Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-07-28

Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
Easy Villa, July go. We are still in
the country, our Intentions, honorable
as thsy ere. being to rest for a little
while and then, when We gain the flush
new hlue and showing the plumpness
Of neck whioh allows dscollete buiics,
We will start away from the children,
health and happiness in the green
pastures and amid the red COWS, which
ore startling. but productive Of very
good tins. Most Of the neighborhood
1aa called on us, and wa have had
40 end of opportunitiss to give advice,
which ~ always so pleasing and which
we would not take ourselves il an angel
from heaven offered it free Of charge.
In the country they always ask you
about the fashions. The minister q
Wits, lady who, is inclined to be in
tellsctual and who has read Kant and
quotes Emerson. whispered to me con-
fidentially hsr desire to know the
fashionable color. Itold her that New
York was entirely given over to red in
doing, not in wearing, though. For
wearing every shade OF hsliotrope
which ranges from the shade that
seems blue to that which is close to
royal purple is in vogue. She said she
was glad to know this, because she had
always thought there was something
gentsel about mauve, and then every
body Couldn't pronounce the name. She
added that she would get her husband
to bring her home some samples of a
certain shade next week. when he went
to town to buy new CONCORDANCE, and
! thought what a love man must be
when be is willing to get samples of q
color that is developed 10 rs different
tiuts. I think in a dress of mauve the
minister's wife. would look like q
lemon. since it will bring out all that
10 yellow in her complexion and bar
months with all thar Ia bilious 10 her
temperament.
Then. too, we had great excitemant
the water pipe burst. Now, when we
.ame to this house, we were told that
t had all the improvements, and the
Improvement we specially admired was
he bathtub. In tho city when a pipe
,ursts you send for three plumbers,
being sure that one will come. You
illow him to boss you and then you
yivs up your new gown. or whatever il
was you intended to get, to pay his bill.
In the country things are managed
differently. never knew how leal
could be stopped without the aid o.
the gentleman who plumbs. This on,
began US do all Leaks, at the mysti,
hour OF ~. aud dripped down from th,
third to the second story before itl
dire purpose was discovered. BY tina
time 1t bad ruined lot Of books, sonil
rag caprsts and some chairs Of th,
vintage OF 1776.
Two men and one woman had started
out to discover il, and 1t was tn,
woman who found it-with bonns
pin. We ware rather rocky lookin,
lot. The two who did the most LOOKING
and working were in wrappers, put OF
hastily over their nightgowns. Tn
one who did the most talking sat OF
the side of the bed, dangling her fee
and admiring them, clothed as the,
were in Turkish slippers. The man wa
quite presentable il q pair of trouser
and a bike Jacket, while his feet were
like those ia Milton. modest in thei
nudsness. They didn't troubls any
body very much until he succesded i
stepping on pin, and then be talke
lauder and used more expressive word
than l ever dreamed were 10 To
vocabulary of Job. When the leak wa
found, the question was how could !
be stopped. Everything was suggested
ono small boy even Offering an Indi
rubber ball for the purpose.
What do you think was utilizadY
porous plaster was slapped across tn
place where the leak. had been, an
after considerable pressure 1t STUCK 8
that 1t prevented further damage. Tb
next morning the plumber soorned il
But 1t had answered the purpose th
night before, and who but a woma
would think Of stopping q bad lea
With such funny thing?f After it WI
finished-I mean the application {
the plaster-the genius refreshed bel
sell with ginger ale, while all the re,
of us sat around and thanked heays
for the wit and wisdom that belonge
TO us. ~
Half the town cams to see the poro,
plaster. and our landlady felt that v
had added honor to her house, a
though sho was kept busy maxim
angel cake, for she ia the kind of
woman who thinks you can't stop in 1
pay q pleasant visit without hayir
something TO eat. But this angel cal
10 SO light that il melts in your moutI
and 1t has got just such a little hit
crust on top as to remind you tina
although you are subsistipg On anp
food, tho ordinary every day crust wi
still cling to. you and hold you hack
this earth.
Several girls came to consult me
regard to earning money, and, as WI
as ! can understand, each one want,
10 stay at home. haye several assistant
sdo nothing, and for this have a lar
income paid her. Said i, "In ID
first place. this world 10 crowded wi
women who want to work. Those wi
have good homes where they real
earn money by helping to keen them
order have no right to go out into I
busy world and take work from tho
women who are homeless and who mu
earn their bread and butter. You gil
have an idea that you will be ablo
drop into diRnifisd position whs
you will sail around In an expense
tailor made suit and then have yo
employer fall in love with you. In Il
dream you are mistaken. Things
nut go in this way. On the large
come, from So to Sl0a week, you capr
get tailor made gown, while in
Office there ia always plenty of tschni,
work, tiresome work, for the girl to {
and her employer il nine times out
ten red of face, fat Of body and bald
hesd, who showers all the affection
which he is capable on his grandchi
There is very little romance in bein,
good business woman, and / wo,
advise one who has a home and
whom any young man is paying
tention to give considerable thought
that young man and little to the mi
niticent career that she thinks ava