Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-12
FROM sHApow-suS.

M, iroyes that our @, is kind;
THAT many a flower | longed for
Had hidden thorn Of pain;
And many rugged by-path
Led to fields of ripened gram
The clouds but cover the sunshine
They cannot Danish the sun;
And the earth shines out the orish'ei
When the weary rain IL done.
we must stand In the deepest shado"
To gee In the clearest Light -.
And often from wrongs own DARK
Comes se the very strength of right.
The sweetest rest is at even,
After a wearlsome day.
when the heavy burden OF labor
Hns been borne from cur hearts
And those who have never known sor-
canrs. know the INFINITE peace
That fails on the troubled spirit,
When It sees, at last release
we must live through the dreary win
II we would value the spring:
And the woods must be cold and silent
Before the robins sing ,.
The flowers must lie buried In dark
Before they can bud and bloom;
And tho sweetest and warmest sun
shlnc
So the heart from the hardest trial
Gains the purest joy of all,
And from lips that have tasted sad
ness
For as neace comes after suffering,
And love is reward for PAIN
So, after earth Is heaven
And out OF our loss tho gain.
friend or this department and OF
ours the other day said, while DISCUSS
ing Society and the swell set thht
they "sometlmes looked ON so-ealled
society as an organization or a medly
of comicsl absurdities. Where 1t plays
its highest and best comedy, however
with an the "four hundred" In the
East. the cultured audience OF the Jay
Is confronted with "a background OF
pathUs--s kind Of thoughtful shadow
that mars the symmetry ana dulls the
glitter Of n picturesque scene.
Society, so-called. Ia by no means al
together bad, nor altogether foolish. 1t
has It's lucid Intervals and its episodes,
OF spell OF exceptional virtue that
breaks like the golden arrows of Il
star through the dense canopy or Its
nonentities There are evidences
which you must have observed OF II
health Improvement In at least some Of
Its peculiar methods. Our social sea
BON thus far gives promise of at least
Nm effort to abolish many silly Gus
toms and Ca establish or lnaugurate
home higher standards than have here
tofore obtained. We are having fewer
s'card parties" than usual! 1 have
pfteu wished that you would take
your pen In hand ana give your read
irs a sketch OF what you have wit
nessed at come Of these ripping
raging. roaring entertainments, thi
typical Kilkenny battles you mus
have seon In the sacred precincts ~
so-ealled high life, when the prize
gave birth to the mad gambling In
sunct; lwhen hlgh-bred courtesy wal
cast to the wind and courtly dame
and reigninE bellies alike lost thu
beauty and sweetness OF wamanhoo'
In a silly warefare over 81 vase.
think 1 know something OF this so
ciety business, and | am sure YOU dc
we know thnt Il hnlds In Its charme
circle many a fine chnracter-many
pure and noble woman; many BRAY
and manly man--muCh OF Henuin
charity, with now and then a trac
of undeiiled religion, But its hereto
fore accepted methods Of social Inter
course have wrecked many a nobl
character or at least distorted an
lowered the better standard OF mar
hood aud womanhOod, MANY llnes
It's Influence have had more or le
tendency 10 engender jeRlouses, dece
and lying until these latter ena a
paraded az amusing peecadilloes. II n
real cUminendable Offensive and d
fensivc weapons of social rivalry.'
Our friends was an optimistic vie
of society We are glad. with IN
friend to see vast Improvement th
season over preceding seasons. o.
Improvement that delighted us was Il
banlehing OF all spiiituous refres
ments from the table on New Yeai
days. The custom became almost o
solete owing 10 the overluiulgence
cailers-botli men and women--in u
respect, pnd now that II has been ant
factorlly demonstrated that this d
lightful old custom may be as plea
antly Observed without wine glass
and punch bowls, we expect to E
many open house and a general
vivRl of this delightful and time-hc
ored function. As to the suggestion
US that we take "our pen IN hhnd" n
tell all we can about ladies card pi
IN ties--welI--, we are mn,h obliged, /
we think we'd rather not, As mi
ter OF fact. we are too loyal t. won
to be willing to sketch for n public
100 eager TO condemn many scenes
which we have bern nm eye-witne
When We see woman cast hlghbl
courtesy to the wind and lose
beauty and the Sweetness of wont
kind" we fell nothing but sorrrw
regret and desire 10 conceal rat
than reveal such unseemly spe stac
Mrs. Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald
bought Mrs Kate Terrell's int
est in Beau Monde the bril-
society paper recently started
Dallas. Beau Monde Is the m
clever sodiety sheet that cor
to our table. and we wish for
and its charming owner. all posi-
siiecess.
Mr.. Otis Skinner, who played
successful engagement here last we
has been toasted and feted by soci
people ali over the state during
tour this seustn- While III San +.
tonic several swell dinner parties
otner charming compliments were
dered him. In Paris WI
was HE frat engagement al
leaving Fort Worth. q very la
ittafer rarty was arranged for
first performances with dinner pa
following, with Mr. skinner az
guest Of tunir.
II the ladies' IN Fort Worth cd
'1N have heard SOME OF tife charming q
plimentH Mr.. Skinner paid them. 0
tfeit pretty faces, and swell gov
nrors functions would have been