Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-10-12

NEW YoRK. Oct. 6-I have one friend
who is never-ending joy to me. He pos
sesses many virtues, the chief of which is
his good manners. He has the great adj
vantage OF having been born sixty-fiye
years ago, before the world was in such a
hurry, and when gentility was conspicuous
by its courtesy, and brains did not excuse
brutality. Once in while the Colonel
he earned his right to the title fighting in
4 the confederate army-gives me an outing
and then drops in the next day at . o clock
to discuss it over cup of tea. We are so
NJ ed to the Colonels ways that the little
maid always brings in specially large
egg-shell tea-cup for him. and a teaspoon
That bears my grandmother initials. He
sips his tea and thinks out his converse
ton. He is the nearest to Henry Esmond
oil anybody ever met. | believe his
creed is to do his duty to his Gctl and honor
the ladies. And don't think there could
be better one.
AN ADMIRABLE DISGUISE.
The other night he took me to see ''1492.n
Together we ioyed over the handsome
women, the pretty scenery, and the Colonel
came in with his baritone voice when ali
the men in the house Joined Teresa Vaughn
IN singing annie Rooney" he laughed nj
the WORKOUT tramp, but most of all was
he interested in the handsome boy who SO
magniticently made up as Isabella, "the
daisy Queen of Spain" As we sat in the
front row we had very good view of him,
or her. The next day. over the tea, the
Colonel said: "a could not at first believe
that 1t was young man who was playing
Inc part OF woman, and my reason for
not believing it was that not chord or a
muscle showed in the perfect neck, that
the arm was rounded, and that the hand
looked as if 1t were made for kissing
and not for giving blows. After
7 Al.
club and talked to some gentlemen (all
the Colonels friends are gentlemen and |
was told that this Mr.. Harwood was A
great big, athletic. handsome bow. a
graduate OF Harvard. which, after our
southern universities, is d very good place
20 pe graduated from, and OF extremely
good people. Then l got to thinking
: about the men who in Various times hai
lmpersonated women, and it came back to
me that Will Shakespeare's Juliet was first
played by beautiful boy, and that ali his
sonnets were written to this same bow:
and then, to jump forward several
centuries, remembered when, during the
more and had very jolly week there
going to the theatres-yes, nv dear. of
course went to see my sweetheart. and
CHANGED being arrested. During that time
saw a man who played the part Of a
woman, and who was as marvellous then
- neichar1 harlowe IS now. This man
was named Setchell-Dan Setchell-and
look at" 'ou W
HOW EMPRESS EUGENE DRESSED.
The Colonel.arose and handed ma two
little carries dc visites. One representeI n
stout, Jolly looking young fellow, enoueb
IKE Harlowe to be some kin to him ara
the other, large fine looking woman sit
ung IN an opera box and dressed exaetlv
aS the Empress Eugene did at that time.
ihere was the elaborate hairdressing. the
wrists fastened with diamond stars, and The
PLAID SILK skirt. under which could al
most imagine the hoop-skirt. After / had
lookeds the Colonel continued "D.n
Setchell made his first appearances on the
stage as bernard in Hamlet al the
toward Atheneum, Boston. He plaved
la !t on III the burlesque of Leah al
Niolo's Garden, and during that time il
was impossible to convince men that he
was man. Then he came to Baltimore
at the Holiday Street Theatre. and as tho
town was full of Union, officer. the citv
Went wild about him, and he was clevsr
enough TO go out so little that nobody ex-
cept tne people who personally knew him
was quite certain whether he was n mar
or woman. Poor fellow he had a veru
unhappy end. He started for New Zeal.
ana, and the ship was never heard Of
eince that time, /, as an old theatra1ooo..'
nave seen men dressed up as women 'bn3
nopody has SO completely mystified peonIe
o. tnis young Harlowe since the DAYS Of
poor Dan Setchell. / do not know .
unused the Colonel, whether in VIEW ~
the many undesirable things that hammer
Sparuon my referring to things that ladies
are not supposed to know aboutl ii would
not be better to have men play womenis
parts on the stage to-day, instead of snh.
1ectlng ran women to the temptations
If il had been anybody else but tho ~,
onel. should have laughed bnt one ,n'Is,
pe very lost to sense Of all decency when
one can laugh at sincerity. / poured hin,
Vub Ahother cup of tea, the SALLY lunn came
IN, ana, after he had tasted and approved
OF y. had laughed and said that 'if thew
uo ini soon decide about the Silver bill we
one.p seiaeS thah
THE COLONEL ON POLITICS.
The Colonel added: "Poliiics do -.
seem proper subject to discuss viii
ladles, but, my dear Child, as we count Won
tne only one among six brothers and
eignteen uncles, and as YOU have baen
forced into listening to us before. / shonld
IKE 70 give you my opinion of the politics
OF Today. Possibly may be severe. no
gentleman could be anything else I bav we
sometimes thought that Judas was n noii.
tician, and that the race descended fron,
MIN. long ago ceased, as Won know 10
vote because l could not respect a mar on NJ
either ticket, and then, too. /, who know q
httie ABOUT my country, see no worth in
10y foee Wnen man who can neither read
nor write, VINO can not have great in
terests, for he does not even nossess j
home, is given the liberty To chnosa
who shall decide what shall he done
IN inns country. love my land, and line
day that the battle was over / was re,,d,,
10 say that l had been beaten. 10 stand
uncer me star Spangled Banner and to do
my pest Tor the ruling powers. But INV
dear, like to think that the ruling nawer
~ my equal II not my superior, and very
often wish that we had a monarchv
~ Is, we are republic under a tyrannv,N
the tyranny OF the ward politician. five
nau sovereign, he or she would be pron.
cry educated, would have been taught how
10 choose the right men for the right place
and the am bition of every man Wouid he
70 own home and gain vote. In tba
days OF the great Louis, il was SAID that
the people trembled before the KING and
That the King trembled before God. Now
adays our rulers tremble before nobody
anu When rehgion goes out there comes
anarchy and poverty. You think exaS.
gerate. My dear, some time in fntIfSe
years, when you come way down 10 Vir-
glnia to put few flowers on the earth
above me, you will know that am TELLING
you the truth" 'N-'6
THE PROGRESSIVE YOUNG WOMAN.
suggested some more hot cake to keen |
the Colonel from getting too serious, and |
then asked him II he had gone to a re- |
ception. to which he had been invited
and bow he had enjoyed it. But again |
had struck the wrong keynote. II aid |
not enjoy myself at all; no self-respecting |
man can enjoy himself when lie sees |
women lose all sense of their birthriObt-