The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-18

| was exercised almost exclusively on the
| part Of the children Why, the rising
| young American I'm this generation rules
| his father, leads his mother. lords IL
over mis- grandma" dictates TO his
| grown sister and bosses the cook ON
! questions far more vital than that of
! surrenderins the entire culinary depart
| ment 10 the Saturday evening mOlasses-
| candy stew. thereby causing many an
| expression not intended for prayer 10
| escape his grown brothers lips on ascer-
| tanning that every door-knob in the house
| is besmeaIcd with a complete coating Of
| the sticky substance.
never saw this theory more perfectly
Illustrated than Il few days ago on a
Clay-street car. a boy of about seven
summers was seated between his mother
on the one side and his sister, a girl Of
some fourteen years. on the other II
seems that the younGster had lost his
Tag Of candy and 70 was with great
difficulty that his mother and sister
finally succeeded in partially comforting
him. Near the corner OF Fifth aud clay
the boys hat fell off, Here his worse
allure reached the climax. With the
voice Of a Mohawk Indian he set up
howl. which might nave been mend ID
for the people in tha Wcst-E End. ! felt
confident that he would never have any
consumptive trouble. Such a pair Of
lungs are seldom found in this country.
In point OF volume i shouldn't hesitate
to put that voice against that II any
darby that ever ran Wild In the green
pastures OF Moss Valley. The conductor
OF the car stopped the whole Conveyance
and secured the young vocallsts hat.
This mad no effect on the youthful tyr tl.,
who exercised his vocal organs more Wig
orousiy than ever. When the sister tried
ltf Ia q fufn
John L." left-handers ON small scale,
driving the cirl 20 the rear end of the
car Tire passengers were shocked at
such performance, and one old maid
found an opportunity 10 congratulate
herself ON never having married. Shock
inCw said a quiet lady i'm the rear of The
car. "Outraeeous. remarked an aged
gentleman just I'm front while young
man standing on the platform Nentufed
that the little devil ought 10 be spank
ed" Nearly twenty minutes was re-
quired I'm subduins the youthful tyrant's
TEMPER. Ever since that day I've Won
derel II there were enough hickory
branches in the Chesterfield forests 10
make a critque on that youngster, had
he been mine. II is TO be hoped that his
mother or father laid him across bar
rel and gave him n practical acQuain-
lance with a stout raw-hide at least.
A journalist, like other beings. fire.
qucnuy meets with unique experiences
You may laugh, but it's true, the fact
that he chases an item 10 the prosaic
realms Of Solitude Notwithstanding. lie
ambles down TO courtroom, and up
bo6s a friend Of the press with two
column account Of a fishing excursion.
which resulted I'm the capture of three
perch and catfish. The news-gatherer
gla1ces over the pages, and makes
remark about the comparative merits OF
the article, when he is serenely informed
that 1T might do o fiji up" the con-
siderate contributor lever having realized
the fact that an editors hook is usually
in the same condition as lie man VINO
has drained q hundred schooners of beer.
a party of young ladies' give a sociable.
After describing in detail the cow that
furnished the milk, out Of which the
cream was manufactured, commenting
al length upon the comparative merits OF
the artist who executed the paintings on
the parlor wall, Inserting a column or
two on the pleasure derived from the
preliminary conversations on the part
of the individual guests, a lengthy ac-
count of the exciting games played, the
musical selections rendered on the Jews
harp, and the Terpsichorean manipula-
tons of the respective dancers follow,
with some critiquss upon the silk-Hcrm
that produced the material out Of which
Misses Thng-um- bob's and Uzzlephonta's
gowns were made, and a voluminOus dis
sertation upon the exquisite way in which
the hospitable hostess poised herself ron
a snow white rug TO receive her guests
'1I her own peculiar and altogether char
acterstic grace" several paragraphs on
the palate bic constituents Of the menu,
a few ren.arks about the culinary skill
displayed In the preparation of same a
number of rambling statements In refer
ence TO the pangs OF remorse that pierced
the bosoms OF all present when the time
for departure arrived. and the report
proper closes with a high-hown para
graph in which II is declared that the
affair was a complete and pronounced
success never TO be forgotten by any OF
the favored few who were so fortunate
as 10 be present" AS an additional part
follow the names o. some ten or twelve