The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-18

w hen man knows how 10 mateh riDDon,
When woman Learns 10 drive a nail,
When man can thread needle deity.
When mice don't make a woman pale,
When woman gets off right from street
cars,
Instead OF facing toward the rear,
When man stops smoking bad tobacco
And drinking sOur-smelling beer,
When woman doesn't block the sidewalk
With spreading skirts and puffed-out
sleeves,
When man stops flirting with new charm
And TO his lawful darling cleaves,
When man can understand the baby
And woman petting II talks sense,
When man proposes a new bonnet
And woman SHES at the expense
Phenomena like these and others
May strike surprised observers dumb
But they viii know by these same tokens
That the millennium has come
Somerville Journal
Two fair actresses recent arrivals from
the East were conyersing IN care on
Powell street with a careless ease ar
their "profesh." Their comments were
distinct and audible TO the occupants OF
an adjoining table.
They W,re Chatting about sentimen-
tai scene 'in which both had appeared on
the previous night
"And Just at that moment when ne
pressed my hand" said one, land was
s,pDoscd TO answer with sob, lea
Oh such a biteri-began TO torture me pc
tween the shoulders. 1T was awiul-slni-
plv awful. | could not remember my
lines / could not make the sobS come.
All l could think OF was that horrld
flea. l whispered TO nm, Iut your arm arm
around me quick And he thought was
fainting. and put his hand behind my
waist and whispered, What Is the mat
ter with YOU and why are you nanns
such a forrid face? Are YOU III Nhdt
could I say? Nothing, Of course nut Zen
back against chair, ana iOItuilatciS'
on. how fortunately, hit II with my snoui-
der blade, just where the flea was. Ihen
| swung TO and fro as II IN great neil-
tai agony. and thus got in niue soratcI en-,
ing 1t was just heavenly, ana ulu Hvt
spou the scene a bit. When l went on
the stage i had my maid so over 1he
Mace where that flea had bitten me with
a hand brush. She said there was
spot there as big as dollar;
"Nodieska told me-" said the other,
that once at the California in the pal
cony scene in Juliet. when she was OK
tending both hands and saying, romeo,
Romeo. where art thou. ROmeO| sne got
a min in the ankle that almost made her
cry out She could not stop. IL Wouiu
have spoiled the scene and Tor a minute
she had 10 suffer. one or the cilhcs re-
married. in his paper LeNt day That our
ing the sctne Nine Modleska.s race wore
"A set and stony expression. Anu 10 "OA-
der. DCCr laCyi'
sWhen May Muir. who IS very suscepti-
bic to ncas is attacked resumed ths
ctber .ssho gets I'D and begins 10 dance.
She can twist about ana scratch any
where while the dance IS gong on anu
NOBODY notices her cara Morris Gnu
mo that iD the dying scene IN jalnlllc
flea fastened on TO her so Vici0usly tiiat
II she had not reached back with hef IAN
end dislOdgcd IL she could not nave uleu
with any dccency san Francisco is an
awful place for heas. e.,..s
"Awfri. awful" coincided her TREND,
as she settled with the ~aiter'-sah
Francisco Cali.
Apropos Of the general election and also
of the third matrimonial venture OF the
old Duke Of Argyll. a good story comes
from England Lord LOrne. the Dukes
eldest son. was addressing poltlcal
meeting and was being chaifed by a
bystander who nnally asked: is II
true that your father is going TO be mar
ried aeain2' Lord LOrne admitted the
Impeachment; and then came the cues
ton: why does he marry AGAIN. BE
cause" was the prompt answer, BE
causs he is a Liberal Unionist'
Nine. Casimir-Perier has organized a
crusade against the use of birds breasts
and wings for decorative purposes.
Miss Adelaide Hasse. the new chief of
the department of government dOcu-
ments of the agricultural bureau. is an
expert fencer and bicyclist.
A unique missionary field is that adopt
ed by Mrs Ruth Bronson. a pretty little
widow Of Wichita, Kansas, with "a mass
of bright golden hair" She arrived in
New York city last week 10 enlist chart
table persons in her plans for the de-
fence and moral reclamation of the TWEEN
~ or more sO-callod female bandits who
ara awaiting trial for various alleged
offences in the lails of Oklahoma. Mrs.
Bronson knows whereof she speaks. Last
fall she shot and killed Johnny Munro. a
gambler, On the streets of Oklahoma.
He lad insulted her While awaiting
trial and aCQulttal she met some of the
so-called female bandits She says that
these women have been made outlaws
by the persecution of United States depu-
" marshals. whose only income is costs.
These officers frequently arrest whole
criminals. In the r-'1 il not infrequently
happens that wives, sisters, cousins or
sweethearts Of the absent criminal are
taken in. SCmc of the high-spirited girls
Of Oklahoma resist this tyranny at A
rifles point and thus become female
bandits Mrs. Bronson is going 10 Wash
ingtOn TO lay the matter OF these unjust
arrests before the Department Of JUS
tice.
London Truth Gays that Nine. Rejane
cannot make the Americans out. They
show. she SAYS, no feeling as spectators.
ono has no idea Of what passes IN the
brains behind them. II the actor has
pleased, heaps Of flowers are left next
day at her hOtel-by ladies'. The Ameri-
can man Is too devoted TO business TO
run around complimeuting actresses,
Ike the French. Ladies' admiration only
counts when the actress is a person OF
honorable life. II the ladies stood aloOf
the star would cease 10 attract. Tho
ladies' get up subscriptions To present
souvenirs. They give theatrical ma
tinees and sOiroes. theatrical readings.
receptions and talk-lectures, only at
tended by themselves. The American |
man Is specialized in business and the |
lady is the artitress Of taste. the soul |
OF refinement. the handspring OF all sorts |
OF movements. Nine. Rcjane fancied |
herself in an Eleusinian country out |
West. Men found time 10 90 in the even |
ing 10 the play, but were too tired TO |
find pleasure IN what cost each moment |
mental effort 10 understand"
The Prircess OF Wales has tea SER |
vice OF sixty pieces. and each piece is de- |
cOrated with photograph which she |
took herself in Scotland.
There is a growing conviction in Eng |
land that rudeness is Il distinctive char |
actCristic OF what are known as we'll /
bred crowds. The London World points |
out that the scenes in the ante-roC ms |
at the queens reception would disgrace |
a mass meeting of bricklayers. and calls |
attention to the fact that at the opera |
and concerts the audience is ALWAYS dis
turbed by Well-dresSed and inconsiderate |
people in the boxes. Woman no longer
brings with her into public places a ST.