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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-01

artists. so that they are recognizable at
sight
IL is very fashionable. this summer.
to hold fancy dress parades for the bene-
TT of fayorite charities. and il Is hoped
that the Newport parade will be set
down 10 some well-known charitable en-
terprise However this is very unlikely,
as 1t Is purely a social thing. great
deal Of charity is done incidentally be-
cause a great deal Of money is distributed;
but tho people OF Newport are not willing
TO invite people who line the pathway to
sec them. II is more for their own plea
sure and qualification.
1t may be said incidentally that a BIZ
cycle fancy dress parade is one OF the
cheapest things that can be planned for
summer. The wheel costs nothing. be-
cause one already owns it, and the fancy
dresses are made UP Of the very cheapest
material. for they are 10 be worn only
once The jewels which the heiress OF
the season wears may be largely rhine
stones and big ornamental paste, loaned
her by all her friends. and the very ele-
CANT ornaments worn by "the best catch
Of the season" are gathered together by
him i'm the same way. The object is 10
get up something very pretty.
To make the parade more interesting
there is prize given to the one who
has the handsOmest costume. perhaps il
is the most correct one historically or
It may be the most beautiful one, or
the prize may be given to the most
graceful rider There is some ideal set
when the invitations are sent out and
all try for 1t. After the bicycle parade
there is tea upon the lawn, and the day
ends so happily that you wonder that
no one ever had the good sense to think
Of il before.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-01
OYER THE HOT COFFEE CUPS.
Pretty "Hall-LOW" Dinner TOiletttS for
Very Warm Nights.
DINNER BLOUSES ARE VERY POPULAR.
Tho Ladies Of the Paris Hotels DO not
He-itate to Appear in Them-Hints
for the Holiday
Gown.

PARIS. July 1.-THE very hot weather
brings out the women I'm their coolest
dinner gowns. No one knows better than
the woman Of Paris that it is not good
form TO appear decollete at dinner. but
there are low-necked dresses and low
necked dresses. and it is possible 20 pref
tily expose the throat without appearing
in ballroom array.
Almost side by side there appeared I'm
the dining-room door Of one Of the finest
hotels IN Paris three young women dress
ed in these half-low gowns.
one was i'm white pOplin. trimmed
with plaitings Of chiffon placed to form
skirt panels and a waist fichu. The
sleeves were almost entirely rufiies Of the
chiffon.
The second wore q silk-striped challie
with tiny blue. pink and green cords
running up and down the skirt. The wais
was a Louis Quinze of blue and white
striped silk. with white silk lapels.
The third wore a soft cream gown.
with half moons in deep gold upon II
and a crush bell OF old gold satin catoh-
Ing down a vest Of white oreandie.
BLOUSE WAISTS.
During the intensely warm days the
women visiting Paris have cheerfullv
adopted the white blouse craze T count
ed dozens Of them in the dinine-room q
the hotel the other evening They were
most dressy and elaborate and We're
made OF all the popular gauzy materials
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-01

made I'm the biggest WASH poi'S' NOS in
November and the SKY was W ,nuare
There was "A high Wlnd ma - toward
a. color line. IT swept past 'nc treet
and down through our conn -, Men
laden with the OdOrs OF our 911uf come
could smell 1t in thelr r,.,od around out
men came out and lounseu ~ , Uu,'V etreet
Hida So as TO sniff up the ar In lhe 9.i mo
when il came pretty near llile, ro,,nd
dinner call the men all gamer enoons
the stove with their pi9'o9 tbe stove
and waited and looked at tit ,bouphi
I'D the boiler. and the COOK, ana lno"5 - '.
80 The soupl The soup was uoilr' nc
cook was going 10 take II on d
INT time for the call 10 Souhv ~
a 40, -, began TO fan in. The COOK TOOK
hold Of the boiler by the hanuie a. al, iii
end and slowed 1t around anu 49, Iii
ing II off the stove, at the SAINT ,nH, The
ing TO a man on the Olii.i - tho other
stove 10 CoiiiS a.
handle. ..,,. .,,od
"Three-quarters Of tho company stoou
tool,ino ON thinking how near tney W.
To the soup The cook conuueu ~ 20 80
the boiler off 50 as 10 MAKE ~ 90 70 I,.eT
III of finally and he had II an OH w.
- egro1Ind brt one end. Then he sleWeu
me boiler around a hltle, ieH5'n1," l'D ,
the stove. so as TO make IL sun 'it.O ~,
for the man who was COMING ~ IN ny, i iDot
~ the handle at his end when ne 90
tbo,e Slowing il around IN TINS way nc
s sitSS just a hair too far until only ang
n corner of il rested on the stove anu
- ~. as The man who was coming 10 help
take it of was coming around The The st owe,
pine the boiler began TO up; ne CON
tried to stop IL. but he couluh /, We "a
TOO late and the man coming couldn 90
a thong. The boiler fairy upPsu w.
and turned bottom up and spilled every
blessed bit OF the soup, 10 the last drop
on the ground.
wal I'm no word painter. and l
couIdn't even give YOU al idea about
how the men felt It was e really y, od 'Tgl
-, 10 9bout il? Nothing. No use cuss-
ing the cook lie had burned urn 5oi h5 9 9Tom
otnS over and he felt as bad over the
loss Of tho soup al anybody. There WASH i,Is t
drew their hard bread and went back 20
their tents. ,- ..,..
on lonely picket post, when IL cam.
nv turn to relieve the man on duty, |
| found him standing leaning on his gun
and looking out across the country, and
softly but earnestly talking to himself.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-01
yellow GowNs-ToR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. But FKET y

mousseline do sole. gauze. dotted Swiss.
organdy. all Of them pure white. with a.
great deal Of yellow lace trimming them
Some Of the very chic white plous'7
wore spangled or trimmed with cut loi
and not "A few Of them We're trimmcl
with lace. with the patterns traced around
with stones.
Instead of regulation dressy black skirt
that was once so popular with light eve
ming waists. "A skirt of light gray ma
terial is worn. MORE. cashmere. bonsa-
line. Irish Poplin and whatever material
YOU will. so long as the shade OF the
skirt is q silvery gray.
Nearly every woman saw at the hotels
carried boa OF light gray ostrich feaih-
ers over her arm. These We're donn'd ON
every possible occasion. I'm going 20 ana
from the dning-room and I'm tie coffee
corridor.
one Of these dressy bl0usos that is cs-
peciallv adapted To slender figures was
made Of white mousseline dc sole over
white China silk It was a fun blouse
opening at the left shoulder and under
arm seam. Three fun frills of the NOUS
selne de- sole We're put on horizontally
and the bottom one fell a triie over the
girdle. The edge of the frills was finished
with three fun rufiie7 of narrow deep
! cream valiencennes. over the shoulders
! came narrow strips of satin that CAV"
| the effect of a stole. These pieces We're
| covered with appliques Of heavy deep
cream lace. and they We're finished at
| the edge with tiny frlls of deep butter
! colored vallenciennes. The sleeves We're
/ close-htting sleeves mounted by two frlls
| of the mousseline de sole with valencien.
I mes lace edging them. The collar and
| girdle We're of black satin.
A white blouse worn by q young gir
! Of eighteen was made of gauze over a
thin white sat.nette lining 20 insure cool
! ness.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-01
VERY ELABORATE

10 was a fun blouse with a square yoke
OF embroidered gauze. and opened az the
left shoulder and under arm sea- no. T'he
yoke was borderod with % broad inSor-
tion Of old English lace studded with big
round turquoise stones Around the bot
tom Of the yoke there was a broad friI
of embroidered gauze that W0s draped
up 20 the left side Of the front of the
yoke, where it was held with Il turquoise
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-01
THREE YOUNG WOMEN DRESSED IN

whats the matter. Bnlr / says.
See anything? 800
No saws Bnl. i don't see anything.
was Just thinking Of something
And i knew he was still dwelling on
the loss of that soup. New YORK sun
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-01

Business men Of Charlottesville. Ind.
through their union. have secured law
which prohibits peddling under penalty Of
working on The stone pile.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-01

London bonormakers refused 10 join the
strike Of engineers because the former
union had 5000 invested with firm by
which its members were employd.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-01

Minneapolis boss BARRIERS want the jour
nevmen 10 work on Sundays because men
learn 10 shave themselves on the Sabbath,
and their patronage Is lost forever.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-08-01
Lie. Ny stery.

We live. and love. and die
And II We question why
The veal. the woe,
And 10 what end. sigh
Pears Natures sole reply;
We 1--we. and love. and iie,
Ere We NAY know.
I.-iAppincottA
The times., 1897-03-28

The world is spiritual Kindergarten,
where millions Of bewildered children are
trying to spell God with the wrong blocks"
What a beautiful thought, worthy Of per
manency 1t was written in letter by 4.
+. Robinson, who proved himself poet IN
this single sentence, if he had not before
proven il ia his beautiful book, The Tor
rent and the Night Before > 1t should
not be permitted to perish Of oblivion in a
nut able magazine.
The times., 1897-03-28

Every one who has read the stories Of
that tremendously real and modern young
man, Van Bibber. will be interested i'll
reading. from the pen OF one who was
made codmother at his christening. Just
how Mr.. Davis man came to be, The
Rambler furnishes this interesting para
graph from the godmothers pen; When
Nr. Davis and / were together on the Even
ing sun, and before he had written any of
the stories that have since made him
famous, he handed me one day a short
paragraph for the column of which I had
charge atthat time. 1t was about the Yale
Princeton football game, ana recounted in
the first VcrSun the amusing bewidcrment
and incompet ence of young girl who
found bersclf looking for the first time at
the scTimmage. ! asked Van Bibber, she
said, why the umpires hung their whistles
on chains about their necks as we did our
lorgnons, and he said it was to keep from
swallowing gthemintheiTeX This,
ii is to he observed, is not at all the way
in which the fuil-grown and finished hero
would have answered young girls qucs-
tions. a few days after that Mr.. Davis
wrote short sketch for what was known
in the office as the Saturday rage, in
which Van Bibber's name but not his
personality, appeared. A few days laterhe
wrote another, and then Mr.. Davis CON
ceived the idea of writing series OF short
stories centering about a single personality
With this dea in mind he wrote the sketc ch
which stands really as the first Van Bbber
story, How Van Bibbcf Fed the Tramp
1t was quite TO he expected that Van Bib
ber'S advent into the Evening Sun office,
where a good story never went unprased,
should be hailed with great delight. In
a few days Mr.. Davis gain challenged en-
vious criticism In the office. which he did
not get, by writing Van Bibber and the
Swan Boats Van Bibbers Burglar and
half dozen others, each one adding firm
and meaning stroke to the characterization
Of his champion light weight hero as one
of the staff once called him. 1t was some
time later, after Gallagher had made Mr..
Davis famous, that the Van Bbber stories
were digged out of the pit of the Suns
file room for the additional circulation which
book form would give them
The times., 1897-03-28

There is in the April number of the
Atlantic Monthly feature which appeals
directly to the interest of the people of
Washington aud Virginia. 1t is tie quaint
and charming love story which is told in
series of love letters, contributed by Mis-.
Sally Nelson Robins, of the Virginia His
toricaI Society. These letters were wit
ten by TIE young and beautiful widow OF
the famous royal Governor Spouswood, Of
Virginia, and her lover, the rector Of the
parish. who won her heart and hand after
an heroic siege
In the instalIme ent Of pu Mauricr's The
Marian, in the April Harpel's, the super
natural element reaches a climax i'll the
Intervention in Earty JasSelin's love affairs
of Martha the invisible heroine Of tie story
From the fact that her mission is that OF n
matchmaker, it is clear that in some re-
spects Martian's life is not n uch different
from life on this mundane sphere The
leading short story of the number is The
wisdom of Fools,', i'll which Margaret De
land raises the difficult question of per
sonaI responsibility in the existing social
order Specifically stated, the question
is whether clergymen and college presi-
dents are justified in accepting iequests Of
money WnlCHii KNOW 20 itaNt ilSell cttl iit'l
dishonesty. In other words, how far
is it possible to econcilc God and Mammon-
In the Century the interest is consumed
by S Weir Mitchell's charming story,
Hugh wynn, Free Quaker, and the at
tention Of readers is bound to be center2d
upon the piece of fiction, so long rs it
continues a part of the magazine 1t is
the best story DIT. Mitchell or the Cen
tury has yet publiS he'd Perhaps the
Marion era wfordites VIII not subscribe To
the second part Of this assertion, but the
unpreiudiced will he inclined to give DR.
DIitcheIrs story the preference over all
others of their magazines files.
Rudvard Kipling has been so insiSfently
featured by the reviewers as poet that
we are apt to forget that the !nakcr of
stories is offering any OF his prose wdTes.
But the Mcclure readers have not been
drowned in 1.-THE Seven Seas" They are
diligently watching the adventures Of
CAPTAIN Courageous" the hero OF the
East coast fisheries 1t does seem, how
ever, that since Mr. Kipling emerged from
the jungIes he has kept his readers pretty
well at sea.
The complete novel in the April Lippin-
cott is story by Capt, Charles King.
Alice Morse Earle has an interesting al t-
Gle on politics as dramatized The writer
of this paper does not find on the stage
extensive appreciation of this picturesque
feature Of American life, and gives it as
his belief that Henry Guy Carieton's Am
bition," which Nat Goodwin played last
year, is the only political play Of signifi-
cance which has been written. AS this
The times., 1897-03-28
100 Nights
I'm New York

IN Mr.. Miller 5 COM
pany are:
Louise ThOrndyke
BOucicault, Grace
kimball. Nannette
ComstOck, John I.
sullivan, Frank Bur
beck, Leslie Allen,
Max Fisman, Lloyd
Carleton. Z. u. Lyons,
RObt. Ridgely, +.
Adams, Frank Beam
ish.
The times., 1897-03-28

Mrs cragie John oliver Hobbesy is
The times., 1897-03-28

A new story by Elizabeth Phipps
Train was published last week. 1t is
called a Marital Liability" Anything
new from the pen of the author of "A
Social Highwayman" is inteve esting in
promise. But the last story does not
realize We'll. 1t lacks ,Iiainality n 'un-
ceptiOn, and it is handled without the ex-
iIertness which made her first book a
smooth and finished story There are
strokes of shallow chivalry and attempts
at theatricaiisins, which cheaper the tone
Mrs. Train will have TO try again She
has demon strated in one instance that She
possesses the faculties for spinning Il
probable, natural story, and she should
not he discouraged nor will her admirers
desert her because in isolated instances she
falls below her own standard. IL is, how
ever, with difficulty, than one can ac-
count for two stories of such dissimilar
merit, coming from the same source. The
taste and instinct which tempered the one
seem to have had no part in faShioning the
other.
The times., 1897-03-28

An English correspondent writes that
Miss Beatrice Harraden, whose work
seems more popular in America even than
it is here, has read the proofs of her new
novel. "Hilda Strafford,' and given the
word for its issue toward the close Of the
present month. But her health remains
very unsatisfactory, and she is already a
year behind with story which she had eN
pccted to finish early in $50. Sheis stay
ing at BourncmUuth, and firmly reSists the
persuasive accents of importunate editors. >
The times., 1897-03-28

Mr.. Andrew Lang contributes to the
February number of Good Words an ar
ticle on Victorian literature. Browning
and Tennyson he pronounces the glories
OF the Victoiian age. Dickens, Thackeray,
George Eliot, and Charlotte Bronte are
put in the fnSt rank, and Charles Rpade
and Anthony Trollope in the second. Lyt-
ton, Trollope, Reade and Kingsley are
pronounced lacking the touch of imuor-
tality, and even about George Eliot AMI
Charlotte Bronte the critic heSitates. Mr..
Lang declines to say anything about Hv-
ing authors
The times., 1897-03-28
MRS. ANNIE BESANT

or London, Will deliver two lectures at
the Masonic Temple, corner 9Th and +
sts. Nv, Tuesday and Wednesday. Both
ana 3I>t INST.
Subject March 81.
"a Glimpse OF The Unseen World Human
Au-,~ mi = rhoo"I,t Forms"
With Lime Light Illustrations.
Subject March 81
Suffering; s,ud Evil, Their Causes and
Th"s~ ure -
ADMISSION, 25c mh2S- It
The times., 1897-03-28

OF days that are yelled in the mistS of
longago, Of men who Were giants of bravery,
of deeds which were pure heroisrn, OF
kngly leaders and knightly followers, of
fearless hearts, OF hot heads. of tales
which are epics. is the book of The
Sentimental V Kings" IL VIII please those
who love rugged. primitive vigor, ia char
aCter and in action. K. V. Risley wrote
it, John Lane published it; ii remains for
the public TO read it.
The times., 1897-03-28

was Of no significance, it follows logi-
cally that the political play has not Yet
been written.
The times., 1897-03-28
PgR0aH 4gl!@ Q
s.r.snAI frS-S

still engaged upon her new story, The
School for Saints
Rudyard Kipling is writing new short
story of 1900 words, which he calls
"Slaves of the Lamp"
The times., 1897-03-28
Next Week-WEBER'S OLYMPIA.

Don't forget the
&C u q A NJ r v
at the Union Veteran Legion han, 9lo
Po ave. on FRIDAY EVENING. April z.
The audience will be addressed by Senators
Mason of H., and Spconer OF WIS. MI.
John Oberly, OF The Times; Col. j. ID.
Rhodes, of Washington Corporal Tam er. of
Washington; Hon. f. G. Newlands, Hon.
Adolph Mayer, La: Hon, NJ. Bailey, New;
Hon Simon Wolf, Washington, ID. e, and
other noted speakers. j. w, LEhE,
Chairman of Committee.
The times., 1897-03-28

book Of short stories was last week
published by I.ippincott. which is bound to
create sensation 1t is called by the
strange and fascinating title, The Ape,
the Idiot, and other People, and the
author is W C. Morrow. There are
fourteen stories in the volume. Amy one
OF them is of sufficient distinction to give
ats writer position with the best short
story writers Of the day. Mr. Morrow
puts into his 5 tories al those marks which
commend him and them 10 the praise of
the appreciative. He is strikingly orig
inal in everything; his style is fresh, his
English is pure, is imagery is bnoyant,
his measure of human nature and clIarac-
ter is accurate, and to this he adds individ-
ualizing charms. unnamatae and innumer
able, to be understood only in reading his
stories. He seems to possess that plurality
Of visions and cOmpositenesS Of nature
which enables him to place himself in the
stead Of others, people. animals or things,
and feel and see as they do. But his
Influence upon their view points in human
lzing, true to them but truce to us
With especial charm does he humanize the
lmpersonal; that gift which was Dickens.
Or yIyIfyTng the fnanImate. In his first
story he tells Of an ape who wearied OF
the prison Of his circus cage and sought
flight His first emotions free are very
natural and truthful He finds an idiot
and an instructive bond of fellowship
snrings up between them, only the ape is
the superior OF the two for, though both
are barren Of intellect, he has the more
alert instinct Their adventure is the
shefne of the sketch The other stories
run the garnut Of sensations and charac-
ter Mr Morrow must be a man whoseeks
diligently the heart Of man and nature,
with not only keen perception, but the
gift OF facile expression TIE title to
none Of his stories is so attractive as
that Of the collection. But so many
stories have been written for no other
cOnscionable reason than to permit Of
the use OF some erratic title, that it is a
pleasure to read a short fiction which
has inherent and positive merit other than
trick Of name. Mr. Morrow has writ
ten almost exclusively for the Pacific
periodicals. but his Introduction by the
Lippincotts to an Eastern public through
the medium OF the present book will un-
doubtedly insure a reading for any future
story bearing his superscnption.
The times., 1897-03-28

The BoOkman is amused at Hamlin Gar
lands burst Of originality in the first in
stallment Of his lie of Giant, now running
in McCiure's He is speaking Of West
Point, and i'll the midst Of a 1ine burst,
after enumerating the other charms If
the scenc-the glory of the color, the
shaven green OF the lawn, and tie merry
twinkle Of the Uents-he ADDS, tie ripple
of plant. snow white trousers Why didn't
he can them pants? Then, a $ the chrcn-
iC!er ana commentator remarks, all future
1hapsodi-ts, who dwell upon scenes which
are not wholly given over TO still-life, can
find IN "rippling pants the climax to
their cadcnCes
The times., 1897-03-28

1t is a line in the New England primer,
familiar to many of us, MY book and my
heart must never part which Thomas
Wentworth Higginson has prettily draught
ed upon to name Harpers new book of his
essays on literature and life, Book and
Heart" Col. Higginson always writes
with the charm of sincerity and the graceS
of schola rship, ,andtheselittleessays which
have been gathered from stray pubiishingS,
all bear the imprint OF his best qualities.
He has aIways impressed us, in the warmth
and cheenuness Of his good nature, as an
impressioniSt rather than an analyst, and
il is not surprising TO find him passing over
the pedantiC and troublesome questions of
life and literature to chat interestingly OF
light bat not frivolous topics as he might
before his library fire or over the dinner
table.
In his discussions or, rather, chats, on
literature, he touches mainly upon the
Photographic character OF Cranes war
story, quality as the next desideratum in u
Journalism which has reached the limit OF
quantity. the depressing influence of per
'ccted journalism upon orGtory, the humur
n the position of Andrew Lang, who has
only begun to read Scott as he begins to
edit his works, and the risk writer runs
n leaving the close of his story to infer
ance. In his considerations of life he is
moved to remark upon the mistaken dis
tinction between Anglomania and Anglo
Dhobia, the reseublances between Ameri-
can and English gentlemen, the problem
Of drudgery, the future OF polite society
The pertinent question of international mar
riages. the summer people whom the coun-
try people meet, what he calls overclubablc-
ness and some other topics which indicate
that the retiring student has net been alto
gether free of impression by the sociological
aspects of the late political campaign
Speaking OF Andrew Lang's reading
seott's .Betrothed't at this late day and
presuning now to pronounce it "a very
moral and nice book Col. HieginSon notes
Sther instances of absurd deficiency in
literary knowledge. A frierd OF lis Wis
Rmg Stoke Togis had pointed out TO her
10y the veTGer the grave Of The American
Poet, Thomas Gray A young English
gill, just arrived in this county. ana look
ing up at 4 volume OF Thackery on one Of
the Crlo-.l-i'S bJUKshelyeS, asked: He rs
one CT yUur American noyeiists, is he not?''
And he has Canadian StateSman's word
that a London maiden made just the same
remark 20 him about TennysOn. Yet
the least probable of these anecdotes, or
the JOINT mpIobability Ct all put together,
is brought within the domain CT rea Sonahle
creduliIy 10y the announcement that Mr..
Lang is Just reading the Waverly Novels,
or any one of them. for the first time >
Aye, verify.