Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-06-18

The type that is Interesting nova
days has undoubtedly resulted from the
flower trimmed hats. She IL the inno-
cent girl. Sho talks about the little
cotton frocks she wears ii the morning,
and in the evening she is fair IN white
muslin, not the duwdy white muslin
OF the English girl, but the white
muslin "a il is made beautiful by a
French drossmaker 1t has wide
skirt, draped bodice, Il lace trimmed
tichu, while about the small waist ia a
narrow girdle of white ribbon. The
sleeves arc full and big, and on the
dainty little head is straw hat heavy
with the flowers of the field and the
hothouse, The innocent girl looks
from under tho brim and wonders how
the gentlemen know SD much. = and
sis it really true that some of them
drink whisky aud can anybody have
the heart to say that the pretty girls
in the ballet are even "a little tiny bit
st"-and she shutters so when she
says fast almost as il she were saving
something with a great big ID; then
she wonders where mamma is. - and
is afraid that she has done something
wrong, hopes that you will not mis-.
understand her, but, oh, dear she is
so frightened. The chances are ten
to one that you have misunderstood
her. The innocent get.up is snare
and a delusion
Tho tiny feet in their high heeled
slippers can dance vigorously until
O'Clock in the morning: the 1.-the
figure that is half revealed and half con
cealed IN the white skirt can assume d
bathing dress that is, to put it mildly,
rather scant, while tho small hands
that seem almost afraid to peep out
from under the long sleeves can hold
with certainty the winning hand at
poker, or deity pile chips at roulette
table. The eyes that look SO frightened
from under the broad brimmed hat
easily pick out winning horse, and
the sweet rcd lips that tremble so with
the fear of saying something that will
be misunderstood can give very bust
ness like order to a district messenger
boy as to the placing Of money on the
favorite. If very much danger lies in
woman's eyes, it is most dangerous in
these innocent ones. The innocent girl
would do well on Wall street, and she
can change her pose with the season
or the fashion.
All womankind is troubled nowadays
because the SO called semi-precious
gems have gone up IN price, and the
emerald, the gem that brings good health
and which makes a white hand look
whittier, costs double what it did last
year. Advice from smart girl is
Look up all the old brooches and
bracelets that were set with gar
nets, amethysts, emeralds, topazes,
and have them yankod out and
reset, reset in buckles, in brooches, but
choose the very best, of course, for a
ring. With the coming of the semi.
precious gems into fashion has also
come an effort on the part of the jeweer
to mako the opal fashionable. That an
opal is a beautiful gem, nobody will
deny; that it is unlueky, everybody
will affirm who has ever had one. /
can swear to year of trouble resulting
from wearing an opal pin. A girl |
know, who shifted at the idea Of ILL.,
luck, and the opal confesses NOWADAYS
that she was fool. Her betrothed
gave her magnificent opal framed in
diamonds. 1t was put upon her finger
with a loving wish, and this girl who
was not superstitious, afterwards con.
fessed that within an hour after she
assumed ii she became conscious Of
somebody near her, somebody who
was bad. She said it seemed 10 her
as II bat were near her, and as il that
bat were demon at heart. In reality,
she had constant feeling of dopres
sion. She tried to get rid Of it by say
ing she wasn't very we'll and was ner.
vous, but she confessed that whenever
she took the ring Off, it seemed as if
the supernatural demon that lowered
about her disappeared. and sho felt
better, One month after he gave her
the ring her sweetheart was drowned !:
within two months after the arrival Of
tho opal, misfortune came to her in the
shape OF frightful scandal about her
sister; she lost innumerable things
that she priced, her fox terrier died,
and an old aunt who had always
promised to leave hcr money to her,
changed her mind and also her will,
and announced in il that as her niece
did not seem to be cheerful she
wouldn't urden her by adding to her
income, and instead she willed it to
her tavprite preacher. This was the
last stroke. That girl took her ring
anu took to the woods and buried il,
aud buried it whore neither man nor
woman can ever find it, and so nobody
will got her bad luck.
~ the by, il is Just as well to re
member that if you sing before YOU
put on pearls you will weep before vou
take them olf There is wisdom in
saying, Abracadabra' before vou
assume a toHaz, ami then u good fairy
Will be near you rather than bad one
II is all Very wel to laugh at things
that you don understand. and anybow
TINS question Of luck il u funny ono.
have always maintained that tho
lucky man was the one who knew how
to smile at the right time, and who
knew how to hit at the right time, and
when he smiled, he made eyerybody
glad, and when he hit lie hit straight
| our from the shoulder, and made d
number OF people sorry. What shall
| you hltf All the mean people, all the
towards, all tho liars, all the sneaks,
al the gossips, and all the scandal,
| mnngeTs, and moan creatures who say
Things about women, really all those
VINO, u they belonged To the anima
world, would be treated as poisonous
sernenfa. and who are in truth aocia
vampires.
What should you smile atY AT al
the babies at all tho pretty and
| pleasant women, at thnir flower trimmed
hats, theif gay gowns at every gou[
| story, ut every interesting book, ana a
th9 man who gets IN the White House
Who viii II boz Ask Mckinley, asl
Hanna, ask Grover, but don't ask
Bab.
I'rize for an Essay.
For her essay on "The Three Great
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