The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-02
HITLER And YONDER.
Chat About People and Things in Gene
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Chat About People and Things in Gene
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Lent is a good time TO tell which are
| the fashionable churches OF the city.
Many n girl who is not enough Of an
| Episcopalian TO find the places in her
Prayer-Book during service may be seen
on any pleasant Lenten afternoon at 81
Paul's, Grace, or All Saints, and there
is many a match arranged during the
stroll after church with some one
| brother You never see him In church,
but he's always around after service. It
is case Of Cupid lingering between the
Prayer Book leaves.
Apropos OF "Paderewski-tls," n Ia last
Sundays issue. Baltimore has at least
one happy female She shows to her
friends what she claims Is a lock OF
! Paderewski's hair Proud OF 1t? OF
course she is, but her friends wonder how
she got it. and some are so unkind as
10 say she bought it Of a hair-dresser
| on Lexington street. This story IS. OF
course, Indignantly denied. but Just the
same, those who have seen the precious
lock say It differs considerably IN color
from the pianists browning glory.
The Princess Kaiulani was educated
| quite Economically in an English board
| ing school. Harrowden Hall was the
name Of the institution, and Mrs. Sharp
was the name OF the mistress OF the es-
! tablishment.
Mrs. Sharp permitted the neighborlng
town OF Wilingborough TO see very little
! OF her royal charge. Kaiuani was very
little trouble and remarkably like any
other schoolgirl. According TO the Lon
don Queen she went through the school
curriculum of accomplishments in the or
! binary way. showing much aptitude but
| no very lively enthusiasm. Full OF fun,
natural. gracious. anectionate and very
much addicted TO catching up slang
| phrases. the princess made herself ex-
| tremcly popular with her schOolmates,
who called her Kaiulani with all the nu-
merous endearments beloved of school
girlhood.
1t has been stated that she was beauti-
ful. and she is certainly very cookbook
ing, with pair Of glorious dark eyes.
clear olive skin and a great quantity OF
wavy hair.
4 gentleman whose daughter has been
spending the past year I'm Europe said
that when she undertook recently 10 en-
gage her passage home she found every
thing was taken. up TO July, which would
seem TO indicate that several people"
are coming over to the Fair. Distin-
gushed nobiities are certainly coming
from Spain; also from Russia, ard we
hope from England
The Empress Eugene had. and still
cherishes, true Spaniards taste for
strong scents. her tavorite odors being
sandalwood and lemon verbena. writes
Lucy Hamilton Hooper in a delightful
article ia
nal. Queen Victoria seldom uses any
perfume except the homely and refresh
Ing lavender water OF which large duan-
titles are annually manufactured for her
use. The Princess OF Wales DELIGHTS i'm
that delicate scent known as wood-vioiet.
The Empress Frederick uses quantities Of
cologne water especially I'm the daily
bath, which she. as a typical English
woman, never fails TO take unless she be
hindered by illness. employing in this
way a quart OF cologne water daUy
The Empress OF Austria prefers for toilet
uses the delicate orange scent known as
Portugal water. The Queen Regent OF
Spain has delicious perfume especially
made Tor her use from the spice-scented
blossoms OF the carnation.
A salad of lettuce sprinkled with fresh
violets and old Bordeaux" is suggested
by Mrs. Burton Harrison in her Sweet
Bells out Of Tune IL may not be prac-
ticable for all tables. but il certainly
lends an elegant flavor to a novel or a
society column.
Mrs. Toistoi' Is an extremely clever
woman intellectually, and more than a
match for her husband in his arguments.
writes Marya Menschikif I'm a pleasant
sketch with portrait OF the wife OF the
famous Russian novelist.
She transcribcs his books as they arc
written, as frequently as they are altered
and revised. and in the case Of the
"kreutzer Sonata" copied il four times
before the book was finally completed.
The Countess, who is Of necessity the
financial manager OF the family has
taken possession Of the estate which she
administers for the good Of her husband
and children. She IL was who issued a
few years ago. the cheap edition Of Count
TolstOis novels, on the royalties OF which
the household has been supported. To
her trmness and determination the credit
for the home in which the family reside.
as we'll as the blame-if such it be called
for the husband $ failure to practice the
doctrine OF n community OF goods, which
ne so earnestly advocates, must be given;
and her realization that home must be
provided for the nine children who have
lived OF the sixteen born to them. must
be her excuse.
A feminine fad vastly worse than crino-
line, which, by the way, has not yet APP
peared I'm Paris has set I'm among Eng
lish women. According 10 the fashiona-
bic modistes OF London. tight lacing is
Increasing 10 an extraordinary extent.
There Is even a standard degree Of Slim
ness at which ladies are said to aim
Last summer women even bathed in
tightly-laced stays concealed beneath
their bathing dresses and ii is now COM
mon in certain circles for them to sleep
I'm corsets. The idea Of this foolish prac-
tice Is that It promotes husband catch
ing" Ambitious mothers begin with il
with their daughters III early youth Like
all pet fancies, this very Objectionable
one Will hold sway till returning COM
mon sense leads 10 its abandonment |
The better ideas on physiology which pre-
vail at the present day, It is to be hoped. !
VIII prevent It's imitation to any great
extent for nothing could be more detri-
mental 10 the health OF the sex than |
this.
Thus writes a friend from London |
going into ecstasies over Irving's magnih- |
cent production at the Lyceum of Jenny
sons tragic drama, Beckett" I'm which |
Ellen Terry appears as Fair RosamOnd. |
GeneWeve Ward as Queen Eleanor, and |
irving takes the character OF Becket-a |
very strong cast: lie costumes the arch |
bishop from copies Of the actual gar |
ments OF Thon as OF Canterbury. Miss |
Teirys dresses. they say, are perfect |
In design and effect. In the first scene |
when she comes flying in distress to |
Beckett 10 beg his protection from |
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