The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-16
NOTES ABOUT Town.
our Dirty Dorothy Houses In
Richmond.

nur Dirty VI arkstk-- DOrothJ iIousos IN
Richmond.
There is what we may call super
unity Of atmosphere in the vicinity Of our
two markets 1t IS the result Of accumu-
lated dirt. II that plain word may be
rermittcd in connection with any thlhs
f.rirr municipal surveillance to when,
-. d. sneak the city Fathers stand III
tIe attitude Of pareuts-in-iaW.
Min .U due respect u those gentlemen,
bat without circumlocuuon, the HdIket-
going public declare that the adHlhlS-
frati.u " water In allOpathic doses 10
he pavement generally and It's copous
.-fr0fl.,ion under the now flthy stalls
b. needed. II purely for sanitary reasons.
Certainly fhe smells (OdOrs is
-..." too delicate a word hero
arising from antique vegetables Sdnta
ma hoary meat are more
various than they are dehghtiul 10 tnt
General nostril. although doubtless, thS
.,... m whom the learned doctors ma
delight ana income thrive superbiy on
,s natter Of fact. the markets are
.par,.f.I'v dirty. and will help us TO MI
LII tne hospitals we cannot support III Que
time.
I'll. ~orocle loved 4 young John Bull,
rt .I ISh me- sl9 91tg as here have
I..r f.U sights requiring, for Que aPPIt5
..r.... the use Of three eyes, 1t has not
l.er very clearly IN evidence. o
However 10 was % be seen AT the coIhet
~ FRANKLIN and First streets one even
mo- last week. when handsome elrl,
with the tan of the seashore brown upon
her passed westward Oh her way, anu
"a man 20 whom her face was not famllar,
damned his monocle quickly 10 his eye
and watched his goddess out OF slsliI
With the sang froid only possible 70
your typical society man. mus Is nv
r.r4ltv beauty must pay. somebOdy says
a1 ~ Q hDIn
when she walks the shetland 70 Ieii
the truth. this particular beauty dld hol
appear to resent 1t or 10 OBJECT TO IL III
the least
What may be called the club spirit
seems 10 have visited Richmond in earn
est. and now the sten0graphers are or
eanizing for mutual help. Ut IS hope,
ful thing. this co-opera ton OF men aii ,a
women n similar lines OF work. and IS
growing all over the country
logging over the mountain road from
Greenwood to Summer Rest In what
s aptly turned a Jumper Eas impress.
ed uron the manaeers that me IN uis1's't
via this method is trOublous ana, al
times. precarious. BESIDES, it takes TOO
much time. for. in the event OF the ar
rival ~ more than two guests Dy ulS
same train. return trips are necesslta1eu'
Therefore, 10 make long story snort,
The ladies win this winter work for =
lar.cr vehicle and another horse. ana
get them too. If determination counts
for anything.
number Of decayed gentlewomen
have tried what is known as room Keep
ing and having meals sent 70 ther
souls distress and their stomach's, too;
u. indeed decayed gentlewOman con-
f.-v ta the possession Of two things so
very plebeian as a stomach and an appe-
tite ! DO. and il has induced me to
much solitary meditation on the sub
..et OF housekeeping without a house.
IN seems 10 me that 1t would be a pay
ing thing for some man to run up
IDS VI one story houses, say with four
...ms each, in a pleasant and central
..ation convenient for business women,
.rl az a moderate rent | am con1-
lent that before the building was done,
Ir would have eager tenants, for them,
Tor there are many young women mere
Who would jump at the opportunity 10
keep house and live in a healthful way.
NO house not built for 1t is suited 10 the
occupancy OF two sets Of hOuse-keepers.
ObiectiOnal odors pervade the bed room
and parlor. and make the atmosphere
Of the house. social and physical, I'M
pleasant. At the same time boarding
presents many objections TO many wo-
men. and having meals sent is en-
urely out OF the question TO a whole
some appetite. In New York the Dor
othy Chambers" are notable success
Houses might be even a greater, in
Richmond
A WOMAN.