Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-08-13

7.--As our party consists of mere
women, except from Saturday to Mon
day, we have an opportunity to do, not
only considerable talking, but consider
able thinking. Even the most talka-
tive woman uses up her chattering time.
Ard then she rests and waits for fresh
ammunition. The thinking is done
during the resting period. On Satur.
day we suddenly become conscious OF
the importance of mankind, for we are
informed that the gentlemen will arrive
on the 6 O'Clock train. The two gentle
men consist Of Uncle Timothy's
brother, who is over 10, and Aunt
Maria's Willie, who Us 10, and CLERK
ing in the city. The entire household
gets on its best clothes and goes down
TO meet them. Willie is an ambitious
youth, given to fancy scarfs and With
a desire TO make money enough 10 60
to college next year. l respect his
ambition, but do wish that be would
not stutter and blush so every time
you spoke to him, and thar he would
not fill his pockets with sll sorts Of
things. When he walks around he has
lumpy appearance, and unless Aunt
Maria gets hold of him and manages
to make him unload, his coat never
sets sinootnly on MIN.
1t is a queer thing that the average
oressmaker nowadays has absolutely
DO consideration Of the comfort Of
womankind.
WOMEN AND THEIR POCKETS.
She declines to put a pocket in a
skirt. She expects you TO tuck your
handkerchief up your sleeve, or TO
keep it In your pocsetbook. and she
counts on your being willing to carry
your purse in your hand and chance
losing il. With the average dressmaker
have standing quarrel on the sub
ject Of pockets. A pocket | will have,
insist upon having, and do get. OF
course, | don't want to put in my
pocket oil the things that man car
ries in bis five or seven or nine, or
whatever number belongs to him, but
still like to know that there is a
place In which / can slip love letter
or bill, or keep the always necessary
hairpin. A purse, knife, hand
kerchief, watch, pencil, a memo
randum book and snuff box are only
a few of the things that men carry in
their pockets. Some men have loose
bits OF candy, and when this candy
gets covered with snuff or tobacco, ii
ldChr llb hCl1IaNl "a tublO ~ nhu "hCu
il started. Some other men carry a
whole writing gst-up; that is, a small
PAD OF paper, one of those pens that
holds INK, and ia stopped up when you
wish 10 use il, and a collection Of
postage stamps. Other men indulge
in cigarettes and cards, while still
other men wear on those double chaint
and conceal in their pockets not only
great punches of keys, but often two
and sometimes three watches. Thu
three watches are worn to see wha
time 1t is in America, England anc
Russia.
Speaking of snuff, which the ex
tremely smart middle aged man is jus
now taking up again, it is the mos
difficult thing to find good snuff box
just try il you want TO give one t,
somebody. You can get bonbon boxes
you can get stamp boxes, but snui
box ought not to have hinge, for tn
snuff collects in it and makes tb
shutting somewhat difficult. Then
too. a snuff box must be fiat, so tina
it will not make the wsistcoat bulge
apd set it must hold sufficient smut
for at least half a day To be YER
swell, you must make an effort to ge
the Pope's snuff. | have smelt it, an
it's odor is decidedly good. am toll
that the Pope has great liking 70
perfumes, consequently the snuff use
by him is not only made of the yer
finest tobacco but it is perfumea wit
altar of roses. Baltimore is proud c
the fact that it is made there an
under the direction of SO good iudg
of snuff as Cardinal Gibbons.
1t is interesting to.know, speakin
of pockets and the things that ar
nsedful, that tho abominabe bag mad
of netting, which is seen in most E
the cities nowadays, and carried b
matrons who 60 out TO buy g lot {
little things, had It's birth not j
Philadelphia, not in Boston, not i
New York City, but in Rome, and We
fancied by tho stern Roman matroni
The ancient Hebrew matrons carried
pouch, but in addition to the nette
bag carried by the Roman matrOn
they had some way of arranging whi
they called the strophium, which WI
really their stays, so that pocket vi
permitted near the heart, and in
they carried their most Drecio,
Jewels. French ladies Of the old da,
carried a sort Of oval bag made
leather, aud set with uncut gem
The Saxon danes had velvet purse
and the Normans when they went
England, wore bags hanging at the
sides, in which there was supposed
be money to give away. just now
good many OF us would like to meet
good Norman dame who has son
money to burn or offer without il
terest TO her friends. | often wond
what Eve did without bairpin. {
was she the original inventor Of th
useful article? Did she really first CT
it the multum in paryor. | hate Lati
but that Just expresses the pUssibil
ties of this part of woman's cOstum
j have been trying, with the help of
girl i know, to think Of al the thin
q hairpin can do. In the first plac
it buttons gloves, shoea and collars;
takes the place of a paper cutter, al
il opens letter neatly. ! have Sc,
ii used when lock was obstrsperou
1t is valuable when Corkscrew is n
around. 1T will smooth and make ciet
the wick of a lamp when it refuses
burn properly, and held in the gas al
allowed to darken, il may take Il
place of an eye brow pencil. Again,
wonder what did Eve do without
hairpin?
Miss Betty was asking me the 9th
day who my favOrite hero was. No
Miss Betty is nothing il not prope
and yet she confessed, with a fai
blush, that of all the men in histu
she liked Charles the Second the hes
She said she thought he would ha