The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28


@ the gushing, molasses-
n candy style. while still
or others adopt a plan.
81 which for the want
Of a better name might be caiied 'ne
Heterogeneous order" In which a great
deal OF space is consumed, ana ho.nlns
tn,ell,eihle said. Then the various styies
of chirorraphy form an interesting heiu
for study Many students OF nuI'an
nature claim that ones character can oe
with some degree OF accuracy rea u lIol,'
ones handwriting TINS Is ~ .-nnot
Frequently the handwriting itseif cahHo'
no Rad and II looks like pity 10 CON
sumo so much genuine energy 70 no puI-
nose nut the best style TO adopt IN
correspondence looking towards the cur
rnination OF n romantic analr is 10 NC
natural Write what you think anu leoi'
and frame your thoughts ana iihpIes-
sions in such language as hrst occurs "
your mind For the sake or example 4
give a verbatim copy OF letter "rl''es
by a man who had either matrlmohy or
water on the brain, l disrememDer which
Just at present:
Dear Miss Lucy.-I Seat Myself Down
at this golden Opichunity 70 write You
a few lines After seeing You at MIS-
Johnsons l admire Your Fancies so wen
mat / was Compel TO Write 10 You. You
Said that you Have no Particular Cen
terman Friend. IL IL my Daslre 10 he
Particular Bussum Friend ~ You Would
Prefurr a genterman OF my Subility'
Have Ben thinking Of You Every sence
First Met with You. I am Fair In DIS
lance but Close BY In Mine. / Feel that
Language is Powerless to express the
Roundless toy and Happiness which Took
Possession of my Mine when / Peruesed
the lines Traced by your own Handwriting
Telling me that My Suit have Ben Ac-
capted. A gain and q gain ] Read those
Sweet Those In Trancing words Each
time with in Creasing Transport ana
new Born Pleasure. More Than once l
Doubt the Everdance OF Ny sence, half
believing what Saw and felt Was one
of those Dreams which a Lover with De-
lusive Hopes spread for him which may
N'ver fetch his Lips. But now That /
have n Waken to the Reality OF my good
Fortune and have Become Assured Of its
Existernce OF Course Miss Lucy. ] have
Taken this on Myself 10 write You /
Hope II will be some Concerlation. l
Wouldn't wish for my Talk to be as Sweet
milk Split on Dry land TO not TO be gath
cred Any more"
Red is the Roses, VOLTS Is Blue
Sugar are Sweet and so is You.
Apples is Good, But Peaches is Better
If You loves Ne, please answer this letter.
My Love for you shall ever Flow
Like Water down Pertater Row.
GEORGE SIMPSON,
No More at Present.
I am your Truly,
Bon Air Chesterfield Co., Va
May the 10. 1898.
If there is one person in this wide world
who ought to command the sympathy Of
every man. woman and child at this par
ticular season Of the year, II is the pre-
cocious college freshman. At present he
is using the best energies Of his mental
and physical being to prepare his COM
mencement speech. 1 was at college
once, and like most college students
during their first appearance on the
classic arena of collegiate institution, l
thought I was the cornerstone Of the
world. BY keeping my eyes open since
] left my dear old Alma Mater, / have
come 10 the conclusion that the universe
would continue to twirl around on its
axis, even IL I should shuttle off the
mortal coil" But the poor little fresh
man is just now in a serious dilemma,
which will prove very effective IN Grip
pling his eloquence. He is soon TO make
his maiden effort. or. rather female
attempt" as 1 recently heard II ex.
pressed. OF course, everybody has heard
him spout his "statesmanship," winding
up with the last words Of the great COM
moner, William Pitt: "Roll UP the map
of Europe" The words do make fine
mcuth-flling "curl' for the perorition OF
a commencement speech. and Lord Rose
berry ought 90 be shot, or hung, or, as
Poe says, both shot and hung" for
annihilating so much eloquence. But the
sober truth must be told. Lord Rose
berry's recent life OF William Pitt proves
beyond q doubt that the great orators
last words were: 81 wish I had one OF
Bellamy's meat pies!" I heartily sympa-
thize with the freshman. He had best
"swing on to- "Thermopylae" and Mara
thon," with "Brutus" as an encore.
During these long, warm evenings the
fashion is TO gather up your young lady
friend and spend an hour or two at one
of the suburban parks. Libby HILL Chin
borazo, Reservoir and Forest Hill are the
scenes Of jovial recreaters almost every
evening. There is something 50 peaceful
and dreamy about a suburban park You
listen with delight 10 the chirp OF the
cricket and the distant croak Of a solitary
frog, and drink In the sound with a relish.
after being smothered in a steaming.
dusty city all day. Then the soft zephyrs
whispering gently through dense foliage
overhead, is enough to put a little TO-
nance In the soul of n hard-hearted
Pharoah, especially when n pale, CULVER
ing 0noon peeps from beneath lettering
cloud, and casts q faint. dreamy light
over the scene. Yes. by all means. visit
the park. Forest Hill Is the most con-
venient place know of for billing and
cooling" But isn't II a shame that the
street-car companies offer such poor in
ducements in transIC rtation? Last Sun
day veritable crush struggled for
breathing-room on each car A small mint
might have been coined by the street-car
people, II they had only put on extra
cars, not 10 speak OF the accommodation
20 their patrons. Quite a number had
20 give up the trip for want Of standing
room. Stir up. We trolley people, and
make arrangements to meet the demand
during the summer evenings. I know Of
hundred or more "spoony" couples
that are simply sigbing for an uninter-
rupted seQuestered tete-a-tete at Forest
Hill.
In certain establishment on Main
street. where belated pedestrians fire.
uuently pay calls during the wee sma'
hours. n young man recently resolved to
cut the acquaintance OF Bacchus hence
forth forever. The gay young fellow, to-
gether with several OF his companions
dropped in late one night for the purpose
of securing either one or several
''bracers." On the outer glass Of the con-
tern Just over the door is the word
rCafe." with big accent on the final
getter. Somehow or other this accent