The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-24

mails II.
The shirt-waist girl is supposed 10 Ds
given over TO athletic games az !"
OF carrying the necessary utensils pu. =
think she would rather sit down anu
talk about how and where 10 Dus
shirt-waist for a Acknowledgment ''a'
every place else would cost -, IMAM I"
play any outdoor game. AdNeIuseu Da'
gain sales OF shirt-waists "oulu ga" '
wearer OF them 10 the "atile'e P's,,
imaginable and the shirt-"ais1 "o''"' " -
stand ten deep and lose al ueD''1s
manner and speech in their uov1i Ii''''
to be in at the finish and possess one
Of the shirt-wa.sts so lavishly ueaei 'D'u ia
printers ink IL is true tnat lhey 90
too often misnts, and II Is alsO ""e
that their material viii iaHe unuer az
intense smile, but, stih, When ulles -. 80
from a bargain counter they nave y" '''
only appreciated by their buyers.
GOINc; TO Spend THE SUMMER.
One OF the chief charms OF going away
FOR tho summer is the packing Oh uulhS'
NV advice 10 every sensible woman -
this: IF YOU have attached TO your menu
ANYTHING that is masculine, mana over
your KEYS TO him. and let this bach-pIeah-
inc. thought-consuming business pe con-
Quoted by him" Man In the abstract
is worthless. as far as woman clol"es
are concerned, but man, the lhdl luuai'
can go over vour belongings, pick ont
lust what you want. and pack your truhh
so that n will lock. That Is great
victory. ] never saw trunk pdchtu ~ -
woman that would lock al the nrst e'''i'
Sometimes Ii does, after the boys nav
Jumped on It. and the strap mas D''"
drawn. but usually woman ms 10 ui, "''
cxprcssman to do the locking. lie hrsl
tics q rope around the trunk. then slams
il on the floor. and then turns the Key
with scOrn. and without trouble. y Mo-
man nearly always knows what sne
wants 10 take 20 the country with hel'
but She doesn't place her prophecies Wen
She knows she can't buy the uany
timed food no country. and so she wraps
nm innumerabla cans Of g. and lays them
between Marian's organdy frocks' re-
cause they DO not make heavy trunk.
OF course. tho tins leak ana Marian
who f. IS. and expecting 10 like IKE
flower IN these oggandy ifocks' uoesH
ouite wish that-woil. anyhow, She wishes
the cans hadn't leaked. She called them
some kind OF cans, but ] have forgotten
what.
one Of the BOYS invariably reminds you
that. once YOU are I'm the country, you
have TO drive four miles TO buy INK. ana
that when YOU buy 70 Il IL IS abomlnaily
male SO. being a woman. you JOY IN mar
mony. and 600 the trunk with the hooks
and your husbands half-finished novel.
goes the ink. Every man who mis- that
trunkful Of books swoars until he Is the
color of a lobster: and every man VINO
swcars at that trunk throws II DO" D.
hopiug 10 smash it Hut no man succeeds.
However one Of these gentlemen manages
n break tho ink-hottle and the novel
reeks with dark deeds and black huid.
And everybody sorry.
OF NATURES MEADOWS
stn. everybody is On the country. and
no matter what ones woes are. they les-
sen somehow when one looks az the bcnu-
tiful trees. realizes that the grass oX-
| tends further than the plot IN the back
yard. and drinks in the air. so iull OK
good tastes. city air always reminis me
OF that perfume called opOpanaN, o. o.
combination of which is only known to
the chemists. and the result 4 Which
is only pleasing 20 rather depiA1 el
taste. 1t was once whispered that opol'a-
max was made of She tails of little PIGS
boiled down. but 1 don't believe anything
SO crude could result in anything sO cCm-
pick. when tle wind Blows over tie
city, one eagerly swallows moutniul az
air and gets microbes, dirt, various uu-
pleasant things u the way OF vegetables,
flowers. and people who are more or less
dccadents. while in with the other thing,
comes that strong odor that always per-
meates the air when many people breathe
into 10. Ia the country the air tastes DIFF
fercnuy. II always reminds me of "a COW s
| breath, that smells OK clover suggests
new milk. and is altogether dainty. No
after-llnner cachOu was eyer made that
| could give such q perfume rs this.
10 never makes much difference when
Won have a big. comfortable room TO sleep
in, and fields and groves TO move around
| i'm. what you get Co rat in the country
But if you are civilized. y0u don't want
20 stay there after the summer days.
| Civilization Is a mistake. il causes YOU %
| long when the warm days have gone by
for the good things Of the flesh. and the
country does not set them forth. The
| idea of serving in the country +, primcya
| Ohe typewriter speit that prime evil,
and / was going 90 Ut &c go 90 FIRST bui
| thought perhaps somebody would think
l did not know the meaning OF the word
| NanitasD
| COUNTRY COFFEE AS 4 DRINK.
An the country, coffee IS counted best
| at its weakest, and there Is "a fuucy fol
| drinking IL over a cIriOus.y -shapcd stOn,
| wall which The country people call cup
| But when one can breathe good AR. Whal
! difference does DO make about The coffee
| Whether il d., after The German fashion
| black as night, sweet at love, and strong
! as the devil, or whether IL is from Seflt
or the other thing? You don't care much
| about your coffee or your tea eth .r Dol
| the country You can sic in tine shad,
| and get great draUllts of sweetness, th,
| result Of the farmer cutting down some.
| thing. We ignorant city people don't know
| what, but We do know that IL is health
| giving.
| Country people. Who don't apprcciat,
! their blessings. wonder at u-, because So,
/ loaf on the g-ass. take an apple of "a,
| tree. and eat 90 with Oy. go cunt huutlul
for all sorts OF queer things. that don
trouble them. and even breathe witt
delight Last year 1 wanted snake-skin
| / told Il country boy of this desire OF
| my heart and j also told him that. Q,
| get just what J wanted 7 was willing
10 lay down certain cold pieces OF silver
that seemed 20 him OF value. but To- m,
only Of worth because of what they Woui,
bring. Well. ! got my snake-skin. Deaf
that fool of country boy hadn't beer
| careful. and 81 was torn and couldn't D.,
made into a belt Now. II that had beer
a city boy De would have cared for thai
! skin. he would have stretched IT, watch
cd H. to see that 30 didn't crinkle. an,
J the result would have been this Shout,
| have had a belt made Of snakc-skin
and / would have told everybody that f.
was piece of the real. original serpent
that ! had inherited from my great
| grandmother Eve. Country boys dom
| appreciate their blessings. they long fo
the city and it's noise and vulgarity n 4
within the possibilities that c0untr'
boy might admire girl IN a shlrt-waist
7 will get acquainted better with hin
| this summer and will i.t Won frro-