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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30

small cipher embroidered In the corner.
l do not advise the getting Of a number
OF fancy handkerchiefs-they arc useless
and have a rather common air. or stock
ings 1t must be said that one should be
governed by the style OF shoes selected
for the summertime wear. With low,
undresaed kid shoe should be worn SILK,
Isle or cotton stockings OF the same
color and four pairs Of these would be
required. Almost all women wear black
stockings. and so there would be wisdom
Tn getting six pairs Of these, while only
one pair OF white silk. to be worn with
the bridal slippers. is required. II you
have scarlet or gray shoes then you must
have stockings 10 match them, but the
number required may be regulated by the
depth Of your purse. a pair Of walking
shoes, n pair OF low shoes and a pair
OF house slippers are all the shoes abso-
lutely required, and. as I said about the
stockings the number selected may de-
pend entirely on the amount or money
YOU wish 10 spend. A parasol 10 % with
your visiting suit and an umbrella are
also counted among the necessities CT
trOuggCau.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30
John Ru.kin'. May Queen"

A teacher seats herself at the plano
and strikes the first chords of a tr
umphant march, and slowly the girls
enter the room, writes Ethel Mackenzie
McKenna, in an interesting description
Of "Ruskin's May Queen in the Nay
Ladies' Home Journal. First come eigh-
teen OF the tallest bearing long. white
wands wreathed with flowers. which they
cross to form arches and under these the
queen walks TO her throne. She is wear
Ing a charming dress OF soft drapeable
material I'm a delicate shade of pink
over green skirt A train of court
ly length hangs from her shoulders and is
borne by her maids. She Is crowned with
apple-blossoms and carries a posy OF
the same flowers. Evidently she has not
yet recovered from her shyness, for Ter
hands shake as she stands before her
throne and the blossoms in her bouquet
trembe. Then slowly all her school
fellows passed before her. and the first
to do homage was the dethroned queen
The insignia OF royalty. the gold cross
and chain, lay on purple cushion on the
steps OF the throne. Alasl Mr.. Ruskin
was not able TO preside, but the Countess
of CadOgan consented to represent him.
and ascending the throne she fastened II
round the neck OF her MAY Queen
Ship
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30
or woman's Signature.

The mystery Of the usual fen nine
signature when II Is attac led 10 bust
ness letter leads almost 'nvariahy to
embarrassment on the part OF the an
swered, writes Frances +. Lanisan in the
May Ladies' Home Journal
In proceeding to some opinion as 10
the best course TO be adopted. the thing
which must not be done should first
be thoroughly understood The Vul-
garity of the titular signature Mrs.
Mary Brown" or Miss Susan Smith,
affixed after a yours very truly" can
only be excused by its evident intent TO
be one OF the solutions OF the problem.
This form is the one to be avoided. A
fashion recommended by common sense,
simplicity and good taste. Is that OF plac-
ing Miss" in brackets, a little TO the
left OF the name, as
Yours very truly.
Miss Mary Smith.
It's equivalent for the married woman
is found by writing below her signature,
Address Mrs John Smith," as:
Yours very truly,
Mary Smith.
Address Mrs John Smith.
The value of concerted action Is I'M
questioned. and the necessity for 1t In
the accomplishment of any given purpose
quite as evident. therefore, If this prob
lem Of Identification of signature is ever
to be solved, 1t can only be by united
agreement on the part OF women.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30
MY Mothers wedding-Ring.

] remember when that circlet
Was a heavy golden band,
And how chastely rich II ehone upon
Her plump and pretty hand.
AS boy and man I've often seel
Pure gems. serene and rare.
Clean brightly on the same dear hand,
So tender, true and fair.
Those jewels, like the leeting Joys
That come and glow, and go.
With all Of Fortunes transient gifts.
And many a heavy woe,
Have gone, AS go all friends and days,
With every hope or care;
Put still the plain gold weddingrlng
Shines true and faithful there.
Those dear old hands are trembling now
Beneath the weight Of years,
And fragile, thin. has grown the band
That linked her joys and tears;
But to n loving. grateful son,
There is no blessed thing
In all the world 50 holy as
His mothers wedding ring.
VIII Visscher, In Newark Call.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30
A Modest wit.

A supercilious nabOb Of the East
Naughty, being great-purse proud, being
rich
A governor or general at the least.
| have forgotten which
Had i'm his family humble youth
Who went from England in his patrons
suit.
An unassuming person, and in truth
a lad of decent parts and good repute
This youth had sense and spirit;
But yet. with all his sense.
Excessive difidence
Obscured his merit.
one day. at table, flushed with pride and
wine.
His honor. proudly free, severely merry,
Conceived il would be vastly fine
To crack a joke upon his secretary.
young man." he said, "by what art.
craft or trade,
Did your good father gain LIVELIHOOD"
"He was a saddler, sir" Modestus said,
And IN his lime was reckoned good"
"A saddler eh? and taught you Greek,
Instead of teaching you to sew!
Pray. why did not your father make
\ sadder, sir, Of your
Each parasite then as In duty bound,
The joke applauded, and the laugh went
round.
At length AIodestus. bowling low,
Said (craving pardon, If too free he
made,
"Sir, by your leave. fam would know
Your fathers trade"
my fathers tradel Come, come sir!
that's too bad
My fathers trade! Why blockhead. are
you mad?
My father sir, did never stoop so low
lie was a gentleman, I'd have you
know"
Excuse the liberty I take"
Modestus said. with archness in his
brow.
pray, why did not your father make
A gentleman Of yOu?"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30
SWEET PEAS.

When sunset clouds are hued with rose'
Down garden paths my lady goes
TO pluck the pink sweet peas.
Her fond eyes show she loves them much,
as does her tender finger touch,
As airy as the breeze.
she leans and fingers over them.
! watch them kiss her garments hem,
Her wOoers, every one;
Whene'er they see her radiant face
They seem II sue some glance Of grace
As sun-hoWers sue the sun.
How may I win her dear regard?-
A task which SWANS have found so nara
That all. fOrsoOth, despair
IL Try II there be any spell
In wearing on my coat lapel
4 sweet pea boutOnniere.
--Clintwood Sconard, in May Ladies
Home journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30

And since Il Is so desirable q material,
and useful upon so many occasions. silk
shines out all over. For young maidens
the simply gathered dresses, fulled on
yoke at the neck or gathered into the
collar, and then gathered again at the
waist under the full belt, are particularly
appropriate.
The buckle fad doesn't annoy us much
at present although the buckle continues
TO grow. A pretty dress Of three simple
ruffies has a high belt caught In with a
slender, cleaning buckle, just In front,
and over wide lace fchu fails.
A gown that is just finished may make
scallops something OF a favorite. Al least
the scallop has the merit Of being COM
parativey unknown this season, ana
may, therefore, recommend Itself TO that
large class ever on the alert for some
thing that Is not generally worn THESE
scallops come. upon this particular gown
in three rows at the foot OF the skirt;
again. in a berthe on the waist. and once
more. in a tight bodice of velvet. Be-
yond this the dress is plain, save FOR the
ubiduitous naring sleeve. This gown VIII
serve as travelling and visiting gown NJ
the Fair. A sufficiently dressy effect Is
given by jauntly bow right In front OF
the berthe. by pretty gloves. ana
flower hat.
Another dress that goes 10 thicdso nus
deep ruffie at the foot of rather close
fitting skirt The rufile is headed ana
edged by velvet bands. The slight full
ness of the bodice is gathered In knot
at the breast, back from which ran dou-
BILE velvet revers A tiny velvet band en-
circles the waist, and small velvet points
fall from the plain lower sleeve UP over
the full puff.
The latest departure In color gowns is 70
eoIors. lust as you see all over In the
shops, and then have the velvet cape.
collar or bretelles. as the case may be,
made from the shaded velvet. The velvet
must include all the colors in your gown;
but this is not difficult to obtain, Tor vel
vets now shade from heliotrope Into yell
low and blues and reds and greens ana
lavenders and white The velvet, II pro-
perly tinted, brings out every shade In
YOUR gown and renders II a trihe more
startling But this Is right, and ms 1t
should be. EVA "A. SCHCbEhl'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30

A certain amount Of social life is alb
solutely essential TO all of us-tO the old
as well az to the young, writes Edward
w. Box I'm a pertinent article on man 3
inability to see things as others see them,
in the May Ladies Home Journal y
woman never grows so Old that she ceases
10 enjoy the company Of others, and gem
orally the older she grows the more She
enjoys 1t. 1t is always a pity 10 see a
man fall into a state which he explains
by saying: "Oh. we're getting ola, and
don't care for so much variety in our
lives" In the pure unselhshress Of his
soul he always speaks Of "us" and eve, -
as If 1t naturally follows that because he
is getting antiquatcd his wife must keep
pace with him in his decline. Men all
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30
The TlMEs-RIcHMoND VA: SUNDAY APRIL 80 1898
OF Women and the Home.

q tall. corn-stalk looking creature. with
a white necktie. The subject under dis
cussion was Scott" but the cousin"
only looked around, and after awhile
Helen cooled down. and talked quite
naturally. Toward the close OF the meet
ing she seemed TO think something was
expected Of her. so two or three times
attempted to speak, but Helen always
interrupted her. Just as we were about
10 disband she got I'm her SAY" Stand
ing up and looking around in a conde-
scending way. she remarked: 81 have
never read Scott myself. but I bet you
all a bushel OF apples Mr.. Waverley's
novels can beat his all 10 hollows." Helen
said they must go at once. as the horses
were so restless on cold evenings, so babe
us d hasty adieu. ENID.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30

So many young women waste time and
money i'm laboring TO sing, when singing
we'll is entirely beyond them. that t IS a
pity they do not oct upy themselves more
probably in training themselves to ipeaK
properly. writes Junius Henri Browne In
an article on "The Voices OF American
Women" In the May Ladies Home
Journal. Not many lessons would be
reouired to make their voices smooth
even agreeable. as we see in the cases OF
Young women who have been prepared for
the stage. There is no substantial reason
why American women Of average intelli-
gence, Notwithstanding nerves and cli-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30
No Wonder.

The ladies wear such styles. we fear
Their hearts are growing insncere.
Their chignons keep the light away
Their spreading hoopskirts plainly say
Upon your peril. sin, came helr'
Mans dscontentment grows each year
AS he observes the mo1strous. queer,
Unshapely crnoline array
The ladies wear.
What wonder that the bubbles sheer,
Say naughty words and drink bad beer!
Oh. what unspeakable dismay
II men I'm crinoline some day
Should march the streets; we'd doubtless
hear
The ladies swear.
Exchange
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30
4 woodland Path.


Again I see the rustling leaves
Stir in tho summer air
Rose brambles bend across the path
With gentle clirgng snare;
The bonny brook the sclf-same song
is singing ali the DAY.
II sang when We two passed along
This way.
Oh love. I wish the skies were dark
wish the flowers were dead,
/ wish the little singing brook
Were silent ia its bed!
For if the blue were overcast
might forget the day
When you and / together passed
This way.
-Margarette Lippincott, IN May Ladies
Home journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30
Doubtful.

my lips are oh, so chapped," said she,
"Why. glycerine is fine" quoth he.
II haven't got a drop" she sighed.
"Wha. difference does that maker" he
cried.
ERE left home"-hls face grew gay
IL put some on my lips to-day;
"And II. my dear. You will allow,
I'll make an application now
She smiled. she pouted. IL don't know"
She murmured TO him soft and low:
Say, do you think they are so rough
One application Is enough?'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30

with fine galloon. The only portion OF
the waist that is fiat is a small pointed
woke. over these Is maize-colored fehu,
knotted at the breast. Up over the fichu
comes a full gathered corselet OF the
silk. Small bretelles OF galloon go over
the shoulder. and maize epaulets hang
over each sleeve. II Is charminsly cool
and airy.
The silk fad Is very general. Now that
silk has gone down 10 so moderate a
price-and quality-almost any one can
have a silk gown, or several silk bodices.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30
The Brides Belongings.

The day for the use of very elaborate
embroidery or imitation lace on ones
underwear has gone by. ana it is de-
manded that the brides lingerie shall be
Of fine material made by hand, and
daintily trimmed. writes Ruth Ashmore in
the May Ladies' Home Journal. Women do
not buy the great quantities Of underwear
that they used 20, for experience has
proved that II only grows yellow, and
in many instances grows absolutely use
less. one has gotten quite enough IL one
elects 10 have six OF each variety or
linen or lawn. four flannel skirts and two
silk or alpaca ones. These. with the
underwear already possessed, are quite
sufficient to last one for long time.
OF handkerchiefs one should have
dozen white lawn ones, daintily hemmed'
finished with fine lace and having very
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30

mate. should offend by their harsh tones.
The day Is not distant. let us hope. when
the number will be reduced TO mini
mum. The coming century will, In all
likelihood. not only see a new order OF
things. but will hear new order OF voices
that II will be pleasant to listen to.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30

In 1891 the agricultural products Of COL
orado, not including honey, wool or live
stock increase. yislded, ct . low estiuastA
A,10o,0D.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30
BY A SOCIETY GIRL.
On the Text "sweet Woman is Iife's Sun.
shine"

The individual who first invented the
smile. woman Is our sunshine. who
forever lights our way" was certainly
very poor judge Of human nature. OF
course, we arc like sunshine IN some
instances. When struggling young man
marries a rich girl, she is a golden ray"
In his life; or when the lord and ma ster"
is detained at his Office" until late at
night, she can eclipse the sun I'm warming
MIN up upon his return. But what mem
Der of the sterner sex would love wo-
man who was always the same? The
more uncertain, coy and hard 10 please"
the more adorable she becomes All
observers OF the dear creature" can tell
(Which way the wind blows" by noticing
how woman shuts a door IL all is
'qUiet along the Potomac" so 10 SPEAK,
she will softly close the door. as II she
were pleased with lie IN general, and
the portal not being as heavy as il ap-
pears, locks itself in with a very little
click But II there is a storm brewing
bang, goes the door and all remon-
strances are vain The wise man OF his
generation goes off 10 his club without
another word, and under the smoothing
influence of a Fragment havana, the pres
ent floats away with the smoke. and he
lives only in the past An hour or two
afterwards as he strolls into the house
there sits his better half clothed in her
right mind, and in "a most becoming
gown. and he silently acknowledges TO
himself that she has become once more
"a minstering angel"
We all have our red letter days and our
blue days but the epochs OF our life TO
which any color refuses to be applicable
are when our country relatives come 10
visit us. Heller was model FIN de
steele" girl. never known 10 blush, and
rarely TO laugh. but that evening when
she came I'm the parlor she was positively
crimson. II was the meeting OF our
Literature Club, and Helen was very late.
but we forgot our Impotence when she
appeared, followed by her country cousin,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-30
THISTLE WOMANSPAGE
An IRRAY or ADMIRABLE READ
ING MATTER.

Another Of r-nid's Talks-How to Keep
-VOices-Belongings OF
Bride-The Fashion Letter.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-14
WORTH YOUR WHILE TO READ

FULLY o. per cent. of all the cham
pagnc that is made is lost by the burst
ing Of bottles.
WHITE owls infost the basement of
the state house in Springfield, H.. and
threaten to dcvour the public records.
Mrs. SUSAN NEAL, of San Antonio.
Tex, whose age is seventy, recently
distinguished herself by killing n
panther with an AK.
FIFTY jars of preserved, fruit fell from
shelf in the cellar of Il house at Yard
ley, Pa, and were destroyed. Fifty
kind neighbors made good the loss by
each presenting to the woman Il jar of
fruit.
IN the belfry at the Unitarian church
at Plymouth, Mass, which was burned
to the ground n few nights ago. bell
cast by Paul Revere in 1901, and which
rang the curfcw for many years, was
destroyed.
AMONG curious facts relating to light
vessels is their mode of being moored.
Except on stony ground, they do not
ride to anchors, but to mushrooms"
weighing about two tons, which bury
themselves in the mud or sand, and form
an absolutely secure mooring.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-14
PEOPLE OF THE U. S.

Mrs. MARGARET HOWELL. DAVIS
HAYES son, Il grandson of jefferson
Davis, has been almost idolizcd of late
by confederate veterans, who call him
Little Jeff
CnAELEToH PARKER, of Michigan, is
rcc!ioncd the model schoolboy of the
great west He walks to school and
back, fifteen miles n day, and hasn't
missed i day this term.
GEORGE w. CHILDs, of the Public
Ledger, Philadelphia, gave 1000 to the
firemcn who recently saved the Ledger
building from destruction by fire, and
also $1,000 to the policemen who assist
ed in the work.
CoRNHLIUs McKANE, young negro
who practicing medicine in Savannah,
is said to truce his descent to the re-
doubtablc King George, of Africa and
he expects ultimately to have IL medical
college set up in that country.
E!;PEEsInENT HAYES SAYS that mas
much as the 18th OF March fell on Sun
day when he was authorized by law to
be iaaugTvatcd as rrcsident he was pri-
vatcly inaagurated on that day, al
though the public Inauguration did not
occur until the succeeding Monday
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-14
IN DAYS GONE BY.

CATHERINE DE MGDICI imported muffs
into France from Italy.
PoRK was the most highly esteemed
flesh at the Roman table.
The Roman kitchens were marble
paved and furnished with pic lures and
statues.
SPARKLING champagne was the dis
covcry OF Pctrus Perignon, 4 monk, who
died in lT15.
IN oldcn times dcformed people were
frequently thrown into prison to be
kept out of sight.
AMONG the French dainties of the fif-
tccnth century were fried leechcs and
hashcd porpoise.
THE wide skirt, under the name of
fardingalc, first appeared in 1880 ut the
court of Francis |.
MANY suits of armor worn in the four
tecnth century weighed one hundred
and scvcnty-fivc pounds each
STOCKINGS first came into use in the
eleventh century. Before that, cloth
oandages were wound around the feet.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-14
NATURAL HISTORY.

ga eICK dog is usually his own doctor.
Turn him loose in u field, and if he can
not find some species of grass or herb
suitable for his case the malady is in
durable.
OrossuMs are the only animals that
make L ii.ore ella boratc toilet than eats.
THE hardest wood known is said TO be
the cocus 1t turns the edge of any ax
however we'll tempered.
WILD geese avoid the vicinity OF
Sherman, Ore, in daytime. and only
approach the ncighborhood in the nirht.
They have been SO much hunted there
that they have become cautious.
BARREL of molasscs collapsed in n
Buffalo grocery. and the fluid ran over
the floor. rat became smcarcd with
it and ran of. Although the house had
been previously infested with rats, not
one has been seen there Since
IL three, or five, or more mon arc
asleep III room and one Of them is
drunk the flies will gather upon the
tipsy man and avoid the others. The
reason is that the insects rcvel in the
odor of alcohol and sometimes get
drunk on it.
WHEN a cow is two years old a
wrinkle begins to form at the base of
her horns. At three years this wrinkle
is fully developed. When she is five
years old another will form and after
that one will form each year. Thus her
age can bc discovered.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-14
SHOES m JAPAN.
They Arc Mado OF Straw for Hotl
and Horses.

They Arc Mado OF Straw for Both Men
and Horses.
In the land of the Milado. if nowhere
else on earth. man and beast wear shoes
made of the same matcrial-to-wit.
straw. One would naturally not think
that straw would make very good shoes
to be worn even by man, and worn,
too, in the most gingcrly fashion. Ger
tainly they would not be very durable
to the average boy who can kick the
stutfng" out of school shoes in a few
brief weeks.
How then can it be expected that they
would do horses any reasonable service
ut all? Well, they don't; they wear out
so fast and have to be replaced so often
that anyone going for Il long drive will
have to carry about CARLOAD of them
along. So often do the horses shoes
have to be changed that the people have
come to do so at pretty regular inter
walls when on trip, and distance has
come to be measured by the length of
road Il set of shoes will last. In the
parlance of the country, one does not
travel SO many miles, but SO many sets
of shoes. When You ask native how
far it is to any given place he will reply
so many sets of shoes. We don't know
that such is the fact. but probably when
the horses are done with their old shoes
they eat them.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-14

Mr.. Froude tells a story of how ma.
tive Maori chief, Tckoi. managed to
turn the tables upon his missionary
teacher. The chief had been frequent
ly warned by him against the evil of in
diligence in 'fircwatcr." A day came.
however, when the missionary, in dan
ger of catching cold, felt constrained to
fortify himself with glass of whisky
toddy. At the moment he was about
to raise the tempting fluid to his lips a
dusky figure appeared, and, laying his
finger on the glass, said: "Stop, little
father! If you drink frcwater, you will
lose your health, you will lose your
character Perhaps you will lose your
life. Nay, little father, you will lose
but that shall not be. Your immortal
soul is more precious than mine. The
drink will hurt me less than it will hurt
you. TO save your soul, / will drink it
myself" Which he did forthwith.