Evening journal., 1898-03-12

tury Club. He will become a sort Of
Ward MacAllister, and the guest of
honor at our social functions. He will
be the autocrat OF the breakfast table
the despot of the buffet luncheon and
the padisbah Of the o'clock dinner
We must consider that he Is the rep
resentative Of the class which feeds
the nation, and that II he were to make
up his mind to strike we should soon
be reduced to the greatest OF extremi-
ties. Therefore we must honor him.
and show him that we appreciate his
presence among us.
1t is characteristic of everyone to
want to raise something. TO young
man who wants to raise a mOustache
or a dollar. a Country Club will afford
much better and more respectable op-
portunities than a tOnsOrial palace or a
pawnshop. To the politician who
wishes to raise his hands in holy hor-
ror at the rapid drift OF his country
towards reputation and social de
mocracy, there is nothing better than
a two-acre lot and about half a ton Of
super-phosphate When married wo-
man wants to raise the dickens she can
take her husband out there in solitude
and retirement and do it without
everybody else commenting on the size
of the crop. If a pretty girl desires TO
raise a parasol she can do 1t out there
without much labor or expense. In
fact. there Is no end to the economic
advantages Of well-conducted Coun-
try Club, for II a man has a good hand
and is disposed to raise the limit he
can do il without the whole world set-
ting him down as a gambler who plays
not for the sake of playing, but for
the sake OF making what he can out OF
II. With plenty OF lime and fish-scrap
and phosphate and barnyard manure
anDlied to the soil owned and con-
trolled by the Country Club, an ante
can be raised in a very few seconds,
especially II It has a good southern
exposure and clear weather.
But. Mr.. Wayfarer, we must not lose
sight of the utilitarian features OF this
enterprise. While the farmer is being
raised in influence and affluence, we
If the city will also benefit What
Measure il will be to. go down in King
street market and be given an oppor-
tunity OF purchasing bunch OF celery
trenched watered, bleached and bum
iled by the adorable Miss So-and-So,
Observation-Disclosures OF General So
and-So. who worked in the truck patch
with Mrs. So-and-So as chaperone and
with FIVE or six Of the leading society.
ladies' of Wilmington as her patron
esses. Mayhap It will be tied up in
satin ribbon OF the cOlors OF the club,
and no doubt It will be more crisp and
tender and delicate for the good social
auspices under which II was raised.
How delightful to revel in Country
Club butter, bearing the great seal OF
the club and the signatures OF the
president and secretary of the organi-
zation stamped on its yellow face as an
attest of its genuineness. Nor must
we forget the COW. For years 1t has
been nothing but q stOlid, passive crea-
tures-a sort of a wall-fiOwer, so to
speak. II has cut no figure in society,
and has been regarded as q beefy, milk
and-water sort of a thing which was
entitled to no social recognition what
ever. 1t will raise the self-respect OF
the COW to be milked by some society
bud. and it may raise the society bud
as we'll If she happens to get on the
wrong side Of the COW in her endeavors
TO raise its self-respect. But then II
[ will be amost wonderful thing II wecan
educate the cow TO raise flowers and
/ pay attention to some branch of fiOri-
culture other than field daisies and
/ milk-weed, and think what a relief il
4 will be to parents il we can educate tht
| COWS TO raise social buds. / have NJ
l doubt that a COW will be forever CRATE
4 full to the chaperones for keeping ths
4 flies off of her with a lawn-tennis rao
quet. With such kind attention ant
4 with such examples of culture 1t viii
/ not be long before she realizes the ne
cessity of eating her bran-mash with ;
spoon, picking her teeth with a straw
and wiping her mouth on a sheaf o
blade-fodder AS her education ad
vances she may refuse to go out in tn
| pasture-field without a chaperone, an'
as for lying out in the fields all nigh
| during the Summer months, her goo
name, fair fame and acquired self-re
| spect will not for an instant permit II
A COW which has no more respect 70
the commoner decencies of life ca
have no place on the farm of the COun
try Club. She must be proud and pru
dent, and wear the colors Of the clu
on her horns and the interests of tn
club in her heart. Realizing that ther
is nothing like social polish, and ths
it can only be obtained by rubbin
. . hard against polished people, she mus
acquire 1t If she has TO rub all the ha.
off her sides in the endeavor to reac
, that degree of polish essential to entit
her to recognition as a fit companio
: for the other members of the CountI
! Club herd
Think what a pleasure it will be
= the English sparrOws to siton the fens
; and watch some society belle trailiT
s her white tlannes in the dust and drol
ping lettuce seed in the shallow drill
y for the future delectatiOn of these fe
e thered Anglomaniacs on salad witho-
II cream dressing or any other culinal
n frills. Think of the golden opportun
y ties of a young woman who wishes
Is engage in poultry-raising. All she n.
+ TO do is to so out in the barn dress,
o in white. A rat runs across her pat
l. If she is wearing skirts of that materi
q she can scream and raise white due
IT without ever setting an egg. When 81
le dresses a chicken for market she W