Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-10-01

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but not extrayaganty, hesitates over
ladies' luncheon, She who hesitates lie
LOST. Ladies at luncheon are very
much like small children at party.
They are not satisfied with eating all
they want at the party, they expect
to take homo souvenir. All the
in sthe world can say that
souvenirs are out OF fashion, and 1t
may be the truth, but you give a
luncheon to ladies' and enjoy, II you
can, the look OF disappointment on
each sweet face when she finds that
even the flowers in tho cantre OF the
table are not to be dragged apart and
distributed among tho guests, This
desire to carry something away exists
in all women, ii is vulgar streak. i
but il is Just as strong in Mrs. Blup'1
blood and Mrs. millionaire ns it ism |
Mrs. Shoddy and Mrs. Poverty. There
have been times when some brave |
woman has limited her souvenir to a
fower-a great rose or stately lily
but she has always regretted it,
Women long for some ruhbishy piece Of
china, tied up with ribbon, and filled
with miserable, little sweets, hard as
bullets, and calculated to break the
teeth OF whoever tries to eat them.
But woman will lunch of Of soppy
croquettes. half cooked bird, badly.
dressed salad, ices that are melting
only too quickly, coffee lacking in
strength, and sweets limited as to
sugar, and announce that she has been
to the must perfect luncheon OF the
season IL she can carry home small
| toy which rings as you turn it round,
a four by five china box, filled with
hard, round, little candies, and a PAPER
lamp shade. There seems to be more
satisfaction 10 the accumulation of rub
bish than in the absorption of good
food.
The average man doesn't know what
to do with souvenir; he rather likes
flower to stick in his buttonhole.
but, when it comes to carrying home
anything in the shape of china or
glass or silver. he feels, properly
enough, like thief. Bye the Bye, it's
pleasant to hear that sunshine is
coming in fashion. BY this, | mean
that by having drawing-ruum as
black as Hades Is going out, and
streams Of sunshine are coming in.
This news will be greeted hy the
average man with pleasure. There are
great many men who really only know
some women by the sounds of their
voices. They call on her In the after
noon when the drawing room is in the
! proper dim, religious light, see her OIL
the street when her face Is swathed in
heavy yelling, and really would be un-
} able to recognize her face. think
} this change of affairs results from thu
, fact that many women are tired o
! being told that they keep their draw
2 ing rooms dark because OF the ole
riddle: "Where are all women like al
Q cats, beautiful?" In the dark :"
: But what are you going to do about
r as pleasant way to entertain you
: ifriends--those friends whom you wan
s to meet, with whom you like TO chat, ant
who seem to make life better becaus
d they live. One agreeable way is to hav
Q them to breakfast; make out your lists
s and then in regular rotation give you
u little entertainments. The proper hou
s for breakfast is half-past u, and nc
It o'clock. You want your table to haV
u the Iightness and the brightness {
r the early sunshine; it must not pal
'e take Of the grandeur and dignity of tt
id dinner table. Your fruit must be fires
y we'll, as fresh as IL il had really con
i, from the Southern land whore it
to born. Then, your oysters must /
E. plump, but never limiting in size thi
~ they belong to the tribe which Thacl
a cray compared to young babies, an
as which, when he ate them, made hi
Id realize what it was to be Gambia
1g After this, have "a outlet or a bi
lu with some green salad, and then
hs fancy omelet. The coffee must
d. like amber, the rolls as white as II
r. gown worn by debutante, and as Zig
as her heart, while the butter must
at the color OF the sunshine, aud taste
an the cream used for making it, You C
I'D make your breakfast moro elaborate
ne you like
ng The most perfect breakfas. ever 8
ur consisted of Grst, Strawberries, tn
l!y oatmeal with cream and brown hrea
by then bird with grape fruit sals
I'D and then, a sweet, which / have II
ers gotten as didn't eat any. But eyel
thing was perfectly cooked, daint
Ip- served, and the breakfast itself v
for given in honor of man who .
lad nuunced that he would only cat bro'
8 bread and oatmeal, So each ono OF thu
ny dishes was the piece de resistant
nix You SEQ, breakfast may consist
es. little or much, but the dishes sery
nat must be perfect. You may offer no
zen ing more than grapes, rolls and cuifl
er- but the purple and white of "
the grapes must contrast artisticaiy
they lay on tine dish best suited
our them, with their own leaves aror
or them, while the rolls and coffee IN
ga, be white and dark, light ami stro
ped as each demands; and yet We have
no made up our minis how we "
1os- entertain this winter. My advice il
ven wait and see what the season calls
IDLY To wait and sec to whom you wish
{ to offer an entertainment. Then, too,
mot must give "a little thought, quite
hen often to the depth and weight Of OF
ung purse; ard some purses will be ligt
| by and some will be heavier after
aus, election.
arts There is slang phrase that alw
Tor. makes me laugh in it there's dea
II of good sense and a deal of generosity
tea, is this "lf you know a good IL
she shove it along. know of 9
. to thing---a good story, and shove al
This the news to whoever wants to reao
'fect 1t is called "A Vagabond Gentlema
and it is written by Col. Garter of Cart
abIe Vile. No. | don't mean that, | II
by Hopkinson Smith, who W
rvos Colonel Carter When you rea
you and laugh over it and Joy over il
! if what | have do1e---shove it all
from Slang? OF course, it's slang, but s
iuid expresses so much. and one VI
will be an awful prig, if occasionally
axes didn't drop into slang. | may
in a Weaknesses, l don't deny them; |