Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-20

Besides that. II Injuries my lungs to an
swer them. Have the lists printed az soon
as possible. please
Ian MaclSren has never penned a para
eraph that touches me like the above.
/ can sec that thin. tired man. before
me now, with the weary, hunted look
on his face. Verify. | believe he Is my
own reflection i'm O mirror. No. he can't
be. either; for every man who read
the article has come TO me and asked
II I knew how the New York reporter
got on to him" A touch of pity makes
the whole world kin. 1 think there ought
TO be law forbiddinS reporters from
delving into such horrid secrets. There's
too much sadness in this world, any
how. without having to read about IL
In print.
TITS an Interesting thing to watch the
dolngs of two women when they get
friendly-especlally If the two happen to
live i'm the same neighborhood. Now,
as n general thing, swomen don't get
friendly. and It is rare, indeed. that
their love reaches that degree of blind
ness which obscures mutual defects and
hides the observance of mistakes In
dress. Still, instances of genuine friend-
shin have been known to occur be-
tween women. and history records seVe-
raj cases where such friendships nave
lasted for three or four months at q
time. Then, as / have said before, us
Interesting 10 watch the game from afar.
When together, the two Gill continually
administer unto each other that insipid
species of kiss which merely touches
the fuzz of the face and leaveth no
moisture Added to this few mugs
very much after the order or those
bestowed on brothers--are thrown in.
and frequently hands are held, Dear
and "darling'' are ofttimes used In tho
vocatlve case. and each enthusiast will
vie with the other in compliments, ana,
perhaps. also, in detecting defects IN tho
other members of her sex. When one
makes dessert for her household, she
will be sure to send some over In her
hest cut-elass TO the friend across the
way. and the friend across the way VIII
do likewise the first time she mas any
thing worth being proud or. me ex-
change Of these little delicacies (ai-
ways too limited IN quantity 10 allow
| the husbands to be beneficiaries) VIII
be frequent. and will continue until the
cordially Of the feminine relations gets
TO a white heat.
on summer evenings. when folk sit out
| on their front porches, these she-Damons
| and Pythiases will converse with each
| other across the street in a high key
| that irritates their neighbors. In fact, II
! Is pic TO n woman 10 stand on her front
| porch and Whoop across the way TO hel
| friend on the other side. Fifteen step:
would bring them together and save any
amount of lung energy. but this never
| occurs to them. No. no, they must dc
| the long-distance telephone act. AS ;
| matter Of fact much of such converse
tions are lost in transitu, for incredible
J as 10 may seem. either an electrician Of
n moving wagon can drown n woman''
voice. But little things OF this sort dom
! bother them. If a vehicle browns tn
substance OF the whoop just as 1t fall
! from the lips Of the whooper. tn
wboopee will laugh as II she had hear'
| {. and considered the remark very funny
| In fact. when you tell a woman some
| tbiro she doesn't understand Ga matte
| of business or politics, for instance). sh
! viii Invariably laugh IL is a way sh
| has OF hiding her ignorance. And so III
two whoop and laugh alternately 70
half an hour or so, and then, posslpi,
they come together and supplement thel
| conversation with Il fve-minutes' tall
,,,,,i.b each can understand. During al
his time the husbands. with due appre
ciatjon OF the humbleness Of their pos
,ions In life. are sitting on their porche
| I'm fear and trembling lest they be draw
| into the game. But there is an end I
| ali things. In six or eight weeks the OK
change of desserts become less frequent
| and the pecking of cheeks stops an
dear" and darling are dropped !
conversation. Last Of all, the whoopm