Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-16


Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
GREENBRIER, WHITE SULPHUR
SPRINGS, Aug. 10.-There is probably
nothing quite so beautiful in this world
as to see "a lot of pretty girls dancing. |
don't mean dancing together, for there
is something incongruous in that, but to
see the alienation Of feminine pretti
ness and masculine bravery is fascina-
ting. There is nothing in the world as
good to look upon as pretty girl. We
compare her TO flower, but a flower
never changes its expression, lacks in
dividuality, and isn't certain to be here,
there and everywhere, as is the pretty
girl. Here we have the various types.
There is the Southern girl, very long on
blood and very short on gowns. There
is the Western girl, very long on en-
thusiasm and very short on repose; there
is the Eastern girl, very long on culture
and very short on fascination; while the
New York girl stands out alone as very
long on style and very short on rever
ence. They make an interesting study.
Every girl differs from the other in
thousand ways, and yet the5 object of
each is the same-to have good time.
ADVICE OF A SOUTHERN MATRoN.
The Southern girl who might be
called Miss Anna Belle Blue Blood
comes into supper ready for the dance;
she isn't in the least interested what she
eats, but is trying to remembeEto whom
she has promised to dance and out Of
the number whom she would prefer to
cut. Her mother is assisting her in her
work somewhat after this fashion: swell,
Anna Belle, if you take my advice you
will have nothing to do with any of the
young men whose people are strangers
to us. 1t used to be that when We came
to the White we knew everybody who
was here, and your grand mamma could
tell every generation as far back as they
went, and l knew exactly who your
sisters ought to dance with and who
they ought not to encourage in the least;
but, nowadays, what with factories and
steam running SO many things you
never know whether man has father
| or not"
At the end of this sentence, the guilty
| Anna Belle looks into her cup of pink
tea and remembers that she walked late
last night with a young broker from
New York, and that while they talked
about Tennyson's poems and the real
meaning of love, she never even asked
him where he came from originally, or
if he were descended directly from the
Almighty Dollar, or not. She thought to
herself that there was one thing certain
her sister had married a man with a
great deal of blood, but no money, and
that down in the queer little home her
marriage had only resulted in having a
son to support and the caring for five
little babies who, of course, brought
their love with them, but, unfortunately,
didn't bring their clothes. 1t seemed &c
her. as if, when she took husband she
would like him to support her and gel
her some new frocks, for she was get
ting lawful tired OF washed muslins
Here she gave little sigh, made up hel
mind that she was traitor, who longe(
for the flesh pots of Egypt, but still sht
did long. And, somehow, one thinks al
one looks at her, that a little common
sense is gradually coming into her head
and that she wont marry a man who il
willing to go home and let the womeI
of the family support him.
GENEROSITY VERSUS PRIDE.
Miss Katherine Rush Ahead, from
one of the big Western States, is, as sh
says, dead gone on that little Southern
girl" And she adds: 81 tell you
would give lot of money to have he
soft way of speaking; but, Oh hasn'
she got pride! Why, thinking of tn
night of the big dance, knew sht
would have to have her muslin presset
out again, and so went to her ant
offered to give her an awfully fetchln!
frock that nobody down here has seen
and that know she would have looket
lovely in. Well, just at first, her eye
flashed so | thought she was going to b
real angry, but then l saw her quie
down and get softer, and she said,
think you don't quite understand; al
sure you mean to be kind, but couldn'
think of accepting such favor fror
anybody except my own kin, and don
you worry, even if l have to wear th
same muslin dress, | will have a goo
time And she certainly did, for, t
eyeryb0dy's surprise, she led the gel
man with that New York swell, an
you know we Western girls are neve
mean about telling the truth, and
think, as far as being pretty went, sh
beat us all.
LIKE THE WESTERN GIRL
: She is wonderfully kind-hearted; she
generous, she is not afraid of confessin
her ignorance about anything, and sh
has such an honest ambition that II
, human being could help wishing to al
: her in getting whatever she may desir
She is only bitter against the New Yor
, girl. The New York girl has, regrt
, 10 say, an unpleasant fashion of putin
her gold-rimmed monocle IN her ey
, and studying the Western girl fro
i head to foot. 1t is not polite. l thin
: she does it simply to show that she ca
a hold the glass there, and also from
/ spirit that can only be described by OF
r word-deyiltry. The hottest day tint
r her ready for drive in severe tailo
: made gown, without any outward ey
a dence Of the heat affecting her, and til
! is something else that troubles OF
y Western girl, who despises the cloi
a frock, and who loves the tiutterir
!, frivols of the soft silk, with its lace al
4 trimmings. She described her troubl
: 10 me the other day after this fashion
! "if that New York girl takes u
A drivers seat on four-in-hand, al
!, tools the horses around, everybody cal
v it smart and stylish; if | do it, they ST
it's Western freshness. If she dane
all the evening with one man, they 81
it's exclusive, and if do it they thir
}. my mother ought to interfere. kno
c great deal more than she does, and y
/ the very cut of her frocks makes me fe
e that | have never been to a tirst.cla
Z. tailor in my life, while the way s
$ looks at me convinces me that | DUG
L to go home. Now, what Is the reason
c The elderly lady of our party to
IS her She was q little self.cnnscions and