Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-08

y a fellow to nluss ones coat, get ones
tie out of order in their nasty rough
old games,'i and he would rather Just
sit still. Fortunately he can do il here,
because the summer population is
largely composed of fools and knaves,
and there are plenty Of armchairs.
GIRLS WHO ARE AFTER SPORT.
The athletic young woman is less con-
spicuous here than at some other places,
but still she has her representative.
She cares nothing whatever about her
appearance in evening dress. In the
ballroom her frock looks as if II had
been thrown at her, her gloves are apt
to be soiled and all her belongings
have doubtful look as il they weren't
sure whether they were her property or
not. All her thought is given to
her riding habit and her bicycle get
up. The fit Of her habit is perfect.
When she jumps on her wheel, from
her leggings to her tan hat, from her
gloves to her tie, she feels sure she
Is correct. She can talk about moth
ing but her wheel and her horse, with
the preference given to the first. She
takes no interest in books or needle
work, and she looks at men only as
good riders or good "bykers. IL
anybody should object to the bicycle,
it seems to her ridiculous, and that a
man might have fancy for rowing a
boat himself strikes her as idiotic.
Men are comrades, never admirers.
They are good fellows, never pleasant
gentlemen. | am not fond of this girl,
nor do admire the bicycle, and she
considers me fol, 80 that we stand
equal.
THIS WOMAN is VERY LITERARY.
OF course, the literary woman is to
the fore. She is very willing to tell
you Of her work and she was kind
enough to suggest to me the other even
ing, who she only knows as an inof-
fensive person, embroidering tea
cloth, that it really isn't difficult to
write il one has certain subject, and
that perhaps if you tried and ex-
planned it thoroughly, somebody might
be interested in knowing about en-
broidering." ! thanked her and said
that would hardly like to attempt to
write about it because after all l
didn't know very much as to fancy
stitches myself, and | might not make
my reader understand. She finally said I;
" Perhaps not, and maybe it would be
better if you didn't take up anything
that you wouldn't succeed in." She
is perfec lily satisfied with herself. She
reads French novels in the original and
leaves them on the veranda with her
name written on them in large letters
and very sarcastic motto under it,
Then somebody returns the book to
the desk and asks who she is, and says
she must be very clever, and the clerk
tells her, and she goes up stairs and
gets Nordau's book and dailies over it.
She gave me beautiful notice in an
out-of-town paper. She didn't know
my name, but she spoke of me as the
daughter of my mother and described
a new bonnet / had and bought %
copies of the paper and blue marked it
and sent it to my friends. And we all
do that. And the literary lady con-
descends and calls herself Bohemian,
and told me she would introduce me
to some people who wrote, and /
thanked her and / hope il she sees this
she will keep her word because it
might help me along. don't think l
ever met anybody who was more will
ing to help people along than she was,
especially people who didn't need her
help,
MR.. AND MRS. PRIM AND FAMILY.
There comes from one of the cottages,
for they wouldn't stay at the hotel,
the Prim family. 1t consists of father
and mother, two daughters and son,
and before they are introduced to
anybody, they ask in a Whisper
" Are they people we would like to
know" II they hear anybody laugh
ing, Mrs. Prim says in stiff way: III
what you are laughing about is quite
innocent, do tell it to me. I" If some
body says that certain young man is
very handsome, the oldest daughter
raises her eyes and inquiries: "But is
he really goodP" They go through the
world intoxicated with ramrod tea,
overcome by the proprieties and look
ing for sinners everywhere. Each holds
his lips exactly like the steel mount.
ing of an old fashioned purse, and il
you say woman is pretty, the mother
draws her lips down in way that hints
that beauty is snare and delusion il
you say man is interesting, the
father curls his up as if to insinuate
that brains and vice usually go hand
in hand, and even if you happen to
remark that the sunshine is lovely
the son twists his mouth as if he
doubted whether sunshine was SO desir-
able after all. They take everything
in sips, and they bite their words as If
speech were wicked You can never
imagine one of the Prim girls having
to pin on a ribbon bow to hide where
a button ought to be. Oh, dear, no.
Their buttons and buttonholes are
welded Their hooks and eyes unite,
and every part of their wearing ap-
parel is as exact as if it had been
wrought out by Euclid. l don't think
they get much pleasure in life. They
are too critical. They are the sort
of people who, when they go to heaven,
win object to harps and want auto
mate pianos.
THIS WOMAN ALWAYS WORKS
MEN.
The lady with Past is prevalent
in Saratoga. She is dressed in the
latest fashion, and accompanied by
sheep dog middle of age and dowdy of
dress Last year her name was Mont
this year it is Howard.
Heaven only knows what it will be
next. 1t seems scarcely necessary to
say that she is going on the stage, and
that the stout-looking man, red faced
and sparkling with Jewels, is going to
back her. She counts on making a
success because of her record, forget
ting that the woman who did is getting
to be a bit tiresome, and that the
world at large is more interested in
that one with a future, because of the
number of pasts She appears, does
this Lady with Past, about 10 O'Clock,
and, in. harmony with the vulgarity
Of the place, wears all her diamonds at
this hour. 1t is possible that she sits
near you, while she waits for her escort,
and she talks for your benefit, She