Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-05-11
SMITH DISCOURSES ON LIFE.

New York Times.
| entered the smoking room at the |
club, looking for my friend Smith, and
there he sat reading before the CHEEKY
hearth. His brow was lowering. He
frequently sighed.
'yroo much dinner?" suggested.
"'Tis mental pabulum that distresses
me- he replied. "St you there and
tual pepsin." And he read as follows:
"'rhe old man is old He hath
halting gait and rheumy eye; yet a
stout staff and spectacles that are pei
lucid wIthal The staff is stout because
il is u staff, and the spectacles are pei
lucid because they are transparent.
This old man who is old must soon die,
for he is d man and he is old. Soon he
must shake off the halt and the rhenm;
soon lie must cast away the stall that is
stout and the spcctacles that are pei
lucid. All, me! Would that ! were
this old man that Is old, for then might
escape from the gait that halts and the
eyes that rheum, for then | might shun
the staff that is stout and the spectacles
that are pcliucid, for then |, too, might
die The old man is old.
"What is that?" ! asked. "The New
England Prlmer?"
No, its n magazine.
"Ah Well, queer things are stored in
magazines, sometimes.
"Ihis little gem" continued Smith
grayclv, sis called a CASTLE and very
properly. 1t is pure and saponaceous,
and free from lie. 1t does not"
"Smith, Smith, don't be SO absurd.
The term is Pastel, and you know il"
II knew it was some sort Of paste
which is defined to be "a soft, sticky
composition ! believe. BY the way,
will you have something for a change 7"
"For some change" corrected.
Smith iingled handful of coin,
smiled us ii in anticipation, and touched
the electric bell. When we were once
more alone, and comfortable, he con
| tinued: "l'he purpose of such an article,
| to refer again to the derivation of its
title, is, presume, 10 incucate a thought
| which will clIng-one which the more
\ it is treated the more gummy it will he
| come. And in my case it has proved
effective. am sai; am confused.
| might almost admit that | don't know
/ where am at. Am young or am old
| Ought | to be here, or at home in a
nightcap with 'BaXter's Saints Rest?
! Shakespeare seven Ages are all very
well, but why didn't he set their limits
It's ridiculous, Of course for the lean
and slippered pantaloon to be bearded
4 like d pard, as it is for the lover to be
\ full of wise saws. Il should think they
would hurt anyway But how can one
tell when to cease and when to begin
When | was senior at college | fcl
that had exhausted everything, ant
now, 20 years later, | feel that have
exhausted nothing, except, parcnthetl
cally, this cigar"
| took the hint, and Smith the cigar
and onward he rambled:
"The olden days must have been de
lectable when one, like Methusaah
could devote some little time to eacl
condition of life without looking Il
ones watch. A centuring of mewlng
&c, would be rough on nurses to be sure
but think of being lover for hundret
years or so and just as young as 20,
used to be at their termination Thin
of the successive growths of eyebrow
one would land and what furnac
heat Of signing, the composition of bal
lads, without repetition, would engen
gender. Ah, devotion then was as CON
mon as now il is noticeable; since tim
is the fryer of hearts, and habit thei
sustainer. Then, FL warrant, n simpl
/ graceful token of affection like that d
i which ] was reading before ! struck an
stuck to the pastel aforesaid would nc
have achieved the headline of surprise.
sAnd what Is that pray"
: "Why, that touching bcquest 10 a
! ottfh Nf a AZ !,
/, inamorata's shoulders to be used i
j binding his latest work"
! "Do you call that devotion, who
: even in death she turned tie col
| shoulder on hlm2"
+ "She proved, sir, that love is in
Y mortal. Though dead, she came bac
4 to him"
+ "You consider it, then, case Of de
: peration, OF neck or nothing z"
o Yes, but it's not likely to renal
It unique after the exploiting it has r
:, ceived. I'm sorry for that man, sue
d sentimental audacity is sure to pro,
n contagious in these degenerate day
it while Mcthusalah would have wrappt
!, his papyrus in tile pelt as a matter
II coursc-don't spell with an a. Befo
6 the year elapses he is apt 10 have d
q anatomical collection which must pro-
pefplG.SAlhg % himself ahd distressing
\ iliS vic w must sliuil az sorts OF soci
q pleasure y ne ventures on the most y
Il hoceht aolllratIon' sltohla ne praise
e lacy mana q het ear iot music for !
= stance, she WI, feSaF1 MN IN me liG
g OF w eNpectans leshlee. II ne hchtlo
- 10 iuiF cohlloaht lhhl le Is a3out
puolisn Nc" Wolk, she may aeem
lef duty, may say DOunaen duty,