The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-08-29

In the Country, Aug. 1S.-The arrlva
of the mail is an event III the houSe' ~
mail carrier-for although we are 'ii''
a connie of miles from lemon we az
a longer distance from the postoih-Ce =
a stoIid youth who cannot uiiuG s s.'l-,
whv people bother so much aooo' ie'' 80
II is his proud boast that he never u ,tan
,,o+b;n, so foolish as to write " y. !,
,Causa why? Cause | wasn't looilSi
o,ongb in the beginnin' to waste 'iihI
o,1oarnip, how to make pothooks "nu
,,onaors Rut with these here city " .,a
Tts "Jimmie. have you got 9ne nj" ~.
.I..,,r,;o, won't YOU go for the man. u
.I;,an;e did YOU post my letter las, e,
,,;,,,w until you'd think they hveu u, III
$50 ,stead of bread and meat. We "ii
80, that Jimmie scorns us we az.
i,'o,,,,odca his superiority, but we aon
ILL., him TO carry letters i'll his pocket ioi
oroI DAYS while we are troubled as "
u, letting of the answers thereon. lhere
- ne uso in irving to bully Jimmie. L mere
- no usa in irving to bride Jimmie. LOU ~,
aon only trust and hope that jimmie VIII
80 fancy to you. for then he VIII posi-
ronr letters at the proper time ana ue-
-. +bom when first received, -ndeeu pe-
knows how. sorad o.
oon,s . week if my letters were carried
,r There came time when for
hoo DAYS I received no letters. A VISIT
a. postmaster convinced me that
our carrier had possessed hiihseii W ~.
letters and was keeping them. hen
accused of this wicked behavior ne 'un
fessed at once, but SAID tnat 1t was
cause l made him feel IKE saiai 'e
menial.' Since that time the duca.s 'na'
I presented to James are gwen at Iissu
lar intervals in a humble manner W..
permits their acceptance 10 DE ., d To-.
character. This morning man arii'ea
about II o'clock. We were an si','ns o
the porch. and then came that pleasai.'
time when women who get asree1oie
ters give scraps of them TO eacli o.ne
THE girl who always wears her ha4i -
tho latest fashion read from her lettef
this bit of news.
The wreaths of our grandmothers are
coming in fashion. The smartest pfuh.'.e
when dressed for the evening wears NJ
ho;r rather low and sticks a great Wni.e
,oSe ar a huge camelia at one slde "nlle
tho nrettiest blond girl is decorated Win
;ust such wreath of roses as the poeis
&c tho time of our grandmothers useu "
,;,,o ahout. BY the bye. wreath Is d
5asaorous thing to wear. If it gets a NIUE
~ ono SIDE. you've the most depraved ar
: a. Nothing at the Bradley Mar
lin hall was quite as funny as the very
s,re,l woman whose wreath had got NJ
+la Of one side. She looked FOR an tie
world as if she wanted to paint the To-"
rod and had begun by rather que. jag
which had affected her head hrst. IL YOU
toto TO wearing a wreath, be sure 10 pu,
i ON firmly and in what might pe caiieu
..the We're de We're fashion,.
..As To the latest toilet table, 1t IS, my
a.or simply lovely. 1t is heart snapeo'
hut it's point must go toward the VIII
dow before which it stands. None OF
yo,,r nresent belongings will SUIT IL. ~
must he draped either in yellow or pare
bel;otr,ne. preferably heliotrope. Mine
hos ON it a large mirror, heart-shaped
in it's outline and framed in silk. linen
all the boxes, brushes, trays, mana
glasses-in fact, all the silver trappihss-
are spread out on helotrope VeiVet GOV
ar Relow this. over heliotrope velvet.
;s a deep frill of lace, and if l were not
afraid tndI you Wouiu 'h-il - =,
ous I should say that the effect was lha'
of a priests vestments. On my mahos-
any writing table / have sticks of memo
trope sealing wax, while the Telegraph
blanks are in heliotrope velyet case
that has a fower-de-luce worked upon
it in gold thread. My new note paper
is a pale heliotrope, with my cipher
monograms are entirely out of fashion
in gold upon it. The very minutest de-
tail of my furniture is in the proper
shade. and it would be absolutely impos-
sible for a girl to have the blues in that
room. Think this over and before you
come back conclude whether your room
will be in yellow or heliotrope."
We all approved of this description,
and then I'VE looked with wonder at the
happy mother of the two good children
who was laughing over her letter. She
knew what was expected, and he said
''My letter is from the other side of the
water, but it has in it a couple Of stories
that have made me laugh. One is about
a little girl whose greatest admiration
is very properly given to her mother. She
has heard Of Mr.. Mckinley, Of Mr.. Glad
stone. OF Queen Victoria, of Bismarck,
til to-day somebody spoke of his satanic
majesty before her. She was very Curl
Gus to know about him, so she went at
once to the mother, the fountain head of
all knowledge to her, and from her she
heard what wicked parsonage he is,
how badly he has behaved-indeed he
was painted in the very blacklist of col
ors. However, the little woman did not
seem as much impressed with his black
ness as she should have been. and so
her loving mother continued telling Jf
his meanness and his criminality until he
was as black as the proverbial coal. Then
the little tender heart warmed up to-
ward the offender, and, looking up at
her mother, she voiced her feelings:
Don't you thing you are too hard on the
poor devil, mamma? He may not be so
much to blame. Perhaps his mamma
did not bring him up welln
'"The other story is about a son of
Matthew Arnold. When he was very