Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-03-10
LIYELYCHAT ABOUT WIDOWS,
The American Widow is an
Orchid Among Women.
WHY A WIDOW MAKES A GOOD WIFE
Some Great Men Who Took
widows for Their Wives.
The Great Dog Show and Some Of tho
canine characteristics il DeveIoped--A
story of Marie BashisirtsefY--A womnn,s
Spring Time Wishes.

spring Time Wishes.
Special Correspondence Of Gazette and journal
NEw YoRK, March Ain the Sunn,est
Farce that has struck New York there il
one sentence which would, IL the roof
were movable, take 1t off the house. for
the audience think il is so desperately tlia-
pollcally amusing that they laugh until
they can't laugh any longer. This is the
sentence; A young man inasquerading as
hiootman is talking to the servants, am,
slter they tell him how good and kind the
mistress is, he says. ''She must be rara
avis" The servants look at him aghast,
and eventually the lady's maid saws. witt,
q knowing shake of her head, 'Ob. no.
she amt; she's widow" This Is what
convulses the house. And what | want 10
Know is. why should widows always be a
subject FOR merriment IL YOU will take
the same trouble that did, and ask the
men about IL, You will find that the Ameri-
can widow, like the orchid. is regarded as
the finest product of the nineteenth
century. Now, why shouldn't she be.
THE WIDOW AS A WIFE.
Isn't there every reason in the world
why widow can make q young man hap
pier than young girl cai You see. she
has gone through ii all. She knows the
nmali Weaknesses, the nagging tendencies,
the tiresomc curiosity and the tiny fault
nnuing peculiar to mankind. She knows
now TO ignore all this, and to blssfully
accept all the igreat big virtues that, thank
the Lord, are predominant in man. She
knows how to cater to his appetite, ma
terial and mental; she knows how to make
him think as she does and she doesn't
adopt the tactics of a young girl for this.
On, no, not by long manner OF means
When young girl doesn't agree with a
young man she contradicts him. That's
hrst blood for him. A widow does nothing
OF the kind she agrees with him, and then
she talks to him; tells him Just how clever
he is, daintily brings forward her own
view, suggests to him that she knows that
he has been thinking that way all the
time; that he was only trying to see If she
could guess ~ and hey, presto before he
knows anything he has veered around 10
her opinion and hasn't the remotest idea
That he has changed his mind.
SHE is LOVING AND AMBITIOUS.
Then widow has learned the delight of
quiet, and although she likes to 20 ont and
enjoy herself, an evening alone with the
man she has married is Il special pleasure
10 her. She Is ambitious for him. and in
terested in all his pursuits | know n
widow who said she would pay 100000 to
have her husband made governor Of the
state in which they lived; she is presiding
over the gnpernatorial mansion now. She
has limited that she will give million to
have him made President of the United
states, and, as he is young man. and a
clever man, and million is q good bit of
money, and money talks extensively now
adays, shouldn't be surprised TO see her
doing the gracious in the White House vet.
GREAT MEN VINO MARRIED WIDOWS.
When you put your small boy in knick-
erpockers, anu give party in honor of it,
who do you tell him to initiate? Who do
yol have on the table in pink, blue and
yellow ice cream? The Father of his
country. Well, he married a widow. Ii
you happen to be an English woman and
member Of the Primrose League, then
You say TO him: "My son, be the great
statesman that Lord Ieaconsiield was.'i
DO you remember, he was Diplomatic
enough to marry n widow2 Of course, it
can't be claimed that Adam married a
Widow, but why cast this stone ut Adam?
The world hadn't become sufficiently cul-
tured to have widows in those days-they
are the fruits of civilization. / am rs
earnest in taking uptho cause of the widow
us would be in taking up that of the
mother-ln-law, for think Jokes on either
OF them are in excessively bad taste. A
woman can stand everything else but being
most decidedly. A sufficient number Of
men, muscular men, who can treat ridicule
Us they do one of those bags that they
hang in the air and knock at to deyelope
their chests, should have all the ridicliie
given to them, and all the sweet words and
nice thoughts should go to the gentle sex.
There IS no women so bad that she can't
be trained to gentleness, for women and
dogs are very, very much alike. The con-
dltions of their minds and their general
behavior are entirely the results of the
training given them. You know what Won
can do with dog; you cnn make him
adore you, and you can teach him to be
good at the same time, Now, my friends.
that is just the way you can do with
woman.
THE NEW YORK Dog SHOW.
Dogs have been very much on every
podys mind for the last week. for we all
relisiously attended the dog show We
saw, there the great, big, beautiful 81.
Bernard, who ism I bit tricky; who hasn't
q sly bone in his body; who will wade
through the snow and find and bring
back home whoever is suffering, bearing
the burden on his own back. Don't yoi
know men like him. We saw the mastiff-
big,smooth, with a jaw that meant success.
and wag to his tail that told he knew the
people he belonged TO, and meant to stand
by Haven't you met politicians like him?
Then there was great bulldog-heayy
ssayage-looking,r rough in his manners, eyes
bullying out from under no brow to speak
OF liking about one person in the world,
and growing and swapping at everybody
else. Isn't he the tough to perfection?
Then there is the Chesapeake dog; put
your hand in his auburn curls, feel the
fur way down underneath, and YOU will
know why he can jump in the bay when
the water is cold and bits of ice are float.
ing all around. Look at his eyes-there is
only one woman who has eyes like that
soft, full and gentle. That woman is Lille
Langtry. After the work is over, this
great, big, superb, fur-coated fellow goes
home, lies up close to the fire, and the chill
dren can go to sleep on him, people can
put their feet on him. and Just as long as
he knows you mean IL in kindness he will
look at you and laugh. Don't you know
who that dog Is like? That dog is like the
out and fights the world, and comes home
and makes everything happy and warm
and comfortable for the women and chill
dren.
- THE STYLISH FRENCH POODLE.
Then there is the French poodle--hair
clipped to form collar around his neck,
frills around his legs, and bunch lust at
the end of his tall clever dog-he wouldn't
touch bit OF bread without some butter
on 1t; and his looks say, THANK you, but
] don't eat anything but the liver wing of
the chicken" DO you want his proto-
typer He is sitting down in the Union
Club window--well groomed, and precious
careful as to what goes into his stomach.
Here comes the pug dog-waddling, fat,
stupid, selfish. ungrateful, has bad man
ners, and between you and me is very
much inclined to drink-drinks beer BY |
the pitcherfuk. need not tell you where |
to find that kind Of man. Trent him as |
you do the pug-ignore him, unless you |
have 10 speak TO him, and then down him, |