The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-21
In Moman's Realm
A NUMBER Of unique informal enter

A NUMBER Of unique informal enter
a tainments suitable for the celebra-
ton OF WashingtOn's birthday will
be given tomorrow. Sometimes, with the
persistence of the magazines and the
historical novelist as horrible examples.
we are almost ready to assert that we
are tired Of the Father of His Country
If only the people who must write about
something were content to let the dead
rest in peace with the glamour OF the
halo which crowned then, In life still
glimmering over their graves, We might
be more enthusiastic over these anniver-
saries. But the biographer ..ri the nov
elist are leaving few shreds Of chara =
ter or illusions for the poor shiyering
ghosts of the great departed to cover
beneath In these latter days.
WE WE'RE ONCE taught to rev.
W erence George Washington. We
firmly believed In his infali-
BILE habit of truthfulness, and that
he prayed before battle and re-
turned thanks after victory. But now
they say he never had a hdtchet, he
never told the truth--that Is to say not
on the occasion Of the cherry tree Incl
dent, AMI that he used to swear semi
occa sionally. Worse than all they are
convincing us that he was a fiirtati)u
present not then being in fashion. he
was given to promiscuous kissil; Of
pretty girls. Dear dear! What IA pity
that the fad OF tLI ming peoples souls In
side ont and ma ing ~ sorts OF private
, Investigation tours into their secret
thouShts and .notiv has extended to
the silent abode NJ tie dead. TO lie sure
| their souls aren't there, and their char
| actor ,s supposed to be preserved else
~ har M hinDrl ,h,r II
these attributes with as little difficulty
MS he makes II blue satin waiStcoat ana
white silk stockings with diamond knee
| buckles and then-poor George.
INDEED. poor anybody! We always
used to b. ieve that Benjamin Frank
lin was "A benevolent delightful old
parsonage with a big heart, and n love
| for all mariiad. According to the latest
| bulletin, II Paul Leicester Ford and
| others ne was scarcely man you'd want
your wife to know.
| They say that William Penn will have
! to take IL neNt. after they have fntsls
| Oliver Ci JmweII, and in fact there Is no
| certG .rty whe'c this detestable micro
| scopic investigation Of personalities will
| end. The rea 1er Of the future will have
| no Illusions about the heroes OF the past;
| Of that We may be reasonably confident,
! anu now Hlutu u uciiEHt III tHc "Vi'A
/ thus vanishes: II Is like the childish
disenchantment regarding Santa Claus
| and Cinderella.
| HOWEVER. those who have the cour-
II age to inspire patriotic sentiments
will properly celebrate the morrow.
! In the First Presbyterian church par
lors the usual dinner and supper will be
| served by the enteiprising ladies' of that
| denomination. These dinners have be-
| come traditional for their excellence
| They are beautifully served and the So
| cial atmosphere Is always delightful. II
Is rather pity that as In other years
the stately DANES and fair maidens find
1t TOO much trouble to appear In costume
on this occasion with powder and patch
es and the quaint fascinating dressing ol
| the neck and arms.
The social affairs connected with the
| celebration of Washington's Birthday
are taxing the ingenuity of the givers
| Invitations ON little paper hatchets
| vignettes of colonial ladies. tri-colored
| refreshments, name cards arranged In
cooked hat shapes. heir-looms, in tn,
shape of linen, silver, hish-backed combs
! etc, are anore tng faatu"ns.