Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-26

Special Correspondence of Gazette and journal
10 the Country, Aug. 20. Tho ar
rival of the mail is an event in the
house. The mail carrier-for. although
We are only n couple of miles from
lemon, We are a longer distance from
the postolfice-is a stolid youth who
cannot understand why people bother
so much about letters. 1t is his proud
boast that he ''neyer done nothin' go
foolish as to write letter. Cause
why? Cause wasn't foolish enough
, IN the beginnin' to waste time a.
learnin how 10 make rothooks and
hangers. But with these here city
women it's Jimmie have you got the
mailY or Jimmie, won't you go for
the mail?' or Jimmie, did you post
my letter last uyenIn?' until you'd
think they lived on letters stead of
bread and meat. :" We all know that
Jimmie scorns us. We acknowledge his
ruperiority, but Wa don't like him to
carry letters in his pocket for several
nays while we are troubled as to the
getting of the answers thereof There
is no use in trying to bully Jimmie.
There is no use in trying to bride
Jimmie. You can only trust and hope
that Jimmie will take fancy to you,
proper time and deliver them when
first received, indeed behave as near
like boy angel and Jimmie knows
how.
began by bribing him. offered
% cents week il my letters were
carried properly. There came a time
when for three days l received no let
tiers. A visit TO the postmaster con-
WINGED me that our carrier had pos
sessed himself of my letters and was
keeping them. When accused of this
wicked behavior. he confessed at once.
hut said that 1t was because | made
him feel like "salaried menial.
Since that time the ducats that
present to james are given at irregular
intervals in humble manner, which
permits their acceptance to be of a
lofty character This mornings mail
arrived about IL o'clock. We were all
sitting on the porch. and then came
that pleasant time when women who
get agreeable letters give scraps of
them to each other. The girl who
always wears her hair in the latest
fashion read from her letter this bit Of
news:
The wreaths Of our grandmothers
are coming 10 fashion. The smartest
brunette when dressed for tho evening
NBdTb uBE MIR TdNubE INV anu htlChh d
great white rose or a huge camellia at
one side, while the prettiest blond girl
10 decorated with Just such wreath
Of roses al the poets of the time of our
grandmothers used to sing about. By
the by, wreath is dangerous thing
to wear. II it gets a little at ono side,
you've the most absolutely depraved
air imaginable. Nothing at the Brad
ley-Martin ball was quite as funny as
the very swell woman whose wreath
had got a little al one side. She looked
for all the world as ii she wanted to
paint the town red and had begun by
rather quiet jag, which had effected
her head first. IL you take to wearing
wreath, be sure to put it on firmly
and in what might be called the We're
de We're fashion,
'As to the latest toilet taole, it is.
my dear, simply lovely. 1t is heart
shaped, but it's point must go toward
the window before which 1t stands.
None of your present belongings viii
suit it, 1t must be draped either il
yellow or pale heliotrope, preferably
|sH beliotropa. Mine has ON it a large
|t mirror, heart shaped in its outline snr
framed in silk. Then all the boxes
brushes, trays, hand glasea-in fact
all the silver trappings-are spread ou
.t on ubllOlTODb NblNbb CUNbT. btlON
9 this. over heli0trUpe velvet, is a deeI
friIl Of lace, and il were not afrait
y that you would think me frivolous
should say that the effect was that Of
priests vestments On my mahugan!
writing table have sticks Of heiutrop
sealing wax, while the telegraph blank
ara in heliotrope velvet case that ha
u flower-de-luCe worked upon it in goll
thread. My new note paper is pal
heliotrope, with my cipher-mono
grams are entirely out of fashon--i
gold upon il. The very miDutest de
tail of my furniture is in the prope
shade. and it would be absolutely i'm
possible for girl to have the blues ii
that room. Think this over and befor
you come back conclude whether you
room will be IN yellow or heliotrope.
We all approved OF this description
and then we looked with wonder at tn
a happy motherof the two good children
a who were laughing over her latter
y She knew what was expected, and alb
said:
"My letter ia from the other side Q
the water, but it has 10 il a couple G
"a stories that have made me laugh. On
IA is about little girl whose creates
admiration is very properly given to be
IM mother. She had heard Of Mr.. Nc
"M hlulty, VI MR. eilduhtuuot VI Suec
Victoria, OF Bismarck, but she ba
Is never heard of the devil until toda
somebody spoke of his satanic maiest
before her. She was very curious
know about him so she vent at once
the mother. the fountain head of a
knowledge to her, anu from her sh
H. heard what wicked parsonage he il
how badly be has behaved-indeed b
was painted in the very blacklist {
colors. However. the little woma
did not seem as much impressed wit
his backness as she should have beer
and 60 her loving mother continue
E telling of his meanness and his Grim
nality until he was as black as tt
proverhial coal. Then the little tsndl
heart warmed up toward tine offende
and, looking up ut her mother. 81
3 voiced her feelings: Don't you thin
you are too hard ON the poor devi
mamma? He may not he SO much
blame. Perhaps his mamma didn
n bring him up we'll =
E 1.-The other story is about a son
It Matthew Arnold. When he was Il vel
M little chap. he had as decided opinion
as only children can have. One nigl
the boy heard some one say that Il
moon was made Of green cheese. Wit
M great quioSness hs announced, / don
believe tho moon'H made of gret
cheese. Don't you?' said his fathe