The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-04
OHArHEkE AND JHB6B.
Shell, eripg Arms-Day NWrsery-Boy"
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Short stockings for women ara coming
via. Paris. but 1t is superfiuous to say
that when short stockings come, com.
mon sense win have gone, and COCO
health will speedily follow IT.. influence
will triumph gioriously. and rheumatism
will flourish stiffiy in the land:
How exhiiarating the thought OF snort
stockings on a rainy day! Yet 1t Is q
great moral support 10 De conscious
that YOU are in the style, even II you
AR. Also conscious that you are not In
health, and that you have chiiiy caves
The Young woman who thinks COM
bination OF all the physical graces an
ample substitute for good manners a an,
who thinks the everyday virtues. MOI
sufiiciently fashioned to be worth
her cultivation. should sit at the Feet Oh
some of our faded. vacuous ana sein NJ,
whilsm bellies; and see, as she reaus tne
weak or hard faces. II they are pieasanii
prophecies of her own old age Goou
manners are. to place them on the lowest
ground, good capital, ana the eoiili nr,,a
virtues, in spite OF having come III SUI ar
centuries since, are wonderfully mag
netic.
What Is a bore? A bore Is a sort OF
petticoated six-shooter combination, CIV
en- TO sending into the den OF the lot .n-
nately flre-proof editor copious disserta-
tions designed to show that bicyciiilg Ior
women is in bad taste. and THAT 10 UP
hold il Is to advocate what Sarah Sa n,,i
would style ''brazen holiness as char'n-
pn,l,v the argument set forth savors
so siror civ of the dark ages that tne
congestion more properly peloi,SSssonian
bottle of alcohol on the Si h1 nav,''rv
Shelves than in a nineteenth centui,yy
,,a, s,,.,neT Office. and the bottle should
he tab,3ied Curious remnant OF aht,aIe
,yeI,dIce. discovered In Richmonn' VI"
ssinia. October 18th; 4 d. iSs'
To, the girls who cannot, afford n,-
oycie remember that walking, uli,
deniably lacking in novelty, Is o oS eS-
the most beneficial or all iorinS u VII
inc inc,ines an ordinarily heaithful inai,
viduai more decidedly 10 optimism man at
a null OF a mile or two. with head erect
shoulders back. and chest ekpa draws
she elows anew, and at the end OF her
wa,k every drop OF blood in her pouy
leaps along her veins with quicke"eu
warmth.
Whom baby comes from his soft pea
w;,b those dimples at the corners OF Dis
mouth invisible, and with pou, 90.
cative of desire to quarrel WIN ve S
cietv and his breakfast, remember your
own bad mornings. and don't ind fauit
With him for having nerves. . -
II he could tell you al about II; ne
would say that he had 1ound II i s,,ps
ner last night, and was nervous. Inat
Is what the morning pout and suiKihess
often mean.
The Day Nursery is endeavoring 70
enlarge its work and to enlist wider
interest and support. 1t now cares Ior
fwenty-one babies daily, giving them
both food and clean clothes, ana thero
Is no branch OF woman's work In the CITY
that ought TO meet with more nearly
resnonse in hearts and pocket books.
The children are those of the very
moor, with daily duties at the factories.
and but for the care received at the
aNursery" would find life an extremely
dirty. ill-ventilated, badly-fed reality
sea rcely worth crying about. Their elo-
ouence is not In words. but Is OF mute,
ciinging. soft-feshed kind that is very
telling It is the eloquence that tells
upon us in our own nurseries, with the
distinction that there II has an aroma
of Cashmere Bouquet" soap, and wears
a dainty white gown;
Mrs. f.. r. ID. Myers has established
what she well calls Boys Friendly"
room in the extreme West Ind, and to
A is endeavoring TO attract ell boys
wit bout good home influence. Suffice IL
10 saw that she is succeeding, and "Young
America" somewhat incomplete as to his
collars and cuffs, somewhat dusty as to
shoes. and somewhat soiied as to his
FACE but decidedly up 20 the mark as
IN his heart, does daily coDgregate. Mrs.
Myers wishes the interest OF all in the
work and gifts Of papers end periodicals
suited to young readers are especially
desired. MAX.