Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-08-02
A TALK WITH WOMEN
THE ,pLER CHATS WITH THEM on
MANY TOPICS.
THINKS TIE Big ONES UNFORTUNATE,
x.,x,otions on Wheels Are Getting
Too Popular-The Literature ." "
prx-coods Ad.-superfiuous Face
Powder. - i-i--i
...,,,.r corn. though very small. YET

ssrhe pepper corn, though very eiii'
ssasons every dinner,
More than all other condimenS'
AitEouxh it's sprinkled thinner ,,o,r
Ana go a little woman is-h us your
luck 20 win her, -. t.
r,,.rs's not a Joy in all the world tha' IL
not conferred in her.
n, course. I'm going TO make enemies
...sso saw it. but all the same must
,,sk the assertion that big "onen W.
e..,,.ra with little ones. I've tried poth
,rnds and I know WHEREOF spoaN -
huxom two-hundred FOUNDER Win ~
so.at may DO very well lot pr~cNoa'
,,rpssss. but as a parlor ornament .no
4. = ,afure. Somehow men can't io'o '"o
49,. o,as az they do the tiny sprites-in
80. t1saven never intended them 10 DC
,~',ss an the same way. When feliow
,aho,as a colossal female stanoins eisN"
seer hands high and weighing twenty
s,ona then he forthwith loses all SYM
x>Sshv for her. He regards the enormity
az ne would ono OF his own brethren IN
dresses and half thinks she ought 10 DC
rst 10 ploughing or some other occupa-
s,o,, recurring muscular energy. Inc ois
-,,o,o., has no show OF sentimentah'y.
cna must travel on her dignity. and wnen
sha. forsakes her che has nothing ieit
hut 20 become suffragist. She Is great
Inconvenience IL she faints, for what eau
ore 40 with her? Her escort unless nc
rarfakes OF gymnastic recreations' can
not bear her in his arms 10 some con
venient resling-place. His only saNauoh
Is 10 get a derrick. Faintins, .py .ne w.
ss The little woman's strongest point,
and then. too, she can cuddie down IA
s,neu niaces from which her larger SIS
80 owing 10 exceEs Of tonnage, would De
barred Every advantage Is on the SIDE
81 ssla petite" and not only that-ior
according 20 my observations. she pos
eesses those iinguai powers that enable
her to assert her VIII ana mani NJ
s,iewz prevail. Big women can't auoru
A he the least bit coQuettish, for their
sienhantine frivolities only excite ridi-
~,,f. and make them bungiing trickssers.
TREY are az continual disadvantage,
ana what IS worse--they invariably select
rn.all men for their husbands. Perhaps
they do this In order to have their victim
,ea,,,ec,elv In their power. but this same
.se,,it a. Invariably accomplished anyhow
whether tonnage is brought 70 bear OF
not.
Does the girl OF the present day hirf
xonre than her ante-bellum predecessors,
or IS Il that her ante-bellum predecessors
have been left on the market. ana no"
ma their only hope In hlrsauon? OFT
times I ask myself this question, foi
woman has ever been source OF medi-
fation 20 me. This 90 know however,
that there ara many fair ones. who, upon
small provocStion. viii wink tho othe'
eyef' ~ our adfniring glances. or chuekle
eleescmeiy when we smir9 ~ them, Lasl
week. clad IN my 50 cycling suit and
with my iegs encssed IN checker-board
folf stockings. attended the Srea'
wheelman's race az the R<scryo'r. and
mingled with the hiking crowd. in tie
great gathering. there were girls q
burn--r girls TO burn, and girls who doubt
less Will burn Al some future time II
seemed 20 me that many Of them didn''
give q continental, n We men folks Cd lool
81 saens They spsintea back and forti