The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-12


checking trunks. ana IN way. they have
/ their own place in the world,
but when n comes &C. be
question OF devotion. the average
I woman Is far ahead OF the average man.
[ That 49,. when woman really loves a
man. OF course. these very strong. in
tense loves are not everyday affairs. but
/ whom a. woman loves man and hnds
happiness with him. no other man can
ever take his place. But 10 isn't so with
"a man. 10 seems as II anything that was
feminine and more or less gentle and
which made home FOR him. satisfied
! him. Men are crude. and they don't know
the nuo gradauons of love as women
know them"
The sim who was throwing her shuttle
backwards and forwards. and making il
form tho finest Of tatting. seemed TO have
am opinion on this subject She said Il
think an Of us forget in time and IL IS q
blessing that we do. What would the
world be II IT were populated with men
and women weeping for their first loves.
and fathers and mothers crying for their
children? 10 is good 10 forget good not
only 90 forget dccenuy those who have
gone from us. but AN the trouble and
worry and sorrow that comes 20 Us from
day TO day. Fancy the horror 81 those
Wild have gone could see us. II they
could realize how soon they are counted
out of life. II they could understand how
soon after death they become not the
man. or woman that We loved. but the
awful something which We dread. and
which We speak of ass it, ] believe in a
mefciful God-thcrcforo. ] cannot believe
In a God who would Jet those Who have
gone before. see those who have been left
in this world. Fancy the husband seeing
his wife consOlod 10y the love and caresses
of another. Fancy the wife looking
ON while her husband yielded with rap
ture 90 tho attraction OF woman
younger. more beautiful and more inter
csting than she was herself Fancy the
father knowing that the children have
forgotten hin-that he IS as one who las
never been there can be no he'll 10 equal
that and l don't believe just God would
put any such punishmnt on anything hui
man."
FROM HEAVEN 10 Wells
There was a silence after this. and It
seemed as If for little while the women
We're all remembering one probably
thought Of q grave which w0s overgrown
with weeds. while another remembered
advice that had been forgotten. Then
somebody laughed. 10 wasn't an easy
laugh. but 10 was tho evident endeav0r
90 make everything lighter and plcasanter.
And the girl who was making iron-ho'd.
ors inquired If anybody had seen the new
wells And somebody else said that wells
were az once a great pleasure and "a great
bother And the girl who was in town
last week told MS this "The really new
wells have % very fine background Of
black net. with huge beetles or huge rose
buds hand woven, upon them. The effect
IS % q "a n fr..I
the French women wear them. that is.
drapod around very softly, and not drawn
close T. the face. but when they are
dragged tight over the face after the
American fashion. one becomes an abomi-
nation Of desolation. The ayerare Amcri-
can woman places her veil across her face
without a wrinkle. and so she cannot
wink; and If n beetle happens 10 place
itself. iu Its lacey way. ON the end Of her
nose. the result IS rrotesque. Now.
veil is supposed 10 Dee charitable in effect
1.-THE woman who is no longer in her
twenties should drane her veil so that
ful folds are under her chin. and the
lines and cords on her neck that an
nounce her age are hidden hy its nlmy
fuilnoss. I'm buying n vc' a deal OF
skill IS required. You want 10 choose
the most becoming material. get plenty
of Sc. and then practice dapng IL. not
only 10 suit your chapcau. but your face
Women ought 10 take the same care in
arranging their fancy wells that they do
in fixing their locks in a becoming man
nor. / once heard OF a woman who had
her hair fixed every Friday and never
took 70 down an during the week"
pETTICOATS FOR THE HEATHEN
Everybody shifted a this and then the
lady who was making flannel petticoats
FOR the heather I'm Africa. said, ooh. that
is nothing. During the reign Of Marie
Artolnette lady OF the court had her
hair put up not oftcner than once in two
weeks. ana there was tho greatest lot Of
suGcned net and grease and wire and
feathers used TO arrange the fashionable
couture. one great belle had her hair
dressed TO represent three ships. and
kept it mp that way for month. Clean?
No IL wasn't very clean. but then nobody
was clean as we count cleanliness. in
those days. and gentleman thought
nothing of removing from a lady's Golf
fure anything that she might find un-
pleasant or troublesome ! think. taken
altogether. women are nicer IN every way
now Cleanliness and good health are a
fashion. and a well-bred girl would rs
soon have q scventeen-inch waist as keep
her hair up for q month"
Just then IL stopped raining. and the
sun came out. IL was time for everybody
20 60 home. and everybody congratulated
everybody else because umbrellas were
not needed DO Won blame me for Won
dering whether the things in the church
basket would reok not only with orrls
powder but with gossip? Still. ] am very
fond of gossip. There is something hue
man about IL. 1t is utterly unlike scan
dal which is malicious and brutal il Is
just q pleasant chat between this woman.
that woman. the other woman and BAB.