Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-15
NOT To CRY, BUT BUY
Christmas and The Purchase OIL
Presents.
TEST OF THE TRUE WOMAN.
The Feminine view of Money No"ier
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! perbans. but IN the holiday season j.
essentially to buy, and old and young
his and little. feel the impulse. since
Tho yr,se men Of the East came with giil'
for the Holy Child on the hrst |ii'9'
was-Day people Of all nations nav
| given tokens Of their affection 10 '"os'
,bov love. There is an exhilaratloh IL
the coming Of Christmas that must a'is'
from the blessedness of giving becaus'
+, is unlike any other holiday. 1t Is mere
now in all its generous glory. IL quiz A'"'
the heart Of even the most sei's"
and loosens the purse-strinss Oh tn'
saeest man or woman-the woman
oftenest without doubt because the
consciousness OF doing sometnihs
ar giving something where her u.aI
ones are concerned IS WoIildh
6togcst happiuess. \ mans purchase oil
Tits represents just what he ieels aD'e
IN nav for them. Every sultapilty VI
voman's purchase is considefed peiOle
she asks the price.
THE DIFFERENCE
In the matter Of a Christina gift the
woman who is rich or weil-to-do' VINO
sbops extensively rom one ghtterlhs stoIe
IA another. never gives tnousht 10
the value of tine. Buying presents -
a serious-if q joyOus-thing lot hei b,
and a man would order up "a piano an"
n set of parlor-furniture whiie 5ne
was choosing between doll-baby anu Il
box of toy-dishcs. This is in a great p"i
the result OF sent ment' ana pec"uS1
her heart is in il: but 1t Is also uecauSo
she has no idea Of the pecuniaIy Naiuc
"a
Of money. however, though, as ru'e'
women compr bend money from ony one
noint of view-its eXpenditure-and even
in that a woman is paradoXical. every
body laughs at the feminine loya OF d
bargain" which IS often quite indepeho-
ont of any care for money. she IS
No true woman who does not enjoy the
sense Of having secured q s. article lo'
Kiss al an extra cost OF 80 cents I'D car
fares and luncheon.
NOBLER THAN MANS.
But all the same, her views Of money
are nobler than mans. Women's econo-
my and skill IN economy when their
means are scant. are adm rable, som
times heroic 4 woman with mario"
means will live upon what would sup
mort no man. and live gracefully upon IT,
too. with never an outward sign that
she suffers for want Of money. Her ART
f. TO regard appearances first OF all. Her
costume is cared for before her comforts
She will spend for a bit Of lace or chinon
what a man in her place would spend
for a meal. and she goes without the
meal. I'm order that she may not appear
TO be needy in her dress.
But not all the Christmas buying nor
the half. Is done by the favored women
of fortune. II one could but study the
fnanciering of the average woman or
restricted means he would find the sound
est Of "sound-money' men put 10
blush. These are the buyers that move
the great bulk OF Christmas trads
Beauty is always cheap 20 the lover OF the
beautiful. II may be found now in art ~
the beautiful engravings Of half-tones and
line-work that a few cents VIII buy IN
the exquisite patterns OF siikalines ana
fancy materials 10 be made up into pretty
and useful gifts in the specimens or IA
panese art and designs IN silver-plate.
and even In silver, within reach OF all
but the poorest pockets. Study availa-
bility. Nothing Is prettier In common
things than butter-stamps. Send them
around to your country friends and get
back a bag Of running cedar. or punches
of the crispest and reddest-berried holly
nature ever grew into a cheap offer-
ing OF the beautiful. OF these we have
the monopoly No holly is like the noun
tain holly, and no cedars as big and
feathery. and densely green as the noun
tain cedar Then there is the balsam,
grown down in closer dells, and holding
the fragrance of the spice and amber OF the
Orient. The groundpine, which lives
about the edge Of marshy swamps' Is
another favored Christmas green for de-
q each
pretty gift OF mans artistic skill must 60
back to these in nature for its proper
setting -
THE UNEXPECTED.
did not think the time would ever
come when ! would want TO be an aboli-
tionist-a sneaking. long-haired, under
hand mostly "underground'D abolition
ist. such as we OF the South have been
taught to regard the reedom-shriekers
OF ante-be lum days. But II is always the
unexpected that happens. | want to free
the country from barbarsm, and to free
women and children from a worse con-
dition Of slavery than any which held In
bondage the happy slaves we owned
the barbarism OF a mans having the
mower bv a stroke Of his pen TO will his
minor children away as he does his horses
and his cowsi Mr. Hale. Of the Senate
eminent the world ever saw'O offered a
resolution this week lnstructing the Ju-
dietary Committee 10 Inquire into the law
In the District Of Columbia In relation to
the custody Of minor children. and espe-
cially II the father OF such may
dispose Of them after his death
by his last will and testament
the mother being alive. Reference was
made. Of course. to the custody of the
Slack children. who were wiled away
by their father.
Talk about the piague-spot in the Poto-
mac river, where gamblers and roughs
played stakes for mo2syl That such a
law exists in Washington throws the
other by comparison into spotess purity
| for this law Is the barter Of human
/ hearts and the serving OF the hottest
| ties Of nature. O. womanl how supinely
elegant and intel ectual you are in this
! progressive age 30 your CLUBS" and
teas" and "reforms"(O. and yet how
| little real good you accomplish IL seems
to me that II one had 90 be rs old as
/ Susan Anthony and as much married as
! Brigham Young 10 fright" these wrongs
It would be worth the sacrificed Truly
there Is wanted a little OF the Old aboli-
ton sentiment even In this enlightened
era.
FARMERS AND CORN.
farmer has TO fight a good many
things in raising a crop Of corn. such a:
the drought. the rainy SPELL" the cut
worm. etc. and these cannot be helped
This week there have been three warrant
trias here In fighting over the division
OF crops, which Is worse.
The snow lies lightly on the frozer
ground, but the sleishs are out. and from
the present prospects We will have Z
white Christmas with plenty of gooC
sport.
The ladies' OF Hebron church will give
a sociable and dinner at the school
house on Thursday Of Christmas week