Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-12-10

a
oil lace and ribbon that elderly Ameri-
can women have long ago given up, but
Whion sun bold their own In England
anu rrhoce! The tiny bit OF luce,
Win its decorative bows Of ribbon, hid
many semi-bald place. and then they
gave 70 the wearers very dainty and
feminine air that was deoidedly attrac-
i've Anu that is, after all, the duty
OF woman in life-to be attractive.
there are good many other things
tnat come in. but tho baing pleasant
and the being found agreeable is really
part OF her duty to her neighbor.
limits whore you find the difference
between lady and she who 10 merely a
woman. The first finds herself being
pleasant, and that 10 the beginning uf
attractiveneHs, to everybody; tho last
ls only pleasant where she thinks it
worth while. She puts away her good
manners ns,she doea her fine frocl,s and
only assumes them for company.
rave always maintained that the
woHiUh OF tho South were less apt to
be affected by tho power Of the dollar
than any other women; but l want to
apologies to the women OF the rest Of
the country. The Southern woman
when she 10 a cad is the most offensive
possible. Probably it is because when
she reaches this srate of affairs she 10
q rara avis. AT least, like to think
that is the reason. This is what has
made mo alter my opinion. A woman
l know dropped in for cup of tea the
ether day and SAID to mo-
If you want TO have your eyes
opened very wide visit the home of
your childhood Hfter an absence OF
about ten years. Your eyes will fill
with tears when you discover that
MANY friends have gone never to re-
turn. There will be lump in your
throat when you see the changes that
time has made here, there and every
where. People who were rich are
poor. Those who were young are old
Somebody will be glad to greet you,
but You may be pretty sure that you
VIII have your angry passions in a
turmoil before your visit is finished.
When l reached the home of my apces.
tors-most OF my ancestors are dead,
and the house they used to live in be-
longs to somebody else--but still !
speak OF 1t as the home OF my ances-
tors, because | own three lots In the
cemetery there--I naturally sent out
cards to the friends of my girlhood
whose names were cited as being still
among tho living. One of them, u
girl who, as L remembered her, had
been an insipid, wax doll. only cared
for by the other girls beGaise she had
clever mother, who made US enjoy
ourselves, was on the list In the
decades that had passed she had
married man who had made fors
tune as baker-why is ii that bakers
in history from Pharaoh's down have
never been particularly nobla2
1.-THE baker the doll married. wac a
decent enough fellow, whose baking
had consisted not in making the world
better with home made bread and good
healthy rolls, but in selling to popu-
lace over willing to become dyspeptics,
those denominations known as ginger
snaps and salt crackers, with other
delicacies OF the same kind too
numerous to mention. When | first
heard of him the baker was known as
Mr. John b. Jelly, and he was com
monty spoken Of by bis intimates as
johnnie One day ! found. on my
return from q luncheon, that / had
missed visitor whose card read.
Mrs. j. Bread jelly / should never
have known who this represented, but
as another card was with it--her
mother explanation was given
l suppose really that's the reason sho
takes her mother out with her, 10 ex-
plain her existence. The day before |
left, much against my wish, for there
were SO many thoroughly nice people !
wanted to sec, l made call at the
palatial mansion of the Bread Jellys.
Then ! realized how, giving fool
few dollars. an undesirable result
may be achieved. The door of the
Castle Jelly was opened by man
servant who, like his mistress, kept
bis best clothes for times when COM
pany was expected. Then | was shown
into drawing room that, as far as
taste was concerned, might as well
have been furnished with gold dollars
and papered with certified checks.
Handsome furnitureP Yes, l suppose
it was, but the whole place | that
vulgar air Of being furnished Tor up.
pearRnce, and NOT for uso. In the
next room child was taking music
lesson. Mrs. Bread Jelly had not
learned that in houses where good
manners are understood, children are
not given lessons in the drawing room
during visiting hours. In few
minutes the bake lady herself an
peared. The face that had boon that
Of wax doll had, with tho
years, grown fat and fiabby. The
nose was hooked. and the manner and
voice were as entirely changed az If
the woman herself had not grown from
childhood to girlhood, and from girl
hood to womanhood. but as If she had
been remade even physically through
tho sudden accumulation of dollars.
"My call lasted exactly eight minutes.
During that time Mrs. Bread Jelly
dilated on tho number of her charities
and the great trouble forced upon her
by the popularity Of her daughter who,
during the eight minutes of my stay
was brought into the room and sug-
gested in her ultrastiif white frock
and her long hair nobody SO much as
Morleena Kenwigs. Now, remember,
my dear, this woman had been born of
good people, had the average education,
although sho was always fool. But
how can you explain. even on fool,
the mere possession of wealth, result
ing in an absolute change not only 10
her appearance but in her voice?
Some clever man said once. 'Heredity
may lie; but voices do not Low
people make money, drive in state,
throng to palaces. but their ante
cedents always croak out in their
voices. They other screech or purr;
they have no clear meditation. Was
there coarse streak somewhere in her
anpaatryY