Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-06-04

lamented lady VINO, on ner uealnDeu,
confded 10 her doctor the secret OF
nor popularity. She said, as she looked
up at him with eyes overlooking with
kindness and love, always had
patience with FOOLS. " | wonder how
many kinds of fools she had metz They
are all over the face of the earth, but
they differ Did you ever look at
bunch of asparagus? One stalk is
thick, one is thin, one is crinkled up
one is stubby, but they all have the
same green ends That is the way with
the fools. Although, between you and
me, | don't think there is the same
delight in bunch of fools that there
is in bunch of asparagus And yet,
il you look at fool from the stand
point Of folly alone, there is certain
amount of pleasure in him. But II he
happens to be mixed up in business
transaction, in family affair, or in
something that is going to hurt some
body's heart, then beware of the fool
A fool that too often appears in
society is the jocular fool. He tells
stories over which the grass grew hun
dreds of years ago. He tells stories of
which he forgets the point. And,
most devilish of all, there are times
when even fool seems to have an
ability peculiar to the devil, he asks
couundrums. With a giggle, he OK
poets you to trouble yourself about
them. For the jocular fool, the best
hereafter would seem to be continual
reading of the Jokes of Joe Miller and
the works of Mark Twain. Can there
be anything more dreadfulY To have
to read Mark Twain at all is diabolical,
but to read him forever and forever
would be worse than any hell that
Dante ever pictured. Next to the iok
ing fool, comes the gushing fool
This type may be either masculine
or feminine. II it is feminine, and
you are woman, it kisses you, all
dresses you as Darling or Sweetheart,
and calls on whoever may be about to
admire your virtues. If you happen
to be masculine, this fool says, Isn't
he great manY Did you ever hear
anything so clever in all you life, and
isn't he the handsomest man you ever
saw" An eternal kick awaits this
fool.
Next in order comes the athletic fool.
He or she spends the greater part Of the
money possessed in getting golf suits,
tennis suits, or bicycle suits. That you
shouldn't play golf or tennis or ride
the bike is a surprise to the athletic
fool. That you should care, on sun.
shiny day, for pleasant corner of the
piazza and an interesting book, il
something not understood by the ath.
letic fool, who expects you to come out
in the sun and work at the chosen on
joyment n until your hair is out OF
crimp until the perspiration is stream
ing down your face and until you arc
bluw2y and looklike anything but a
GGntlewoman. DON'T misunderstood ne
approve of outdoor sports, but Just az
approve indoor ones, in moderation.
] am temperate woman, not pro
hihitionist, but when hear the ath-
let fool talk of his golf stick, his
tennis racquet or his bike all day long,
] am sure that his hereafter will he
ono of quiet meditation. lie or if his
sex is she, will have to learn the do
light Of sitting still. Blythe by, this
is essentially becoming to women, and
| wonder that mora of them haven't
found out how attractive a perfect
stiffness il.
The fool on a bike is a fool much
more difficult to bear than any other
kind. He gets a wild look in his face,
and he gets to think that no people
except those on bicycles are worth con
sidcration. If he happens to be "a she,
and some other she says to her, "Oh,
| saw such Il pretty gown" tho
bicycle fool says, Do you wear
boomers or knickels under it:' She
has forgotten MI gowns gXcept those
that are 10 he worn astriia tho wheel,
and, too often, shc forects all virtues