Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-12-02

about il that the stage sets the fashions. |
For the last few seasons we have AS regu- |
lRry looked for the coming of the English |
companies as a standard of beauty as we do |
TO the coming OF the seasons 20 decide what /
pball and what shall not he worn. All along /
the preference i'll tyne of women has been
given to the blonde but the last smart Eng
lish company that made speciality of eN- |
hibiting beautiful women had but one,
blonde in the Eroupe, and she was anything |
but pale blonde The day of the brunette |
has come. She of the dark hair III soft, full |
rippes, of great big dark eyes, of glowing |
cheeks and of intense expression is i'll favor. |
while the Intellectual blonde is given the so |
by. However, though fashion may decree |
one thing human nature will always have |
Its innings and there will be men who,
whether Dame Fashion approves or not
will lean toward blondes as naturally AS
they do to sunshine. These are the men
who approve of the natural blonde not of
the one whose hairi is the result of peroxide
of hydrogen, whose lashes and brows are
cultivated and whose skin is made the
pink shade that 1t is by the use of various
powders and liquids. A recent book on
beauty tells that with civilization came
blondes; that as the brain of woman grew
stronger the hair grew paler, and that she is
in her savage state when she is a brunette.
This is O direct contradiction to the old idea
that heaven provided food, and the devil
furnished cooks, and, consequently, when
woman began to eat cooked food she grew
about blondes and bruhettes is that of in
tensity OF feeling. Every woman wants TO
know which can hold the affections of the
man the longer, the blonde or the brunette.
The vote is undoubtedly in favor of the
blonde, as far as holding the man goes, but
In favor of the brunette as far as the
affections are concerned.
Two positive types, the blondest of the
blondes and the darkest of the brunettes
were talking of it. Said the blonde: You
hrunetlpS ALWAYS make the mistake of
being too affectionate and allowing your
affection to express itself in words us well as
in actions. You convince man that he is
the one object i'll your life and all that you
live for. He is SO certain that he grows in
different. He wearies of your caresses He
tires of your sweet words. You see, You
give him too much plum pudding, and he
does not appreciate it. Now. the way to
keep man is to make him love you, but
you must not love him too much. Let him
realize that he is secondary to your dogs,
your frocks and your books. When he is
with you, be at your best ana your brightest,
but when you show him favor make him
feel it keenly. Write bright charming
notes to him, but never put 1 love you OH
paper"
But" answered the brunette. al am so
perfectly devoted to the man | love that |
would trust him with anything. | would
write anything | felt. and / am sure nobody
would see the letters but his own dear self
and that he would understand thom.n
How about his valet ~ asked the blonde.
And suppose he should change his mind
or you should change yours; each would
marry somebody else, and some other
woman would have the pleasure of reading
those letters and crticising them? For my
part, ! always follow the advice of the
French diplomat. who snid, Never write a
letter, and never destroy letter."
The brunette looked crestfallen. The
blonde looked sweetly judicial. And a little
while after the believing brunette heard that
the one man to whom she gave her adora-
ton had not been to mems supper the
night before. Instead he had been one
among a party of admirers who had given
theatre and supper party to the far sighted
blonde. So they go on talking about blondes
and brunettes and the man who is not in
love asks. what is lover" Here is an
answer: Love is a selfish desire on the part
of one person to Inonopolize all the time
attention and charms of another. 1t is
spoken OF as being everlasting, and yet mer
Jest about their summer loves and theiI
winter loves and think Presidential cleo
ton or a rise or fall in stocks more interest
ing than any love that was ever INDUCED
in. Some fool of a man commits suicide
says he does it for love- when it is really fol
lack of brain. Some fool of q woman rum
in debt buying new frocks, spends her TIM
before looking-glass, and all because sh,
wishes to make a man love her.
Bother Lowell says man; Give mi
comradeship. | want to feel that can b.
pleasant with a woman; that we can tro
around together that we can enjoy tn
same things, discuss the same questions
without all the folderol nonsense Gale,
love-"
MY master" say |. lyon think you wan
companionship. and you count love of littl
worth. Oh, what fools these men bees
pecially these intellectual nineteenth cen
tury mena My dear sir, there never lived
man in this world who did not long for
woman to love him. lie likes to talk abou
comradeship and affecton-Yhat he want
is love and devotion. He thinks that every
thing else in life--protoplasms and meteor
and politics and all the rest of the nUnsens
should come before love. Where in til
world have his eyes been 1t is true tha
crimes have been committed for love. bu
oh so many good things have been don
for its sake! There have been selt-denii
and unselhshnGss. There has been the civ
ing up of great hopes, and sometimes III
absolute killing of ones hearts desire, fl
the sake of dear love. The world could II
longer exist without love thanit could witt
out sunshine You can talk about patrio
ism. You can rest on your mentality III
you will never find that either Of these wi
give you the same pleasure. nor anywhe
near II. that comes when you have your ar
around the special small woman and loo
down into eyes that turn TO you with dew
ton. As for the love written about by IL
sladies who are very intense, ] have nothir
TO say. It's much more written about tha
lived. Although many sins have been cor
IUlIleQ III LnG fldiilt VI love, LuHTS HaNt Dpt
lot more of good deeds done, and on Il
great record book the good will blot out Il
bad. A woman AS naturally needs love
she does bread and butter. and when q
doesn't get it her life is barren one, wit
out any of the sweet flowers or rich fri
with which it should be garnished. Sen
mental? Perhaps so; but ! have a gre
number Of noble predecessors and | a
willing TO put myself down as believing
love first. formeost and always
L don't like a garnet, because | am n
strong enough to climb many stairs; still
had rather be there and have the love TIN
reside in the finest second story front wi
real lace curtains and indifference. NJ
like to say that when poverty comes 10
disappears. Now, every man who max
that assertion knows that he is downrig
fbber, for women have stuck by m
through the direst sort of poverty, ha
tried to make things better, and have usual
succeeded. If you will remember, v
never heard of a man striving to ma
both ends meet. 1t is always a wona
My friend, if You can get the love of
good woman, you have got the best thing
life. and from the king on his throne to /
peasant working in the field. there
nothing that surpasses it, And the ben
tiful part of it all is that king and peasa
alike may have II and be happy, sin
love can neither be bought nor stolen.
By-the-by, lust now there is great ne
for female Anthony Comstock, who W
rise and protest against the use of paichol
and musk. Indeed, so long as it ends /
thing nobody cares whether the pers,
fighting against it is male. female or ev