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

quite so l1TONlllC1il us new lOThs by sulHc |
curious counting, 1t is said to he the big
gest town in America, while in reality it is
siuall to a degree, All You need do is to
pick up the morning papers and read the
nonsense written about the Gould we'd
ding. New Workers think it is very funny
to see III an out.of-town paper the an
nouncement miss Birdie Morse of ka!a-
maGoo is visiting her cousin, Rose smith.
Miss Birdie, we hope you will have good
time But this is refined and desirable
beside the descriptions lavished upon the
family of dead and gone money-maker,
whose methods were held in scorn by all
honest men. We are carefully told about
the rooms which these French visitors will
occupy; big newspaper describes the pa
tegnal and iiliai feeling existing among
them ALL while five different papers have
u picture OF the wedding dress, and each
differs.
Why can't we be big enough to
LET PERSONALITIES ALONE?
Of course we are a youngcOuntry, young |
country eaten up by the vice OF curiosity,
aud a country that until il RECEIVERS from
this disease, will be laughed mt by the |
whole world. We are carefully told how
the lover of proud degree and correspond |
ing blue blood expresses his love to the So
called fair one, who, by-the.by, is very |
ordinary looking girl with the peculiar
Gould look which they all have, and
which suggests their fathers ''cuteuesS' IN
selling the rat trap. Now, they can laugh
Their fathers invention was Only cacu-
lated to catch the household horror but
his sons and daughters bave baited another
kind of trap, baited it with gold dol liars
and caught New York society, New York
newspapers ind they can afford to laugh.
j remember before jay Gould brought sad
ness and poverty to his friend cyrus FIELD
hearing i woman who had been on his
yacht speak OF him as Little Mr. Gould
who, after all, really meant to be kind 10
everybody and was quite u reader"
Little Mr., Gould" alas tupPled over the
giants of the Field family, but who can
ever think OF those gold dollars, which aFen
i'll reality Could dollars, rs dcsraoleE
lnasnuch as they represent cutene3s
rather than shrewdness; dishonesty, not
homer, and false friendship rather than
truth. If we. as a nation had the English
and German respect for honesty the
Gould trap to catch society would have to
be baited with something better than
dollars and indeed could not have been
utilized until the years had brought Tor
getfulnesS of how the money was earned.
The newspaper accounts Of the wedding,
of the troSseau, OF the flowers and the
Jewels, the frills and the frvyles stand in
black and white TO accuse us OF another
yulEarity-the vulgarity OF waste 1t is
another evidence of our youth. but it rises
M and conlronts us, and we care not deny
its existence.
THE DUKE OF wEsTMlNsTER's DAUGHTER.
The other day the daughter of one of
the richest men in the world a man who
could buy out the Nanderbilts and the
Goulds and the Standard OIL maEnates,
and still be wealthy man--tle Duke oil
Westminster-was married to 4 young
prince whose fortune WAS largely in his
kind heart and his blue blood, aud Inc
gave her Il beautiful little brooch set with
diamonds and rubies for her wedding
trl Pntintnd
her belongings gems inherited from hel
mother and given to her ON her wedding
day by her father, wore, one the evcntiu
dny, the brooch that came to her from hcl
bridegroom and simple string OF pearl
given her when she was a girl, Her peoplt
had sense enough to know that she hat
the beauty of youth, which needs NJ
Jewels to emphasize it; and tina. there wa
such thing as sentiment, ana that II
when u girls heart was right, appealed tt
rich and poor alike. .,--..,.
We have undoubtedly the most beautl
ful girls in the world in this country
beautiful with the dcicacy of Dresden
statuette, or a fine orchid, and instead o
gowning them simply and saving, bro
cades and elaborate pieces of Jewels 10
their matronhood, we. give them cart
blanche to wear what they please, and TIL
consequence is that, with the first wrinkle
they can assume nothing new to dra'
attentio from il. What the rich gil
does the girl in the middle class does. III
rich American girl throws aside the gov
of which she is weared ana uoesn cal
what becomes of it. ne English, Germa
or French girl, in the same position
would have her maid take it apart an
put away for future use those decoration
which were in order, and decide The
whether the material should be used Il
pillows, coseys, gowns for smaller gil
or whatever the fabric was best fitted 70
Wrongly enough we call that stinSines
whereas ii is simply proper care. AmGl
eau women handle more money, spend
more lavishly, and account for less OF
than other women.
AN ENGLISH MAIDEN's COMMON SENSE
A New York girl has had an Engli
friend staying with her this winter, al
this girl has made her open her eyes We
wide. In the morning, while the Anne
can girl is luunging and yawninG, h
English friend is, MS she says, 'toltlng
NV accounts and writing in my diary
The New Yorker said to her, why
YOU bother with Il diary2 And I
English girl answered. because, whcr
20 home, | want to be able to tell abs
all have seen and enjoyed to my motl
and sisters and it will be help to me
recalling things; and then, too, think wi
pleasure it will be to me III the tutuE
The American girl can't understand tn
while she has d Smatterlng Of everythi
that what the English girl knows !
knows we'll She is slow, but lack
versatility, she has concentration; hay
studied botany, she is interested in all
~ strange blossoms and is making
N herbarium. If she has u fancy for geolt
she is collecting pebbles, but it is alw
certain and sure that she has some spe'
object, and that this is going to be
interest to her all her lifetime and N
her, when she is an elderly woman, OF
N terest TO other people,
now SIZE BOUGHT COMPETITIONS.
a. She started out for II walk the other
and the New Yorker took her into fl
ionable candy shop Each bought in
s own way The American girl FAM
M butteroups, and took pound of til
She wanted chocolates and had poun
them. and then pound OF marshnlailt
f The English girl looked carefully, ant
le ouested an ounce OF this variety half
ounce of another, until she had ha
pound. and the shop;girl opened her
VIA very widely and credited her with sti
M ness This was not true; but she k
she couldn't possibly eat three pounG
candy, she thought it wrong to spend
8 money so fooishiy, and She knew /
getting a great quantity of sweets,
would grow stale. When they got h
the English girl rang and asked 1
fancy plate; then from her package
brought the delicate lace paper mat
had bought, arranged her sweets pre-
on that us only q girl can 90 To "
~. comes the duty of overseeing the &c
home The platter WAS, piib on th'
VI arrangement. and each tea drinkcr
one or Two OF the sweets. Now, "
was the wiser woman?
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