The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-24
L PLURIBUS UNUM.



l.tlf,.a. The fur coat Is pronounced sue
o I..N sou today whcn 1 was driving, and
OLA. f.f.,,y reminded 81 solomon ~ his glory
r... 500 forgotten Your friends Of old in their
.-..4of oi' one would think so, as 10 8
n..l.r DAYS s.ure SOFA were here
I..r.f oi thc family are going 90 the fortcrs
t....t tut SHALL ~fas at home and console my
... .I Beethoven sidney lanier and You, If
..... furI have something 20 show you.
......- head painted from photograph,
l..-nrl ony yesterday. II isn't bad At.
t-...-.N CARA
IHf CiCH Feb. 2. 80
I.pttNt- Yours just received. II seems al
unnecessary to tcu you how glad ! shall be-
.... u..otciiy JACK.
-ltI-u't." SAYS Cara few hour, later,
ASSN. pushes the ottoman 10 an easier
distance. and turns beautiful, fire
flushed face toward Jack, 1T int that
ODD. Nuiu has been much worse than
lD .rH.r two bat I've been thinking.
and sits luzury don't often allow
m,-.u have mental dyspepsia as a re-
.lI
.uutM dy-pcpsiar says Jack scorn-
mnr its tine result Of sitting out all
off,. square dances with Willoughby in
iMt Uaushty conservatory Of the Mar
ttue.
~Iru-e 90 understand, says Cara,
~You CAN'T Your intellect won't al
loss y.u.'
aliue of intellect" yiciously,
somehow makes me think of your
uuI Miss Marston. How is shei"
u don't know why it should. She's
.DL"
.po you intend TO please your father
I marry herr
3 don't know, Cara. If the worst
.mo, o. Tie worst, | suppose | shall
l.ct1.'
i should ,hiHk that would be an eX-
.t statement Of the case-the worst
coming to the worst.
.Uou.t be any more severe Than you
.u l,Ip says Jack. laughing. "Nou
DON'T know what IL Is TO be- poor
d almost wish ! did, Cara answers
lu-ht then have amounted to some
H.ug as an artist
you need hardly wish ,hat, for, as it
.- you arc the best amateur '---
That's IL. Cara breaks in impa-
uutg. Amateur. amateur, always
um4tour' ! want 10 be an artist OF
Ac have had thoughts Of giving my
money % found q home for other weak
minded women. and living in Paris on
tou ,0ls % day and the divine alliatus;
uy. a- Hawthorne says: The great
obstacle 90 being heroic is the doubt
whether one may not be going To prove
Yuc- elf % fool.
SON. doesn't like 10 be too prccipi-
tale after remark Of that kind, -
SAYS Frank. meditauvely, after
Little pause, during which Cara has
risen MJ seated herself at the piano,
Ohrr, .lc is hzilv striking minor chords.
-i HuJ what has kept YOU from being
GOO rrrlr.tc: Jack what makes You
-o la.,t
.l...D incentive Don't scom.'
90 uIu coNld make YOU feed your
possibilities for yourself is feel them
i.r tou.
II asked YOU 10 try once and yon re
fused Jack laughs when he says it,
Lut tr, as Dee viii his voice falters as he
Speaks
Cana bushes, and then says: IF we
hadn't outhvcd great deal Of the non
s.u-c OF our lives. VIC could not be the
thoroughly good friends we are now.
Come and lot me introduce YOU to a
Woman who. / think, Is worth a mans
l.,c She's over in the library. Ire
mUuicr your dislike to climbing and
had hcr brought down
Jack offers her his arm, and together
they walk tire whole length of the draw
iu- room. across the hall 10 the library,
tae greater part of which Is in shadow,
iac onc bright light beng directly over
thc picture.
Only picture If a woman's head and
ihc curve 10 the shoulders; ruddy chest
nui hair that cufls mistily around face
Do which sweetness and firmness are
strangely intcrmngled, great iriscd gray
cges-eycs with aii the poetry and pas
..'u of Cabancl's Venus; clear, almost
dehcatcy colorless skin, save Tor a
warmth IN mouth and check; and yet,
with an the yielding beauty of woman
hood there Is an intellectual vlgOr and
citHStH IN the idfc " mon one otf"Vff
ere, save Ia the faces OF men who have !
suffered and been strong"
"li /, by far the best thing You have
ever done, SAYS Jack, after few mo-
ments of admlrrng silence. May ] sec |
tnc Photography
Its behind the Mona Lisa; not very |
good one, but the bcs, could get. ~
II should say 1t wasn't very good /
one ii must have been done by some |
amateur photographer, judging from the
finish Bat, Cara, how much the eyes /
here are Ike your own
They tell me 80. All! Jack, | regret
70 sec that YOU are regarding her more as
d woman than as an artistic produc-
lion "
II m afraid / am Do you know her
weli Why have never seen herr!
Now. SAYS Cara. you have made
ne jealous, and, like wise woman, l
,eiuse 10 talk OF my rival. On Thursday