Delaware gazette and state journal., 1896-05-14

wonderful things that happened a
month ago, and remember 30 perfectly
everything that happened % years ago?
Tho X-rays cannot expain that.
BAB's DIsBELIEF IN x-RAYs.
To be quite honest, have very little
belief in the X-rays. What good will
it do some girl who is horribly un-
happy, inaamuch as she feels she is to
be victim to consumption, to have
an X-ray thrown ON her and make the
doubt a certainty? Yes, my friend, L
am believer in hope. 1t is an old
fashioned belief, but then | am bit
old cushioned and have leaning even
toward Judas, fully believing that
While the lamp holds out to burn
The vilest sinner may return.
In tho days of old women who did
not believe were unknown. Nowadays
wo may have cleverer women-I doubt
it. But in those days little children
hung around their mothers knee and
learned to say their prayers, and, later
on, when they wore big children, and
the sorrows of life came to them, they
returned to that mother and wept out
on her heart the griefs that they could
not tell.
Nowadays we have women who know
all about the creation of the world; we
have women who scotf at the idea of
prayer and call it foolish; we have
women who believe there has never
been anything greater or wiser, or more
loving, or more forgiving than man.
And l am sorry to say We have too
many of these women. But, il you felt
your heart torn in two, If you left
that you wanted a woman'a hand
to rest on your head, and n woman's
voice to call you by loving names,
would it be one of these women to
whom you would go? | think not.
| You would either boar your trouble
alone, or hunt up one of those women
who in days of old was good wife and
loving mother.
You wouldn't like to stop lady who
was Just getting on her bicycle to come
back and hear your trouble. / wonder
what the ladies' of long ago would have
| thought Of the bicycleY Those ladies'
who we're so careful about sitting down
| in a feminine way and walking in a
feminine way what would they think
of steel horse that demanded the
throwing of their legs across the saddle
and wearing knickerbockers? | read
year or two ago about funeral in
Paris; the funeral of man who was
noted rider of the bicycle. He was fol-
lowed to the grave by 800 men and
women on their bicycles. Well, l
laughed. l laughed until remem-
bered how awful death always is and
how ridiculous, and how frivolous, and
how hideous the bicycle is. When a
soldier dies, there is something nag
nifcent in having his horse without
the rider to follow the casson, because
the horse knew and loved the dead
man; but what can this thing of steel
dor 1t would be Just as sensible to
have 500 sowing machines follow a
woman who had worked in shirt fac
tory, as to have bicycles follow man
who was a famous ridor.
For me, | like the Gays Of old, when
man rode horse and it was triumph
OF mind over matter-yes. but matter
that had some mind, not matter that
was controlled by u monkey wrench, or
an oiling can, or whatever may be re-
quired from the kit. But | had better
not say anything about bicycles. Ono
makes enemies by living. One need
not add to them by talking.
In those days of old, when Jeannot
and Jeannette loved each other, they
told much Of the story by looks. Then
they went off for little walk, and
Jeannot picked a nosegay of beautiful
flowers and Jeannetto stuck them in
her bolt, and Jeannot wished he were
that near her heart, and Jeannette
blushed until Jeannot begged her par
don.
NOWADAYS EVERYTHING is DIFFERENT
Jeannot goes to smart florist, hands
out $40 and his visiting card. and When
Joannette gets the result of this visit
she tips her nose in the air and won
derH why she did not send orchids in
stead OF roses. Years ago, Jeannettt
put on a white muslin gown and a pale
blue sash, and pokaed and shottischec
and danced Sir Roger de Coverly unit
broad daylight, and would have beer
shocked il any one had suggested thai
wicked dance peculiar to France-tht
waltz. And Jeannot held her very re
spectfully. Nowadays she SCOTS al
every dance but the waltz, and Jean
nette is whirled around by Jeannot il
manner lacking in respect, and only
noticeable because of it's quickness
1t is sadly true that Jeannot does no
long to linger in the ball room. HI
wants to get off with the other Johnniel
and have little absinthe. How he ii
changed Long ago he stood in tbt
, doorway and watched the girl he loved
! and envied every man who spoke t.
her, or who touched her hand. To
day he thinks he can get her any tint
he wants her, and he doesn't hurry
himself about telling the story Of hi
love.
Tho Jeannot of long ago had bright
,1 nh lrg ~ 10 In
, that, as he got to be an elderly man
, he took his brandy and water or hi
Scotch whisky, or whatever drink ht
fanced after dinner, and he smoked /
, pipo, the pipe OF comfort, every even
| ing. But the Jeannot of to-day, alas
! He commences with cocktail befor'
} he has had mouthful to eat, and b,
ends with pousse cafe, or an absinthe
, while in between there have been al
sorts of mixtures not to mention tn
deadly cigarette that makes Jeanne
, pale, nervous, and l am strongl,
tempted to believe, hairless. Look a
: him, He lacks the full board, or tn
) curly mustacho of his ancestors, Wha
) il the reason? III it his method O
, drinking, or is it the cigaretteY o
n ia il The general mixture of depravit
0 taken early and often that has mad
Q Jeannot the fifth such poor successo
[ to Jeannot the first? In those days G
$ old, we did not fly across the continen
t ON train that had a library, a dinin
n room and wonderful sleeping cars al
i. tauhed Oh, no. We went in carriages
L gtopping over at this comfortable inr
8 and the next night at friends house
o and as we said, ''good-by,' we wor
d furnished with basket of luncheo