The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-16

women who have gotten summer clothes
Usually the woman who mas belongs 10
the TYNE that I9 agglcS@lNri4 i'l ga.
She brides herself on being ip to ".,O ''
everything. She observes hoAual l'''7.
ousIy ana nine times out or ten anc
wears a stin straw hat with black band
around IT, which she has selected HDt
because its becoming, but because u VIII
Sba.s cer,. in TOO. to drag her hair back
from her forehead. not allowing Do 10 De
fluffy or loose. but pulling IL SO 's.t
chat her eyebrows go mp ln a queer ,sv,,.
of way. and she looks as III she ,ou.un
wink her ewes. She says tndl VEINS
tbe hair will eventually burn 10 OF. but
il certainly is better 20 supnlt 10 ny
feminine weakness OF burning even .u't.si
and give 90 one face a Mvll"n.s 60
eoff @vrrrssfou. She's the sort OF woman
vino couldn't nut any powder on h.I
nose II 10 shone like a l0Oking-glass. Sne
one among the many VINO are o1yla ILEt,d
this otherwise civilized nation llCt
ara tha women who are sadly, ii'"i i'I
d. ageressivcly. oVetWhe llnl"7'!'
lively. and Gisgusungly clean. -,.r,
OUGHT 10 BE BOiCOIILD 49,.
They have a scrubbed air tnal IS net.,4
feminine nor fascinating. iiel
ness IS not virtuous 10 is Pharisalcal;
announces itself by her shiny nose WHlcn
gLsofufefy saws "HOi hOl behold am NOT
like unto other women, We Hti upD'u 49,,
face with soap and wafer ana we poM
1er ~ fha toilet table. the sWeel-smeN-
ing waters. and the dainty unBueHls arc
considered bv me as the yaniues OF vans
ticsr She ought 10 ue b1g tt'n. N.t
Because She BIS bitterly opposed lo ever
thing that's nice ana am aIueiis '", ,,.',,i5
~ evarvfhfne that is nasty. Sne MouiI
,,r.fo soda vlfer TO something tyod
that's extra dry. She thinks lne nlne
SUNDAYS that we are having arc Hi.''
sirahle institutions. Sns i,,',','-,.to b,i.fand
tiuual nagging the unioi tuha'. hDr5,.'tt'
whom eha controls. into voting the FROM.
ttti,, tfotot while she wonders tnat ant-
to5v should prefer terrapin 10 some
wheat composition which LOOKS Hhe siut
and tastes like paste. Zen 10 one sn,
crank II intervals on the SUBJECT OF on
,r,,r, ana makes herself au object
tneueJ with a bis "O'-by carrying ou'
,rl,o fsn,fnino crank positively objects 10
the corset She wears "a honed uoal,r
| .E, ,.ri,ts n moral and adorns tale
! ebc f. utterly -naDeless. and her appear
arro be- cnoiicn tO drive the FEMININE Mo-
man 10 tight lacing, Which "o1ld '-
Always UNCOMFORTABLE.
! T., e,,r,r,-r lime she looks hot. If she is
/ stout her appcardnce Us improper Ntt""s
/ it's uubcautiful. And II sn+ ui.t ,
Z looks Ike a planked shad She usv"'.'
4 ,irnonf Portable though she w0uldh 60"
J gess n m eave her soul nave sali aro.t
{ a million times more or less, lta- q W
J fitting corset hurts no oHe. ~ i.l9 '"
I about having skirts su~Pt llutL li'.n '.-
| shouiders OF women Is really nol-ti s- 90
! ~. ,,.orst Lind The Lord dida hulld We
men mai vav. lie made their hps oIed.
[ Thar thov MIGHT sustain any weight tiiIL
! was necessary. TINS la VIZ u u..'' go ID
] truth is mighty and really Goes Plet.t.i'
! 49, as e'r,, nanny future the desiraplh-
| ~ ~ he rgcli.6tting corset Will oe reccA-
| nizod. All those nasty, lI-utlllf 49,, -
bodces remind me OF sn ,i ii,e1 ove., bo,,s.s
/ b~t ave ,-er,, haupy 10 drink 10 Wneh WISH
] inc rrbev haven't indepcnd ence enough
I DO do the right thing, ana 'HIs 'o"ii
! mise on the nanny paH4Dg, ~ -, tt-
/ funny that there are no women 4h 'll'
/ uorii se bceithv as the English women.
I ana no ,,or1en who lace so much. The
| French women and the amer iI"u We
men have. natufaly. - o.1si, tbe f,.b-
| ionebio srbich Is not the hour-giaaf
shape. no lacing Is required. bul el.
English woman. WIN htl lHl w" ~ ff.
broad shoulders nttvS To 49, ~ t
smaller 10 achieve the shape tnat sht
drgi,ee. "a 81 where are there WON Do
v.,o bri,'s, info the world finer sons. my
sically than the 'ne il7n Wu.l.
'ections are made 10 the corset, Do
hest enoCi,,,oris MS far as size and beau
~ 60 Of ENGLISH men. are not what 81
clever girl called TAILOR maae. nut 10
HOOKS WORTH READING.
NVhera ara fhov9 IT'S very easy % saw
put On "a Cor1fv gown and read an in-
terestioo trot, hut first YOU must catch
your book. WHY doesn't somebody write
n really interesting book? What has he
come OF the people with imno ,.nlaI
Charles peodc Wilkie Collins. and Dick
ems Caboriah and Balzac-this minelinr
may seem odd. yet it covers a class
books that Interested everybody L,o'.i
viii eel one IN 10 such a pitch Of excl p
ment that f" ones ep heart beats quicker yoi,
ing FOR the denouement. and the blood
courses through ones veins, while , symipa-
Tho etrir,.e ~ harp in ranid sucCof-
sion rbes. IA stories probable or not
toAk one c.h W ones self and kcnt alive
the natural feenss Wny ' tbsre 4 so con-
tintaI chance and where forty pages are
not given to analyzing what the heroine
thouoLt 90 thh bero's anpreciatiOn OF mu-