Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-06-30
Her LETTER FROM her BOY
Bah Accepts an Invitation to
Hear Molly Read 1t.
SOME THINGS THAT JACK WROTE
Matters Purely Personal and a
Few General.

Few General.
TIN tho whole, IL Was Very Interesting
MissIve--It Eud~ with q lomiy and
Prayer, 10 Which iSnb Adds some rerti-
mont Comments.
Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
New York, June %. Il was sitting
I'LL alone When the invitation came, and |
the minute | saw tho handwriting on |
the envelope ! began to laugh. You |
know how some handwritinga announce |
that they are bills Just as plainly on |
the address lis they do on tho inside.
Some tell of their being begging let
tors, while others insist upon their
friendliness, and once in awhile II
clear handwriting Heema to cay,
Hurry, Mr.. postman; she is expect
ing me, and that meRnH love letter.
There is great deal to be discovered
in handwriting, but | knew what this
was oven before | read it. IL was a
note from Molly asking me to come to
luncheon TO hear a letter frum her boy.
Said hoy had gone off to annihilRte tine
Spaniurds, though Just at tho present
time be was enjoying the delights of
lloriua wAtcr, and he confessed that
titur hung heavy on his hands, though
he was very much in love, consequently
very brave and perfectly certain that no
Spaniard could ever get tue better of
him-no, not II he traced his pedigres
back to the grandfather Of christopher
Columbus.
We had good luncheon. Women
nowadays are educated up TO good food.
Thon Molly reall extracts from Jacks
letter. She skipned wholv paragraphs,
when sha blushed ami said something
about matters that would not interest
you, purely. personal" and We all
looked as knowing as people do who
have gune through the same thing
themselves and wish they could do so
again.
Jack wrote among other things:
'You wDuld really be surprised ut
the appetite am developing. You
| know when was ut home how you and
mother were continually giving me
quinine aud cod liver oil and other tasty
Rtuils for the encouragement OF tho
swallowing Of food, but now--well, now
tan cat meat that the average New
| York beggar would scnrn and drink
coffee that really tastos ~ If it were
the rinslngs out OF a cup that had held
coffee. But when you feo that you
are serving your country you don't
care ABOUT such little things as terra
min and chicken la casserole or cham
pagne cooled to the proper temperature.
You forget all about those things, and
my dear Molly, you would be almost
startled TO soc what wonderful cook
Tom Crichton has got to he. You re-
member him--the little follow whose
clothes were always 80 immaculate that
l'thOy almost made your teeth ncheY
Well, he can coo. eggs, nor uuly hoil
thpm, but fry and do othsr things to
them in a way that would cause blush
to come upon the face of the hoHt chef
in New York, and, as for some OF his
mosses made up of oatmeal and such
stuff, roally tho boys will do no end fol
him il he will promise a treat OF this
SOFT What gilt that is--the ability
J to cuok, | mean | shall nlways re,
proaCh mother for not having taught
ma. Think how much uso | might bC
tn my country, Whsiona, nav, while w
arc waiting around for something Il
happen, can only enjoy tho delights
! az another mans nbilitYi Whom | sny
cooking, do not mean just understand
ing how to make cake-so many girl.
are daba at that, though bit VI plum
cake is Il good thing-but | mean Thu
realities of life, rare mutton, potatuOl
without bonea in them and, best of all
that kind of soup that is thicklsh an(
eeems TO stick to your bone and encour
i ago your muscle. :"
Hero We did laugh,
Think of JACK tho eXquisitu, ,JacI
M nj In 49, &c 10
e fashionable clubs, finding delight il
q builad eggs and soup that no de
acrihed as "thickish - Oh, ali Aftc
!, a little more laugh and little NOR
cordial Molly read on:
You as; me what we do. Ever,
+ day Wa are hoping to sail, hut pendinJ
y that time and after the work of the du
a iH done anu everything is cleaned u
= land, hy.tho by, might tell you as
u tip to your maid that there is uothin
' quito 80 good for leather az yellow vas
. oiine; when | can get it, | use ii Of
r the harness, and, applied with u con
Il adorable amount Of elbow grease,
a makeH it aH soft aH your white ham
and az brilliant as your dark oyesl W
Just loaf around md tuk and tall,
> Women have not tho monopoly of talk
|. ing in thiR world, though probabl
1l that's the future they aro hoping fol
70 We tell Btorios, discuss important 1ues
tions and then come down to riddles
= liy the-by, have, you heard the last
u How can you make one good America
ly out Of two bad Spanarls? In thI
ii way, Of courss:
10 DE LONE.
In WEY Ter.
IN :" Ia that chestnut? If it is, fin
:, me for any poor box you are runnin
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