Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-06-27

Special Correspondence Of Gazette and Journal
NEW YoRK, June 2l.-After the outlook
on bricks and mortar in the city, il was
delightful to sit on the veranda and rest
ones eyes by gazing at the long, sloping,
green lawn that seemed to bury itself IN
the blue waters of the ocean. 1t was AN
ideal country house. And we women were
harmonious, SO that the summer days
passed pleasantly and the nights, which
brought the men, were gay and joyous.
) Our hostess was never idle, and it was
most. interesting TO watch the Slender,
white fingers that controlled the ivory
needle as it flashed in and ont among the
Aked wool. She always worked in red wool
III gave a beautiful spot Of color, and
formed a fine background for her hands
of which she was very proud | don't
know what she made. Something either
to be worn by, or sold for, the poor, but
her industry was always picturesque. All
OF us were busy there Oh the veranda,
because nowadays it is vulgar not to know
how to sew. The more fashionable a
woman is the better needlewoman is she,
for at the very smart schools girls are
invariably made mistresses of the work.
basket, even If they are shy on dreGk and
Euclid. What lot of unhappiness has
been worked out at the point Of a needle,
How much nervousness has been quietrd
OF working, and how curiously feminine
needlework is
THE RIGHT BOOK.
Somebody said-I think it was the girl
from Boston-that she found it very diff
cult to get q good book nowadays. The
very busy woman nodded in sympathy,
and one woman dropped her work in her
lap and said: DO you know the reason
why? 1t is because few years ago Il
number Of good books were written, and
then their creators grew ambitious and
wrote beyond themselves. There is Gang
will-his sketches of Jewish life were las-
cinating, but did he stick to what he under
stood and could do we'll Oh dear. no.
Instead of those clever Jewish character
sketches he writes an OVERRIDING book about
art and the Acadians, with which every
body is bored. Look at Jerome X, jerome
we loved his Three Men, we udOred
Montmorency, we lived in that Boat, we
thought out his Idle Thoughts with that
dearest of Idle Fellows, but nowadays he
says he wants to do better work, which
means that he wants to go over the heads
of his readers and beyond himself. That
instead of sticking to his last he wants to
paint realistic pictures. You don't like
the comparison of writer with Il shoe,
maker2 Well, if you wore an unCom
Portable shoe you would never appreciate
an interesting book. Mr., Stanley Wey
mans first stories bore comparison with
Dumas. and lost nothing, but the greedy
publisher called for more, and he takes his
old characters and puts other clothes on
them and presents them to the public tt
make their bow, but alas they are toe
old to stand the weight of the new robe,
and they topple over. That is the trouble
As soon as a man makes success
with a book, he grows sCornful of til,
ladder which helped him over the chasn
that lay between obscurity and fame j
is the same way with magazines on
gets prospectus that says that the idea
journal is about to appear, The frs
number is all your fancy painted it, FIJI
of delightful short stories, rich with bic
lures and having one or two seriOu
articles to leaven the rest. And cagerl,
you subscribe, In the next number ther
is one short story and two serials started
only few pictures and five heavy articles
and you wish that magazine had neve
heen born. | like pictures in a magazine
By-the-oy there Is a. magazine that is dc
voted to pictures and in which ever
woman is hoping to get. ! ann savin
mine to have them bound, for as Iii
photographs of well-known people are ii
them, people well-known in every staLIo
IN life, they will be quite rs valuable I
our grandchildren as the books of bpaul
are to us. One of the later numbers huu
charming picture of Mrs Burke-Ruchc in
and another, beautiful one of McIbd
and my dear, they have some new pruces
by which they turn out photographs fu
this, not by the dozen pictures not BY I'll
yard, but by the mile As have to bu
mine, am perfectly honest in what sa
about it, and | assure YOU it is well wort
getting, and it is cheap--and aptlv euoug
1t is called Celebrities book like tina
you know, affords a lot OF small talk ufte
dinner when the men need 10 have SUI
jects suggested to them. "
vALuELEss COLLECTION.
Then she stopped for second IL breath,
and while she was doing this a girl VII
was working in Berlin wool ana wore
thimble with band Of turguoisus aDutIt
asked did you ever collect nGwspap,
clippings? Well, have been doing HI 4,
long while and man who is SUPPOSED
know everything said that the WISE
method was to put them in envelopes Al,
after the envelopes were all full, then
make lot OF books at time. fOlluwe
his advice, and the result is that I has
envelopes full Of scraps, and yesterday
thought ] would look up all that / cull
about precious stones The first ten scrtl
had nothing historical excepting in resai
TO the tomato where it iFst grew. Theme,
twenty were given over to the history ,
the tear bottle, and the next thirty on lu
to get good complexion ami how In kcc
it. / threw the whole lot iutotne fire. All
i made up my mind would ucyer cole
newspaper clippings again. Ey-thg-uv,
did come across one thing That was into
esting. Did You know that wears 40
whistlng was called the devil \ music M
is still strictly forbidden to the.Iesutt,D
is said the Emperor William object. yer
much to whistling on the street. ami SUI,
people say that is because an ga Eu .it.
servant told him Of an Irish legend y4lt
asserts that every time a woman yns-rI
no FnU f.f l, tt,. r+r-.s 4