The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-12

/ other was her crushed or ragged ven ana
| her lack OF taste I'm choosing II. Hvctte'
| being an artist in dress, failed TO see the
] beauty 90. even i'm Brussels net. OF a
| spider on tho tip of woman's nose, and
she also failed TO see the beauty OF a
! very thin veil. put on before tho bonnet,
/ and nattcning the hair down. 50 that II
had a plastcrcd look.
ON THE WEARING OF Wells.
"Our women are not dainty about wells.
! They wear ragged ones only TOO often.
| and when they possess dainty ones they
| don't arrange them well. The veil IS
( essentially an expression Of ccquctry-
half conccaline. half revealing.
III one has passed the age when ones
! neck Is round, and white. and firm Ike
pillar. then a veil is great friend.
since IL can Doc drawn I'm soft folds 10
hide the throat. that would otherwise
suggest that OF an old chicken. II you
are pale. a ven OF cream white can be
selected and viii cast a. shade on your
skin that ~ Will give u less the appear
ancc Of death than 81 has generally. a
frcnchwoman has a veil suited, not only
20 each style Of hat. 10 each hour Of the
day. 20 each physical condition. and also.
strange as II may seem. 10 each mental
condition She doesn't pray I'm cream lace,
wrought with rosebud or butterflies. nor
does She go 20 a wedding IN black Brus-
sells. with funeral feathers wrought out
upon 3d. Suitability is the Keynote In her
harmony Of dress. II her wrist IS large
none OF her Jewels are set I'm the form Of
bracelets. and she argues Wei that II her
ears arc small and wcll-shaped. they
need no jewels 10 evoke admiration for
them. and that n they are large and red.
attention should not be called to them
by the fash OF the diamond. or the glow
OF The ruby
II She is short wasted. her belt Is mar
row, and drawn 90 point I'm front. II
she is longer wasted than fashion dee
mands. her belt Is wide. after the fashion
cf the First Empire. She does not. Ike
the English and American women. ac-
ccpt the fashion as given by the dress
maker. or the mill!uer. and wear 10 Ike
one OF a numerous flock dressed alike.
but she alapts 10 20 herself. taking of
here that which will lessen her grace.
putting on there that which viii add to
heI grace. aud making the original study
an individual one. only to be recognized
hy its good points. You never saw a
Frenchwoman shove her veil above her
lips 10 eat anything. she goes 10 the
trouble of removing IT, for with II raised
that way. she knows that even the most
aristocrauc, she who had the bluest blood
in the Saint German. would have an air
OF vulgarity, such an air as only attaches
itself to the boy OF the street We have
an English word that suits 10 wcll-at
least. ! don't think it is English. / think
II is American slang she who raises her
veil just on line with her nose looks
tough. it is nasty word but IL ex-
presses the appearance. and even slang
is permissible when the language itself
does not fully tell all that one means"
THE NEW DINNERS.
Here interrupted her again. and asked
her II she had heard about the new dim
ncrs. those where you got a card with "A
riddle written on il. and whoever had
the card with the answer took you out
She said, NO, ] haven't and ] con-
slider 10 very stupid. In the first place
conuudrums belong 10 the nursery. Civ
iIzcd people have enough mental work 10
do without taking up such nonsense. An
other thing most people are tired Of tho
so-calied intellectually. Many OF the
dishes, at both dinners and luncheous. are
mysteries enough without ringing IN any
beyond these material gucsscs. Another
thing, who wants 10 dine of OF ones
hruins2 ones own brains? Whenever
} consider that "a woman has asked me
TO dinner because she thinks am bright.
and will help her entertain. I either stay
al home, or else, when / get there ] en-
joy myself by being exceptionally stupid
II q hostess wants entertainment furnish
ed TO her guests let her hire those peo-
PIE who make a profession of IT, There
is no man for whom ] have so much con-
tempts as that one who becomes. ~ a
way, the fool for the party. This type
IS always wonderfully versatile. lie can
rattle of the last new song. tell the last
new story. dress his thumb mp iu "a hand
kerchief 10 initiate some great parsonage
make himself look like am old woman with |
the assistance Of the sa he handkerchief: |
No.
getting a clowns wages. I am told that |
occasionally these men marry. AIy SYM
pathles 90 out 20 their wives, for surely |
they could not have known what they |
We're doing when they sWOre 10 honor |
versatile man. The versatile man is am |
intellectual jack-of-all trades-ho is mas J
ter of none. And ! can imagine that at !
home, having bad stomach because OF /
The numerous indigestihlc dinners be has /
eaten. being tired out because he has cx- /
.rted himself so much. hc is probably ]
'eevish. and surely anything but pleasant
10 live with. What "a very little after
an We know of the people We meet in the
social world. How many OF them arc |
worth consideration? How many OF
hem are TO DE dreaded"
JuH- here, i Interrupted again. and
aid: There are some who ought 10 wear
,u the breast a sign saying Beware"
THE FORWARD OLD MAN.
I would put this. first a. ail on the /
,ld man who claims "a right TO kiss You
BECAUSE be knew your mother before she
yas married.
! would put it ON the woman who never
avs anything that isn't complimentary
or who knows what she may say when
.istance lends enchantment TO the view?
! would put 10 on the woman who wants
card TO my dressmaker-l doubt her
Todit
] would put IL on the man who snubs
Up his wife when he thinks nobody is lis
ening-thc chances are that. ten TO one
.e Dis "a brute at heart.
! would put IL ON the woman who IS
be president. secretary or treasurer Of
societies. but who forgcts
,hether 10 is her second or third boy who
down with the measles.
] would put 10 ON the people who talk
90 much and say nothing Goodness
racious Now. you and / are pretty old /
riends but il is rather mean IN YOU 90
uggcst even in fun. that the last rea-
on gives you an excuse for pinuing st
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The wife Of a minister down IN Cmcin-