Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-23
"a PREFERS The COUNTRY ROADS.
latest s,sies 4" Hosiery Are 80 Loud
The, wake Up the Babies mt
>ieht-Bud Chicago b"ss' VINO
nid,s on the strect-Cara.

. 90, ,hc country where the roads are |
and soft and walking Is easy, and
.. ,.s arc supposed to say "Howdy"
.-,lody YOU NEE; In passing, l am
...a pedestrian and fairly nxuriate in
..ol my graceful, gazeie-like limbs.
..... tn town t's all different. and
..-ry your life in your hands when
. ON the streets. Unless you keep
t..g on your shoulders at all times
.... vour eyes ike a hOuse-fy-that
...r pcep around towards the back
.,...- aeck-you are apt to get knocked
,- and ground TO powder When you
.. r.s streets here people don't sus-
.. business until YOU reach the other
--t a bit OF H. They expect you
v.-n ln and out among the vehicles
g.. ..Gee the carriages and trolley-cars
~. n-ycles and horses and infantile
.....4r,s until your brain fairly reels.
thousand times a day l expect to be
t.-.a 90 destruction and the accident
...ree policy which ! carry on my
..... unselfsh life is the only thing
.... has saved me so far l could stand
.-... ED the evils II II weren't for the
,....s. You never can hear the gosh
.- things TIN they whizz right by
... and while you are a jumping out OF
o.. vay OF one here comes another from
r opposite direction. Frequently you
..s take your choice between being pull
,.-z.l by an electrician, beaten to jelly
t. horses hoofs, or cut into slices by
r. tires Of bicycles, and, when you
s-t have but the thirteenth part of one
second Co make your selection, 1t is very
t..ss.nc and most likely you will
.... the very alternative which you
last desire. In a big city pedestrian
A.. the very scum of the earth and his
pathway is fraught with as many dif1-
-..ss as the trip of a fly through
dish Of butter True, II you
o.. killed your executor or admins
traitor can sue for $4,000 damages, but
,ra deceased gentlemen with whom
hive talked about this remedy say it
,r.ris them very limited satisfaction.
And then. too. the jury is not compelled
,. give a verdict for as much as $4,000
and unless you have mighty strong pull
o. courthouse circles they are apt to
reckon the loss to the community by your
death al a much smaller figure. Possibly
-t.v may even decide that your heirs or
l.ratees ought TO pay premium TO the
individual who helped them TO get rid OF
you.
Don't talk TO me about the hustle OF
this great city, 1 never liked hustle
anywhere you put it-whether on fe-
male or on a city. They always cause
trouble. and I don't blame people for
citing right down on them.
Give me the picturesque old Virginia
roads every clip. with their forty-nine
inches Of mud and the NORWOOD fences
and the opportunities TO dodge, and the
cnats ana mosquitoes which pursue you
and the lowing Of distant cows, and the
occasional grunts Of the razor-back hogs
which do all they can 10 remove the mud
And what is more, l like the way the
country folk nod 10 you in passing and
stare and show their appreciation OF your
existence. and crane their necks when you
are 800 yards away, and drop their jaws
iu establishment if you show up in new
suit Of clothes. The older l get the
more / see that a rural life is the thing
for me. II l could induce my rustic
friends to have brick sidewalks and cleo
tic lights and hot and cold water ant
fresh milk and bona-fde eggs and genu
inc. law-abiding butter, l would quit this
hard cold, busting municipality with
sgeei that would do credit to the mar
who seeks to remove his presence from
the voracious fangs Of dog that is ou
f9r business and destruction.
The latest modes in hosiery are so louC
that they wake up babies at night an'
keep the whole community in tumult
We used to wear black stockings-tha
is TO say. I'VE girls" used to-but it's diff
farent nowadays, and the present require
uents Of society demand a Kaleidoscope
arrangement of colOrs which IS yer!
shocking until you get used 10 H. IN
patterns, which seem 10 owe their Origin
10 the gOlhug craze, are strongly sus
f..tive OF plaid. and are often compose
Of squares Of green and black ana req am
yellow and other modest UNITS. 1hey al
KAY and glddy until there is no sense Il
d. and on rainy days. when street-cl oss
ircs are muddy, / am, on account OF mi
strange fashion. compelled TO aVeri m
head. i shall not say in which direction
When l first saw these stockings han6ln
up in the dry-goods stores l conclude
that a large portion of our feminine pop
ulation were going into the circus bust
ness. where brilliancy OF costume is in
variably required. but later on l wa
informed that such stockings were al
the 90" But. OF course. they're "all IA
go"-thats their business. for our hosier
Is placed in a position where It's got 10 60
The sunset tints to which / have al
n1ded are by no means confined 10 thos
who are required 20 maintain the mos
reticence and secretiyeness along thi
line socks are Just as giddy thoug
there Is less OF them and they don't hay
to be quite so reserved aud diiident.
s.V pair the other day which won!
have thrown Hanover county into cor
missions. they were so bright and pri'
matte In their tints. To tell the truti
they were positively "niggerish' IN the
l4udlness. but the gents furmsher
told me / might as well be dead as ne
tl nave them, and so now l carry thel
our walking with me every day. Nheh
gents furnisher" tells me any 'n4As
always believe IL. All the king morse
couldn't pull one Of these men one INC
from the truth nor could hydraulic lal
squeeze one scintilla Of mendacity iroi
them.
When rainbow hosiery first came I'M
vogue. and was adopted by that 80
which are presumed through courtes