Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11

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Wilde must sit down and laugh at anv
body believing what he says is clever
what surprises me is, that with hi,
knowledge of French, he didn't steal
something good; but | suppose he
wanted to live up to the only truthful
thing ne said in the play, and that was
TINS; A man who was old enough to dc
wrong, is old enough to do right. Per.
maps the gentle wearer of the cap and
bells Is still too young to do either, ex.
Gc9t make dabs at them, with a pen
dipped in very pale ink.
TiREsoME ACTORS.
| MY dear, when will women learn
that the day comes when, if they are
actresses, it is time for them to bid good
by to the publicg There wasn't a
woman in that play who hadn't in her
day been OF some account, but her day
MAD gone by, and she had long since
ceased to be of interest; and yet, because
OF an lnordlnate vanity, she wouldn't
recognize II. have deal of respect
LOT the women who appreciates her
years, VINO Knows the charm of old age.
ana VINO doesn't come prancing on the
stage-elther of life, or that mimic one
as the coquettish soubrette, when she
should be playing dainty old grand
mothers. The best of wines are worth
nothing until many years have goue by,
Dat beautiful flowers want only to be
seen when they are fresh.
1.-The soubrette with hard voice and
an assumed air Of innocence is one of
the most unpleasant features of the
stage, and yet there are women who
expect to play soubrette paris all their
lives"
Now, Colonel" said 1, "what has
made you so bitter?"
He hesitated little while, and then
added: 81 do believe it is that nasty
play. Nasty is the only word 10 apply
70 IT, IL lacks wit; it lacks plot; and it
feeks with indecency, Then, too, am
tlred Oh the actor, OF the general actor
as | meet him. Not the special one,
my dear, but the one who hasn't manli-
ness enough to save some money when
he Is getting it, and who is willing to
live on anybody when he hasn't got
any. vi the actor who plays with the
feelings OF sentimental girls; of the actor
who doesn't feel that the marriage tie
amounts to anything, and of the actor
VINO IS so eaten up with conceit that
he believes when he goes to heaven
and he has no doubt Of getting there
he will have leading part among the
angels, and teach them what they ought
to do
DELICIOUS SOUTHERN BEVERAGE.
ihen the Colonel slipped his eggnog,
and said: sit took the south TO produce
a beverage like this, where the gold of
the egg mingles with the cream and
milk; where the spiciness of the RIM
gives delightful odor, and adds to the
taste, while the strength of the brandy
proves that of all the liquors, brandy is
essentially the one OF gentility. Then.
too, floating on top is the white of the
egg, beaten to a point that suggests the
beauty of the clouds, and makes one
comprehend that this ethereal beverage
was intended for the ladies-but. INV
dear, in smaller glass. There is some
tnihg poetic about it; one thinks of it
Always IN connection with magnoliGs,
ahd with warm Christmas day. And
on the plate beside it, it seems only nat
ural to ind a slice of that plum cake,
the recipe for which every southern
honsekeeper will tell you has descended
TO her from the generations way back,
ana winch she would not part with for
worlds.
81 like this feminine jealousy that ex-
lists about good cooking. l am sur
prlsed that women do not more thor
oughly learn the value of it. They are
eager, some of them, poor fools, to study
10 be lawyers or doctors; but not to be
cooks; now, hundreds OF lawyers and
doctors starve, but a first-class chef can
get anything from five thousand up to
twelve thousand year, and he is al
ways in demand While women are
Claiming their rights, why don't they
insist upon this very paying one2 They
are willing to learn to make lot of
nonsense, but they don't seem to under
stand the things that should go together.
and one never knows what they are 90.
ing to do. They are quite as likely to
have a canvas-back duck cooked Is
minutes, when eight in hot oven is
quite long enough, and they are equally
willing to serve teIrapin up in what
they call stew, and which might as
well have cold mutton for its founda-
ton, inasmuch as the terrapin favor is
entirely lost"
AMERICAN WOMEN AND SWEETS.
by the bye, my dear, didn't some
oody say the other day that you didn't |
like wOmeu?"
laughed until the Colonel Joined in
with me and the dogs wagged their tails.
SHOWING something funny was to the |
lore, ana then | said, II believe they |
ulu' ana the funny part IF it is that it |
Is because like them, / occasionally |
say dlsagreeable things to them, Yuu |
see, American women get such a lot of |
sweets, they really want some bitters
once IN while to brace them up. | like |
Them immensely, but | can't gush over |
them. You know, my dear Colonel, | |
am not built SO that love everybody, | |
could count on one hand the people |
really love, and on two the people | |
really like; but the American woman.
God bless her believes unless you con.
tlnually give her, mentally, the material
sweets which she eats, and which
rum alike her digestion and her temper.
that you are hcr enemy. | have had the
pltters given to me, and / know lust
what they are worth-hOw bracing thew
are and now certain to make one feel
clearer, mentally and physically. | keep
little roae-colored bottle on nv desk
marked 10 be given gently and once
IN while dip my pen in that, and saw |
10 my sister women what | think. |
Beside my desk is huge demiiohn con-
tanning black fluid, marked 10 be
used without regard to quantity and
with very large quill l 20 into this
aud say what nave to about men. for.
after all, they are pretty bad lot"
with exceptions" laughed the
Colonel.
"Nes.n | said Mp,ith nuno,,tis.... !,