Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-23
WHAT'LL MRS. GRUMPY SAYY
is What Most People are in Fear Of
a Greater Part Of the Time.
THE OLD LADY's FAMILY HISTORY
Many neiieve. she stiu Exists and.
Live tn Mortal Fear OF Of
fendinR Her.

Tending Her.
We ask the question boldly. and are
prepared to take the consequences. We
are not like the little boy who chalI>od
the words. NO Popery" ON the car
dinal's door and then ran away with
fear and trembling II Mrs. Grundy
tbinl,. ~. .,..., 49,, a.. ,,ata ~
"s '"v Plesph' WIi'vr Is "i,""
hei' anu If TAKING sholtet uhuer wv
cover OF anonymity, she can obtain his
name and address from the editor, and
\ do har ,,e,.,, ,,o,.t ~ ,na hos any OK.
tatano, - ,,,,,'.,.. ~, 49,, ,,,,,,c,aes
,''e'ee, u"u ii'os'nes tuat CIV VNu,ei'
any influence over enlightened inaiViu-
uals now Is her chance to assert her
self.
Rut ,vo No.. ,.. .A,t.,,,. 4, foct
90, ~, -. 'V,s ts. 49,, ~,
~ wv su"ueu 'n"t .iiViN -"
s'eh person and that, like the eele-
hratcd Mrs. Harris, she Is simply a
! creation of an n,,thor's Imagination.
| Certainly sbo do,s 49, seo,, 10 have
! o,,, -
WV p"eh mentioned netore 'ne up
pearance OF Tom Morton's play
speed the Plough" In the FIRST scene
Farmer Asbneld dlsuiavs some nnnoy-
nnce NJ his ,,,er's taain,,s ,.,,.,,,,.i, f,r no
,,,,,t,,.. Us " w 'VS,Vus ~ o." w.
opinion OF her ncighbor Mrs Grumpy
he quiet. wool yep he eSclalms.
"Aleways ding. dlnping Dame Gruudy
into my cars What viii Mira grundy
200, ,,yt,,, I'm ~, c,ru,d,,
Mag what VIII MIS- Htuhu|
thlnh
Whether Mrs. Crundy really exists or
not, Il IL seriously believed that there
are persons sim living In these en-
lightcncd DAYS who confess that they
not only bolievr In her but that thew
live In perpetual fenr of earning her
displenAurr' This is not surprising
when we remember Tint presumably
intelligent mon nnd vo,nen are 10 be
found who bnid that roiriss rnomos
spooks. mprn,nids krnirna unbllnR
and othcr ,,rntnso,,c crentures atln
dwell Ga o,r n,ibst
II is true tbnt tpn,v of those super-
stitious neonie r0nGcss mat Ms
C;riinJ,. a. nnt g., iii ,,,t,,ds az, IL.
diyIduai but o,iy ,..,,,t, io,,, ,,,,r,-
prchrnIlnr a nv, nrd Niinritu,,o
sncriss iincse,i,,. ti,t, 49,, w.. ~ f,,,
/ ra,,oi,,s no. a.. h,,- -, 'ss5t.1
dread Of lie n,,i,tm,,s ,,I ,liticisn,s
Of sar,n ,"rs,,, ,.,, ", a., 1,"i,.
ncictil,,,i',5 u, ~ =" , 1911
nntbt,,. ', o,g vi wnu", WY N"n ,,,
a., sit,.i,, ~ "a Mt'H"i ~ ,,., ~ ,i,
s,,c,p ~ ~. W.,
nr a., ,sit,,,t, ,,,i "1nS 90 .'in,. XXI;
a,,,i ''1 'nus, an n"u W.
| i,,, tIt,,l. pu IL IN t....tl.., ~ 80 -.
no,a t"illS ~ ~ Hnp1ys llo h""le
"V wv allu uueulnioi lnult lyhr
w nav h'1iu %, q wealthy petson
sas lnb' ~, vouluh ne soon tluihk
on aR oinulpusl uhu OF ihuy IN re-
uueeu yTvuihsl"ncph f'nlnih KING on
l, would never 10 Tor mo 10 be seen
carrying nome CABBAGE from the
grocer ANA why notY Ia there
anything absolutely wrong In commit.
ting either ncti Certainly not, but
there " the danger Of being suen-hor-
rlble thuught'-by Mrs, Grundy
Mr. Ncwhusband has u vito who is
afflicted with an unconquornblc dread
Of the old lady In question. lie has
considerable taste In art. and. one day
brought home some crotouno Of very
beautiful design for summon curtains.
1T will never do" said hiR wife. 1T
IL certainly very pretty, but from the
road II would look like that ch0np art
muslin" The sumo lady thought she
ought 10 have "a new bunnoi. but her
husband pointed out Tint ths one sho
was wearing was nv fresh ana pretty
as whom new. 81 know il H." she no
piled, and 1 like il very much. I'M |
have worn II 40 mnny ,vcpks Tint 1
really cupot 20 down mo rtrret In n
again"
Nh Air,rnnn NtrN so,,s. ,,t oi,,.,,,s
smoke clff,rs ar rl,ynt.stfs, an ~ d1iTs
no ghn,,id rnt ~, ~, i,., "'., a., ~,
streets win a ,t,,,. a., ,,,. ,,,,i, - ~
W,rfiint, tsiia us ,h.t'uli,,, ,,l,t,i,s.t,,
b,tng s,',,a ~ a.. s,,,ii'i Isn't.,',,,,S
I'M a yn,,id 49,, A. ro Ia, ~, ~, "a,
- ~ NE"i' ii'N'l W. A'l N'l 10 VAIN