Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-01-20
and something that is always to be

and something that is always to be
snubbed.
once had tender hearted eress.
maker who wept over nay left shoulder
so systematically that got the rheu
itntsm from it. She cried about
brother who had been killed by acct
dent. The fret time | was deeply sym
pathetic, for, of course, thought tho
accident had taken place within the
year, but il turned out that lie had
been dead for aagen years and that
there never would have heen au acci-
dent if he had been sober. She used
To talk after this fashion: "ilhall | bit
the skirt smooth, ma'am The was me
own brother, bright young fellow
that might, hut for his trouble would
you rather have hook, ma am?--havu
got on in the world and bnsn credit
Ill face the sides with sllt--to all OF
his people oil butb sides of the watsr.
lie was beHutiill corpse. and To gave
hjin--of course you could button it
down the front--a wake that was the
talk of tho ncighburhood for months
afierward, and IL took three we'll, rib
bon might do, but ! never liked those
loose elfocts-dispensary doctors to
5tralehten the men up 50 that they
could show their proper respect for the
reinHins' A iter this she would break
down utterly and weep on my bare
shoulder and excusp the fact that it
WAS in the rain by saying that sha
didn't want to stain the stuff. She
was woman who really enjoyed her
self. She know the absolute bliss OF
sorrow. and sbe comprehended thor
oughls how suhlims thing it was TO
suffer herself ana to make her Gus
toners suffer with her. was forced
to give her up, not because she was not
q good drea5maker, but because from
constant sympathy my nose was getting
SO rcd that was afraid some temper
ance society would come down upon
me, acting, of course. under a mieap-
prehension But there was no donht
that woman was fine. She put pocket
in your skirt. and in a cloth skirt she
always put two pockets. Pockets and
independence are natural combina.
tion. and giving two pockets to woman
kind, and these two pockets near tho
front where she can reach them, makes
her feel an il this were indeed free
country. With tho possession of pockets
| have discovered that woman is an
accumulative animal. In oIe Of my
pockets at tho present time there are
handkerchief, a watch, calendar. a
letter, two newspaper clippings, three
gum drops, four cloves and the picture
of baby. In the other one arc four 10
cent pieces q am keeping them to put
in 10 cent bank, a lot Of pennies. a
bunch of keys, glove huttoner, torn
veil, two hairpIns, a religious posm
and recipe for making chicken curry.
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pin, hut lost it. However, you can.
not put confidence in safety pin, for
il has a way of being safe or uneafe,
according to Its fancy. But you can
always rely on hairpin. do not know
of anything TO which hairpin is not
valuable assistant.
have seen lock opened with a
hairpin.
! have seen gas burner cleaned
with hairpin.
together with hairpin.
| have sean stocking fastened with
d hnirpin.
have seen heavy portiers Topped by
hairpins.
have seen hairpin used as book
mark.
have seen hairpin held in the gas
light and then used to darken the eye
brows
have seen hairpin dipped in red
stuff and used to color the lips, while
as for buttoning shoes, crimping bangs,
picking nuts and cutting books hair
pin is invaluable. We can do without
politicians. We can do without sutfrag-
lists, we can exist without whisky aud
livs on comparatively little money. but
hairpins are necessity TO the nation.
Without them woman feels that she
is indeed helpless creature. Bah