The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-05-30

and gray in the service OF society. The
day has come when his friends would
most gladly give him his quiet corner
at the CLUB. where he might chew MS
cud Of sweet and bitter memories IN
peace
Gray-haired veteran that he Is. with the
scars OF a hundred conflicts on his heart
and in the lines and wrinkles OF his face,
he might pose here as hero to the callow
youth stepping 10 ill his palce.
But the old habit is too strong for him.
lie IL up and out In soclety's tread-mill
again. The same youthful smile. the same
out-Of-date compliments. as generation
succeeds generations. until at last he bows
himself into his grave with the dcoonnair
charm that sat 50 well on him thirty
years ago.
II is hard. indeed. to know how TO grow
cid gracefully, especially when one - SIN
sic
/ Matrimony Is a great aid 10 dccrep-
tude. In spite OF the dire prophecy. 10 the
effect that ne who marries domesiicates
the recording angel
A,HA>GE FOR MN.
But there is a change coming for the
bachelors all-for the bored old youth ana
the giddy young centenarian. A social
earthquake that will shake them from
centre TO circumference and cause their
social air-castles TO totter and fall. be-
cause they are too time-v0rn and shaky
10 stand up under It.
Woe unto you. oh We bacheors' Your
doom is written in the book OF iatei For
the notwithstanding girl is at hand.
Whether you know her as the new wo-
man, or the I'm de steele girl. or she OF
advanced ideas and womans rights. she
Is az hand like the Philstines. she is
upon you.
Beware Of her, che reads Beware OF
her, she writes. Beware OF her. most OF
an. she thinks for herself
She has been for a long time emerging
from the dark ages into the dawn OF her
own era and she has passed through
various changes on the way. OF Iacka-
daisicalncss. when she wore a rose IN
her hair and slmpered with downcast
eyes whenever your lorishlps dcigned to
notice her. OF "womanly ignorance" so
praised and upheld IA It's time by men,
who. though. duh OF vision. could clearly
see her rise above their own level. OF
bodily weakness, when she blushed and
trembied. and started at your every word.
and looked up 10 you as lords OF creation.
whose lightest wish was her law.
''rHr OLD DAYS CONF
Those were good old days for you
"hacc olim memi nisse juvabit" but they
are past and gone, as the snow or yes
torday If YOU would keep mp In the
march Of progress with the splendid cfea-
ture who stands before you. clad in many
oil the garments which she has not Dor
roWel. but taken from you bodily, II
were best to forget the old days and
leave the dead Iast 20 bury It's
dead. and catch step with her
IN her worldwide army. or she may leave
you behind TO the garments which she has
discarded and 10 the tender mercies Of
the comic papers that are now trying TO
rid.cuic her ont of the idea that there
IS any great future for her.
You had better sympatnize with her
ideas her ambitions. and her progressive
ness. or she will forget presently TO look
10 YOU for sympathy. You had better
recognize her as an equal factor with
yourself I'm the worlds great enterprises,
or. perhaps, the day may come when she
will refuse 10 recognize you altogether.
Again. say unto you, beware'
CAIIIOpE.