Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-05-19

Bpecial Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
New York, May IL. AT this time OF
year, no matter how much you may
have said or to how much you may have
Listened in regard TO getting married, i
you cannot avoid the conviction that
the average Now York bride ia apt to |
be neither young nor beautiful. There
10 no doubt in your mind that she ia |
perfectly capable Ut looking after the
gentleman who stands 30 meekly by hor
aide and who ia counted Of so little
worth that he isn't even spoken of IA
best man at his own wedding In the
days gone by we used to connect white
sntin and orange blossoms with bride.
but an air of being lin the push, so
called, and wearing rather hlase air
are counted very smart
The New York girl is not very anxious
TO get married.. She has too good u
time while abe is single, and she does
not propose to attach herself to one
man too carly in life or even 10 he
counted among the young matronH be-
fore her years number 2S. This is
pure, absolute, feminine selfishness,
There In no desire in her heart to
marry for love. She longs for position
and the big income necessary to sup
port ii. Consequently the man with
refined tastes whose income IL small
finds it difficult to get bride from the
pruper set, no matter how innocent she
may Beenl.
Poor soul! He dreams OF a dear little
wife to welcnme him homo, to listen to
him when he wants TO talk about his
affairs or to hear her tell him of her
day, and then, closing his eyes in
ecL tusy, he thinks ii ia Just possible
al mill hrfnn IN him in haF
preity. tlimped arms little bundle
Of white that will be "Tum's baby and
mine. ~ That ia what he believes she
will call it, Hut lackaday lie secs
this vision going away in the smoke OF
his cigarette, and he gets up, shakes
himself together and goes to dress for
the opera, where he will talk to bright
women, good looking women and bril-
liant women. None of them is woman
who would sacrifice French gown, q
new bonnet or a single pleasure for the
love oi an honest man. You think l
am exagGeratingH No; pick up society
paper and read the accounts of the
divorces Of those who one, two. three
or possibly as long as four years ago
promised to love and honor each other.
Read the description OF fashionable
Wedding II you want to find out who
married for love- 1t in usually the girl
who has an enormous income, who is no
longer young aud who is quick witted,
though not masculine, and yet is ap'
preciative of the love of man whose
companionship she will find pleasure,
There is one thing | admire about the
1ews-thRr 10, their devotion to theiI
wivea No men in the world are at
considerable to women as they, and ne
men give and GREATS 80 much love u
the hearts OF their wives az DO thesi
men. The other day | was talking to !
Jewess about happy marriages, and
put to her this question: Are yo'
happy 10 your marriage?" And Hh
answered, 81 am go happy that tn
days arc not long enough for ne &
be glad in.
Now. thiH was not young girl VIII
had been married two weeks, year o
five years, but woman who had grow
up sons and still loved the husband o
her youth with greatar ardor than sh
did in the first year OF their marriage
do not know where the fault 10, but
should like to know how many gentil
women could say this There are pent
of men who do wrong, but there ar
also a great many women who nag an
worry them into it.
AproEos of the Jews, we do nj
IpHllEb lub lUSlbiOu bhub bho hAh
educated jew has In Europe, especial
in England. When Lady Rosehery, wi
was Hannah Rothschild, died, the tra
of carriages OF the nobility that formt
her funeral train extended over tv
miles, hut there was richer trlDu
than this There were thousands
women TO whom when illness came n
money had given comfort. There we
thousands OF orphans whom she hi
supported and Thousands Of old mi
and old women for whom when tn
could no longer work ahe found a HON
and yet she slept n plain wood coli
and in the simple gown ordered by t
laws of the church in which she "
born. To me her life seems beautif'
and / can easily understand ina
though year in and year out the socie
papere have announced the betrothal
Rosebery to some other woman, hs
mains faithful to her who knew h
to love as well rs how to be good.
over the world the Rothschilds are
ceivod, whether married to Jew
Qoptile. Two OF tho handsomest won
in London society are marriad
wealthy jews. the Sassoone, while
beauty Of the day is the Princess
Monaco.
The princess, by tbs way, ought
interest US HlncB sue ID Hu hhoiiS'
She was born in New Orleans,
mother, a Misc Miltenberger, hay
married young lieine when he ca
over at the time OF the war to II
after the clearinghouse in the Sou
The first marriage of Alice Heine
q magnificent one, and / often won
that she was willing to change T
superbly historical name for any OIL
Her beauty more than her money ~
her the bride of the Duo do Richeli
by him she had two children,
young due who is now about II y,
old, and daughter of 10, who a,
lutely looks older than her mot
After heing widow for over 81
years, after listening with disdni
the proposals of hundreds OF men
marrisd the Prince of Monaco.
course he is reigning sovereign,
go she ranks with the kings and gu
Of Europe. But look at her face
il there 10 not only the uainty colo
OF the American girl which comes
bsst in a miniature land one
imagine her as having been painte
miniature when Marie Anton
could have been her rival, and "
the sensitive mouth, the long, sler
artistic fingers, 81 daintily tipped
oval nail, even photographer 9
not blot nut the stamp OF the high
of the race Of Israel.
Disraeli after posing as dandy.