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


Another pretty woman, after the
fashion Of the New Yorker-large, well.
shaped, carrying herself we'll and with
her beautiful brown hair braided and
pinned closely TO her head; her cloth
gown fits her perfectly; her large hat is
in harmony with 1t, and If you thought
about word for her general appearance
correct would seem the right one. Yet
more of her time is given to her pen
than to her dressmaker--she is Edith
Sessions Topper, the journalist. A
woman whose versatility is her charm.
To-day she writes a story that brings
the tears TO your eyes; tomorrow a
clever letter that interests you, and the
next day, well, the next day she does
something else quite different from the
two before, and yet she is the best of
housekeepers, the proof Of which is a
jar of preserved Strawberries on the
shelf of my pantry that came with her
compliments. Large, luscious and red
they look out through the glass as if to
tempt one to take them with an after
noon tea.
Make your best bow to Aunt Louisa.
Chirpy looking and well dressed, she
walks along as quickly as if she hadn't
a care in the world, aud yet it is part of
her duty in life to look after those who
are sick and in trouble, and TO give the
helping hand where it is most needed.
Say with me, "God bless Aunt Louisa;
may she live long aud prosper" A man
In long frock coat as full as woman's
petticoat; man with hard face and
flushed one. Three or four years ago
he led the army of dudes, but now they
have another ruler, and he is forgotten
FORGOTTEN WITHOUT BEING DEAD.
1t is miserable state of affairs, and he
is miserable man. A rather masculine
looking woman, and yet she is not
masculine woman except as far, as the
strength of her brain is concerned.
Gowned in the severest Of tailor get.ups,
swinging her arms as she walks, and
looking as if erthoughts were faraway
from the frivolous crowd, comes Jean.
nette Glider, editor Of paper, and 10
my way OF thinking, deal cleverer
than her brothers. To you she looks
like q severe woman; you should see
her with little child she had adopted,
the child of dead sister, When she
looks at that child, her face changes
and becomes the incarnation Of womauli.
ness, and you feel as if you must apollo.
gize even for counting her as being all
brain. Oh, no, my friend, the brain is
there, but so is the heart. A whole
crowd of school girls, gay, happy, out
under the care OF a teacher, and deter
mined TO have a lark. They have been
to the matinee, and now they are going
to get soda and to buy the half pound
OF sweets which is the amount per
mitted to each girl. Who wouldn't be
young? IL is lovely thing; only appre.
ciated when it is gone. That is French
hat, with its bell crown, and Its broad
brim, it couldn't have been made on
this side of the water, and il is worn by
one of the dapper army of little French.
men who spent last winter in New
York, dancing, and flirting, dining and
wlning, hoping to win the heart, or at
least, the bank book of an American
heiress.
MAIDENs, Dogs AND BABIES.
All American girls are not fools. And
they know that, generaliziug, most of
their fathers have been honest men, and
so, they can hope to have for husbands,
men born in their own country. Here
is the daughter of millionaire, quietly
dressed and not wearing jewel. She is
unattended, except by small fox ter
rler, who dances around her as if he
would like to tell her how good life is,
even dogs life. lie is fashionable
dog, is the fox terrier; he is such aknow.
ing little puppy, and he can outstare any
woman, even II her lorgnettes are gold
framed. lie can be very embarrassing
with his stare, that seems TO say, II
know an awful lot about you, and some
day may speak, In the passing show
there comes pretty girls and ugly girls;
| gay ones and quiet ones; well.dressed
| girls and girls who are dowdies; men of
good repute and men whom wise men
and women would rather not know.
| There are babies of all kinds, the mil
| lion dollar one, whose nurse is sub
| servient to that other nurse who guards
the seven million baby there are chill.
| dren in silk and children in cotton.
those in silk usually belong to people
who can't afford it, and those in cotton
are the children belonging to tile swell
| set who know that childhood does not
need fine feathers to add to its beauty.
| There are brunettes and blondes; truly.
all sorts and conditions, and they all 20
TO make up the procession that walks
from lWenty-third street up the Fifth
avenue.
Then we went home to tea. There |
found, waiting to see me and to partake
OF that cup that fetches one up even if
II doesn't intoXicate, a blonde and a
| brunette, and this was their chatter. Said
the hrunette "Of course. You Know |
am engaged to Algy. do love him and
always shall, consequently | write
anything to him that want and | have
implicit confidence in him"
| WALLETS, EXECUTORS AND LOVE.
"Ah, said the blonde, with the
blonde GOODNESS Of thought, "Put not
your confidence, especially where letters
arc concerned, in any man. For, even
he IS honorable about them himself, his
valet viii have the felicity Of knowing
how you fell and how you express youl
feelings A good valet considers thai
his first duty TO his master IL to read his
letters and 30 BE- able to understand his
varying moods. If Algy should die, hi:
executors would have feast Of reason
or s. lack oil il, as they read Your CORE.
spnniencc, and there is ALWAYS d llknll.
hood OF your having row, OF hi;
marrying somebody else, and OF her dis
covering how awtullv gone on him YOU
were by reading your letters"
But lam sure, s4ii the atfectinnat,
brunette, that lie loves me the best IN
all the world"
"My dear dear child" c,r,a ,,,,i,.