Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-10-11

world going astrav, or what is the
matterp Have We reached the extreme
of wickedness, and will we turn around
soon and see the other side of the pic
ture? In fashionable society women
seem to be losing their sense OF decency.
In the business world men seem to have
forgotten what honesty means. Politi-
clans are ignorant of all but the desire
to get money In fact, decency and
honor seem words that are taken out of
this century's dictionary. What is the
cause of it all, and why is it that with
all this crime there has come such q
wild desire on the part of people to take
their own lives? Never before have
women who are supposed to be of good
birth, good breeding, good standing,
\ been SO willing to lose their regulations
and to pose before the world as having
mo sense of what is due to husband and
children.
IN HOW 1T COMES ABOUT.
Sometimes | think the reason all this
gets so much worse is because the world
Is so big, and we hear about it all. Mrs.
Chrysanthemum distinguishes herself
by forgetting the meaning of one of the
commandments, and for the sake of
Nome foolish boy, looses all right to her
husband and children. The story is told
at first in whispers among the very ex.
elusive set; after while it is printed
in the newspapers, and then Mrs. Rose
bud, who lives in clearinghouse, has
very little to do, gets into mischief, and
excuses herself by saying that she is no
worse than the women in the upper
ID atpp1s, In ha Ia htt &c
occupied a good position socially, she
felt bound to live up to it; it demanded
of her certain things in the way of
honor and morals, and she felt obliged
Z TO pay in the coin of decency and
good example for what she oh.
tanned by place among the elect.
all that seems to be strange now
adays, aid yet there are women among
the so.called exclusive circle who arc
! quiet, dignified, religious and honest
But these women who live quiet lives
are not talked about, which is pity.
For, if the wife Of the clerk heard of
the good deeds of the wife Of the en-
ployer, she might follow that example,
instead of following the one set for her
by the wicked rather than the good one.
POLITICS AND COMMERCE..
w The politicians start off to nominate
Some one for the highest Office in the
State, and all the talk is about different
gangs. Not whether the man who is
/, spoken of is capable of filling the posi-
4 ton; not whether he is man of educa-
( ton, and whose honesty and dignity
|. demand respect, but instead, it is told
how many of the different crowds ne can
control, and what his pull is. wonder
what Jefferson, Franklin and Henry
Clay would think about all this? Mer-
chants who ought to be honorable and
steady-going, nowadays make corners in
Everything, until the world of commerce
has become nothing more or less than q
great gambling house; and the intense
Excitement has such an effect on the
players there that, instead of living to be
good old men, Tevered because of their
age and goodness, they die of some
disease brought on by this great excite
ment, long before middle age has come.
Y ears ago it was thought dreadful
thing for one to commit suicide; nova
days foolish girls, disappointed young
men, people who are too lazy 10 face the
troubles Of life, seek refuge in death.
And the newspapers describe these
deaths in the fullest way; they reflect on
them in sentimental terms, and some
Z other poor, weak creature reading this
< description, goes and does likewise, be-
4 lieying that she is brave. AS if there
i was any bravery in Sinking ones duty;
as il there was any bravery in throwing
aside all the responsibilities of life, and
\ saying, am tired; will have nothing
more OF IL.
THE CURSE OF BOOKS.
(, What is the cause of ity Sometimes
N the over-reading of undesirable books;
books that tend to make people I'M
happy. 1t has seemed to me lately
that of all the books published there are
meme that do not start out with that one
object in view of making the reader
understand how full of trouble all the
world is, how little of pleasure and Joy
can come to one, and how everything is
best when Inc heroine and hero die to-
gether. That is nice state of affairs.
What you and want is book that
wall have III it the emotions of Joy and
sorrow SO cleYerly contrasted that each
shows at its best, and by the punish
ment of the wicked and the giving Of
all good things to those who are loving
and true. What justice really is. But
no, the books of to-day are like the
plays; they are all talk without incl
dent. And the talk supposed to be cpl
grammatic? And these so-called cpl
grams are nearly all slurs ut woman's
purity, mans honesty and the worth
lessness OF life. 1t is beastly. 1t is
abominable. 1t is like serving at ones
tnl1a fpnif fbnf m ptia oil Ia
cayed.
THEY WHO SUFFER.
But this intellectual fruit is a thou
sand times worse because many more
I suffer from it, Girls and boys who are
just beginning to think for themselves
/, read these denominations and become
morbid and unhappy. Women who have
no children, who don't keep house, and
whose idle hours are many, pore over
these volumes, conclude that they don't
get out of life what they ought, and
either throw away all sense Of right and
wrong or else live such wretchcd lives
that they make everybody around them
unhappy, while none are SO miserable us
themselves. Our young girls look physi
E cally healthier than ever before. WING
is going to offer them better intellectual
food than they have been getting? WHO
is going to keep them from reading the
accounts of the ill-doing of those in .
circle which is expected to set an ex,
ample, as far as good behavior goes
Y Who will give heanswer to the riddle
m 1T USED TO BE.
II used to be that when women drank
wine in public it was considered bac
n form. What is it now2 II used To bt
that when women bet money at the
races they were Immediately pointec
out as people one could not know