Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-01-08

tod the tutLDfl-nOArC CtHS~-
no whiskey IN your satcnei, anu SS' -"
carry large bottle OF It," ,,,,,.h
"ft was not in my yalise." replied ,ue
physician. for put IL IN yours luSt oo-
fore we got to the custom-house;
The preacher could bat admit that no
was the innocent transgressor. y. III. par
RE, the author in referring 10 the e,Apio,'s
OF certain African explorer SAID thst tne
smartest thing the traveller ever az was
20 carry bottle OF whiskey with INN TO
the Dark Continent " and bring 1t BACK
intact. think the Richmond doctor was
almost "a clever, and il mistake not no
brought the bottle back. too.
Despite the fact that the No. patent
leather shoes / borrowed to wear on my
No. 0 feet az the charity ball we're some
what uncomfortable; and despite the tact
that nv white cravat shifted due north
while | was looking due south, enjoyed
the beautiful dance immensely. TOR saw
many things that pleased me there. dne
ladies' were all lust "a sweet and lovely as
they could possibly be in their tancy-dress
costumes. and the gentlemen were at toeir
best. For long time | wondered whicn
of the fair ones" was the talresV. Auu 1
understood perfectly how the society cor
RESPONDENTS could say that they were beau
tiful beyond description. And then L
changed nv mind and began to have my
favorites, for Just at that moment MISS
Eve Walker entered the room. Every
one knows what q petite, pretty
blonde she is-how soft are her eyes
and how graceful is her figure. one
personated Cynthia" and wore
quaint pluk gown and q poke-oonnet,
which made her the cutest little oelng on
the ballroom floor. / heard dozens OF
neople admirlng her. and / have never
known an instance whore maidenly mod
esty and girlish loyeliness received more
lust laudatiou. Perhaps my tancies were
a little tickle, for just then Miss JAMIE
steel appeared and the pleasure OF casting
respectful glances at her made me forget
that there could be such things as tlgnt
shoes or hayward ties. Miss steer was
foil for Miss Walker. she Is
brunette of the most decided type
and her lustrous eyes and raven
hair would have paled the night
without. Personally she was the superb,
tive of beauty. while her dignity added
grace. and yet there was something aDous
her dress which told me that this helped
TO increase the charming effect. In her
hair she wore silver comb, while her Dark
tresses we're caught up over the torehesu
with q silver band. Her, rope was Oh tne
purest white. and her whole costume was
exactly CONNIE IL fam. Few If any OF those
handsome girls who danced away the
snowy night looked happier, stateller, or
prettier than Miss Meta Potts In her fairy
robe of white organdIe AMI satin. She IS
different from the Others | have mentioned,
for there is something about her appear
ancs which is decidedly American. ana no
true patriot realizing this could look al
her and not be proud OF his nationall'y'
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.boro "a o,,,, ,va,, / oan coax n mule TO
kick me or force myself to slip up on
banana-peel with painful results l always
do it, because l have the blessed assurance
that will get my name in the newspapers
the next day. | am peculiarly unique IN
this respect. for outside OF James Douglas,
the S3-shoe man, and Mrs. Lydia l.. Pm
kins, of "soothng-syrup" fame, am the
only sinner in the universe who loves to
rush into print MIR. Augustus Chumpl-
head, my neighbor. disagrees with me
entirely. He is rich and owns great
big store. On one side of his house he mas
his name painted In letters twenty feet
high, and people coming up James river
can see his IllustriOu5 cognomen from
Dutch Gap. But when the newspapers
boys come up TO him at the balls and re-
ceptions and ask for his name his hands go
up in holy horror, and piteously he ex-
claims mo, no, no, don't want myself
paraded in the newspapers" And so the
reporters let him alone, but ere long ne
approaches the hard-working scribes and
SAYS If you nil put Il IN, remember
that il is Augustus Chumplhead, and ls
spelled with an IL not "" Then the re-
porters know that this hint Is sign
| for them TO put his insignificant, no.
account, ignominious appellation IN
| the verv place where everybody Will
see it. Ana. after all, who doesn't like TO
see his name in print? OF course, |
wouldn't nunt up the reporters IT had
| been one of the Observation-Disclosures Fl"
miscreauts at the Police Court; but If the
| peucil-hustlers can say anything good OF
| me | eXclaim: " Go 1t, boys; it's the spirit
of the age.n Talk about men coming be-
! fore tho public-how could they ever DO IL
without the newspapers? My brethren
| here take mighty good pains not to say
| anything mean about anybody unless the
abuse is we'll deserved. They have made
more men and received less gratitude than
any class Of people in the State.
| -
Sometimes when slip into the gentle
mems dressng-room at the Masonic Tenn
pie while a big german is going on, feel
very repentant towards womanklnd.
| know we men ore always commenting
upon their tendency to take peep at
themselves in every available looking
glass, and they do, too; but then the, shoe
| fits the other foot frequently. You should
see those handsome fellows at the dances
Every time the music stops they gldelnto
that dressing-room, and one by one they
"side" up to the little mirror hanging on
the wall and cast an afectionate glance at
| themselves. If they are particularly
pleased with the result of this operation
they advance and give their heads tender
| pat with the HAIR brush, so as to Justify
| further investigation of their charms: The
chap who isn't quite contented always
| gives q tug at his white cravat, and Dor.
rows a cigarette from his masculine DIS
G-,is.