Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-07

'aANF - Ath Ways dAlCl LiliSs IlttllIH, Int
American woman dropped in al the
English womaus house and lunched with
her. She displayed remarkable curiosity,
wanted 10 be told much about the house
its furnishings and the methods of life
followed BY the entire family. She never
even limited that she was newspaper
writer. Fancy the horror of the English
woman, who had meant to be kind and
polite, on receiving clipping, descriptive
o. her house and her home life with this
dirty-oue can cali it nothing else-ex.
preston in it: Mrs. Y. Y. X. was ex.
tensively entertained when she visited
America. In return for this she gives an
ordinary home luncheon. | went, expect
ing to meet some celebrities, aud / only
saw her pug-nosed daughters" What 10
YOU think of that as return for Il polite.
ness? | do not know the woman who
wrote this, but am exceedingly sorry for
her. Sorry that she outrages hospitality,
and more sorry that she is an American
woman. who will be accepted as type of
all the other women who write.
MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
Whenyou come to Delmonico's with me
You can criticise the cooking the service,
and whatever the hypercritical spirit NAV
induce you to discuss though, as pay for
1t, that Is not quite kind; but when you
come into my house and give you share
IN my home life, you have no right to
crlticise anything. and you have less right
to be overwhelmed by curiosity and desire
20 know that which does not concern Won.
When will we overcome this vice? When
VIII we learn how vulgar it is to question
people about their affairs When will we
learn that Americans are laughed at as
walking question marks, and that the
world at large-the educated world-scorns
the questions and laughs al the questioner.
Our country is so big and fine, and pro-
duces SO much that is beautiful, that il is
a great shame its people do not represent
u as well as its fruits and its flowers. Ones
home is certainly ones castle. and into il
the demon of curiosity should not be
allowed to enter.
now KINDNESS WAS REWARDED.
There are people who believe that every
thing that is printed is true. That is not
always so. And to prove this | will tell
you another story. By-the.bv, what |
say is true, because ! know the people. A
young woman was sent by a daily paper
TO interview ell'known actress. She
sent UP her card at o'clock in the morn
ing The actress was awakened to receive
1t. She hesitatcd for awhile as to what
answer She would send, and at last con
cluded, as she was IL kind. hearted woman.
that she would see the young lady and
give her the information she desired. But
she had to ask her to wait for a little
while. She took her bath, and of course
her hair was wetted, and needed to be
combed out and dried. She threw OH a
dressing gown, as she did not wish to keep
her visitor waiting any longer than pos.
slnie. and went III to see the caller who
had come.
AT SUCH An uNcIvGLrzED HOUR,
in clean, but plain, flannel gown, and
with her long and beautiful hair spread
out over her shoulders. Her maid brought
IN, IN few minutes. the breakfast tray
anu tile visitor was asked, as she would
have been in an English house, TO have a
cup oil tea. think 1t was declined How
ever, the next day, this woman's feelings
were hlirt by reading Mrs. y, Y. Y. has
always been thought to be at least a clean
woman. But it is fact that she break
lasts IN an untidy wrapper, with her hair
uhcombeu, lhls purely feminine stab
was the thanks for the courtesy shown A
woman who got up two hours before the
usual time, and gave to a stranger, simply
because she was woman, the informa.
ton she asked for. When 1t was suggested
that the woman in question should deny
inns, the answer came from her manager
that 1t was not in the least likely her de-
NAL would be published. This is how
mountains are made ont of mole hills.
inns IS the result of the neyer.ceasinp
greed for news, news being represented
TOO often, by petty gossip and small mean
nesses.
An American actress told me that one
OF the best-knuwn critics in this country
would never say one good word about her
work; ana when he was asked by friend
why was this 50, lie said II dislike her
pom pom as woman and as an actress
When ne was ASKED to give the reason, he
salu ne nau no reason; he simply did not
ike her; and no matter how good her
work was, he would not say a good word
ABOUT IT. And vet this man s writings are
widely read, and called criticisms.
WE WANT 70 KNOW TOO MUCH.
Are we going to be brave enough to grow
Digger, TO lit ourselves to the country We
1--WE in 10 grow bigger in mind bigger
III ideas, bigger in heart, bigger in ability
and smaller in the vices 81 bragring nnd
curiosity? 1t is amean thing TO want To
Know, to want 10 know what does not
concern vs.. 10 want to know peoples
private affairs. To want to know about
thelr money affairs. 10 want to know
about their heart affairs. 10 want to know
about their little things that "a 10 mails
up life, rs lived by the man or woman in
their homes and hearts. the life that
doeSn belong to the world ut large. Ii
nelongs to the people who live il. ana tie
Tod who Judges ii, and be lerv sire that
ne VIII judge II, and that lie will look
without mercy, on the base, mean LITTLE
SINS that make the sons and daughters of
This great republic the laughing stock 0f
the whole world. 1t is true, every word
that have written. You KNOW iii Won
VINO are reading II, rs we'll Us who am
WEitlhB ~ aha' to which, in token of good
laith, put my seal and my signature.