Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-12
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NEW YORK, April 6.-There is no
doubt that spring has come. The GER
lainty of its coming is not decided by
the flowers, the grass, or by the blossom.
ing Of the trees. Oh, dear, no. The
arrival of spring is shown in an entirely
different and much more original way.
When Adam and Eve constituted every.
body, and gossped about the springine
up of the various plants, the budding Of
the crocus in its yellow robe probably
meant spring time to them, but since the
growth of society, since the successors
Of Adam have increased, different
mode obtains. Spring is not here until
the circus arrives; nor until the price Of
quinine goes up, nor until one sees here,
there and everywhere two people who
look unutterably happy, and who an
nounce by their faces, was tempted to
say by their cheek, that they are newly
married.
TRULY, SPRING is HERE.
These are the signs and symptoms of
the arrival of spring.
There is something wrong when one
doesn't enjoy the circus. 1t seems to
me that among the joys of the hereafter
will be free pass to that delightful
show, which is largely sham, but all
pleasure. Just fancy being able to 60
whenever you wished to look at the
elephants, inhale the perfume of the
lion, and tremble with fear at the sight
OF the tiger; to think what Il high collar
the giraffe could wear, and to feel the
bliss it must be to ride on wild un-
tanned steed, gowned in pink tulle
frock. Plays may come and plays may
go. We may be bored to death with
Hamlet" and sigh with WEAKNESS
over the so-called farce, but there is
always something new about the circus;
and always something that makes one
feel as if, after all, life was pretty
good thing, and the people in the world,
especially the people who first invented
circuses, are, after all, about as desirable
as they can be. Do you remember the
first circus you ever went to? | am
sure it was not like the one to which
you go to-day. In the first place, it was
IN tent, and three-quarters of the
pleasure consisted in the delightful fear
that the seats were going to break down,
and that your life was, so to say, not
exactly in your own hand, but resting
on the honor of the carpenter, and the
strength of the wood. Then you did not
see everything on one ticket, but, after
having gazed at lovely colored pictures
of the bearded lady Of the twin sister of
Queen Victoria, and the only real native
of Timbucto who ever came to this
country, and wore all his diamonds at
once; after having seen these things and
believed that the one pink slip of paper
would give you opportunity to view
them all, then il was ALWAYS n novelty
TO discover that each vision meant a
separate 10 cents, and that not one
quite came up to what was expected.
The bearded lady's voice was not purely
feminine; the gentleman from Tim
buctoo might have had on all his Jewels,
but somehow they did not look as real
on him as in the picture, but disap-
pointed as you We're about all these
things, still there was a great pleasure
in the smell of the suwdust, in the ap-
pearance of the ring-master, and in the
trained dogs that made you feel happier
than you had been for year.
LIVING CHILDHOOD OVER AGAIN.
Personally, l am great believer in
the circus. The late lamented Mr.. Bar.
mum used to say that it was educating
but am not exactly certain about that;
In fact, don't very much care whether
IT is or not, but it certainly does make
people young again. 1t seems to me as
II it were the same dear elephant who
ate apples when | was a small girl
would not like to say how many years
ago-who now looks out from his queer
little eyes and seems just as hungry as
If in all that time he had never absorbed
any of the delightful fruit that frs
brought trouble into this world. Tie
ring of to-day is Just as hand
some and impressive as he Of the past
Surely he found the fountain Of you'll
years ago when they stopped over il
Florida, and in finding 1t he also discoy
cred some other great fountain that CAV,
him that exquisite manner which make!
all the women and children wish tina
they might join the caravan and be abb,
TO listen to his delightful requests ever,
day. Nobody wants to look back of thu
scenes. That is one of the Joys of the
circus. Nobody ever loses his allusiol
about it. Indeed, il seems to me that i
there is in all this country, in all thi
country, in all this wide world, a sippl,
human being who does not find pleasur,
In IT, it is because there is somethin!
wrong with him, mentally and physi
cally. And because / can see the bi!
posters from out my window; because
as am paying the extra price for qui
nine, and could only hear the bands til,
night OF the procession, l know tina
spring is here because the circus ha
come.
The next thing OF interest in town ar
the newly married ones.
LOVE A BRIDE,
and pity bridegroom. The averag
bride of to-day who has conn to Ney
York on her wedding trip, may be foun,
any afternoon drinking soda water AM
holding on to the young man who's
name she condescends to bear, as il sh
were afraid some other girl was eoinl
TO run away with HIM. She walks hin
up the street exactly as if she were ex
ercising a puppy, and she has every
thing matching so perfectly that if yoi
could not tell thar she had lately enteret
the holy state by the glitter of her wed
ding ring, You would know it becaus
his gloves and hers are exactly til
same shade, and his scarf is made out 0
piece of the silk that is combine,
with the cloth in her golng-awa
frock. She condescends to him as
he had never been any place before, am
she believes that the smiles that gree
her as she walks into the hotel dinin
room, attired in pale blue wrappe
trimmed with white lace, are those o
appreciation and not OF amusement
She is supremacy disguised because til
newly married has registered as "AIl
John Brown and wife rather tina
"1lr. John Brown and lady" and sh
tells him that if the people at home Sc
that they will know he thinks might,
little Of her to put her down in biaci