Evening journal., 1907-11-21
BY THE MAYSIDE


There never was an ugly $40 gold
piece minted, of course They are all
pretty. albeit some are prettier than
others. But this last output is the
loveliest of them all.
In the first place. there Is the eagle.
You ought to go TO Central National
Bank and look him over He wears
a lovely pair of pants-at least we
suppose they are pants; they look
more like pants than anything else we
know Of. To be sure, they appear
little boggy and abbreviated, but we
dare say they are stylish and that
counts for a great deal i'm art. He is
strolling along leisurely, like an Amer
lean gentleman should.
That is. we suppose it's a he-surely
lady eagle would not be arrayed in
trousers. even though some nature
faker has sought 10 prove that the
real American eagle is a female.
The Indian lady on the front--we
presume il is a lady. although it may
have been intended for a gentleman
certainly wears a gorgeous hat 1t
does not appear to be on straight, ex-
actly but then, a womans hat is
never on straight unless il is on crook
ed, according TO high-art notions. The
lady's mouth is slightly open, a trihe
sneering perhaps. The chin. promi-
nent, aggressive; the eye, vacant and
gazing into space-there being nothing
else ahead into which she might gaze
For a lady-or even a gentleman
the neck is very thick being in diam
eter the length of a line drawn from
the point of the chin to a point just
above the eyebrow. The hair--so much
as may be, seen-is rather bedraggled,
as though the damp air had taken all
the curl out.
Two tame raccoons are the latest
additions to the Marvel household,
Josiah Marvel, father lawyer and sports
man, came across them while cunning
in Sussex county last week and hav-
/ ing his five children in mind brought
the "coons" home to become house
hold pets. Since that time the "coons"
have divided their time eating all the
sugar Mr. Marvel can buy, chasing his
pet chickens and climbing the trees
and shrubbery in the yard. much to
the amusement of the children, who
now have to lead the little animals
about the house and yard at the end
of light chains. The "coons" search
the children's pockets for the sugar
Jumps and devour them as eagerly as
many a boy with a sweet tooth.
Neighbors of the Marvels have inquir-
ed OF Mr. Marvel if it is his intention
to add a ZOO to his children's already
elaborate collection of pets. but the
lawyer has assured them that he has
no such intention. What is worrying
him most just now is how to get rid
] InF he. i.
petites for the chickens, angora cats
white rabbits and bull-puppies that
came into the household before the
"coons" got there. The children love
I the "coons," and the new animals love
the children. but above all Mr.. Marvel
loves his chickens. cats, etc. The
''coons," therefore, must go at an early
day.
The first thing that strikes a
stranger on his arrival 10 Wilmington, "
said a Boston man at the Clayton
House today. lis the great number Of
telegraph and telephone poles you have
here. OF course, / don't suppose a per-
son who has lived here any length OF
time would notice them, but, ! assure
you. next TO your dirty street near the
station and your handsome skyscraper
the dupont Building. II was the first
thing that struck my attention, when
I started uptown the day I came "a
! Wilmington. To one coming, as I do
from a city where these poles are few
and far between, your Market street is
a literal forest of telephone. trolley and
telegraph poles, and II mars the APP
pearance Of the street to "A degree that
can be appreciated only by a visitor
1t gives the city a dirty, smoky APP
pearance that is worse than some OF
the dirtiest quarters Of Pittsburg."
He paused and smiled "Still, don'i
2 think It is as bad as the South Dakota
town heard of once" he said South
Dakota, you know, is one of the mosi
progressive States In the Union. but
unfortunately, some OF its towns ar,
in the hands OF telephone and tele.
graph monopolies which have taker
possession OF certain cities 20 such an
extent that when one OF these monopo.
lies failed several years ago. a lumber
company purchased its poles from IN,
receivers and sent n force Of lumber
men into the city to chop them down
] understand that the men were set I,
/ work just as II they had been in ;
, forest, and chopped down 70 car load,
did you ever notice how foolish per
sons appear while sitting in a physi
clans Office awaiting their turn TO b,
, ushered into the presence of the doc
( tor" asked a Market street merchan
, yesterday. Il always have had a pc
! culiar feeling-I just can't describe it,
every time I have 20 sit in a doctor
! Office and stare about blanldy whil
awaiting my turn. There is nothin,
20 do but set there solemn-liiSe an,
, try to appear unconcerned, and every
, body else IS doing the same thing.
! wondered whether I was the only per
son to feel this position so keenly AM
= I asked a neighbor of mine II he Eel
J the same way in a crowded physi
clans Office Look foolish. he ex
! claimed. Yes and ! feel II, too"
Holiness Meetings.
Union Holiness meetings are bein
s held weekly on Thursday evening a
E 7.45 o'clock, at No. 13 East Sevent
p street