Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-02

on their wheels and twlnkled their little
gambetta stockings around until, In my
eagerness 20 take in the whole situation,
could hardly keep my saddle Ihey
weren't q bit timid, but would pursue
their "tortuous serpentinings' among
the horses and carriages until my head
swan as though effected by strong drink.
AS they passed US bipedS in our ballet
costumes they would dash off smiles that
made us CULVER. Then they would squirt
ahead, leaving other smiles as they went,
and seriously disconcerting the married
men accompanied by their wives. The
situation was most interesting. In fact,
was late getting home that night, ana
had TO go into details about the imagi-
nary accident to my wheel. OF course
there wasn't any harm in 1t all, but
girls let me warn yon--each man that
caught the sunlight Of your smiles ina
gined that he--and he only-was the
cause OF them. He might not exactly
have understood the reason why, put ne
SUSPECTED that for some reason, tempo
rarily unknown, you loved him at nrst
sight IL is the way we have. SO be
careful or some day you may wake to
find 10000 men thinking that they have
won your heart by their inherent mag
netism.
Ink and energy are no objects with me
when i write for the press. for 1 am am
bilious. and aim to do my best. Our call
ing IS a noble one, and even the brick
LAYER will own its superiority TO his pro-
fession. And yet II has its drawbacks,
and success does not always come Hop
ping Itself into our laps when we have
expenc I'd our labors and perspiration IN
honest effort For my part, could stand
II ell II once in my lifetime-yes. only
once-I could produce an article thaI
would demand the attention of woman
kind before they devoured the dry-goods
advertisements. But why am thus pre-
sumptuous? Why do / hope to achieve
that which w. Shakespeare could not
have accomplished? To woman. gentle
woman, the Sunday advertisement of the
bargain counter brings story OF ire
sistible, unspeakable attractiveness
which no other literature could command
1 wonder If the writer who pens the
wonderful tale Of stampeded prices is-con-
scious OF his nightly sway? Does he
ever pause and reflect upon the eagernes
with which his compositions are received
Does he glory In the faith that is reposeC
| in his seductive words, and In the at
| tention which is bestowed upon his tabu
lated statements7 And, when Monda,
morning cometh, verify. he must be puffed
up as he sees the surging thrcng tina
/ scuffie around the remnants What mai
| can feel his power more? What write
| has better cause to sccrn us lesser light
| as we appeal for popularity? Surely. non
SO well as the dry-goods advertisement
writer can exclaim: "The pen is mightie
than the swordP' Yes; let me see tn
day-the one day OF my lifetime-whel
my poor little effort shall take prece
dence over the dry-goods "ad." Then
indeed. shall say. LET the end come
my work Is done"
That sex whom the gods have CURSE
with a perpetual incapacity TO sharper
| lead pencils may ever count me as thei
| friend They all interest and amuse me
| whether they take the form Of the Kit
| tenish fossil or the frlsky frying size
In abbreviated frocks. A long and usefu
life has been spent by me in collecting
| data concerning them. and to-day, / cal
frankly say that after men, they ar
the best people In the world. SIN, the.
| have their faults, and It is bu
meet and proper that I shou'
occasionally allude TO these. Aprcpo
this hot weather. I beg TO state that III
feminine gender have been putting TO
much whitening on their features OF late
A little face-powder, judiclously admins
tered, doubtless nlls long-felt want, bu
we men are closer observers than yo
think, ana II doesn't always do to let u
know everything. Frequently, as I g
abroad these ess-cookinz days, when IN
thermometer "a melting. notice tho othe
sex. and without exception I note tn
powder and starch Of their physiognoraie'
In the wrinkles OF their feature
/ see the whitening clinging like III
SHOWS In the Alpine ereyicss. The effec