The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-26
She Has Something More TO Say About
Their Amiibility.
TO Be ABLE TO LAUGH ALL ONES LIFE
Woman's Criticism ON what Man should
Wear-Ni.s Anue's Flower Beds.
Patriotism and Tirecrackers.
Spending the Fourth in
"Iaown'"

cve' has been added 20 by the arrival Of
the Fauquier eir, These two sisters are
always spoken Of as girls" though each
Of them is well over nfty They Away,
refer 10 themselves as I'VE ladies'. ami
would he highly indignant N anybody
called them women. FOR my own part. as
everything feminine seems TO think N Is
glorious 10 cal itself % woman, am be-
ginning 90 De disguised with the name.
81 the two. Mis- Betty b. the elder. Miss
Annr. the younger b. naturally ruled 10y
her sisfc'. and behaves as n she were
still seventeen and lacking in az knowl-
edge of the world They are, however.
fascinating, and DO pleases me 10 sec that
life 10 them Is $50 full Of JOY. Thcy are
interested in everything ana ihdt Keeps
them young. They laugh as mcrrily Wnen
a witty story is tnll. or something funny
happens. as DO girls Of fifteen. and 10 DE
able 10 laugh all ones life means that
one is youthful AN ones life.
Miss Betty talks and Miss Anne ques-
tions he'. II mif Dee said. IT Miss Anne
were not so gentle AMI sweet that sne
d. the hot water and Miss Ectty ls inc
tea leaves. and fle combination hilh~7
forth some thing that l. next door 10 ht,
tai. We choose a shady corner. ana an
lit there working rs busiy as We knp's
now, or lOafine as lazily a. we possibly
can. And the sun shines aud the hea.
hcatctt. and 10 comes ON the rlch ana
the poor alike, as FAR as the Wiling OF
collars goes. but II anything. the poor
havo the advantage over the rich. mas
muck. especially in the country, a. tlie
poor man lays aside his collar thiite,
and JOYS in "a bare n q >Weaiy h'ch.
have the uti-O~t contempt for man
who tucks a handkerchief I'm his collhl'
ion bib fashion. Die has the air OF ah
overgrOwn boy. and gains no comioIt
whatever. Well. when we are ciNillHrd We
will try and suit our clothes 20 our cii-
mate and men viii wear during ih"
daytime. the sOftc-i Of shirts. with ialhei
low nccEs and turned down collars,
MISS ANNE Is OitlHODDN-
Miss Anne finding that her sister Is
deep in her book. has been telling me
about her flower garden. She is greatly
interested in b. and rather excited over
IL. For years She bias had what size calls
a Shakespeare border That ls To- say
She has gathered m 90 all the shrubs.
fiOwer' and trees that are mentioned lh
the works or Shlhe speare. Then she naH
another flower bed which she calls ihc
sentimental bed. In this every Hover
has been planted hv some one Of whom
she is fond. Her indignation about hcr
flower garden is due 10 tine iact lhat some
body who wrote for one Of the papers
visited her pretty home. heard her Won
dcrful flower beds Iesci bed. ana hdu lh'
quotations belonging 10 The Shakespeare
bed read 10 him. Hld then went away
and gave the ere Do OF this Wondcilul
flower garden 90 some titled woman lh
England, Miss Anne is orthodoN- one
doesn't wish her name 10 appear lh the
newspapers. She thinks that "a woman
name Snon'" ""s 1l''''' ,nd when She
die. ana that this Is three times too
often. but still. 10 lnv part OF the history
Of her llfe must come out. she thlhhH
cr,dit ehould be- given where credit is due.
p,ar Nfiss Ammo I. perforfv right. hut
sh. doesn't know The ways Of the aver
agn reporter.
Miss Betty Listens 90 her sister ana
then tells mo con ienuy that she has
never seen her So angry since she w's
nddrss-ed hv % yu.nG minister us Miss
Anna" The idcl of taking her neauillui
name and caIlin. I. Anna. However.
Mis-. Rottv forgot This and discoursed
about her visit 20 fn' rt}. f"i r"ii'
unknown reason She elected 20 20 on lhe
I'D of July She thought that. in the large
towr she would sce fNe proper respect
shown 10 the day that celebrates lhe
instead, She simply heard lot Of noise
and was frightfully Walm. her ptilltnila
caught dr. and the Fourth OF july Is
now horrible memory To- per i OF inl
nv.n mar. thought With her that inc
"Mm it a,,,t.,,rsf 1T n,triofism. which dis
ris,. itsolf i'm those ahOminahle Chinese
ifferinos known as nrrcrackers, was 4
irau; ...-.,, ,.,.,.,,.,
pATRTOTIsN AND TikEcRACkEltS
Nsreeiur with me. Misc Betty said
-kNhv in. very word independence D, nom
sense Who is independents Every pics
ed mothers son or daughter oi us zee
ucuiDnt on somebody Tor love, 'oii,li'
| lion or ducats-yery ilclncnuy uN'a t''
PERSONALITY. / regard patriotism a. ln.
chesuest of AN virtues. and the one thdt
il, ,f the least use. ~ seems i0 spchd d.
SIR largely boo talking hnl hi'' I1' h' 70
and the sO-calicd p1iiIUi De- "H"".''
',a, vino is al the head 0i some money
,,'i ~. screme ar is flug bis packets
49,, I'm. "a nnluiciau. Dee l- consequently.
.triDrie and much approved OF 10y aug
H.. other fools Who do his WoIh, am"
WV .t. ofher KNIVES. who. like ham, are
",a tins. a living our Of the country. do
I.li.y. ina LOYALTY. OF course, ihti, %"
-, t,rgI mon iu America. cen. W h@h-
n',N 80. ono i:en I... WIS another,
'NfSieiiaf was another. ana ten
Gtane,tau Jackson WAS another IhtSe
't''. -. ,,...rttous tnlt 20 10 prove
ara lhe lev ,,ti,n while We are
tho rue, I'M a. u.. afe very poor in
il'n ia
f' ,t,, Nfics Heftr was interrupted
1"a' ..,,ii.r sound which was traced
81 Miss Anne. and DO was ul~cv''l ~
sne was crying her ht"it ""' ,,,.lia I'm
woes of her iaeit. ",t h..utiftI 10
Vanity Fair. i TT i''. ,...'.,s f-t,ltL o.
think that that book was Wil''.' ,ii.
Miss Anne Amelia ls I'l "s rr.. a. no
hut Still ! am pioun 'H'' a., wrote
spoke the same ith-u'- VIC FORGET their
"a book that VIII WhA, LIN thev take up
own suileilns,' eve, ..h',, r.ldiue 10. Miss
the woes on y' NJ. anne 10 keep qu'tl
bclty au..atN GOOSE OF herself Ih-n
and not mdh. ID 800. t.ar.
she began 10 t".N V,.nattN.S WEAPON.
tAi'' w. ia t,r.narlv MANAGE. are
ltaI8' S"' f,,Lf an. finest weapon IN
without any ,,r,t~r IT, is only when
lh" ,,rr rod lu the face. anu VIZ"
ONE go swell That they are hol 10
Cn, eyes t,, .v.n then the sklliui
hc mduise1 III, ',,"',,,.l,,.f ,,iu make slight
use OF lhv teihir Weeping is the shaip-
ptacuce pvs7.H ,,,rtler ~eN. 10 Is Neiy