Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-03-15
neutrality-suspicious. OF Gazette ana journal

neutrality-suspicious. OF Gazette and journal
New YoRK, March Off you are femi-
nine, which, to put it in tho words of the
old writer, would mean, if by chance you
are woman, then surely there comes into
| your life the sort of Il day when you are
Kept indoors as closely as If you were a
thief, and the house were jail. And,
whenever this stormy day comes around,
somebody, some feminine body invariably
| suggests that everything should be straight
ened up. Strengthening up" is feminine
4 phrase, 1t would only be possible to the
| feminine mind, 10 straghten up, to ex.
| pam 1t fully, means to pull all your
belongings to pieces to liuger over them,
as the stage miser does over gold, and then
e, put them all back in their places again.
When my household is affected in this
way, when the STRENGTHENING up fever
| comes to it, i always drift to chest of
| drawers that, because of lack of time, or
| carelessness, or what you will, is never quite
astidy us 1t might be. lnthe top drawer, the
| ribbons are smoothed out, and put in their
places; the handkerchiefs are laid in piles;
| the BITS OF lewelry put in their proper
boxes, and once this is fixed all becomes
easy, until the lowest place of all is
| reached, and hesitate over that.
1T Is LIKE OPENING THE DOOR OF ONE HEART,
and yet even that must be done once in a
/ while. Here goes, then. 1t doesn't look
| as II IT held much, and it seems as if all
| the things therein were worn out. Close
to the edge is white satin slipper. high of
heel ana with rosette made OF orange
| blossoms ON the tip. Somebody wore that
at wedding-who was it? turn around
and look in the mirror-surely not the
| woman l see there. The girl who wore
| that slipper and who danced so merrily
thought all the days were sunshiny. all
the world was love, and that she would
dance through life to joyful tune and
hevet dream Of sorrow or pain. And the
woman who is looking ut ii knows
That the dancing days soon ended,
that the rainy ones came, but she
can be glad for one thing, and that
| IS though merriment seemed to 60
love and kindness stood beside lher
like two good friends and made bit of
sunshine in the darkest weather. | wine
the little slipper off and put it back in its
place, and pick up AN old-fashioned
daguerrotype. You have pictures Just like
this; ones where, unless Won hold 1t
properly, you simply see your own face re.
Elected, but given the right light. there is
the soitened face of some one you reinem.
Der. This one is the picture of small
girl who, rebelling at having to stand still
looks as fierce as if the whole world was
to be fought by her. and the bird promised
by the photographer would never appear
can laugh over that photograph, and 80
can over the next. II is tintype of q
whole party OF girls holding croquet
mallets. Under it is another one Of II
young girl and young boy, each looking
as conscious as possible, and | discover by
close examination that the small girl has
borrowed pair OF earrings and had them
tied on.
AULD LANG sYNE.
/ throw the pictures down and pick up a
box-my first valentine. 1t is gorgeous
combination of lace paper and colored
flowers, while in the centre, in lovely pink
letters, are the words Ever true" Yes.
the poor little chap that sent that was true.
true for year and day. 1t is impossible
for me to get sentimental about him be-
cause | had an invitation the other day to
his daughters wedding. | think | will
give that valentine away, some of the chill
dren might like it. Nobody likes to keen
an evidence of even boys unfaithfulness.
The heart of woman is so beautifully UNI
, selfish that she wants everything masctr
line to love her and love her forever, and
she must be privileged to love one and for
just little while. There is bunch of
letters comes next, letters that are tied up
with pink corset lace. l read two OF
/ three over, and | find myself wondering
about the people who are spoken
Of. One sentence reads: "Allie danced
all night, and it was nearly seven O'Clock
when she got home. Mother says she
hopes none of our boys will take fancy
to her, as she is entirely too worldly. For
my own part, find no pleasure outside OF
my religion; il seems to fill UP my life
and am more than annoyed when, fol
mere household duties, | am forced to give
up my hours of reading or praying. After
all, there are very few girls who are, as
mother says, like me-" Isn't that the con
, ceiF of youth? And between you and me
: how very offensive thar young saint mus
have been. What became of her? Dc
you want to know? / saw her at The
q opera the other night in an extremely low
gown and surrounded by lot of men
She is to-day the representative fashion,
, able wife, and the religion which she
claimed meant so much to her was In re
atty nothing more than surface disease
!, which soon wore off.
And Allie? To-day the white snow
). flakes are falling on the stone that ha
e Allies name carved on it.
Z SHE DANCED INTO LOVE ONE DAY
and then she became somebody's wife
and she made somebody very happy witt
her merry, laughing, loving ways. bu
; another day and she was gone, and in hel
place there was sainted form that held
: dead baby in its arms. tear up the lette
S | have just read; despise the writer
Up i'll one corner are lnnumerable rib
d bons, pink and blue, and, most enticing o
Il ALL bright scarlet. ! remember whei
c they used to tie long flaxen braids, blu
n now the braids arc pinned up closet
about the head, and the ribbons are i'm
n possible, and though life is full of goot
II things, still these things are not tied III
It with the rosy ribbons Of girlhood. That
v an old prayer-book down there. The elias
II is broken and the cover discolored. Ol
the tly-leaf is written the name of u gir
If and following that the dates that were tn
~ most important in her life. Her birth
" her marriage, the deaths of those sh
II loved, and there is just room enough for
~ few more words-lor the announcement
= of another death l wonder when it vii
come! | wonder who will remember an
/ write it there, and wonder most of u
u will this girl be afraid when Death doc
e come. Somehow don't think she viii
!, Somehow it seems to me that having see
u much of the dark side of life, having trie
IT to do her best always, she has learned t
look on God as mercifIl judge, as on
a who before He says one word of repF
d mand will remember every temptatio
], and will think how, mentally and phys
&c cally, the poor soul that comes DefoI
I'd Him, was weak, And IL seems to me thu
. He is going to look at all the world in thl
way, and, knowing and believing that,
Ie don't think that girl WILDE afraid to die
d BYGoEE DAYS RECALLED.
u It is possible one dread may come to he
y perhaps it will come to you. 1t is ii
u being the last left, the having to live whe
y all that one loves has gone; when the Gu
70 toms of the world have changed, an
: when standing alone utterly alone. Oh
prays for death and it doesn't come, pl
ID the prayer book aside with some care.
1t would rather not think about that CIR
y There are some uld-fashioned lace han,
r. kerchiefs and an embroidered shawl, an
4 in fancifully carved box is palm lea
5 The Palm SUNDAYS since that was bIesst