Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-11-10


you boil down all the novelists and all !
the poets she would not approve Of any |
of them. She believes she has the divine |
spark, and she alone, and it is as good |
as going to the circus to hear her talk
about it,
Says she, "when feel that really
great idea has come into my mind
culver all over like, like, like--well, you
know, like jelly, and then l take my
pen, but don't you know I've got the
idea, but the words won't come. Some.
times think all morning, but the words
won'tcome--and then know that have
real genius--you see, it is like the music
that is never written, it is an exquisite
cord that delights ones own soul, and is
never given to the vulgar herd. A man
whispers in my ear, damned nonsense"
And agree with him so fully that am
putting in cold type his most improper
language.
THE DONATION SUGGESTION.
Then there is the woman who preys
on society, who gets from it materially
all she can. She comes of an old family,
and she has a pretty little place filled
with all sorts Of dainty belongings, but
if you ever go to see her she will tell
you that Mrs Blue gave her her cur
tains, Mrs. Black gave her the bric-a-brac
and Mrs. Brown her drapery. You will
feel like horribly stngy wumani il you
don't promise her something before you
leave, and the chances are ten TO one
that youwill have to take the money for
this that really needed for something else,
but she knows her business perfectly
well, and she don't propose that even as
small fish as you are shall slip through
her net without giving tribute. She
aGmires everything that people have,
and regrets that she doesn't possess their
belongings to such degree that they
feel mean and stingy. She is always to
be met with, for she goes everywhere,
aud while she doesn't seem to toll nor
spin She does by sheer persistence get
exactly what she wants.
SCANDALS IN THE AIR.
Then there is another picture; there is
the woman about whom there is sean
dial lowering. People don't dare to be
rude to her, for it may be all right; nei-
Their do they dare to be extremely civil
tn her, for fear it may all be wrong, So
the world in general adopts y middle
course, and is chilly, while the two or
three friends who have the courage Of
their convictions and stand by her, are
credited with being mixed up in it in
some sort Of way.
WORN OUT AND MERCILEss.
| Then there is the faded belle, the
| mother who has run to milk and can't
| talk about anything else but her babies,
anG that other mother who has bit of
| ice in place of a heart, and who never
| thinks of her babies. There is the i'll
and well dressed, the good and the bad
hammered. All at an afternoon tea.
| Nobody PLEASANT Oh, yes But, after
YOU leave, it isn't the pleasant people
who are tintyped in your brain; it is,
most unfortunately, those who are dis
agreeable. You distinctly remember
the woman who said sharp word to
you, and, unfortunately, forget the one
who gave you pleasant greeting. The
sharp word hurt, and you haven't got
| ten hardened enough not to feel it; you
almost wish you had. don't; for when
you do, then you will have no compunc-
ton about hurting other people, and
that is unwcmanly
BAB's CLEVER TEA ESSAY.
Funny thing is an afternoon tea,
First Of all you have got to have u good
tea, the kind that hasn't bitter taste
and doesn't shatter your nerves. The
cup that really cheers; the very best
cream, the milk of human kindness
and, after this, square cut of the sugar
of good will. Tea Ia Russo, with Its
bit of lemon, inclincs one to biting
speeches; tea taken with glass of rum
us an addition gives one the courage tc
be bold, but tea taken properly, as | de
scribe it, will make women amiable
kind and considerate. At least, it ought
to, for there is nothing in this wide
world SO good as cup of tea, except {
true lover and faithful dog.
When you have cried until your eyeI
ache, and life doesn't seem worth bother
ing about, cup Of tea will make yot
conclude that it is worth the troubl,
after all
When your dearest friend comes tc
talk with you about the dearest fellow
in the world, as you sip your cup Of
tea, he seems to grow dearer and deare
under its soothing influence.
When you are tired out bodily ant
mentally, and you haze got to brace up
somebody who knows says: Get her I
cup of tea"
When you have thought somebod,
didn't care for you, and have sough
refuge in the joys of a cup Of tea, yol
can read in its leaves. SO full of promise
that he is coming, that he is on his way
and, joy of joys, he is here!
A cup of tea ought to be soothing
Do you know how the tea plant cam
to grown A very lovely Chinese maidel
loved with all her soul an equally beau
tlful Chinese youth; but, alas she ha
a rival. However, he plighted his trot
to her, and all went merry as rice an
tirecruckers could make it. Just befor
the wedding the beauteous youth lai
himself down under Il tree to take a mar
lie looked like picture on q screeI
Ills beauty was too much for the Wicke
girl who also loved him, but who wa
! not to be his bride. So she determine
to take away some of his good look
His lashes curled on his cheeks like
bang newly done by French hail
dresser. Going up to him she immed
} ateiy cut them off. When his own, hi
| true love, saw him after the acciden
? she said, "Can this be you?" and h
t said it was. Then he told Of the wicke
Z one, and they both prayed to the ger
! tlest of Chinese gods to finish her III
: and to make his eyelashes grow agaii
t and the Chinese god, being economical
n said; "Ihe ones you have lost shall IL,
| be wasted; go and plant them, and frol
g them shall spring tree that shall d
G light all mankind. And they did as |
n told them, and at their wedding the
G had tea from their own eyelashGs, al
n the wicked one wept and was beheade,
g This is the true and reliable story