Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-09-19

wife,"
We all said it over two or three times
to ourselves. till we had the verse.
And then the girl who was tatting an
nounced, II think it is much wiser to-
do az we do nowadays, and invite
people to stay a specified time Still,
il must be said that some old people
think 1t dreadful, their idea being that
whenone goes visiting, one ought to be
expected 10 stay as long as one enjoys
one's self. Who doesn't know of the
guest invited for a few days and who
remained month? Or she who came
for a month and remained year, or
that other dreadful one asked for three
months
AND WHO STAYED UNTIL SHE DIED?
"Oh, no, the new way is the best,
for it makes everybody more comforta-
BILE; and to make ones friends COM
Portable really il the duty of host
ess. Who hasn't visited where the So
called spare room was horror? 1t was
kept shut up until a visitor was ex-
pected, and the unfortunate guest had
to endure that mouldy air, without
losing her temper. Then, the hostess
utilized the chest of drawers for her
new napery, and there was no place to
put ones belongings, and the mantel
shelf and the top of the dressing case
were decorated with all the broken, or
mended bits of bric-a brac, impossible
in the parlor And nobody seemed
to think that any special arrangement
OF the room was required.
Now, when woman visits me, /
consider it my duty 10 arrange her
room as nearly like my own as posi-
BILE; that is to say, put some new books
on the table, arrange ink, paper, pens,
where they are most convenient; put
toilet articles, pins and pin cushion
on the bureau, empty all the drawers
and line them with white paper so that
the belongings can be taken out of
the trunk and enjoyed. expect my
friend to take a little time to herself
once in while and find a pleasant
retreat in her room. But how can any
one go to forlorn room that looks like
a tomb, and suggests that awful par
Tor furnished with slippery haircloth
and wax flowers more than anything
| else.
VULGAR FUNERAL DESIGNS.
| '"I wonder who invented those
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS flowers? Probably
the came villain who first manufac-
tured funeral pieces. When / am dead
| If anybody puts one Of those wired
denominations on me, I'll send my
| spook to chase him at nights. | think
they are dreadful, and / consider the
money spent for them as an awful
waste. II somebody II at you or loves
| dies, and we care to put few flowers
near them, we don't want to murder
the flowers with pieces of wire, we
don't want the tradesmen to decide
what these flowers shall be, nor do we
care to send them with our cards tied
on as representing a social duty
| Funeral floral pieces are as vulgar as
gents and pants and perfect ladies'. /
can imagine gent in plaid pants buy
| ing pillow of flowers with Rest in
Peace worked out in them to send to
perfect lady. How can anybody rest
in anything else but peace? We
couldn't rest in turmoil, or in a
Broadway car, though l have seen the
time when car was reposeful. Do
you offer your seat to anybody? Well,
| do to an old lady, or to a woman with
baby, or to decrepit gentleman I;
but | tell you one has to be very care
full about offering one's seat to
woman. The other day an old, old
woman got into the car, representa-
tive mutton dressed in lamb fashion.
/ got up and offered her my seat. She
looked me straightEin the face and said,
you needn't think l am bit older
than you are, and | am quite able to
stand. Since then l have not been 80
polite"
TYPES OF DREssMAKERs.
The Knitter was evidently thinking
of something else. She said: lone
thinks one knows how to be economi-
cal, and yet one is always making mis-
takes. This spring had first-class
| dressmaker do my incest dresses, and |
concluded to have a woman by the day
work on the cotton frocks. She was
very cheap, and was tempted and fell.
Her work was just as cheap as her
| price. Not one of my cotton gowns is
Fit to look at, and / shall either have
to have them made over or give them
to somebody who is smaller than am
and who can have them altered. Men
never make such mistakes as we do.
They go to the same tailor year in and
year out, after they have discovered one
who suits them, and their flannel suits
are made as well as their evening
clothes, and they don't go through the
pangs of disappointment that we do.
| Dy-lne-Dy,
WILL ONE OF YOU GOOD HousEKEEPERs
tell me what bouchee ISL"
"Oh," said the girl who tats, "It is
a small patty"
But want to know what en- bro
Ghetto is?"
why" said the sewer "that is
when something like livers, or mush-
rooms, or anything of that sort is put
on skewer.
"But why is sauce called piquant?''
because, said the Knitter, "al-
though it is favored with several
things, the lemon predominates. ,"
but ] don't know exactly what a
ragout is.
THAT" said she of the shuttle,
"should be very rich stew, having a
brown gravy and plenty of mushrooms.
But what are dishes farcieY'
"That, answered somebody, sis
usually applied to a small article, a
date, for instance, when it is stuffed. -
"Well, said the Knitter, 1--WE have
gotten some information as to French
terms, but must confess to liking my
bill Of fare in English. y
Butt asked the other woman.
you don't like things cooked in
English fashion?''
fSome"' said the Knitter. "They
can do chops and roasts and potatoes tc
perfection, but, really,
THINK THE BEST DINNER
would be one bought in the American
markets, cooked by Frenchman ano
served by Englishmen. Then, if yor
wished it to be feast of reason al