Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-11
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The very people VINO ke TO have their
names in the papersr and the -Four Hun
bred are weak in that way-are dead sure
10 get them in at least once more tnan -
desirable. This misfortune has nappenei
TO MIR. Robert Hoo. tho distinguished
manufacturer of printing-pres and ma
terial appertdining thereto. Mr. Hoe is
the son Of a mechanic who by hls indus
try and Inventions lett large fortune
sufficient IN size 10 set up his son,
vino has largely increased his lnherliei
wealth-h'gh among the -Four Hundred.
He il a conspicuously good-loOklng man,
il aware OF the fact. and has me con-
tempt for the things around and especl-
ally beneath him. He has lads, Such a5
the collection of rare books he IL con-
stantly adding to one OF the finest private
libraries in town, and he was one OF the
founders Of the Grolier Club. And he Is
prominent in other clubs. saw the man
wilt once II was IN "a bookstore which lie
freuuented almost daily. In his grand way
he sad 10 a clerk. who knew HIM as well
AZ he knew Chauncey Depew: Go and
tell Mr.. ID. conc of the proprietors) that
| wish to see him. les, slr'
said the clerk; what name? VINO shall
| say wishes 70 see hun Z" when Alr.
Hoe recovered from his speechless
amazement he fed from the store ana
did not enter it again for fully three
months. And now. while the old man
is IN Paris, TWO of Mr. Hoes pretty daugh.
ters take upon themselves the liDerty OK
marrying two fine young men OF tnelr own
choosing without the family's" permls-
sion. Why this proceeding should be called
"surrepttiOus" people who understand
the meaning Of words Will be puzzled 10
know, for the young couples hardly
were out OF the church, certainly not
.f ha LafAra tina wnD49
story was printed IN the news
papers ami was telegraphed through
out the Union. And yet there was notning
improper" IN the entire performance,
from beginning to end. The girls married
their lovers when and how they pleased,
and tho young husbands. III the same
social set with the Hoes, were in al re-
spects what are called desirable
Matches When Dir. Hoe comes back he
las only TO play the old. tme-worn pa
ternal part, invariably winding up on the
stage with Bless ye, my children" But
he would like to have been asked about,
as well as 10. the wedding.
LOOK OUT FOR PAINT.
An apothecary friend supplies me with
the horriiying intelligence that the ladies
are painting their cheeks and lips this fall
u on extent considerably beyond what has
been known in this city for long time. L
do not wish TO come 70 my readers bearing
bad news. but ut the same time, having
been put in possession OF this information.
| feel II duty | owe 10 those whom 1t may
concern, to nail up the warning sign.
Look Out for PANT Powder always
goes with paint, so the demand for these
two articles OF the toilet Is lively. and
unless my friend who sells them Is
greatly mistaken, tine demand will be very
oh ~ a al ina season advances.
"Our a1viccs from Paris" said he. are
that paint il more extensively used there
this season than Tor many years, and tins
state of affairs accounts for tho movement
here. IL is curious thing, this paint
craze. and 1t selZos upon youn. girls
whose compilations are almost perfect. VI
course. cosmetics will destroy the tone Of
a pretty complexion, but that fact. known
TO everybody, does not deter some women
more than YOU would like 10 beleve-from
the habttual use Of them. But this fall
women who never used paint and powder
in their lives before are now victims 10
this dlctum OF fashion. l should he the
last to complain" continued my inform
ant, for there Is nothing We sell that
pays IA better profit. We always get "A
fancy price for any thing III that line, and
now that fashion Is iavorlng Us We can add
10 or ID per cent. to the price of we'll
KNOW II HOtsAS ulNs UO but Will
At ordinary times young girls are our best
customers for this Class of goods. No
matter dow pretty their complexion may
be they are willing that shall be pref
tier, 9nd thinking that cosmetics will
accomplish this they buy freely But lust
at this tine. ~ / have said ladies gene
rally are buying. One would naturally
suppose that anything SO destructive to
beauty as pant and powder would not last
long with the ladies'. but instead of the
cosmetics vice dying out We sea II Is grow
Ing. II Is like morphine. The more You
take Of 1t tho more you must. Ladies IN
the sere and yellow lear have never been
our best customers, as one might be lol to
believe. II Is the girl with the really good
complexion who comes ofteaest and buys
most. Her fine complexion Is DESTROYED
| in time. To he sure. ant then she is obliged
TO use cosmetics whether she wishes 70 or
not"
While wo were talking carriage
stopped III front ut the door. Ii brought
a well-known society woman for au oatdt
OF paint and powder, who, tine druggist
said. had not until that time used any,
thing but q little powder. Those who FOL-
low where fashion leads are blind and glad
o. IL.
AN oLD-riME NOVELIST.
The city OF Brooklyn has been entertain.
ing q quiet. old, forgotten literary hon
during the past week in tho person of
Emerson Bennett. 10 the novel readers
OF tho past generation what memories that
name conjures As boy | am sure |
read at least twenty-five Of Benefits
novels. He Is credited with fifty. His
stones were mostly of the frontier, and NO
man,. not even excepting Cooper, endowed
the Indian with moro grace, grandeur
aud glory. How l recall his en-.
trancing story entitled THE Prairie
Flower. and the sequel, "Leni
Lsonit =; Mr. Bennett Is nov sixty
sstts in lsa2 and Coz Afty years he be-