The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-03-31
,,rrsT EvOLUTIOys OF METROPOLI-
TAN LIFE.
. THERE WAS A NAN, HAS HE
GOMEZ"
,nr HARDEST POLITICAL FIGHTER
oi HIS tiMt
M, Forget tho ola Fish stand"-iit
a. pabies In love - The Latest
,sshfons About sweet scented
Flowers.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to The TINES.

Ga see Annie JthnCs- Mllitt SNOW
.. famous legleis The other da'
t. MA, fsctlg an suliencs Of Brook
, women. 0nr barely lifted the hen
tlor handsome Directory reception cos
..we 4 glimpse OF something fawn-
..,ol and sofl was obtained BY thos,
u. fbc front lows.
.Tbs.e." said Mrs Miller, care leglets
u, ana hy ! am going 10 show them 10
.,1 tom TOP 10 bottom
Pc and hy. accordingly she disappeared
r,rrh side door and presently step
ODD fhr stlCe again, hesiiaiin yly, shy
i..genish'y Shy. with an uncerti.n smile
,f her lps. inst as II she had not
I.r. fle same thing half a hundred
.-ar, before. The pr'tiy ptudery de
fr.,ed the sndicncc. aud put a keener
e ON their wntiled curiosity Ms
v.i Was wrapped from head % foot in
,,.Irminous Opera cloak az soft gray
.f..h The women looked ~ one anoth-
snl then al her with eager little
.,Hss Ike school girls 20 whom some
..,-bfv. delightful secret was about 20
l.anVi.ei One or two OF them gle
.s reri0uslv in The suspense OF me
moment The more exciiaOle ones pat
..fs Iiule with iheir impatient hands
.r. Miller Sd encouraged. stepped 10
nefrn of the platform
.Ttrfe WAS q man. she ariicnlaied 10
..t.re whisper. elias he gone
reerv woman looked 40 her ncighb0rs
S.. saw no man.
Il. Chat D. mans bat or p woman's that
.4. I.nr ~ fIn room
Fr.ry head was crayed backward, and
,te answer was passed from mouth to
mouth. from row 20 10" forward, us a
woman
N,. Miller united The ribbons OF her
.f,.kas n She would let 10 drop away
.rhcrc'- % pccp-hoie In that door there
Tim sure that man could look through"
Every woman looked around second
an. She eXiNcn-e Of the pcep-hole
uas beyond question.
Won't some Of sou 20 and stand IN
front 1fit so as % make sure he can
.eet' N0t that think 70 would hurt
Mmor me one biz, but men will talk so
lIsagteeahly
Hat dozen women rose and planted
a plalanx Of broad backs between Mrs.
Ni'or aud the door.
y 10 are sore he is not hiding in the
r.l.ress There" - what more she
wanl hsvc said was drowned In the
sii.n ripple OF applause that ran
around the room The opera cloak hal
Iuu0sd. a0d its ersiwhile wearer stood
e.mpIeiely clothed in the delicate favn-
..I.rel SIX. with dainty pink ribbons
rlu in at meek and sleeve.
Sow. aren't they just as pretty as
vour,f Tel. me. sren'l they
She bent forward FOL Al snswef They
are. they are came IN soft mufmuIs
from every pair Of feminine lips within
hearing.
MIS- Miller turned her head from one
eide to another. drinking IN the approval
The beautiful woman stood beautifully
clothed 90 the modest garments. From
a pretiiiy fitting yoke p, the neck fell
,vlnt looked Nke u short skirt reaching
lust 90 the ankles. The silk folds fitted
ihe waist costly, and until she moved, no
cue would have supposed that the new
vie of p-iiicOat was divided. so fun and
DID graceful were the folds OF lhe Turkish
Trousers.
And ! don't look 20 very different
iom other women, do ~ She had
..axlag p0ut on her lips by this time.
BOD was stepping across the stage 70 A-
usfrsie the advantages OF The oifuicA-
fiIn.
ed Tell you that Ia ten years not wo'
man iu the United States under Nifty
wears of age will be wearing peiilicoats.
SKY thousand women are legletted to-
iay
1 seems an old thing In the telling, but
some Of the most elaborate dress making
lone at This season, goes into the costly
which women have made up
u lake with them into the private hospi-
ss You never thought of a hospital as
s1 arena for dress display, did yOuf but II
. hecoming such, rapidly.
During Lent The private hospitals are
uu The Oyer.worked society dfu iges
.efire for brief season, 10 rest and re
.uperaie ia the retreat provided by their
av0rlte physicians, and where they GO
n course their gowns 90 also. Private
hospitals Increase 10 numbers every year,
had their patients are nearly all feminine.
lhcy deal with disorders of every species.
lnt those for nervous diseases out num-
ler an the others. and are the ones whose
beds are an taken during the penitentlai
.ea.On This women who send trunks
iiled with pretty tea gowns 10 their
io0rs, are usually women OF means, they
need 90 have money. for the doctor re-
lulres n At their hands He charges them
rom $50 20 500 a week for board, nurs'
log. ana the sunlight Of his own mag
ieic presence, and packs them away
ierv frequently in dismal little rooms, as
are and white as those Of monastery,
.agfters which they would not put a
.efyant In al home, but which they pay
on without murmurIng at summer
boarding house or hospital, coming back
20 them year after year, and feeling a.
'erigin Of a rendezvous with acquaint-
.nces as at Saratoga or AT Cape May.
just now hospital. society Is IN full
wing Some three weeks sgo, Mrs.
seventeen Engagements In an AfiCr'
loon. arrived sac was white, she had
urDls rings under her eyes She had -
.erg0u. twltching Of her eyelids, and ner
.0lce bad hysteIical ring. She told the
.0ci0r she was worn out With devotion
OBJ social duties, and she went 10 bed (
\ 81 day she iif ed her head fee0lg from
he pillow 90 ask il Miss D4nces.Six- T
.iilles imam Evening, or Mrs Never .
Oes to Bed Before-TwO-O'clOck-in the. .
i0rning were there this year We're .
hey expecting Miss ln-Her Sixlh-sea- +
on. and who were the most promising .
: ihe new people
Ia the pivotal county OF the pivotal .
tate lives the hardest political fighter OF .
is time Built for endurance rather .
han speed. be Is somewhat sensitive on .
be subject OF his wears. though their +
ielghi tells impelceplibly upon him A
roup Of commanding men left Hugh f
lcLsugbl.n behind Bescher's voice is
lent ia the city Of the dead Kingsley,
he founder Of the bridge, sleeps not far
-0m him In Greenwood, and kinsella,
journalistic giant Of the East, has been
srrled from the scene Of conflict. Other
zen occupy their places. but do not MI
lem. Be ,chsr's voice wss pitched In a
ey that knows no dup icati0n; klngs-
US constructive genius and maguiu 'eut
9urage could be- handed % no success
pr, and ,kinsells's pen. NOT, pernaps,
0iie fine 3noush ia pfiai, bat destiuc.
yo a. brcad--word, was made for no