Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-28

ltis Curious How Women ConGreEate when 1
They sew--Thay Never Look Prettier Than
When They SIT Wl,h Flying Fingers Work
ing over y Bit OF Linen.
Special Correspondence Of Gazette and Journal |
New York, April 22, Bless US and
Have us. how tho deRr girls are learning |
tn sew True? or course tie true. |
They aewea hard all during Lent, ami |
now when you make call the tiny |
little workbasket, with it's expensive |
fixings-and they cost pot of money, |
do gold handled scissors and do th imbles
set with turquoise having achieved |
this very feminine accomplish ment
every girl is going TO utilize it. She
looks 81 sweet at abe ats with flying
fingers working over n bit of linen that
you find yourself watching those white
honds as they control that sharp little
bit of steel, when suddenly the work
stops for a minute and the head is lifted
to allow the eyes to look at you and ask
question Then you wonder il
woman vera aver 80 pretty before. Then
you know it means great deal when
somebody masculine Hays to somebody
feminius, "0h. Misc Montmorenci
what lovely sash you have on J" nash
at present baing a something that is
much trimmed and frilled and hutod
and Bcalloped and made fancy in every
way. Miss Montmorenci looks at you
with condeacentling air aud answers
81 made every bit of it myself"
You no longer doubt "a to whether
Miss Monfmorenci can marry poor
man or not, for girl who can make
sashes-well, what can't she do?
Then there is that other girl whose
hat is very 10y. 1t ia burdened with
flowers, it il gay With ribbons, and it
IL cooked on one side 10 q knowing way
that is very fashionable and very be.
coming. You look at it and think what
wonder it is and how much it must
have cost, and when you venture to
express your admiration to the weHrer
she says. with gay toss of that won
derfully crowned head: "Oh, it's
moro nothing I bought the hat, and
/ bad the ribbon, 81 | Strengthened
out some flowers and got few new
leaves, and | trimmed it myself. 1t
saves an awful lot of money TO know
huw to trim your own hats. +" You
thought her lovely before, but you are
cure shs il divine now.
II ia curious how women congregate
when they sew. A woman never likes
to sew alone. She wants somebody
else either to criticise her work or to
talk Tho other morning three women
wers hemming rufles and, with divine
muslin frocls in view, we're also talk
ing and having for topic that never
ending one-woman. The first ons.
who happened to be blond, inquired,
''ln your experience have dark or light
women been the most faithtul?" Then
Bhs kent on - Personally | never knew
hut three women who were absolutely
true to me, and they were rather
normal in color. One had brown hair
that wasn't quite dark, another had
light hair that wasn't quite blond,
and the third had gray hair. The first
one had been my friend from the time
we we're children, and the friendship
lasted absolutely until death did us
part. The second one was woman
much older than myself, in whose
society ] found constant enjoyment,
md the third was my mother. There
are hundreds Of names on my Visiting
list, names of women who il any one Of
them were asked if she were my friend
would say, Yes, and yet to- morrow
il | needed friend ! should go to the
one VINO likes me because l am O
pleasant companion or to my mother.
But ] would much prefer to go to Q
man.
The girl who had listened attentively
aud sewed steadily at the same tims
bad brown eyes and brown hair; but
dropping her needle she gave her ex
parience: II had curious education
about women. Girls were scarce il
our family; consequently We wer'
taught to think them of greHt value
II you could do anything to giy'
4 pleasure to a woman, If by words
~, NJ h0fa
N could help one, it was courtesy Il
n yourself. That was the theory will
N which | startsd out iutu life, and
"A while physically / am not black ant
blue, spiritually / am. The woman T.
ID whom ! gave the helping hand usual
MA finished the performance by biting il
# The woman to whom | gave certai
II Z amount of affection, consideration an
II kindness was invariably the one to sa
the most horrible things about me
whu insisted | had motive In every
thing did anu who was finally cor
Al vinced that l was entirely selfish in m
desire to assist her. My women friends
While worry few, they are women fc
whom l have done nothing and wit
= whom ii is merely question of generI
liking. The woman for whom you d
y good deed Immediately conclude
that she wants to cut your acquain
nnre. Why do nut know. except til,
she is like certain kind of mongr
dog the females Of which can nav
meet without having row. Faithful
ness with me mas not been matter
complexion. Faithlsssness has been
~ general condition.
M The other woman who had seweGi ar
& kept quiet was neither dark nor ligh
n but belonged to the type SO common
IA this country that Of light brown In
III and dark eyes. Shu spoke very slow
VI and as If she had thought it all out.
She said: We'll, / have been curio
f. enough to watch, and with me it b
e been an absolute matter Of complezio
Women who are unwomanly, absolute
Fl deceitful, lacking in truth, with
M sense of honor whatever, were usual
women of extremes-w as daik
nj Italians or as dead fair as Sweda
Betweenitiss did not seem to cour
& The hlondest woman | knew upset 4
& life for at least six months by h
& wicked tongue. A very dark woman
l her lack of honor made me lose bali
in all womankind except mothers.
nowadays il have a secret that mt
E tell somebody coniide in man.
am in bit of trouble, where | ne
the sympathy of a woman | go to /
mother, and il l need help in Hnythi
| ] ask one of these two.
H You may think that these won
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