The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-10

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| TO be quite honest ] have very little
| belief i'm the X-rGys. What good will Il
| do some girl who Is horribly unhappy
| inasmuch as she feels she IS 10 be vie
| thrown on her and make tie doubt a GER
| taiutyR Yes, my irend, / am believer
| en- hope. 10 Is am 0.dfashIOned belief, but
| then ! am bit old-iashioned and have
| a leaning even toward Judas. fully be-
| leying that
while the lamp holds out TO burn
| The yilest sinner may return
In the days Of old. women who aid not
| believe We're unknown. Nowadays We may
| have Cleyerer women doubt IL. But IN
| those DAYS little children hung around
| tIeir mothers knee and learned 10 say
| tn ir prayers, and, later on. when they
| Were big children, and the sorrows OF NE
| camD - them. they returned TO that
| mott o. and Wept out on her heart The
| gIefs that they could not tell.
| Nowadays We have women who know
| an about the creation of the world; We
| have women who scJm at the idea OF
| prayer and call it foolish we have wo-
| men who believe there has never been
| anything greater or wiser, or more low
! ing, or more f0rgiying than man. And /
| ann sorry TO say we have too many or
| these women. But u You fet your heart
| torn in two, If YOU felt that you wanted
| Woman's hand 10 rest on your head.
| and "a w0man's voice 10 call you by low
| ing names. would 10 Doe one OF these wo-
| men 10 whom you would 90? / think not.
| You would either bear your trouble alone,
| ~ hunt mp one OF those women VINO IN
| days Of old was good wife and loving
mother.
DOESN'T LIKE BICYCLES.
You wouldn't like to stop "A lady who
was just getting on her bicycle 10 come
| back and hear your trouble. ] wonder
| what the ladies' OF long ago would have
| thought OF the bcycleY Those ladies who
FrrH al. % ~ Ia !.
| feminine way and walking in feminine
| Way-What would they think of steel
| horse that demanded the throwing OF their
| legs across the saddle and wearing
knickcrDOckersy ] read % year or two lgO
| about a funeral in Paris, the funeral OF a
man vino was a noted rider of the Dicy-
Cle..,He was followed lO Tie grave by 90
men and women on their bicycles. Wei,
] laughed. j lauche Hfri / remembered
how awful death oWays is and how
ridiculous. and how frivolous and how
Ai4cOus the bicycle is. When 70 soldier
dies. there Is something magnificent IN
having his horse without the rider 10 fol-
| low the caisaOu, because the horse knew
ana loved the dead man; but what can
this thing Of steel dog IL would Do just
as sensible 10 have five hundred sewing
machines follow Is woman who had work
cd in shirt factory, as 20 have bicycles
follow a man W. was q famous rider.
For me. i like the days OF Old. when
man rode horse and II was triumph OF
mind over mattlr-yes, but matter that
hal some mind, not matter that was con-
irOlleI by monkey wrench. or an oiiing
can, or Whatever may De- required from
tine kit But I had better not say any
thing about bicycles. one makes enemies
ly living. one need not add 20 them by
talklus
lu those days or Old when JednnOt and
Jeanette loved each other. they told much
Oi 4he story Dy looks. Then they went on
FOR little walk and JeauuOt picked
uoscgdy Of beautiful flowers and Jeanette
stuck them ln ler belt. aud Jeannot
wished DE were lilac near her heart. and
Jeanette llush44 uuul Jeanuot begged
her pardon.
EVERYTHING Us DIFFERENT
JpaunOt goes 90 "a smart florist hands
ont twenty dollars and bis visiting card
and when Jaauurfta .rfs the result or thfs
VISIT SID. ffys I.r nose 90 fIa air ana won.
drrs whv fe iii non saui orchids instead
of roses Years aeo. I.4uneffe mn or, n
Whit. muslin GOWN ana n tafs l,lrs ea-I
and polkaed and reh0tfI.hal and danced
Sir E0eer d. COyer.,- tinril broad da,.iirnf
and would have l-.n shocked ff amy one
had eu.e.staI Than wicked d.,,'s ,.orftll9r
to Fr.u..-+ra waltz Ana If.r,i,f t.fi
her very rcerartfuIlv NGv-aIIvs sIe
SCOTS at every dance but tho waltz and
Jeanette is wairIeI around bv Jeaunof in
manner lacking in rrFnret. ana only no.
ticfalIe because of its 0uickne.s It is
sadly true that Jcauu0t docs mot long 10
Inser in the ballroom lie wants to pcf
of with the other Johnuics ami betl N
ltUe absinthe. How he is chanredi long