Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-01
speaialcorrosponasn of eazet 70 aud Journa,

when so many disagree? Mrs. Lovely.
the mother of large family, with
the unselfish love peculiar to women
of her type. tries to slit the entire
brood There's Beatrice, hged IL who
wants to go where there sIa little gayety
and some bathing. There's Alice, aged 10.
who has great ideas about 'idng through
the country roads on her bi le and hates the
sea. There's Tommy, aged IL, who longs
for fishing, lake in which be can row and
place that will regard hb bull pup as
desirable boarder. Said bul pup is frissy
legs of small children, u fancy for chewing
any small articles that ma! be around and
an appetite unequalled by aly man. woman
or ghost. The twins, sgh IL, are very
vague in their desires, but lope to be able
to pick wild flowers. The Fst of the babies
God bless them !-are TOD young to have
special yearnings, but their Nurse announces,
II never staid, maam, in place where
there wasn't q special table for the nurses
and where we nurse ladits couldn't lind
agreeable gentlemen compaiy."
Then, papa--wel. the ideal place must
be within three hours of thdcitv, so that he
can come down every Wednesday and stay
all night. and every Saturday and stay until
Monday. How this question as to where
the Lovely family are going s to be decided
who can tell But they will get somewhere,
and if nobody else is suitedthe nurse lady
most important and the most disagreeable
| member of the tribe. "Sut," as Mrs
Lovely says, "the baby likesher," and as a
| natural consequence the rest OF the family
have TO be slaves to this lady of Irish ex-
| traction, OF little beauty, of bad manners,
whom for some unknown reason the baby
chooses to like. Certainly babies have queer
| tastes.
But before they go poor Mrs Lovely has
| to work as no colored LADY ever did
"befo' de wah." Not only does she look to
everybody clothes. but there must be books
| for the girl who reads, fishing tackle toys,
about half the bottles in an apothecary
| shop. all oil stove, several hot water bags,
box of mustard plasters, two hammocks,
some extra rugs, indeed everything that
| will be of use or which may be demanded
in case of an emergency. The consequence
| is that with every new arrival in the shape
of possession the number of trunks in
/ creases, and there comes night when Mrs.
Lovely weeps on the SHOULDER of her lord
and master and wonders how the packing
ever will be done. Her lord and master
with the broad ideas belonging TO man,
suggests that she Just fire everything in and
start, but she wouldn't bea woman il she
could do that, Now, if she lived in Paris
she would only have to send out an order
for a packer, let him take possession of the
establishment. and the result would be bliss.
have often wondered in view of the fact
that the American is an uneasy beast con-
tinually on the SO, why the professional
packer is not an institution here, as in
Paris There's money to be made in the
spring and fall at such work, good bit OF
money. while between times there would
be certainty OF some money, but not su
much. Personally ! have watched the pro-
fessional packer When expected, he arrived
and brought his tools with him. They con-
sisted of dozens of sheets of lavender tissue
paper, pieces Of white tape, several papers
of large white pins, bag OF small tacks
and hammer. He carefully laid out the
dress skirts showing due Difference to their
shape and decorations stuffed the bodies
and sleeves with paper, and, after carefully
folding each, placed lnnumerable sheets
of paper between it and the next dress. The
reason for using colored paper is that the
arsenic in the white will yellow any dainty
fabric. He cut strips of tape, pinned them
to the hats and hunnets underneath the
crowns and left flaring ends, which were
tackled to the sides of the tray in which They
reposed, SO that they never stirred. Every
flower was wrapped in tissue paper. anC
each feather or loop that stood up high wa
bent down and carefully pinned The para
soils were in the very bottom Of the trunk
each carefully covered and the paper abou
it tied securely with tape. The slippers anC
up in small pieces, to make them retain
their shape. They of course went il
another trunk with the heavier things
When my belongings were taken on
after weeks travel, nothing was crushed
nothing had moved, and everything was in
order-that is TO say, the gloves belonging
to Il certain frock were lying just under il
bodice. and i. there was a special necl
dressing. there 1t was, carefully pinned on
But, best of all, inside the lid of each trunl
was tackled list of the articles therein. S,
that one didn't hunt for the blue chiffol
sHar ne Yl.t far tf,E In ha .tt,t
garden hat where it had no reason 10
being Three francs was asked for eacl
, large trunk, and where one had over fou
/, big boxes the price was reduced. But win
wouldn't pay dollar apiece for n well
packed trunk +? And why don't some .
, the people eager to make money take VI
7 this work, for which there is feminn
, and long felt wantP
Ii has long been a we'll known fact tha
. no house should be without its dictionary
: its religious notices or the knowledge tina
for 81 5cents an hour you can get messenge
boy to swear for you, Granted that you ar
e supplied with these luxIries, there is sti
something lacking, and that is--the chain
dish. The chafing dish looked at merely a
a means to an end suggests good eating. bit
=, locked at as an incentive to matrimony il
3 just beginningto be appreciated. The averag
b bachelor likes to dine or sup OH Sunda
evening in "A house where there are prett
1 girls. Lately, as it has been too hot to ei
/, regular dinner. Miss Wisdom has col
q clueed that she will give the cook an ever
a ing out and let her own maid assist at th
3 supper table. So she invites the atOresai
y average bachelor to little suppC
v where she cooks ON the chaiing disl
h dresses the salad and makes the coif,
q I'm French drip potl her ow
o sweet self. This is very diplomatic
her. Miss Wisdom knows that she lool
charmingly feminine as she caters in h,
fHaFt to- ha
the-bye, she would not deserve her name
:, she had guests before she had thorough
y learned the art OF cooking on chatting disi
e OF dressing her salad as il should be and
II creating coffee after the fashion of IL
is French. She knows she must not regard h
IL bachelor friends as dogs on whom she is
!. try amateur cooking. But once she is mi
20 tress of two or three good dishes, behol
y her invitations go out and every bachelt
ID becomes convinced how perfectly delight
IL is to have SO womanly creature at u
head OF the table catering to his desires.
The height ot coquetry is achieved by h
or apron. Miss Wisdom knows better than
o. wear silk or . lace one, but she chooses
y big muslin one having a bib and pocket
n ruttles and strings. As deluded bachelt
d eats the lobster a la Newburg, as he not
how the oil and vinegar are blended on tl
green salad. as he realizes that the coffee
le as black as hades and as strong as love thu
his eyes stray to that apron, and lie wish
that he were the string about the waist
II absolutely eEvies the little gold pins tn
= hold up the bib, and he bslieves-infatuat
" creature that lie would like to be sm,
'g enough to he put in one pocket. And Nj
D. Wisdom cooks and laughs and makes hi
J. realize how charming he is, for nothii
r peases n man so much as that. while S
r"lS him how she finished up an Englis
man the other night
- lmpert.nencu,' drawls Miss Wisdom.
= something best met with impertiuence No