Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-07-14

the last she makes slave. He ties her
Shoes, which Fave nasty fashion o.
cunning united on every third block,
anu now, when she refuses to wear
ready made tie. he is expected to DO on
hund tn arrange her ncaif. between
you anu me. unless she has both a day
time and an evening young man no will
rebel. He is long suffering and has
great patience, but the summer girl
staying in town anu with q yearning
for vino, music and fattery will reduce
bin to state Of pupiness. and some
day as a result Of hor wickednoss he
will be picked up on the street, and
thrown into an ash barrel, for her con-
staut threading upon him will mako
him look like disabled doormat
Than there are excursions, and when
n summer girl goes on one che wants
everything. She wants popcorn ana her
picture taken; abe wants her fortune
told and to SEQ the fireworks; she wants
to go in burhiug and then sho is mud
because her hair is taken out of crimp,
and from the very minute ahe leaves
the city until she gets back she wants
to sat. From marahmallows to sardinvs
and from '.eer to champagne, all 10
grist that comes to that mill. Person
ally / attribute it to the fact that
she wears a shirt and let's her stays out
until she ia, as the darlies say itten
tn busten. She woulu like to Ounce,
but she doaH't think 'really nice
people, do ii on an excursion boat. and
go after having made the unfortunate
man spend all his money to give her
good time thu ungrateful little mink
sulks all the way home and is as nasty
as only that kind Of girl can he be
cause she had not met the exclusive
One Hundred and Fifty.
Now, you know how different that
fellow bad thought il would be-oh. SO
different! He had hoped that coming
home he could sit up close to her and
do the Claude and Pauline act, WON
doring which star would be thsir future
hume, while he would tell her about
bis ambitions and what he trusted the
| future would bring to him in the shape
| Of a nice little wife. But che, having
| had entirely too good time. treats him
as II it we're hia fault TINT the Wander
| bilts were not there TO add dignity to
| the occasion anu to shuw the rest of the
| people on board what society really
| was, and yet 30 debased is that young
man, so intensely devoted to her, that
he will absolutely take her ON another
excursion. On my word of honor, do
believe that the American man ia at
once the must i'll treated and sweetest
| tempered in the world. OF course we
are all fretful once in awhile, and
usually sumner time brings out all the
fretfulness Of woman's disposition,
| just as 1t appeare by its sunshine to
make the kindness of man come to
the surface as the flowers star the grass
all over the country.
| Sometimes l wonder what we are
fretful about. 1t ia usually because we
| need a change. Sometimes we are fret
full because our livers are wrong then
we want change of doctors. Some.
times we are fretful because there are
wrinkles in, the hacks of our frocks
then we need change ut dressma kers.
Sometimes wa are fretful simply be
cause We are lazy then for change
| We want to carry bod about half Q
day. Sometimes We are fretful because
we are women; then we want a change
of c0mpanion-we need man to con
dole with US. Sometimes we are frstfu
because the weather doesn't come W
to cur expectations; then we want t.
read about how hot it ia down in Flor
| tud among Uub bOluler Joys anu nov
cold IL il in the Klondike among th,
gold ssekars. Sometimes we are ffetfu
because somebody else is; then W,
want change in our own opinion o
ourselves-we want to stand in from
Of the looking glass, make bow to th,
opposite woman aud call the reflection
fool Sometimes we are fretful--oh
don't know exactly why we are fret
full! We wish We had never been born
or that, having been born, We had beef
the happy possessor of strawberr,
marks that would proclaim US as prin
cesses, or that when we we're born W,
had been changed at birth. or that
heing particularly fretful. We wonde
whether either God or man cares for us
It's nasty sort of mood. 1t come
to you, and it comes to me. Some
times it's atmospheric, sometimes it,
microbes, hut rather think it is orig
inal sin. We want to pray for SONS
body to care enough for US to shame u
out Of it. Personally am willing t.
hope that the next time / get fretfu
some kind hearted editor who has a
unee the courage and railroad pas
will coms to New York and tif he cal
find msl give mental and phyaica
thrashing to Bah.