Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-12-16

Special Correspondence of Gazette and journal
New York, Dec. l0.-There ia no
dount about II that We who are suner
sensitive are having an unhappy time
OF 1T. 1t is possible that when we enjoy
we ENJOY as no others do but when we
suffer, what it docs mean From a
toothache to the loss of one's hest
friend, from disappointment in
frock to coming down to hrean ana
butter without jam, there ia such in
tensu woe that all tho pleasure in the
world, or at least in this world OF
worry, cannot compensate fa' our sor
rows. We who have seen Nes York at
Its worst, with one site of thu street
dug up to let the gas pipes 60 IN, tine
other side dug up to let water pipes 10
In and tho middle dug up for the benefit
OF the car tracks, have endured smells
you cannot call them odors--that are
past dissertation and have come to the
conclusion that the American public is
the most long suffering and the most
absolutely idiotic Of any in the world
No other nation would endure what
We do.
A nation we may have rights; as
Individuals We are counted as nonenti-
tics Good. clean street cars are started
t'F tub llCuoul VI Iub lH6 lu-
dividual nays his nickel and has to
stand. III no were an Engliahman, he
would write letter to The Times all
other sufferers would Join in signing a
petition. and the car company wnuld he
forced after the seats wors all occupied
to put out sign announcing that il
WIS "conT lete - and il any ono entered
after that ii would be because he pre-.
ferred to stand and against the rules
and wishes of the corporation. indie
pendent! An individuals we are the
most servile in the world
We are ~ afraid of what somebody
will say, and we are so ready to start on
pilgrimage of Improvement and so
willing to stop midway. We have goud
intentions Of which We repent, and
naturally these 60 to make an uncom
Portable roadway for somebody here
affair." IL does not make the least diff
ference whether you wear a No. 10 or a
No. l shoe in these days of wretched
Htreets, because ones boots are go en-
tirely covered with mud that il looks
rs if country roads had been gone
through rather than what might he
called and should properly be the by
ways, Of civilization.
With the various effects in the way
IF chills, feyerH, nervous exhaustion
and the queer stomach troubles and
horrible colds that have come from
stagnant pools and ahuminable smells
at least one tyne Of woman is abroad.
She is not altogether pleasant. She
is crude. Crudeness n woman 10
offensive. She must be like the orchid,
the product Of civilization. But the
woman who IL to the front now and
who is doing much talking is the sani-
tnnt s,t,a... N.Nl hos
for she PUSHES in wherD even the most
daring angels would not venture, and
m human being is freq from her fads.
She tests the way We breathe, the
clothes we wear, tie friends We have
and seorns tradition as she docs dust.
hate the sanitary woman. ] am
perfectly willing to live on as did my
grandmothers. with no know ledge what
ever OF sanitary blessings In fact, j
sometimes wonder IL they are blessings.
Tho sanitary woman ia a most un.
pleasant person to visit YOU On her
arrival she carefully inspects the plumb
ing and has to have some special treat
ment of her own given to The bath
nearest her, SGe criticiHes the food and
counts it as worthless unless it hnlongH
to the special health variety which she
upholds. She tries to convince you
that you are not properly clothed and
that she it, while the fact that she
looks guy and you do not only adds to
her Indignation. Nine times nut of ten,
unless she ia very well bred and simply
slightly insane, she manages TO call
you frivolous female
OF course every woman is a female,
but no woman likes to he called that
1t is putting her GU par with the
animals in the menagerie. Still il ia a
curious thing that in this world men
-unlesH they arc cranks, and then they
are not men-like frivolous females. ]
have an idea that Eve frivoled. an
sure that Lillith did, and ! would be
willing 10 bet my last gold dollar (now
worth 81 Coz that all the women oil
ancient history who were in tho least
degrees charming wero frivolous. One
does not want the air dissected ana the
water analysed with ones dinuer. One
tpes not want tho charms of graham
bread and the deluacy of a bakUd apple
and The Intoxicating qualities of cat
meal ths theme at breakfast, nor does
one wish the value OF flannel worn next
TO the kin and no corset5 the subject
for lunch.
Imagine, il you can, the sanitary
woman in love. Imagine the discussion
of what one ate and drank and worn az
being part Ut q love aHalr. fnncy IHlh
ing abu. nav health food between q
kiss. Oh, ii is past belief Ii il aoso
lutely fair to conclude that the sanitary
woman has no reason for existence and
that 10 time she will drop into tina
tlusuetutle which is her proper place
Selah
The big hats, with their IL to q
feathers surmounting them. are shown
in the shop windows and are sold Il
those transporting who helisve VIVA
their milliners tell them. As the womat
who buys whatever she is advised to il
many in number, you see the big ha
here, there and everywhere. Tho tai
women look like orergrown mushrooms
and small women look like candles
wearing fire extinsuishers, and th'
wind plays havoc with the feathers
and the milliners smile ana thanl
heaven that there are great man.
fools still in existence.
However, there is an occasional mil
liner who tells the truth. She enid Il
mo the other morning: "Big hats wer
bought early in the season by the yer,
smart women, who wore them whei
they were driving aud while they wer
still in the country, hut nov they ar
the women who have the clUse fttinl
liitls toques oftonest made Of a piec
left from their gowns. Don't misunder
stand me. These toques are not cheap
The less they have on the more the.