Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-03-16

eat what is good for him, what makes
Drawn, when he is alone; it is only when
he is with 4 woman that he makes Drawn
and bone subseryient to delicacy Of taste
and appearance. lie is a good bit like
dog, Is a man. Once you teach him trick,
ana he learns il we'll, he can't 80 back to
his original state OF ignorance.
You know il il perfectly beautiful to sit
up and feel that without women, men
wouldn't amount to much. That's when
you are woman. You can see they
wouldn't be here at all ii it weren't for
women. They would have died ont long
ago. Do yOu see what | am trying to get
out? The woman who is the housewife is
the closest thing to the mother, and from
the time men are born until they die they
adore heing mOthered. They are never too
old to be pattcd OH the head by soft
white hand: they are never too old to be
called my dear boy, and they are never
too old to he addressed as children,
They like it. They like il immensely
They forget they are six feet two; they for
get their strength; they only remember
that they are fond of the woman who has
mothered them, and they will give d great
sigh OF cOntentnent, when, in her own
special way, she draws him up closely to
her, lays her soft check against his rough
one and says III a Multiplying, half-pa
tronizing, but altogether loving tone,
Poor boy ~ Now, the poor boy may
have the affairs of the nation on his mind.
Financially he may be Il King, but
FOR THE TINE BEING HE Is BABY,
and he likes it. And the bigger he is the
better he likes il. can't explain il. don't
pretend to. only know it is so, and
wish more women would realize the great
power OF their littlcncss.
No man ever loved Il woman who ddn /
find IN her that bit Of indebtedness that
made her nearer and dearcr than anything
else. He couldn't make her understand To
save her soul, perhaps. about his money
| troubles: but she understands how to put
her arm under him, and let him go ia
| sleep on her shoulder when he believed
| sleep was impossible. She couldn't explain
| it; she only knows She can do it, And the
| people who wonder how a clever man like
| him could care for a fool Of Il woman like
her, simply don't know what they arc
talking about lnthis queer world OF ours
! II is impossible To say why people care for
| each other. The clcverest man | ever met
in my life adorcd his wife because sh,
| didn't know nightingale said he wa
| sick and tired Of wisdom. You sec, ht
wanted q woman; he didn't want n walk
| ing dictionary. ! can fHlly symputliH,
with the good people who marry sinners
! saints are so uncomfortable to live with
| Ana II Is il curious tnllH tnal IN all re
lgions the prophets ami all the good PEG
| pie seem to have leaning towards sinners
too. Not murdcrers, or thieves, OF drradiu
people, just people who had little lmIabi,
faults that tended to make them f0rgivlns
love u sinncr--wc've SO much ia com
mon. A saint is very nice in picture
| but outside OF that-well, it would BE- :,
difficult to hive up tn an aurcnle. ! m
sure il you wore one 1t would tnppc
little to one side, and know ! would hav
to put mine on with bonnet pm to keel
il in place DO you think you are likel,
to get one2 Well, you may, if y0u Learn
how to serve dinner properly, thinl
they will be worn by good cooks and goo,
housckccpcrs, because tie good cook an,
the good hotlsekeeper will Keep many met
from going straight 70 the--wel. yo'
know who mean; the red and black gen
tleman. We don't want our men 10 4,
there. After we have taken lie trouble t,
civilizo them, we want them to be with ~
Where will we be? Well, we won't b
where the red and black gentleman is
That's the reason they call his home hel,
There are no women there. I'aradi5
would be he'll without women; ut leas
that's what all the women think. an
agreeing with them is yonrs Tor futur
hapIlnvss, ibAV