Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-07-30
BAB'S LOVE FOR THE RUSTICS
What She Writes Concerning
Their AmiabiIity.
TO LAUGH ALL ONES LIFETIME
Woman's Criticism of What
Man Wears.
Patriotism and MISUNDERSTANDING the
Fourth In "Taown"-The Power of a
Tear-What the Advanced Woman Cam
not be--was Cleopatra y Peroxidee

New York. July "a. We have con-
Cluded to stay here until We get tired.
The average watering place is the
same year in and year out, and village
life certainly has much more in
teresting side than any other that
presents itself just now. Our circle,
however, has been added to by the
arrival Of the Fauquier girls. These
two sisters are always spoken of as
girls. " though each of them is we'll
over 90. Thoy always refer to them
selves as I'VE ladies'" and would be
highly indignant IL anybody called
them women; for my own part, as
everything feminine seems to think it
beginning to be disgusted with the
name. OF the two, M ss Betty is the
elder. Miss Anne, the younger, is
naturally ruled by her sister, and be-
haves as il she were still II and lack.
Ing in all knowledge of] the world.
They are, however, fascinating, and it
pleases me to see that life to them ia
Do full of JOY. They are interested in
everything, and that keeps them
young. They laugh as merrily when
= witty story is tolG, or something
funny happens, as do girls OF 10, and
to be able to laugh all onos life means
that one is youthful all ones life.
Miss Betty talks and Miss Anne
questions her. 1t may be said, If Miss
Anne were not SO gen tie and sweet that
she is the hot water and Miss Betty is
the tea leaves. and the combination
brings forth something that is next
door to nectar. We choose shady
corner, and all sit there working az
busily as we know how, or loafing as
lazily AZ we possibly can. And the
sun shines and the heat heateth, and
1t comes on the rich and the poor
alike, as far as the whiting OF collars
goes, but il anything, the poor have
the advantage over the rich, inasmuch,
especially in the country, as the poor
man lays aside his collar entirely and
joys in bare, if sweaty neck. /
have the utmost contempt for a man
who tucks handkerchief in his collar,
in bib fashion. He has the air of an
overgrown boy, and gains no comfort
whatever. Well, when we are civilized
we will try and suit our clothes to our
climate, and men will wear, during
the daytime. the softest of shirts, with
rather low necks and turned down
collars.
Miss Anne, finding that her sister is
acbP ~ iiot buohs ha' pcOu LOlIluR ub
about her flower garden. She ia
greatly interested in it and rather ex-
cited over it. For years she has had
what she calls Shakespeare border. -
That is to say, she has gathered in it
all the shrubs, flowers and trees that
are mentioned in the works Of Shake
speare. Then she has another flower
bed which she calls'' the sentimental
bed. " In this every flower has been
planted by some one of whom she is
fond. Her Indignation about her flower
NEarden is due to the fact that some
body who wrote for one of the papers Wis
|& ted her pretty home, heard her wonder
Jul flower beds described, and had the
fluctuations belonging to the Shake
zFpeare bed read to him, and then went
AWAY and gave the credit of this won
derful flower garden to some titled
<woman in England! Miss Anne is
4orthodoy. She doesn't wish her name
I TO appear in the newspapers. She
thinks that woman's name should
only appear when she is born, when
she marries and when she dies, and
that this is three times too often; but,
still, if any part of the history of her
life must come out she thinks credit
should be given where credit is due.
Dear. Miss Anne is perfectly right, but
she doesn't know the ways of the
average reporter
Miss Betty listens to her sister, and
then tells me confidently that she has
never seen her so angry since she was
addressed by young minister as
iss Anna The idea of taking her
beautiful name and calling ii Anna ~
However, Miss Betty forgot this and
ubnt,t bar u;a;f 80 +l,a Id,
For some unknown reason she elected
to go on the Sd Of July. She thought
that, in the large town, she would soc
the proper respect shown to the day
that celebrates the bringing of in
dependence into America. Instead,
she simply heard lot of noise and was
frightfully warm. her petticoats caught
fire. and the Fourth of July is now
horrible memory TO her. For my own
part, / thought with her that the an
nual outburst of patriotism which dis
plays itself in those abominable
Chinese offerings known as fire.
crackers was fraud.
Agreeing with me, Miss Betty eaid:
why, the very word Independence is
nonsense. Who is independent? Every
blessed mothers son or daughter of us
is dependent on somebody for love,
consideration or ducats-very fire.
quently ducats. Personally, ! regard
patriotism as the cheapest of all yir-
tues, and the one that is of the least
use. IL seems to spend itself largely
in talking and firecrackers, and tho so
called patriot is usually the man who
ia at the head of some money making
scheme or is filling his pockets by
being a politician; he is, consequently,
patriotic and much approved of by all
the other fools who do his work, and
all the other knaves who, like him,
are making living out of the country.
l do believe in loyalty. or course,
there have been loyal men in America
Con. Washington was one, Gen. Leo
was another, Gen. Mcclellan was
another, and Gen. Stonewall jackson
was another. These are the few ex-
ceptions that 20 to prove the rule,
that, aa nation. while we are rich in
politicians we are very poor in pa
triots."
just then Miss Betty was interrupted
by a peculiar sound, which was traced
to Miss Anne, and it was discovered
that sho was crying hor heart out over
tho woes of her favorite heroine
Amelia, in "Vanity Fair" Is it not
beautiful to think that that book was
written? Unlike Miss Anne, Amelia
is not my favorite, but still! | am
proud that some one who spoke the
same language that / do wrote book
uf IL