The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-21
According 10 Bah, She Cannot Resist
a Pretty Box.
NICHE OF HAIRPINS and ROUGE.
Where Adam Hung the Zig Leaves-sa-
tan's Imp In the top Drawer
and the Ringiets-'Igh Livin' "s
Capillary Euin-Ihe f"te
Woman's Iiirsutc Crown
of Glory.


,..a--orl.inr man TO do. The women VIII
control everything. I am moved ~ 9~y
this by reading that so-c1le'
woman has gone into the ooN 80
business. And yet. is there any l4'I..7 49,,
feminine than boSes2 a man ,bo,r
10 fool enough TO pay three e'i',' -,
worth for some handkerchle'1 a,,,d
~ come I'm a pretty box. lie "ou'u
-, % tho handkerchiefs. and a woman
III rondar over tho use TO WHICH '"e
box might he put There Is no woiila"
sb,,e tn, weakness for beautitul uoNeS'
catherine de Medici had most nlarNeIivn'
cestat. 81 gold and silver and TORTOISE
eb.i anr the Countesse SCISSORS, '"0
ia.ly who had the pleasing way OF poison.
fine, ANYBODY whose manners she VV"
Ike. kent her jewels as well as ne' po'
sons I'm beautifully inlaid boxes IN me.
~ carved boxes, and In ma'.e','Is,s ~,
ioweled boxes / am sure reu "VN
mounted IN gold would tempt io ~ ""'
a. imp OF Satan.
They are showing some very smart
boses nowadays. Boxes made OF tortoise
shell. o; ivory and OF ebony. with mount
,ngs Of gold or silver.
BONES ARE SUCH A LUXURY.
One always has such a lot OF things 70
get IN them. and really. after an. one CHI
not have too many Of them. II you arc
woman. YOU open a box dedicated 10 halt~
pins anC you ind IN II three Vells' FOUR
or five caramels, q postage stamp with
no stick on the back: two cigarettes that
YOU promised 70 keep for somebody
note that you didn't want anybody else
10 real and stick Of sealing wax. That
box f. surprise, and after you close To-
with some regret. you open the one dedi-
clted especially TO wells In IL you find
some oid rings. the clipping from a society
pape-. that said how well you looked in
your Worth frock. and some jets that You
thought you were going 10 sew on the
bodice. from which they fell the other
day. Eve,trally the hairpins are discov-
cred IN a boz where a paper OF powder
has been Upset. and they look as II they
hal been through a -four mill. Think
how Eve mus. have suffered through hay
INK 10 boxes. No place 10 put her fg
hsltss! Uf course. II didn't make much
di '-rcnc4 tc Adam. lie could hang those
belonging To him on tree. l should
thiaK tie first mechanical art our fore
fathers learned was that Of box-making.
since the original man really longed 10
cater TO his wife.
N ANCIENT VENICE.
The old Yenetlans made such beautiful
boxes that one prefers 10 call them cas-
kets, for the work lavished upon them
WAS so exquisite. one can easily fancy
Portla tossing her hairpns into a Nene-
tan box And IL would not be difficult
10 imagine some great beauty, who bad
that wonderful golden hair. throwing her
additioal switch into such a box. be-
cause. that kind Of hair is very hard TO
match. and she would want 20 treasure
IL carefully. and would try 10. for while.
II IS a funny thing. but I DO believe that
hairpins and switches are possessed Of
wandering devils. Given five full packages
Of hairpins on Monday. IT is difficult. on
Saturday, 10 find four with which 10 fas-
ten up ones hair. Given a new switch.
and for ono week II IS braided and care
fully put away. and after that ID is
thrown or tossed think the latter most
likely-into the charming medley OF
brushes rouge, eyebrow pencils. soft linen
rags old wells. lOye-letters. pages of the
calendar. and w0rn-Out gloves. that tend
% make up the contents Of what is known
10 womanknd as the top drawer
THAT TOP DRAWER"
The top drawer is the abiding place NJ
tho most deyilish imp in Satan's domin-
ions. one Is never sure OF what l. there.
Your finest lace handkerchiefs come 10
Won scented with tobacco. your incest
tulle wells deity rouged and your brushes
marked over with black and red and a
white dust that might be powder if 10
weren't so dirty. But speaking OF boxes.
! know a woman who once bought villain
Gus hats and paid an outrageous price for
them because the mlllner sent them home
IN boxes that had roses printed upon
them And yet they pretend to say that
women. mentally. are equal 20 mon,
This IS the time Of year when the mar
BILE brow Of the average woman sheds
tears that are a tribute 10 the heat and
t,sn a To-
the forehead arc absolutely impossible.
Consequently. one wonders whether 1t is
better 10 yank all ones hair backward.
or 10 look Ike n convict and have a
straight bang. A little woman I know
made up her mind she would wear this
depraved couture FOR the summer. and she
went 20 n barber that she might have her
bang cut scientifically. lie was an Eng
llshman. and he had an inclination 10 cut
fearlessly and with scissors that had
sound suggestive OF the gulllotine. And
he talked. oh. how he talked,
HIS EXPERIENCE WITH 'EADS
lie said. II have only been I'm this cOUn-
try month. mum, consequently my eX-
perience with the eads OF American ladies
is limited The trouble mum. is as Ow
we're all living too Nh. and the air Will
not be as good as when the extreme Of
civilization had not been reached. You
see mum. Ugh llvin' causes tho air to
drop out, and In a very little time, mum.
learned men says as ow the teeth VIII
follow, likewise the Eyebrows, and We
will ave nothink in that line 70 speak Of
Ugh lvin' ana air do not work to-
gether'
This monoogue was punctuated with
swish OF the scissors and a bang Of the
hair brush. but it must be said for this
Englshman that Ike most Of the trades
men among his people, he was very polite.
and escorted the clipped one TO the door.
and said THANK You" in a way that made
her conclude that she would return and
give him another chance. But the Eng
fish barber hit the nail on the head.
Civilization IS death 10 hair Much eat
ing and drinking. not to mention much
thinking and little 7lecping. cause the hair
TO DEPART. and the awful front piece and
the undesirable switch come into view
Where is the reformer who IS going 20
start a society for suppressing patchouli
and musk2 WHY should innocent men
and women be forced 10 endure these sick
ening orders (strong enough TO be called
smells that are sold under fancy names
AZ very cheap prices? Why should YOU
or 7. who only like faint perfumes. have
70 sit next 10 n woman who by a wave
Of her fan. or the furry Of her handker-
chief. forces me 10 endure something that
absolutely makes me sick
There Is no special refinement In the
liking men have for plain eau De cologne,
but IL Is al least a clean taste. | cannot
understand Sty a whole stage-l0ad ~
people should be made the victims of
some atrociously dressed woman who con-