Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-30


his question isn't from the standpoint Of
he advanced thinker it is only the result
ot gratitude for what the past generation
has done for the very ordinary woman.
My Lord, the Doctor. rises up and says,
Do you mean physically" And simply
Iay Bother
My Lord, the Student, rises and asks
From the standpoint OF science?' And
say Nonsense
My Lord. the Politician. says, SIS ii how
to run machine?" And say, "0h, 90 to
-Putney."
Madame, the thinker, the reformer, and
The siuer-uown upon all other women
asks, DO you mean in regard to clothes?
In regard to morals2 In regard to ge,igions?"
And look at her and laugh, ..ad say,
"Oh go home and have some babies and
study out what good dinner means"
what troubles me about the next genera
lion is how are they to be provided with
pleasure. You are invited by very
formal note TO come aud drink caudle in
honor of the son and heir of Mr.. and Mrs.
blase koue. GU go, and naturally YOU
look ut the small bundle of stuff 10 whom
you are drinking this highly spiced bever-
age, and you start back with surprise.
Blase Roue, Junior, has face that is COM
binati6n of a senile old man anda monkey.
Poor little dot; he is the effect The cause
Is mixed. Cigarettes and pessimism; lack
y
nnthe, and not enough mutton; too many
made dishes, mentally and physically, and
not enough wholesome food for the body
and mind.
LOOKING FurUREwARp,
What are the writers doing for this in
FAINT of the Nineteenth Century? Pick lin
any of their books and see Their novels
are analytical, descriptive and tiresome.
Their poetry is IN such abominable blank
verse that no idea permeates it; their re-
llglous books, so-called, simply bring the
tears to your eyes, because they force YOU
10 think there IS no hereafter, and that it
Is not worth while looking for sunshine
even in this world.
II is gloomy outlook. Blase Roue.
Junior. probably inherits O love for books
from his grandfather, and this is the mar
ket 70 which he has to go to find dishes to
euit him. The generation behind us did a
lot more for u.s. they created Monte
Cristo they introduced us 10 jean Val.
jean; they made us laugh with Mr.. Micaw-
Der, weep with Nell, learn to adore dors
with Dora, and know how sweet 1t was Ia
love with Bella Wilfer. Will poor Blase
houe. JUNIOR, ever enjoy the hours that
was ready and the darkey waiter wentout to
look Tor Master Harry. Word came back
that Master Harry didn't want any dinner
This was unusual; and Tom was asked IL
he knew the reason why. He said, with a
grim that stretched from ear TO ear: Hes
enloyin, heself mighty much with them
tnree Musket-teers-Ive heerd of 'em .
He was sent out to collect the rest of the
family. Brought back the news that Mas
ter Jim he did not say nuthin' excer' inst
let him alone. And Mister Larry. whn
was a. yisitin he just said, oh, get out
Ana Missy, she hid over behind the cur.
.ains, and was so deep in her lesrnin' that
"a
three were brought before the maternal
1uuge; one boy was reading THE Man
Who Laughs" The other one was deem
IN the 'Nirginians," and the girl couldn't
Tor one minute let go of "The Tale III Two
Cities" Pleasure? That was leisure.
THE LITERATURE OF OUR TIME.
And is poor little Blase Roue. Junior
going to be forced to take the books nj III
DAY and hnd them pleasant. Now. every
lining IN inns world is mere matter Of
TASTE, but have an idea that that Rome
Junior, and would agree. | would lust
az soon read railway guide as one Of
howells' books, and would a thousand
times rather read the dictionary than
ROBERT Elsmere." As for all that school
OF English writers who have sent out So.
called novels, OF which Just AT present /
pest remember ''The Story of an African
Farm l should like them all chioro-
formed and their books burned. They
coolly and calmly knock over the belief Ia
which you are trying so hard to cling, aud
offer you absolutely nothing in exchange
for 1t. They haven't even the deceucy.
When they deprive you of faithin here.
after, to say you can have pleasant time
here. Oh, mol They draw pictures II
NE that, from material standpoint are d
thousand times more offensive than any
ever drawn by lola. AS | remember the
African farm story, or one by the same
author-thank heaven; such stories roll off
me IKE water OIL ducks Dack-in which,
when the people weren't proving there
was no God and no hope, they were AM
nounclng that their feet were dusty and
having them washed in the kitchen where
other people were eating. Bathing is. OF
course, an absolute necessity, but ii il
were necessary that it should be done in
the Kitchen, the writer might have left out
the description Of il, or the people who did
it might have waited untii The rest Md
gone TO bed, and not made it a sort ol
family picture.
would rather have novel that exap
gerated love, il you can exaggerate it; thal
exaggerated manliness. if you can exag
eerate III that exaggerated faith, and vol
cant eXaggerate that than have one Of
these horrible mixtures of realism nnf
pesslmlsm that are to-day called novels
Moral? They are the most immorn
things l ever read. The average readel
seems TO think that immortality mean,
something that touches on the Seventh
commandment. am not upholding sin
Dut When those commandments were writ
ten out, that one wasn't Underlined. INN
you SHOULDN'T be thief; That you shoulC
not lall OF respect to your parents; tina
You shouldn't be a murderer: that vol
shouldn I be envious; that YOU should give
even 10 your servants, and the animal
Whlcn you own, u day of rest; each one %
thesels Just as important as that you SHOULD
not commit adultery. / don't mean I,
say that think it is pleasant to read abou
unfaithful men and women; but their sin
IS no greater than that of the politiciaI
VINO steals, or the bad son or daughter. a
the malicious man or woman, or OF he III
she who murders either the living or iii,
unborn. Did you ever think of that, m,
friend Poor Blase Roue, Junior. TIM
generation is doing nothing for you in Tia,
way OF interesting books. am afraid vol
VIII nave TO hunt out your grandfather
ana ask him what were the BOOKS wheI
people really liked reading. And he viii
take you off 10 a remote corner of liz
library, and you will see names you neye
heard oil before. Cooper Irving, Dumas
cue, ihackeray, Dickens, Baizac, Mulocll
hawthorne, Besant, and, thank God, tn
men OF to-day Jerome and Eugene Field
Aud your old young face will light up a
you laugh about Montmorency, and thinl
with JOY of the dinkey bird, OF the choco
late cat, and of all tue wonders that groy
on the sugar plum tree.
When Roue, Junior, gets old enough /,
turn tune IN his squeaky little voice,
WHAT ARE you GOING TO TEACH HIN?
In music we are making nothing for tn
next generation; we have what we cal
popular songs that live week, month
or are ground out by the hand organs TO
n IhnfR m in,