Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-12-14

New YoRK, Dec. S.-He is not a dude
There is always chance for the dude
There is the possibility of his growing and
getting over his fads, as children GET over
their first teeth.
And puppies, too.
For him there is absolutely no hope. ]
have devoted many precious hours TO
studying him, and if could be brought to
believe there was no future. should think
he would be in it. That sounds little
mixed. But what mean to say is that if
the future is vacuum, and he is entirely
vacuous, the nothingness of them would
combine. That word doesn't come from
Huxley or from any of those people who
say all the future is nothing and nobody;
II Is straight from Bah. The he of whom
am talking is the something who is re-
ferred to as the "Young Man" They are
very right to put the adjective before the
man. because he never grows old. don't
mean that he is like some Of the beautiful
delicious elderly gentlemen who are young
in heart forever; oh, dear, no! The Young
Man, when he was equipped for the battle
of life, bad left out his general makeup
both heart aud brains. In the place of Il
heart, he took "A caprice; in the place OF
brains he chose cunning. You can see
him at most any of the places where the
so-called fashionable set are On exhibition.
He is always understood, and he makes llp
clothes he wears. His frock coat reaches
nearly to his ankles and is as full Us a
womans petticoat; his scarf has pin in
1t bigger than that worn by any other man
why did | seem to insinuate that he was
a man ?-and his tie is tied so noticeably
that you are made painfully aware of the
fact that he scorns the ready.made Ones
His hat is the latest shape; his gloves the
perfection of fit, and his boots while per-
fectly polished, do not draw attention to
their brilliancy.
The Young Man loves to consider him
self conservatives;
HE NEVER HAD AN IDEA Is HIS LIFE.
In fact, he thinks they are vulgar. The
dude, peace be to his ashes chased around
town after chorus girls, adored getting in
the newspapers, once in awhile surprised
some tough by his ability to knock him
out, but frequently married and settled
down to become very respectable hus-
band, man of business, and, once in a
while, father. The Young Man never
reaches this state. He thinks it is not nice
to get yourself so excited. He thinks that
% really nice Young Man wouldn't get
himself mixed up with girls who were
not quite nice. Instead of knowing don't
you know, really nice girls who were quite
nice and never get Young Man into any
of those ridiculous states" He thinks il
is nice to be Young Man. and he thinks
it is nice TO know fashionable people. lie
thinks it is nice to be seen at all the proper
places, and that any Young Man who
isn't there is quite the sort of a Young
Man whom you wouldn't want to intro.
duce to your sister, because, though he
might be ali awfully clever fellow with
no end of brains, still his niceness would
always be matter of doubt.
The first year he went abroad, he saw
the Premier Duke of England kneeling on
e.ukr, ATAfN re ..l,,
prayers, and he told his conlidant u very
nice Young Man, Really, Deah Boy, Ii,
seemed very much more interested in til,
service than in seeing what class of peopl,
were there. Now, could he have beer
quite niceY Probably he would have
been surprised if he had known thai
kneeling next to the Duke of Norfolk was
perhaps a chamberniaid, perhaps somt
poor soul whose sins were AS scarlet, but
the Young Man OF to-day cannot under
stand church where the rich and pool
are treated alike. \ number of things
surprised him in England. He found tina,
most of the men liked out'of-door sports
aud that the most popular American.
were those who were thoroughly Ameri
can, and who didn't attempt to hide
down-east or western accent by shan
English one. He found no people lIkt
himself, except here and there a Yuung
Man who was chaperoned by his grand
mother, and of whom the women said
though they got him to hold their wurstet
and run their errandS: He Is nict
Young Mau, and one cant help feelinl
sorry for him." And then, queerli
enough, they would tap their fingers OF
their foreheads. When our Young MAJ
came back he said England was rude an
gross.
FOOLS AT HORSE SHOWS,
Inever saw him at his best, or worst
until at the horse show this year 1t wa
almost as good as seeing that tumOu
baboon at the park, On the first DAY il
tried 10 talk horse, and got all mixed; f.
some girl laughed in his face when h
talked about litter Of ponies. The secun
day he confined himself to criticlzing ia
men, and one girl who had considerable
sense, gave him reprimand that even Ii
could understand. Talking about spleI
did fellow who had lost all tue money h
inherited, and who had the moral courag
to 30 to work, the young man said: >
assure you, Miss We're de We're was nc
surprised at his losing his fortune | hay
seen him wear made tel" Miss We're d
We're put her gold-rimmed monocie in on
eye gazed ut the young man, and SAID. =
never heard before that such things G,
isted." The third day, the young ma
came to the conclusion that the Hur
Show wasn't nice; that rough people WEI
there, and that the horses themselyl
weren't so interesting, because what dii lie
ence did it make whether horse had
mother or not And 50, lie went to 81
some women who weren't at the sho,
and they petted him and made much
him, just as they do OF fluffy dogs, al
expecting nothing from him, weren't di
appointed.
WILL DUDES EVER PERISH?
The thing that troubles me is, VIII,
Will this race die out2 Age does not in
prove IT. In fact, there is Young Nj,
here who is pretty close to TO- and tne /;
heard OF MIN, he was crncheting slut
Der rug for young woman, who "
going TO Africa with her husband, tig
hunting. 1t is funny to hear min Id
Ask him to have cup OF tea, and he sul
IN a most intense. hut quiet tone, "Oh
love tea" And you feel ike scading IN
with the tea Kettle. a man may love
horse, dog, or u woman, but NOT a Gun
tea. Somebody shows him a bit OF Il
broidery, and III TaptuTous tones, he 81,
Isn't it grandT There are times vii
Mr.. Gladstone is grand. Niagara is /
doubleday grand. and so are the nutnero
saeritices made by women every day OF t
year, but TO call piece OF emDroideI
showing blue roses and PINK animals til
may be pigs or birds, you don't know wink
upon it, grand, leaves absolutely NOAH
To be said about the things in life wor
great words. A l2-ycars-old school y
doesn't use adjectives US rIuiculousy as
does. / often wonder when the Door lii
soul puts on his night dress, gels INTO b,
and lays his head ON the pillow, what
thinks about himself. / don't see WHY
need wonder, because | am quite certa
that he doesn't think at ali. And YET,
has mean sort OF cunning The WON
who shows her WEAKNESS OF him is certl
to hear of some nasty remark, or sol
unpleasant story that, if it were trat
back, would be found to be Che child