Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-02-16

nowadays. 1t is the result of looking at
albums, An aunt of mine who doesn't ap-
prove of me-in fact, who doesn't approve
of woman who reads anything else ex-
cept the Bible and Shakespeare-ha been
paying me visit and brought her albums.
had to be civil. You see being born III |
the south, that feeling OF the hostess al
ways being civil clings TO me. II were
New York woman | shouldn't feel il.
Well, the old lady came, and she brought |
her belongings adored her lace. lell |
down and worshipped her pearls but |
must say her photographs were too much |
for me. Why will people show You pho. |
tographs of yourself AT various ages And |
why were you sufficient OF fool to ever |
have them taken?
LOOKING OVER FAMILY PICTURES.
The first picture displayed to my eyes
was cartedc-viste Of my grandmother
and grandfather, taken just before the war
My aged grandfather looks as If he were
sitting on needle, and my grandmother
appears to be preparing for death inmc-
diately after the operation. Then there
was a picture of my mother and father Oh
their wedding trip. My father has de-
Cidedly slinky look, and my mother, VINO
is standing UP, clutches my father b. the
shoulder as If she were afraid that even
the wedding ring wouldn't hold him. She
wears d plaid frOck and crino!inC. and
her belt is caught in with "a silver buckle
which this loving aunt Vt mine gave her
for q wedding present. Mr father has the
decency to look ashamed, but my mother
has 'I.have-got-h get-him it-you can
sort OF an air that is peculiar " very
womaniy women, Then lappear.
WHEN WAS SIX.
am taken when am six years old. and
! am utterly eXpresslonleSs. just at the
minute when the gentleman snappe the
machine shut my eyes, and the result is
that look as if | had fled wicked world
composed of nurses and photographers
Later, ] am depicted with two tails ot
tlaXen hair, a lovely smirk and one hand
spraddled out showing a ring upon IL.
Judging from that picture, have never
been so satisfied in all my life, Then there
is view Of me in an evening dress hold.
lng bouquet IN one hand ana AN open
fan in the her, and the tail OF my frocE
drawn around to display lust how long H.
was. ! remember that picture distinctly.
remember the photographer said Ii was
artistic, and IL believed him. Since then,
when it has been necessary for me to face
the camera have stood up with Wi;at
considered scorufui air and said catch
me If you can and usually he hasn't, ana
have paid my ducats that might have
the pleasure Of soothing the photographer.
TROUSERS By woMAS's HANpS.
But really and truly are We all beasties
when we ara young This delightful
aunt of mine has picture IN her album
(oh, that dreadful book Of my cousin
Tom. Now, my cousin Tom happens u
be very good looking but in his picture,
taken at the early age of seven, he is a
pudding-faced boy. wearing Il pair Of
trousers that are largely seat and small
small legs. My aunt says that these
trousers were made by LADY who lid tine
sewing after she was % years Old and |
can quite believe it, She can tell you
wonderful stories about how this old laiy
made the clothes for all the respectable
Quaker families. She means this fuf
sarcasm, but she died before ] was born
can't have her making clothes for me
which is rather tough, | shocked my
aunt by telling her that | hoped She
would make my angel robe; that HAD q
half notion to post her a pattern SO that il
mightnt be cut after the fashion ~
cousin Toms trousers. After said this
my aunt packed up all her belongings an,
went away.
woHASs THrEsT BEATTY,
You know, in looking over the album, j
is like taking picture Of y0ur own life
You are young, and You 20 along, an,
there is something absolutely funereal II
your progress. You begin ta think ate
you pass 20 that every year is taxing iron
you, but not adding % YOU. Il i an HWtu
thing for q woman To ap-uf cOnrst
nobody feels IT, though Ike a bcautfl
\ makes his heroine take mp a hand-glas
y look at herself, and say AN, ! loo
every hour Of my age to-day Arn0uIC
Plessy used to say these words in sluW
sad way, as If She were ringing out III
knell OF her departed youth Us II She said
BE wiser than the Others AbIlrnl
before Your beauty is gone Aud tt
beautiful women whv heari her shH
dGred with fear; but, notwithstanding U
warning, they never. resigned The
waited. and waited, and hoped, and hope
until they we're old ana ugly, ANA Euul
women laughed al tuem and men lenr'
at them, tell you, my ircA,, beatty
marvellous gift but ynu can't Ituap
And the woman who starts out Der.
simply pleasant looEinG, hut who
womanly, klni-hearteI and unsril-h. lH-
the longest and wears the best. size 100
into the glass, and size secs tii"rc eyta til
are clear because they haven't drIp
themselves together Looking uGt for riNa
she sees q mouth that is wei. shape
because it isn't turtHrcd as 70 whether +
looks her best at present, OF whether $
will alwuyS be her best in the future, u
secs there Al uiIwrlnklri face hccagiar 5
is not troubled for She sees jay ahead
her. The woman who Is mol beautiful g
tainly has her day, for there inyariau
comes a time when the beauty Ol iAc lee
is appreciated, and little Is Thought OF tt
something winch may De seen ~ q
mirror.
THE HINDoo IDEA Of womEH.
Women are funny Being i woman
appreciated intensely. ~ .uuny TOO.
think we women can he wur-e and bel
than anything else that lives, but pilcnt
think, we arc lust medium. ! ne ilui
seem to have thought d, out IN deCl'
way. llley haze sort Of tasthialn {
runs this way
what IS Gruel 2"
"The heart OF Il viper"
"What IS more cruel than that ?'
1.-THE heart Of u woman" .... 81.
'tWhat Is the crueltst Of a,
Tile heart Of a sO3ilp,s, pcnni
widow
What is the chief gate to hcll3n
"a woman.
What oewitehes like wine p.
"A woman,
"What are letters to men"
Women 49,
what is that which cannot betrustc
"A woman"
What poison is that which app
like nectar RI
"a woman
And after this catechsm. the readers
warned Woman il great wnirlpp1
suspicion, a dwelling place If wees. iu
deCets, hndranCe in the wa? Of hral
the gate to hell That's cheerful wa
be looked at. There is nothing half
about the Hindpo he apparently 4
you all or nothing
WHAT A HISpCb cASNor Do.
There are no end Of things a woman
do that lIiudop couldn't touch / 4
HindOo couldn't love baby With all
heart, and AT the same time spank II !
a satin slipper because i needed a.
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