The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-29
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| was brought up III family with
,hree sisters. didft have much TO
! do with the bots. blt knocked around
With the girls be biggest part Of my
time. so that became a regular femi-
nine sort OF a felloy. The fact Is. /
took nearly everything my sisters took.
| They took music lessons: 50 Gid l. They
took the monthly fashion book; 1 did,
too. They took The measles; 1 followed
their example. nJeel. there's only two
| things l ever tok that my sisters didn't
| take-four cards shen drawing to flush.
| and n position q the rcpcrtcrial staff Of
| a daily newspSser Now, ever since l
| was old enought TO keep my eyes open,
I'VE kept them open except, Of cours,,
| when / was ,eaniering through the
realm Of dreaaland, having fruitless
| visions about te death OF a newly-diS-
| covered relative, WHO had been accommo-
| dating enough hoard up the results
| OF many years ttrict economy, so that
| | might "set eHup" to strawberry sup
| pers and tox prties, and become very
| popular among | hast Of friends. The
| consequence is hat | have observed a
| few things, andhaye naturally enough
| been showed alof TO the conclusion that
/ on the surface d this merry little heni-
| srhere, which tumbus IL said to have
| brought TO the atention OF the old world
| scieptists, wbild they scratched their
| heads over pub Havana cigars and
| worked out a ormula to bankrupt the
| slot machines, here are n number of
| strange. and yelinterestlng things.
As l said aboe. having been brought
| UP, er Ya,her hsing brought myself vp
| among femme family, / naturally
enough studied sme Of the pecuiarities
of women NOR scloscly than / did my
| blue-back spellinl book, and consequently
| I'm more OF a onnoisseur I'm eccentrici-
tics peculiar TO kirt-wearing individuals
| than l am abouahe correct photography
Of some Of thos Unacceptable jaw-frac-
turers. such as certain editor uses so
as to impress hi profound wisdom upon
plain. ordinary rjorters. like myself. who
| ere perfectly cttent Ia use good old
| United States rraseology.
! Woman IS d ttfanEo being. II you
keep up with tt various shifts Of the
scenery flashed iom her mental frame
work why you'll got to have the fac
! ultv Of LandiinI elaborate effects. In
deed. you've godto get up early in the
! morning. while be is still asleep, and
| Study over the pthlep several houVs be-
fore she bestirs herself. TO go into the
details Of this very tempting subject
! would crowd outls whole page OF lucra-
| tive advertisements In this edition, 50
I'll Just tell you about one of the sex
who, a few dayl ago. rustled into this
| Office, and left L doubt that she was
"a woman Of mind who said what she
thought. and thdght what she pleased.
Now. IL you don't want 70 read II. why.
! lust throw aside IL paper, FOR you don't
! get any compensation for reading what
| / write It's all be same with me. I'm
maid 10 write It's kind Of stuff and
! whether ANYBODY reads II or not, why, l
| saunter down in b. business Office every
| Friday and sign be receipt for my lit
tie $2.S5 a week iu the same. =.
But I'm driftingInto finance. a question
upon which / haV entirely too theoret-
! cal a knowledge dare TO write about.
She came from Williamsburg, l believe
the woman, / meh, OF course. Not that
she had any CORRECTION whatever with
the lunatic asylun; for l afterwards
learned that she simply resided In the
town where Thona, Jefferson was a stu
| dent, and carved lis name on all the
gate-posts in the pace
Good morning" ihe said, in tone OF
voice that could nt be misunderstood.
! She was quite emphatic. Il would Ike
you to insert this il to-morrows paper
| as local." she cCntinued, cycling the
editor with a keen srutiny.
lie glanced over thdnote. I'm sorry,
| said he. 1--WE can't publish this as local;
it advocates the election OF a private in
| 1iylaYaI SO an eaice tT %hich there are
a number OF applicants. and we prefer
not to take any hand in the matter.
There's only one way We could print 1t
! as an advertisement. lou See
"Ah" she interrupted, turning up her
nose az an angle Of about 5 degrees,
and sweeping her skirts fron one stie
Of the Office to another, ''polty-policy
bet If / had a newspaper Ia print
whatever | thought would dolgood, re-
| gaY5less 81 peliSy." stampinsl her foot
with some visor.
Her air of hauteur was crushing. She
walked 10 the window and glzed out,
as II turning the matter ovel in her
mind. She had already turned .he office
over, to use a little hgurative language.
II have no doubt that you'd print
copy Of the New Testament az sup
plement every Sunday. Madam replied
the editor. THAT would doubtless do
good; hut still we're unable e follow
that plan"
Good morning, good mornint" she
said i'm furry sweeping out OF ne door
while everybody in the ofhce cane near
exploding with laughter.
She was simply one Of the clmosltles
| that somehow manage 10 gain an en-
trance into the editorial rooms The
reporters have her registered We're
keeping a record Of all the freals that
call upon us. Why, the circus aud the
geological gardens are not in IL AM more
While I'm writing about stringe things
! ] may as well mention In tie ht, be-
sides the theatrical advance agent and
the local politician, the type, which are
more susceptible 10 freaks than anything
else. The type are, Ike most women
tickle, and In many cases aboit as trust
worthy as one of those Mashall-street
mule cars that gets around the circuit
occasionally. The type often make you
| say. whether you want 70 say or not
II people judge a fellows rhetoric, or
| biography and prosody by what the
type make him say. they vii infer that
his education has been, as weil-known
writer has suggested, unmonleyed with.
Sometimes It's a good thinf that the
type take different views rom those
| expressed In the manuscript. NOW ana
| then an aspiring writer Set' an idea
rooted into his Uranium. ard nothing
will set 1t out but the type They have
a strong individuality Of style especial
iy when the makeup" gets on jag
and exerts a little novel Influence like
this: @Fzktfshl trsqzuf lg FL thi" II
will be seen that under some circum-
stances the type often express themselves
in the most original and uniqge manner
about a very commonplace hemc. In
fact, they are rarely infirencet by pop
ular opinion. Carefully as they are