrolls leisurely to his favorite resort,
Joins two or three other friends, con
sumes an hour and half in eating, goes
back to his office at peace with all man.
kind and prepared to raise the wages of
the office boy. Men get rich in Phila-
!delphia, but they make haste slowly. l
think that is the secret of success in life,
for then you ge; the best of everything
You have time to liager over the heart
of the celery, and to appreciate the de-
lightful gurgle-gurgle of the Burgundy.
A genial glow overspreads the face in
time, and the Philadelphian millionaire
Is pleasing in manner and anecdotal in
conversation. Heis interested in births,
deaths and marriages-people do get
rnarried-in Philadelphia, And his
local pride is exquisite.
He builds rows of houses for his en-
ployes-that is one fault | have to find
with him. They are what might be
called
"swEET LITTLE HousEsn
Each is of beautiful red brick, with d
nice white tombstone step and an extern
sion made Of frame, which Is a bath
room, and this invariably has lace
curtain at the window. These houses
are in blocks, l am not going to make
the old objection that people living in
houses so much alike would not know
which was theirs and which was not
but | am going to say that | should
think they would all get to be alike.
That Mrs. Smith would be able to say,
"Mrs. Brown is sitting in the front
parlor rocking, now, the bell has rung
she has gone out into the dining room
for tea; now some company has come
and they have taken them up to the
front room to take off their bonnets
now they have come down stairs again
and they are sitting in the parlor talk.
ing, and the two Smith boys are
taking bath | Gracious goodness Il
lived in block like that, | would ust
the parlor for the kitchen; would sleeI
in the dining room have the dining room
upstairs and paint the steps red. If
were like everybody else | should fee
like tin of beef, as if | ought to be sole
by the dozen.
Can't you imagine how the unfortu
nate housed in this way would put i.
arm chair in one corner and rockinl
chair in the other, a sofa in the middle
facing the mautei, stiff chair with
knit tidy on it by the window, and theI
have "God Bless Our Home" over til,
shelf? That is the great wrong tina
the Philadelphian millionaire does
Even people who are not millionaire
want houses that do not duplicate thei
neighbors; then it is possible for them t
live originally, to make homes and 10
habitations. Don't You agree witt
me? Mankind, embracing womanhood
is contradictory animal, and it doe
not want to live, breathe and have it
being after the manner of the peopl
above or below it.
PHILADEIPHIA's FEMININE BACKS.
Another funny thing in PHILADELPHIA
is the feminine back. 1t is straight ii
and down. 1t never swcrves. | watche
it with eagerness for two hours d
lit proceeded up and down ChcstnC
street, and the only one | saw th5
curved was not exclusively Philade
phian-it had been educated in Ne,
York and married western man.
don't know whether this back is straigl
from a moral or mental standpoint
possibly it is combine 1t is not beat
tlful, but it has y peculiar fascination
The western and the southern bach
soften and sway and lend themselves
times and occasions; the New Yor
book is always up to date aud suits itsc
TO frocks. If it is tailor.made
swaggers, if it is an Empire it falls in q
easy sort of way, if it is classical it
very straight, but it is movable bac
Gowning, however, has no inlluent
over the Philadelphia back Tits Bills
fully rigid, and will sit erect in front
Rshop counter and say,
ELIZABETH, YoU MAY TALK
for one hour about the other materi
being more becoming 10 me, but tn
will not fade and therefore | select ii
Amt that back for you?
Another type Of it was seen in il
shop, accompanied by small AZ
beautiful boy. A New York woma
who is a bit of fool, cxclaime,
"What a lovely childm The ba,
looked around, and there was glu
that meant cold winter in the eyes 1
tached to it, and the small boy was i
formed that he could choose any t,
which would educate him, but that
could not have one that was nero
silly. Poor little chap! lie was fl,
ing the influence of the back. Bctwe
you and me | think that | have NO
discovered that while somebody SAYS
southern or western man that che
the most devoted husband in the world
the same somebody in speaking of
Philadelphia husband would say III
he was good" A young woman W
doesn't reverence anything, and W
wasn't even downed by the back Dor
said the Philadelphia women looked
If they swallowed an extra dose
ramrod tea. | couldn't do this, cou
only sigh. But then | am an imprt
sionable creature, and am moved to j
or gladness by the people around me.
GOOD COOKING Is APPRECIATED.
But the Philadelphia cooking-wc
that's another thing. | have a vag
idea that the cooks are trying 10 soft
the backbone by catering to the desil
of the flesh. Anyhow, they can dc
crabs there better than amy place | ha
ever been; and, if you only know wht
to go, YOU can get dishes that make 81