The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-01-06
HITLER AND YONDER.
BREEZY NOTES REGARDING MEN
WOMEN AND THINGS.
Bism srck to Visit florida-Popular with
Hes Fellow OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
Holmes--"vain Repetition"

1t Is possible that Count Won Bismarck
will visit Florida this winter and already
the favored few are anticipating brliIaht
entertainments in his honor.
The Crown Princess OF Wurtemburg al
ways dresses particularly plainly and mod
estIy. a few days ago, when taxing
walk in the park OF Ludwigsburg. she
was not recognized by sentinel. who ala
not present arms. A sergeant some dis
lance away at once made signs to the
trooper, TO call his attention TO the TACT
that the Princess was passing. The SEN
tinel, not understanding the signs and
thinking that he was rendering a service 10
his superior. called out to the Princess:
II say. miss, the sergeant over there wants
to speak TO you
Miss Morrison, the San Francisco girl
who was recently graduated from the med
zeal department Of the University or Call-
fornia with the highest honors or the
class, had the pleasure of receiving ring
ing applause from the men she had defeat
ed when her success was announced.
We quote one of the little clerical stories
with which Dean Holes new book
aDounds:
zone of tn ase tedious preachers went
away for his holiday, and the clergy
man who took his duties in his absence
apoogized one Sunday to the clerk in the
yestry when the service was over Tor the
shortness OF his sermon: a dog had been
in his study and torn out some OF the
pages. "Oh, SIR said the clerk, brlght
beam of hope on his countenance, 40 you
think you could spare our vicar pup
Philadelphia Ledger: An English pa
per tells the following story about Dr.
Holmes. When he was In England IN
1886, he found himself on one occasion at
crush" in London, among great mass
of people, including several royal per-
sonages. He sat quietly in corner,
but presently feeling little faint, and
observing refreshments in the distance, he
turned to an elderly parsonage,
standing near, whom he surpassed
to to be butler or something Of
that kind. and asked for harmless bev-
erage. The supposed servant brought
this with great alacrity and remarked:
II am very glad to meet you, Dr.
Holiness The Autocrat of the Break
fast Table was little taken aback, and
the stranger added: II am Prince Chris
tan" Dear me-" said Holmes, alive
at once to the joke; Il have not had much
acquaintance with Princes, and, do you
know, / took you for the waiter AT
this Prince Christian went off into burst
of merriment Where Is my wife, he
said: II must tell her this. She admires
you immensely" OFF went Prince Chris
tan to fetch the Princess, and the genial
American Philosopher was soon the centre
of a circle of royalty, greatly delighted by
the incident.
Speaking of the vain repetitions which
used to mark the hymns sung In church.
Dean Hole refers to the ridiculous effect
produced by such lines as: "Oh, turn my
pi-. Oh, turn my pi-, Oh. turn my pious
soul to theeI" when your first Bishop
of Connecticut, DR.. Samuel Seabury, Wis
tied the parish Of Middletown, a local
musician composed some tunes and chants
for the occasion. In the singing or
Psalm cXXXiii., the words ran down his
beard were repeated eight times. At 4
dinner afterward, the Bishop was asked,
at the suggestion of the composer what
he thought of the music. on, he replied
l. dare say 1t was very good but | SYM
pathizod so with Aaron that / could not
attend properly. i thought that the run
ming down of the ointment eight times
could hardly have left a hair on his
head
Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt, or Mrs.
Fred" as she is endearingly termed by
her intimates. is the prettiest of the Van
derbflt women. She is also the young
est. She is tall and slender. with pretty
blonde hair and blue eyes. She has
beautiful hands, of which she takes very
great care. wearing gloves upon all pos
sible occasions. Although she entertains
elegantly, IL is not frequently that she
give dinners, teas, or receptions. There
is one entertainment which she instituted
few years ago at Newport, winch al
ways takes place when August comes
round. 1t is the reception to Mrs. Bot
tome and the Kings Daughters. Most
of Mrs. Vanderbilt's charities are done
so quietly and unostentatiously that the
outside world knows little about them
Chicago Post.
"Will l describe to you the perfect wo-
man of the future? To be sure, / Will
She stands before me, in my minds eye,
as plainly as you do" said Mrs. William
Todd Helmuth, the president of Soross.
I'VE club women are called halo-makers
and purely crusaders, prOhiDitionists, suf-
fragists and politicians, but the new wo-
man knows what she is doing
v
viii have the charm of the woman of to-
day, increased by the briliancy of finer
and more scientific education. She will
be more companionable to her husband
She will stand side by side with him in
business. Though clever. she will be
natural. and not, as some people think.
dogmatic and stilted through self-con-
sciousness. She will therefore, lose none
OF the charm of simplicity.
she will, Of course, have the ballot
and the liberty TO engage in any occupa-
ton she may choose. You will see her
on the judges bench and she will sit In
Congress, for she will be considered just
as capable as men OF governing the coun-
try. Yes, there's a good time coming
Aren't you glad you're young enough 10 be
one of the women of the twentieth CEN
tury?'
Il asked some questions in Western ia
pam" says writer in the Chicago Her
aid, las TO how the working people live.
was told that nearly every man had
his own cottage or house and that the
rent was sometimes as low as forty cents
a month. and the house sometimes con-
sists OF only one room. Still. It IS Won
derful how happy the people are and how
they laugh as they work. The average
nottingham rises at o. and bis break
fast consists Of rice and tea. The rice
Is often cold, and IL may have been left
over from last nights dinner. He pOurs
hot tea upon il 10 warm IL. and eats IL
with chop sticks. At he begins work
and at noon he has a lunch of rice, fur
nished by his employer At o'clock he
eats his dinner at home. This consists