Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-10-13


bon that decorate veritable feminine be-
longings. If you were very i'll and |
went to see you, would lose half my
sympathy for you, that is, supposlng
you were a conan, if you wore
pajamas; but looking delightfully."- weak,
intensely feminine, in the soft long
gown, white and pretty, my heart
would go out to you, and my sympathy
would show itself in dollhouse grapes
and orchids. 1t is always tho way, you
know; when a woman throws aside the
feminine trappings she is very apt to
lose the sympathy given her by every
body; for women somehow rebel against
this assumption of what really isn't a
woman.
TILE LATEST IN STOCKINGS.
The funniest thing that has appeared
in the shops is the green stocking; of
course there are two Of them; and they
are intended to be worn, not in the even
ing with Il green drcss-oh, dear no =
but in the daytime, with patent leather
shoes ! The effect of the black and
green is rather good but just who
started this fad, and why it has taken,
is something that no man can find out
One or two young women, desiring to
be odd, have clothed their neither limbs
in brilliant Scotch plaid affairs, and the
Stewards and the McGregors were never
more proul than are these gay lassas
A young woman in shop, who preSides
over the stocking department, told me
confidentially that these queer effects
were chosen that the ankle might look
more slender and the upper part--you
know what | mean-a larger. She had
been studying human nature, and she
saw that II was the women who she was
sure weren't good in shape as to lower
limbs who invariably chose the queer
stockings, and that the ones who were
all right stuck to the plain colors and
the dark ones. She also told me, quite
confidentally, that they did OCCASION
ally put a little filling in some silk stock
ings intended for evening wear; but
that the average American woman was
pretty well shaped about the-well, you
know-and did not require it.
THE USEFUL sAFETY-pIN.
She said that there were women who
would no more have wrinkle in their
stocking than they would on their faces;
and remember what my grandmother
used to say; that is, the woman who had
wrinkles in her stockings had wrinkles
in her temper But TO keep stockings
absolutely smooth is q study. The "eyl
to him who evil thinks" will break, and
no positive reliance can be placed on the
suspender, consequently the particular
women wears both; and in addition to
fastening the catch, catches the suspen-
der with safety-pin. What in the
world did we do before the safety-pins
were invented? They will hold up a
dress so that it won't slide below the
belt; arranged carefully underneath they
will catch drapery so that one would
think it was done with needle and
thread. They will fastened all sorts of
things, and just as certain as you are
living and breathing and know man,
he will beg your small safety-pins from
you to fasten his tie down at the back
or the tab of his shirt in front. re-
gard them as great invention; that is,
when they really live up to their repu-
tations and are safe. Sometimes they
are not, and then you realize how volu-
bly, you can speak two languages-En-
glish and profane. In the way of ex-
citing evil thoughts and words, The safety
pin and collar-button are on par,
though, as have u greater knowledge
of the safety-pin, can speak more posi-.
lively of its capabilities in the way Of
arousing feminine wrath and starting
the feminine tongue. Still, what can
we do without them?
LITTLE THINGS WE ALL NEED.
There are so many things we can't dc
without.
If the day is dark and dreary, you
can't very well do without somebody
who is chirpy and will brace you up.
If The day is bright and cheerful, you
can't very well do without somebody tc
discuss it with.
If you have got new frock, you CAM
very well dispense without somebody
masculine to admire it and feminine t.
envy it.
If you have got new bonnet, you
can't very well do without good mirror
by which to put it on in the most fetch.
ing position.
Ifyou have got new cook, you cam
very well do without somebody to teach
her your ways,
If you have got cold bottle, you cant
very well do without good corkscrew
to open it,
If you have got four of a kind, you
can't very well do without somebody TIC
bet against you.
If you have got new sweetheart
but, there, you don't want new sweet
heart; you want the old one-the one
who knows your little queernesses ant
forglves them; who knows your virtue!
and admlres you and tells you so, anC
who does not have to be trained to any
little funny way that you have got
New swecthearts are like new dogs
they are only desirable when you arc
young and have great deal OF time
and want to pose us II trainer. BAB.