Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-11-16


bad woman who knows how to manage |
them. Oh, no, have never learned how; |
/ am too frank" With this she took her |
last mouthful and departed.
The other woman sighed, and the man |
who was with her asked quite quietly:
WHERE DO SUCH WOMEN COME FEoMp"
And she said II don't know but their
existence is probably tue fault of men. If
were a man and went out once with
woman who talked like that, should not
only never take her again. but | should
make 1t point to tell her the reason why;
and after two or three men had done that,
she would learn lesson that might result
i'll the meditation of her voice."
But said he: Let us return to our talk"
81 CAN'T said the woman; II have been
| thinking of other things since. First of all,
of what this winter is going to mean to us.
| don't pretend to know anything about
| politics. but if the hard times are the re-
| suit of the folly and nonsense of the Sem
| ate, then, as sure as you and are living,
| those men will suffer untold agonies be-
| fore they reach their end. Yesterday !
| was in shop, and they told me they had
discharged so girls Does that convey any
thing TO your nlnd2 1t means so young
women, earning anything from - 10 $40
| q week. thrown out in the world at the
dull season, and with no likelihood of
| getting any other work until times are
better. | heard of % men earning S25 a
| week. each of whose wages had been re-
duced to SIS. Do you know what that
means? 1t means the giving up Of what
those people would call luxuries aud what
we would call necessities; of bit of fruit,
of some medicine, of the newspapers, of Il
single outing II means making life so close
and narrow that there is nothing in it bu:
bread and work. Somebody might say
onghn't to be drinking this champagne,
and yet if the people who had
money would only circulate it, every
body would be better off. And
do you know who suffers? IL
isn't the millionaire who owes thousands
upon thousands of dollars. whose wife has
bills whenever she wants. he IS not both
cred for the money. 1t is the people who
own twenty-five dollars and fifty dollars.
who can't see Just the way TO give it out Of
their reduced income, and VINO are easily
frightened and worried by rude collectors.
| stood by u woman the other day who
owed twenty-five dollars, and | told her
what to say. and when she lost courage |
said it for her. | said This young lady
has no intention Of defrauding you; she
acknowledges the bill and is willing to
pay: she hasn't got the money now, but
she will pay you dollar ~ time every
, Monday, more it possible until she has
given ii all to you.H That man was crate
full to the last degree. In talking 70 me
afterwards he showed ME a bill for seven
thousand dollars owed to him by man
whose name is famous all over the United
: States, ana lie said he didn't dare dun him.
That he might take advantage of some
] loophule and never pay him, whereas II he
, let him alone. he stood q chance of getting
il. That's justice, isn't it? oh get sick
: at heart when | think of all this, and
wonder what the winter is going to bring
c forth. You talk to me now"
WHY THIS Dog WAS NAMED MIKE.
, "Well," he said, II don't know that
: there is much that is new; 1 have got
Z new puppy; his father was Chum and his
4 mother Dotty; he has been named Brian
: ijoru, and is commonly called Mike. Why
n Mike? Oh, well, there are possibilities il
a Mike-in New York. He landed yesterday
a tomorrow he will be engaged in the stree
n cleaning business; next year ne will havi
q a better position; - years from now h
i will be mayor of the city, and he will b
# tracing his ancestor back to the days whei
- Malachi wore the collar of gold which h
,r won from the proud invader" The posi-
It bilities OF Mike in New York are beyon,
~ description. He may be the father of tn
Z next President, or ne may be tirst-clas
I barkeeper. I'll tell you one thing, though
n it's almost as difficult to find good bal
IL keeper as it is to lind good President
. But, then. what do we know about goo
n Presidents? Now you see why Ihave name
d him Brian Burn, commonly called Mike
N | want to give him chance in the wor
N which he wouldn't have if he belonged t
Nv any other nationality. You know I'm
great believer in name. From the begiI
ming, short name has always fascinats
D.. u man. Look how Adam took to Eve an
nc deserted Lilith. You never thought it GU
ne Why, that is the only reason in the worl
er why men like BAB.