The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-24
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Il HOIn
(She was a BRIDE. he never once de-
INJURED:
But from his pocket took. nor even sighed
a crisp new bill. and asked: what was
il. dear?
A ten or a twenty? See. have 1t here"
(She was a brlde)
at was but tent" with soft blush she
cried;
But looked so sweet that joyfully he
laid
The twenty in her hand. and thought
he paid
Small price for her quick kiss; she was
a BRIDE
Then turned, but low whisper met
his ear;
perhaps. perhaps ought to tell you,
dear"
(She was a bride)
Her voice sank lower still, she family
sighed.
And sought for words she could not
seem TO find:
At last. Twas / who picked IT. do
you mind?"
or course he didn't mind (she was BRIDE
But thought it such a pretty little trick.
lie laid down twenty more for her to
pick.
(she was abride)
Alice Wellington Rollins, in Elite.
The flower girls" Of Italy are worse
than the peddlers.
The girl is usually a plump and
picturesque creature. aged anywhere from
Is TO 90 and possessed of nerve evea
bevond her years. Sho fourshes best
IN Venice and Naples, but there IS no
certainty Of escaping her anywhere.
Suppose a stranger seats himself at a
table in ST. Marks Square, Venice, TO
listen to the evening band concert. No
sooner has he seated himself than the
flower girl advances on him. preceded by
the witchery Of beaming smile.
She will place flower in mis- button
hole.
lie may prevent her doing so by rising
and Offering physical resistance. but
otherwise he must accept the flower.
After the flower has been placed there
he may remove II and offer II TO her. but
she will laugh coyly and refuse TO take
ii back. He may throw IT on the ground,
but that would be rude
Suppose that he accepts the inevitable
and decides to leave the flower in his
bujtolhOle. He puts his hand into his
pocket and says to the flower girl, How
much?"
"Oh. whata you p,case.'
She knows her business. IL he gives her
90 centimes or more he knows that she
will regard him as an easy victim OF her
cxtortion. whereas If he gives her only
two or three small coppers she viii say.
"Eet ecs not much" and politely revile
him The unprotected man has little
chance against the large and determined
flower girl.
one superstition that exists among sew
Ing girls ami their associates of Paris
and New York is that II the head dress
makers VIII stitch into wedding garments
a single hair from the head OF each they
will become brides within very short
time after the maiden who wears the
bridal outfit then In preparation. \ young
woman or experience and quick eye
for what would interest the Suns read
ers said TO a Sun reporter the other even
ing
Let me tell you OF this strange and
yet pretty superstition wh.hc exists
among some of the sewing girls in Paris
and New York. ] am more familiar with
the superstition as il exists among the
girls OF some Of the bigger dry goods
shops in New York city. and so In this
instance ] Will confne my story TO them.
When the sewing girls in the different
apartments and the girss behind the
counters learn that the house has re-
ceived an order for a big rousseau they
besiege the head dressmakers and ask
them to stitch into the wedding gown
especially single hair from their heads.
This hair Is so fine that IL is easily con
cealed and cannot i'm any way mar the
beautiful wedding gown. The head dress
makers very often humOr the girls.
II know positively that this supersti-
ton exists. and / know positively that
in many wedding gowns. could they be
picked TO pieces, would be found many
hairs stitched in. The girls when they X
home at night tell their girl friends that
a hair from their heads has been stitched
into the wedding gown of Miss So-and-so
and the lucky one is Immediately envied
She will be married very soon, her asso-
clates say.
MANY of the girls I'm the big shops
secure bits of the wedding gowns OF the
fashionable brides. They take them home
and treasure them up. They make collec-
lions OF them. and they point them out
10 their friends I'm the neighborhood say
ing That was Miss SO-and-so's wedding
gown and so they go through the list.
The sewing girl who possesses the great
est collection of these bits is very
important young woman in the eyes of
her young woman friends. she is cor-
sidered 10 be almost fashionable herself
because she Is so near the throne But
ny far the prettiest superstition that |
hvae heard of is the one where a single
hair from so many OF these shop girls is
stitched into these very expensive we'd
ding gowns"
In he early twenti,s Of this century
Mr.. Clay was appointed by the Legisla-
ture Of Kentucky commissioner to Nir-
ginia TO ask Of that State that a commits
sion be appointed 10 make a definite line
Of demarkatiol between the two States.
Upon his arrival in Richmond he was
received with great courtesy by its most
distinguished citizens. lie said that his
profession. politics. and affairs Of gov
eminent had occupied his time so exclu-
sively that he was aware OF knowing
little of polite literature or the favorite
publications of the day This prompted
him 70 ask an old friend whom he knew
10 be a literary man 10 select some lines
to introduce when addressing the Legis-
lature. az a quotation expressive OF his
feelings 10 the State Of Virginia. as his
birthplace. His friend suggested a stanza
from SCOTS Lay of the Last Minstrel"
which he highly approved and memorized
The day appointed for his address
found the galleries. hall, and every
available space crowded with eager. ex-
pectant auditors and many beautiful won
en- i'm bright attire gave brilliancy TO the
scene. He held the attention Of his au-
dence with entire success until he came
TO the part where he meant to introduce
the quotation. Then his memory failed