Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-03-14

WHICH sue C2uld not buy Tor less IMAM gov
but feels that with every stitch set III it,
there has been kind thought Of her and
her pleasure. Which present was the more
sensible? The French girl stares with sur
prise at the New Yorker when, with the |
vulgarity of waste, she declines to wear
Gleaned gloves; aud, yet. when the French
girl goes home. she sends to her friend at
Christmas, at Easter, and on her birthday, |
which she has carefully written down IN |
her notebook. some pretty souvenir, ana
the New Yorker, the type of the Ameri-
can girl, grnanS because she has been SO |
extrdyagant and cannot return the pretty
cuurtesiet. And yet ii one wishes to be
generous one must be careful.
Nobody despiseS stinsines5 more than l
do; but don't think it is represented in
care as to ones belongings.
WASTE IN THE HOME.
The other day saw woman, evidently
servant kept i'll an apartment, throw
into the ash barrel Two loaveS OF bread
that had never been cut, and at least II
slices that had. Now, Continental
housekeeper, even il she were duchess,
would never have permitted this, III
properly managed household, toast is
constant necessity, and anyman or woman
knows that there is no dessert that is any
| better than well-made bread pudding.
which requires Il stale loaf. When l
say "bread padding" | don't mean
that mixture commonly called by
| this name, and which looks like
| a bread poultice aud tastes like glue, but |
| mean the beautiful looking pudding which,
underneath its crust, is creamy in consist
| ency, and well favored; and has on top,
thin slices of buttered bread that i'll the
baking have Drowned, and which nave
upon them very closely studded. branded
| cherries. AS it was near my own home, l
had sufficient curiosity TO find out, who
lived where such waste was permitted. L
discovered that it was a Young broker,
whose wife is counted quite a beauty, who
dresses deliberately and requires for herself
and her husband, in this bit of an apart
ment, the services of two women. II is her
boast that she Keeps cook by allowing
her to do as she pleases. She would be
horritied il She were called vulgar, and vet
that is exactly the adjective to apply to
her. Her husbands income and her own
position demand that she should know
where waste exists and she is stamping
herself with the crest of vulgarlty by not
looking after the ways OF her household
LITTLE THINGS TELL.
We wonder, we who are the most waste.
full nation in the world, how it is that the
French and German shop-keepers become
,, owners of the large markets and the fash,
ionable restaurants of the city. Will tell
yon why 1t is, They consider the day OF
little things. Not long ago | asked in an
American bake.shop that three of certain
kind of rolls be sent to me. ! was tolc
that unless | ordered i2 it would be impos
/ sible 1t was not Il question of cost, but
didn't want them Leaving the place,
! went to one kept by German. lie wa
civil, perfectly willing to send me TIN
, small quantity that | asked for, thanked
q me very politely, for the nine cents
. handed him, and said that lie would bt
: glad at any time to take an order
. no matter how small. His civility AM
= courtesy made me u permanent Gust TONER
|, Here's another example. At the French
:, confectioners where | deal, they make
= rich, sweet which has branded cherr.
', for its heart. After dinner one could ne
- possibly eat more than two OF these, IN
u other day | said: MADAME, if you hay
i any I'll take four cherries, but, of courst
= unless they are made ] shouldn't think 9
\, putting YOU to the trouble for this quar-
~ tity." There were none made at the time
:. but | was told not to think about Ina
i that it gave them
ne THE GREATEST PLEASURE TO 20 IT
" for me, and, when they arrived, care ha
been taken that each one should be of
different color, so that they would loo
prettest on their tiny silver platter. u
" YOU think any American cnnfectiont
'" would do this? Certainly not. The
~ would count the trouble rs great, al
y would fail TO see how, in being courten'
~ and going to some trouble for slna
Y order, thar there existed the certainty
iis keeping customer and having her recon
~ mendation The French laundressea wi
va mend the belongings OF bachelors withol
ny extra charge. The German Delicatesst
" will sell the wing OF chicken and "
-. small slices of ham, giving much thong
N to the carving, where the American deal
~ would be inclined to laugh at the ordt
~, ~ We will be the most prosperous nation
IL the world when we realize the val
ny of pennies, and become certain til
hu generosity and prodiSality are not sy
as onymUuS.
il WILL WE EVER LEARN?
to As nation are we going to take I
trouble to be generous in sensible vi
til and careful III an equally sensible wa,
Nv; When we act as do the people of ;he old
en- nations, we will have their sulidity n
of their certainty. As it is, we are like lit
no. boats on the sea of trouble. In our eag
for ness to have the boat decorated, To make
rte look pretty and to receive words OF co
the nendation as to its daintiness, we forget
lie, test its ability in storm willful wa
aw is certain to make the woetul want that
grl predicted, and want will come and be !
The bv uiI those who do not comprehend
wn vulgarity of waste and the refinement
are care. 1t is largely our women who are
1au blame and yet, if the American III
on would assert himself and would in
md upon teaching woman the Nalue on
ons things, she would not err AS she dc
len Every right-thinking woman believes t
for d man should be the master i'll his hot
girl. hold: therefore let him use his power, I
for. Use ii properly; that is, use it so that
ess, womankind will be careful, thought
eri and generous women, instead Of shift
ID il wasteful, and careless butterflies. TIL
i il il ull over, and giving it the pro
thought, ] do honestly believe that
will agree as to what constitutes the ri
!. d, generosity, with ia