The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-14
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MS HALF noun IN THE CROWD.
Incidents of an Early Evening Journey
from the Fridge TO the sun Ofllcc.

| sideratiOn for the rush and hurry OF
younger persons. even II one does get rum
| Piled up a triae In the rush. And then,
/ too. l am a New York boy-a gray-halred
boy. YOU say2 Well, some OF US are boys
until we die OF old age: and / like
| crowd-that is. "A crowd Of New Workers.
| 1T was about half an hour ago, at half
| past five o'clock, In fact, when left the
bridge station OF the raised road. and
came down the stairs which start from
| In front OF the bridge entrance. II was
/ hard task, indeed, TO get down those
| stairs against the stream Of people going
/ UP, but II was not until / reached the
] street level and started toward the Sun
/ Office that l found myself In a human tor
/ rent part Of which was rushing for the
| bridge, part for the raised road. and part
for Park row. north Of the bridge For
/ time | was whrled about so that
completely lost my bearings. but present.
| ly | got headed straight and began max
| ing my way in the right direction.
| came only short block. as you say but
| I Was half an hour doing 1t, and I'm
rather sturdy chap. Ell?
"The first hard collision was with a
/ brieht-loobing young fellow who was
rushing along with his head up and smi-
! ing. The shock broke the paper around
| "A bundle he carried. ard l saw IL was a
childs toy. That told his story, and l
forgave him for not apologizing. 1 tell
you when a young husband is carryi lg
home the first toy for the first baby the
world wants 10 get out of his way. Why
shodld & not? He owns IT, That young
chap had his minds eye on the baby;
wondering If IL would notice the toy;
would remember him; would be held up
TO the window by it's mother to see him
as he rushed down the street, and-chug!
l had 10 stop thinking Of that young
| father, for a man carrying n lobster
nearly took the breath out OF me, where
l stood like a trout in a mill race. trying
| 10 hold my own against the current
did IL ever occur to you what an IN
| teresting sight il Is 20 see a middle-aged
| man rushing home with a lobster half
concealed in brown paper under his arm?
| Lobster IS indigestible only TO people
| who do not eat a sufficient quantity OF
bread with 1t. The stomach. you must
always bear i'm mind. must be disturbed
by what we eat, or else the gastric juices
are not actively secreted. Thus one who
eats say half a lobster. should eat from
a quarter TO a third Of loaf OF French
bread. or an equal bulk Of vegetables, TO
start the operation OF digestion, for
otherwise the small bulk of fbrous lob
ster flesh will lie I'm the stomach only
feeby attacked by the gastric Juice, and
THAT reminds me Of a class of people
whom ] find very porous, who insist that
man should eat, not three or four meals
a day, but a small portion Of food n
dozen or twenty times a day. There is
consolation in the reflection that such
persons die early. and suffer constantly,
from the cause / have sufficiently indi-
Gated.
IF he were going to cook that lobster
10 Naruhurfrh docs ~ that
he has a wife who is mistress OF the
chatting dish? What accomplishment can
be more amable in woman? During the
afternoon she has been preparing that
delightful mixture Of cream and beaten
eggs which forms the basis of the New
burgh sauce; seeing to II that the neces-
sary lemon, sherry and other flavors are
in the house, and in other gentle indus
tries busying her mind and body about
useful concerns, which. from their Ia
ture necessarily keeps her husband plea
sanity in mind. How superior is such
woman to her whose day dreams are
perchance, OF crinolne!
But ! may have been wrong In my sur
mise; the lobster man may have been
bachelor; and made a suitable provision
for a friend who was to visit him in the
evening for a game of cards. In that
case. l was thinking. the lobster would
be eaten cold-but my speculations We're
most abruptly interrupted by a violent
contact with a well-dressed man who
was making great haste toward the
bridge. i believe ! may claim to be
keen observer of men, and that man, l
am deeply convinced, was a person of
such means and character of vocation
that his Office hours ended an hour or
an hour and half before he violently
dislodged my hat from my head Why.
then. was he hurying home at that hour?
Sir. ] am convinced that he had been
idling by the way. drinking cocktails in
sundry places with sundry friends. |
am man Of liberal views and great toll
Grafton. but feel a strong effort OF the
Will necessary TO restrain my language
within polite bounds when l endeavor to
correctly characterize the married man
who devotes an hour or two after Office
TO the cocktail habit when he knows
that his wife is waiting for him.
"As to the mere drinking OF cocktails,
that is a matter between the drinker
and his family physician. Concerning
that II would be unbecOming in me TO |
speak in condemnatory terms, further
than TO remark that, as we are PROVIDED !
with but one stomach each. the man who |
adopts the speediest and most senseless |
and proftless method Of running that one |
by drinking before dinner is singularly |
hacking fin all mental attributes Vhi:h |
distinguish the wise man from the fool
1T is on the purely domestic side OF |
the question that ] would speak. How |
few men realize what lonely days good |
wives must pass Good wives. l say,
meaning by that wives who devote a be
coming portion OF their hours TO those |
feminine household graces which make
comfortable, bright, cheerful their hus-
bands homes. Toward the hour when
the husband could return, If he would,
the wife begins looking for her husband;
expecting him with growing concern that
deepens into gentle anxiety. Each car
that might bring him is anxiously scan
ned; the minutes lengthen YEARLY, and
even in the hearts of the least romantic |
there is some degree of sorrow that the
once impetuous lover is now the thought
lessly neglected. husband. There is sell
dom complaint made, for women such as
those / sympathize with are afraid OF
giving offence, which might earn even
greater neglect.
"But such thoughts as these-all
thoughts. for the moment-were driven
out Of my mind by a perfect breaker OF
young women that dashed upon me. II
is my habit 10 observe a considerable
degree Of politeness toward all women
under all circumstances and when this
surf II l may so express 1t. of shop
girls quite enswamped me l felt that l
had inadvertently jostled some OF them
lifted my hat in apology and stepped
back only TO bump against others. and
turning 10 apologize we became quite
which perplexity they took
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