Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-06

New York, DEG. 3i.--ODe tyne OF I
woman has entirely Disappeared !
is, the gentle old maid who had littlB |
income and was eserybodS's friend. 10 |
you she was cousin Mary" to soma-
body else she was AUNT Molly
wbiie somebody else, who had gone to |
school with her, called her "Minnio. y
When there was long illness, she ap.
leared on the scene and was tho
gentlest of nursee, who never grew
weary and who never lost patience. At
the time of a Wedding she was on hand
to help maks the wedding cake, to
Rssist with the trouseRu and to dress
the bride. When death knocked at
the front door, she net him with all
respect and reverence and allowed no
strange hand to touch the dear dead
one, while she was the only one whoee
voice would really console those in
trouble. She logged pardon for the
prodigal and was always ready to ex.
uuse any human weakness. She haa
more friends than she could count,
more homes than she could live in. and
when she came to die everybody missed
her. She WAS loved and respected, and
p some young fool once in awhile
spoke of her as ian old maid" il was
in an apologetic tono. as if all man
kind needed tn be excused for not
having discovered Dor Projections.
This gentle creature, the friend of the
entire family, has disappeared, and 10
her place ia the energetic hustling,
independent bachelor woman. This
woman ia very much alone and so fond
of spenking of her Independence that
one is tempted to wonder whether she
finds it as agreeable MS she claims ii is.
She 10 not willing to be one 10 the
"a, Iss. t,ti ltnfE 20 I'm me
the gentle old maid, the friend OF
many, but shs seeks the much talked
of Independence, and. earning her own
living, she stands quite alone. While
she has hundreds of acquaintance |
ain tempted to wonder il she ever gets
as much love as did her less highly
educated predecessor, whom she is in.
clined to scorn.
The average woman OF to day. being
abnormal, yearns for business career.
Undoubtedly there are times whom it
is necessary, but nowadays too often
that woman who has a good income
thinks to be like man and increase
1t. Miss Small Fortune, who could
live 10 comfort on what was loft her by
her father and make herself an Rbso-
Lutte necessity to all those bound 10 her
by ties of blood, refuses to do this.
She lives in a hotel aud adds to her
income in soma special way. Now, it
ia all right il a woman has to earn her
living, | respect her for it, and APP
plaud her ability if she can achieve it
in some special. original and feminine
way, but when it is not necessary,
when it ia simply an unwomanly desire
to get out into the husy world, l do
not think any one who knows what
woman ought to be, what side Of her
nature it is beat to cultivate, should
encourage her. This daughter of this
rich man has taken up artistic garden.
ing. Tha daughter of that rich man
js furnishing several dairiea with fresh
milk and eggs, while a millionaire'a
daughter is managing dancing class.
Several women not only OF good but of
assured position are really TO manage
your society book for you, and in this
way tell you just who and Just who
you should cot have on your list How
is this going to straghten itself out2
Will there be survival of the tittest?
Will there come time when tho
woman who should earn her own living
will do so quietly and honestly, or will
the unholy craze for money making
come to an end? 1 mean, of course,
for Unnecessary money making. Why
can't those women who have plenty of
done by those women who have other
people 10 support? l never knew an
honest woman worker who had not
some elderly person or uome little child
dependent on her, or some une of her
own family who needed assistance and
to whom help must be given. And the
ingenuity with which the women who
have to work think out methods OF
doing it is something wonderful!
Inc brightest girl ! know has to aid
in keeping an invalid mother. She
tried half hundred things, and she
did not seem to earn her salt at any oil
them. There was the druggist to pny,
the DOCTORS bills to meet anu the many,
many tribes to lie got for the invalid
that seem 30 little and cost SO very
much. Now, she is as prosperous at
uhe can be, and she en- uys her work.
This is what she aoss. You who are
giving your small boy party need moi
-hother about how tho children are tc
be entertained. You drop her line
and say; t'Dear Miss Playwell. my hoy
OF 10 years is to have birthday part,
on next Thursday. and there will be l0t
children to entertain. If you have
nothing else on hand, will you lsindl,
manage this for me?' Miss Plnywel
appears at the proper time, arrangel
the rooms to suit herself 6nu then sea-
that the various plays are properl!
ls0, manages the children 10 thei
dances, laoks after the small ones who
ere too shy to have good time ant
makes svery blessed little pickl,
present enjoy himself keenly. stiff
Mrs. Millionaire, who is to give din
ner party, lists Miss Playwell snow tt
whom it is to be given, and hehold
thers ia sonle special new scheme 0
decorations for the table, the menl
cards are original, and the fayors ar
unusually clsver, Miss Playwell merel.
retails her brains for the benefit o
those who either lack them or who ii
not care to exercise them, and she i
such delightfully."- unseliish girl tina
che absolutely finds pleasure in he
work.
Her cousin. gentle Mrs. Industry
4 xho married delightful man VIII
cannyt earn penny aud whDse TO-
and heartache is her lame son, awell
her income in another way. She wa
educated in French convent, and sh
knows how to sew as do only thos
ladies' who have BEEN taught by til
nuns. 30 when Miss Fuss and feather
gets up sewing class this wintor 1t
Mrs. Industry who teaches that class Q
girls how to sew, for the fashionable gil
is very ambitious in this respect, an
the teacher Is paid we'll for it, Tn