The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-09
REVIVAL OF THE SNUFF BOX.
Bah Says the Smart hiddle-ASed Man
is Taking il Up Again.
A HAIRPINS MULTITUDE OF SINS.
Lovers as Compared 10 Canarics Tho Val
Of Money-Eusincss Ability In
the Past, the Present and In the
Future Honest Dollars and
Honest Deals.

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nefc women. except from Saturday 20
Monday. We have an opportunity 10 DO,
not only considerable talking. but con-
siderable thinking. Even the most TAXA
tive woman uses up her chatter IN tine.
Ana then she rests and waits for fresh
ammunition. he thinking is done during
the resting period ON Saturday we sud-
ocIiy become conscious OF the import
ancc Of mankiDn. for we are Informed that
the gentlemen viii arrive on the q o'clock
train. The two gentlemen consist OF Tn
Gle JimCthy's brC thcr. who is over seven
~. and Aunt MGria's Willie. who is nine
teen. and clcikirg in the city The en-
tire household gets on its best clothes and
goes down 10 meet them. Willie Is an ann
bilious youth given to fancy scarfs and
with desire TO make money enough 10
go TO college next year. respect his am
bition. but l do wish that he would not
sfutter and blush so every time you spoke
TO Inn. and that ne would not M his
pockets with all sorts OF things. When
no walks around he has "A lumpY appear
ance. AM unless Aunt Maria gets hold OF
him and manages TO make him unload his
coat never sets smoothly on him.
u is a queer thing that the average
drcsSmakcr nowadays has absolutely no
consideration OF the comfort OF woman
kind.
WOMEN AND THEIR POCKETS.
She declines to put "a pocket In a skirt.
She expects you TO tuck your handkerchief
up your sleeve. or to keep il in your
pocketbook and she counts on your being
willing 20 carry your purse In your hand
and chance losing 81. With the average
dressmaker / have a standing quarrel on
tho subject of pockets \ pocket | will
have. 1 insist upon having, ami do get.
OF course. / don't want TO put I'm my peck
e. all tho things that a man carries in
his five or seven or nine, or whatever num-
Der belongs 10 him, but sun like to know
that there is a place in which l can slip
love letter or a bill, or keep the always
necessary hairpin. a purse. a knife, a
handkt rchicf. Il watch "a pencil. a mem
Orandum book and a snun box are only
a few or the things hat men carry in
their pockets. Some men have loose bits
OF candy, aud when this candy gets cover
ed with snum or tobacco. 10 lacks the
delicacy Of taste II had when II started.
Some other men carry "A whole writing
get-up. that is a small pad Of paper. one
Of those pens that holds ink. AMI Is stop
ped up when you wish to use it, and a
collection OF postage stamps. other men
indulge in cigarettes and cards. while
still other men wear on those double
chains and conceal in their pockets not
only great lunches OF keys. but often two.
ami sometimes three watches. The three
watches are worn 10 see what time II is In
America. England. and Russia.
Speaking of snun. which the extremely
smart mid 1lc-aced man is just now taking
up again. IL is the most difficult thing 10
fiud a good SNUFF box. just try II you
want TO give one TO somebody. You can
get bOnbon boxes, you can get stamp
boxes. but a snuff box ought not to have
a hinge for the snuff collects In II and
makes the shutting somewhat difficult
Then. too. a snun box must be nat. 50
that il will not make the WaistcOat bulge
and yet II must hold sufficient SNUFF for
at least half day. To be very swell you
must make an effort TO get the ropes
snufi. / have smelt u, and It's odor Is de-
ciiedly good. ] am told that the Pope has
a great liking for perfumes. consequently
tho snuff used by him is not only made
OF tho very finest tobacco, but IT Is per-
fumcd with otter Of roses. Baltimore is
proud Of the fact that IT Is made there
and under the direction OF so good a
Judge OF snuff as Cardinal Gibbons.
EVE AND THE HAlRPlN.
II IS interesting TO know, speaking OF
pockets and the things that are neediul.
that the abominable bag made of netting,
which is seen In most Of the cities nova
days, and carried by matrons who 90 out
10 buy lot Of little things, had its birth
not in Philadelphia, not IN Boston, not IN
New York CITY but in Rome, and was
fanciedd by the stern Roman matrons.
The ancient Hebrew matrons carried Il
pouch, but in addition TO the netted bag
carried by the Roman matrons. they hal
some way of arranging what they called
the strophium, which was really their
STAYS so that a pocket was permitted |
near the heart, and in 1t they carried their
most precious jewels. frcnch lddlts OF
tho old days carried sort OF oval Dag
IT.
The Saxon danes had velvet purses, ana |
the Normans. when they went 10 England, |
wore H. IS hanging al their SIDES, III Wnlch |
there vera supposed 10 be money 10 give
away. sISt now good many OF US would |
like 10 meet good Norman dame VINO mas |
some money TO burn OF offer without IL |
terest TO her friends. i often wonder what |
Eve did without halrpin. or was she
the original inventor of this lseiul article!
Ola she really nrst call IL the multum IN |
1 uff
presses the possibilities of this part OF |
WOmans costume ! have been trying, |
with the help OF girl know, TO think |
OF all the thirgs hairpin can 90. IN the |
first place, IL buttons gloves. shoes. aad |
collars 1t takes the place of paper-cut- |
ter. and II opens letter neatly. 1 have |
seen 10 used when a lock was Obstreper-
Gus. IL IS valuable when corkscrew is |
not around. Ii will smooth and make |
clean the wick of a lamp when it refuses |
to burn properly, and held IN the gas |
and allowed TO darkcn, II may take the |
place OF an eyebrow pencil. Again. J |
worder what did Eve do without hair |
pin!
WOMEN ADORE RAsCALS.
Miss Betty was asking me the other day |
who my favorite hero was. Now. Miss |
Betty is rCthing " not proper. and yet |
she confessed. with "A faint blush, that Of |
all the men In history she liked Charles |
the Second the best. She said she thought |
he would have been different II the pro- |
per infueIce. through some good woman. |
had been hroI ght TO bear upon him, and |
yet she Was not sure that she would have |
liked him quite so well If he had been |
different. From the beginning Of the |
world women have adored rascals. Who |
was interested in Abel2 Who cares for |
the good boy OF the family? ASK the ay- |
tIake woman about her hero. and she |
Will select one Of the French Louis, pro- |
baby Louis the Fourteenth. She likes |
his good locks. his fine manners, and she |
IS sure DE must have been fascinating, |
else 80 many Womei could not have cared |
foe I'm. She has leaning towards Richie |
lieu towards Re sphere. and IN express |
ed f0Idness for Sheridan. Personally. | |
think Disraeli stands foremost IN my 2f- |
fcctiCns. Mtr say OF him that he WAS the |
most conceited mau that ever lived. but |
women who are wiser than men. know |
that no had much TO be cOnceited about |
The story OF his lie the story OF his ambi- !
lions. his public speeches. MS written |
books and his inner life. al combined. |
have "A wonderful fascination for women. !
and draw the feminine heart TO him. Just |
take UP one o, his novels n you want 10 |
convince yourself Of lis thorough under |
standing not only OF women, and OF love. |
but Of society. lie had 'he wisdom TO |
marry a widow. and be never grew tired !
OF her: while she had the wisdom 10 care |
for him as ne wished ~ be cared for. so !
that he never WCaricd OF her lie said |
that ne believed II two people wished 10 |
live happily they should see very niue |
OF cach other in the daytime. should visit |
at different houses ana meet. after MD |
night, 10 discuss WhGtcycr was interesting, |
over cold chicken and champagne. what |
a wise man he was.
Disraen suggests primroscs. and prlu- |
roses suggest 10 me that right mere ILL.,
der my own eyes that old. old story is |
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