The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-19

THE BABY AND THE DOG.
We do not get very much sympathy
from anybody except a baby. or an ahec-
tionate dog. You see, a baby has a way
OF cuddllng up TO you when II knows
you are In trouble. that Is consollng IN
its way. and a dog-well. he will lie on the
foot of the bed and look up at you. ana
at intervals he will come up and lick your
hands to tell you how sorry he Is Tor
you; and no will never be risky at all
until he begins TO notice bit OF meat
on your tray. and then he realizes that
you are getting better. and suggests III
his own way that you might snare some
OF the good things OF life with him' he
Is very knowing, Is a dog. lie always
feels sorry for a woman. sometimes
think he can read her better than
man can. Occasionally when man ooh
see tears IN woman's eyes dog VIII
and he will stand beside her ana Drush
against her skirt, and 60 his very best
TO make her see him, so that she VIII
comprehend she has friend. and "a very
| sympathetic friend, Just at her side.
And a friend, too, who Will not tell her
| secrets. A dog can be confided In. You
| can sit him in front Of you and tell MIN
| exactly how happy or unhappy you are'
| exactly what worries you, and you can
| shake paws with him and pat him on the
| head, and somehow feel better ior H.
then. when you meet him in the company
OF some two-leggol puppies, you ana he
can look at each other and think now
much you know, both of you. And he
will shake paws again, as much as 10
! saw: ION. / know, but ] am not going
/ 10 tell. I have never told anything for
| hundreds and hundreds OF years. 1he
truth is that il has been many thousands
| OF years since a dog talked, and TINS Is
| how he was made TO keep quiet
| LEGEND OF CANINE MUTENESS:
| Away off in the East, In one OF the
wonderful countries that Moore wrote
| about, there was a beauuful maiueh VINO
loved an equally handsome youth, who
was below her in rank. inaswuch as she
was a princess And every day her favor
lite fox terrier went TO him with mes
/ sage of love- and every day he came
| back with another message OF love. NOW
! one OF the queer Eastern gods was heI
| father. and he had determined TO weu
| her to a great king; but she refused anu
said she would only marry the man si,e
loved. And she sent word by the niue
| fox terrier 10 her lover that she would
die for his sake, but that she would never
become the wife Of another man
And the lover whispered something 10
| the little fox terrier and hid quaint III
! Ito bottle In the collar of jewels that
was about his neck. That same day the
| princess heard that a beautiful youth,
who was of no standing, had been found
dead on the street. Then she permitted
her maids to dress her for her wedding
And the little dog asked her II she were
going to be unfaithful. And she Iookeu
az him as dogs look at women, nowadays.
When they fetched her into the temple
I'm all her bridal fnery and left her alone
TO pray. she took from one OF the gor-
eeous iewelled pockets that swung at her
side the little bottle that her lover mad
sent her And she swallowed It's con-
tents. They came 70 look for the prlae'
but they found a dead maiden, Whlle
beside her was a little dog crying as II
his heart would break. And her wicked
father called a curse on him, and SAID
that from that day on until the emu
| Of the world no dog should speak eH-
| cent through his eyes And If you have
a bit of doubt about this story you need
only. some day when you are in trouble
and n little dog who is fond Of you ana
whom you love IL near you, look AT MN
and he will say all that irlend coull
cav hut II will be with his eyes. True!
| or course 1t is true. II you have any
| doubt at all about it. that Is any iurthei
doubt, you need only go to a small village
| four hundred miles from Calcutta ana
|
priests in the temple there. Ana Wheh
the clergy swear TO anything IT must oe
true Even truer than when women an
nounce certain facts as truths. But thls
&c enouqlh about dogs. Let us return
TO women. ,,oo>-e
WEDDINGS AND HONEYMOONS.
Talking about weddings always sug-
| eest honeymoons. and talking apou'
| bonevmoons always reminds me of some
| har "
| bv a Frenchmap who said he had thoush'
II ont and boiled it down, and TO me IL
did seem very clever. 1t was the sum OF
his experience in regard TO women OF
different nations OF them, he had con
cluded that the French woman loves ul'i
the end of the honeymoon, the Englsi
woman. her whole life, and the German
woman. forever The French woman
takes her daughter to ball, the Lhs
Ush woman takes her daughter u
church while the German woman teaches
~ 10 cook how 10 control her kitchen
and how to make a home. Inc flehci
woman. it seemed 10 him, had magma
tion and vivacity, the English woman
very little taste and great stupidity whA'
the German woman possessed mouesty
Ia said the French woman chats th'
English woman speaks, the German W.
man renders decisions. When the span
| isb woman is Jealous, she Kills heI loNeI
the French woman kills her rival, th'
German woman, with dignity, denounce
both and gives up the man. But all Wo
men at some time or other marry. III
aconaintance with the American woman
was slight. Taking up his line OF thought
I should say that she is more Ike 'h
| French woman than any other SoNle
| times however, she has little OF I'M
| stuniditv of the English woman Sine
Che Is of the same blood, but IN IN
American woman this stupidity become
a fascinating dignity that Is 10 De en-
couraeed. The American woman mas III
,overs after marriage, so she seldom
commits a murder, but she marries' no
90 much because she loves the man a
because the man loves her and refuse
10 take mo" for an answer.
Then. too. it is the fashion just now u
marry. II always is in the early sprin
months and in June. Later on the bach
elor girl has her innings. 1t would seen
as II everything in life was matter o
seasons since love making is guided D.
| the ruling star. At least, l suppose II ]
the ruling star, though ! have no KNOW
edge whatever of astrology. The ohl
astroloeer 1 ever met charged two dollar
and said that the star over me cause
, me to lose many things. Ever since the
4 l have been a believer in the science 10
I could employ two able-bodied men 10
through the town every day ringing bell
z and announcing my losings; but 1 nav