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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
! CURRENT LITERATURE FOR BUSY READERS

lower. harder and shurer than IN the Eng
lish game. The backs hit the line as ons
man. like a battering ram. Every yard
gained or lost Is of great Importance.
Year by year the game grows more COM
piicated. more fierce and more perfect me-.
chemically. Il is getting TO be like fins
piece OF machinery In the harmony OF
the several parts In England they play
the game more loosely. much as their
fathers did before them. Cricket and
baseball are the national games OF the re-
spective countries. and nowhere do na-
tlouaI characteristics appear more IN ev-
ideuce. Cricket Is an atl-day. Ielsureiy, so-
ciaI event; baseball is an hour of wild
excitement. The English game culttvases
the amenities OF life, and courtesy is
canon OF the game. Baseball keeps the
nerves too near the edge TO leave mucf
room for the Interchange OF fellowship
and goodwill toward the opposing team.
-Self-Culture.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
The Evil of s1nall Bad Habits

A physical culture teacher. in instructing
her class of school girls, told them that it
is through the continuance of smai! bad
habits of posture that the ungraceful and
1Intlealthfll carriage is obtained, says the
New York Evening Post. For example, :"
she said, "girls have trick Of letting the
fitness of their. dresses slip to one side or
che other as they seat themselves; this
raises the hip slightly on that side, and
presently the line of the figure is altered
The dress should be smoothed out evenly
before taking a seat, SO that its thickness
is equally distributed. Similarly, girls
usually lean upon one foot more than the
other when standing, and in this way-
also, one hip is raised. If you discover
that you are standing a long time on one
foot, change to the other In one way"
continued the teacher, this condition IS
encouraging If a little persistent practice
every day of bad habit will show marked
consequences, it is also true that perse-
verance, even for a few minutes daily, in a
proper exercise will work its satisfactory
result with the same certainty
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
End-of-a-Cer1tury Ep:tsph.
Here lies a poor woman who always W;

Here lies {. poor woman who always was
busy;
She lived under pressure that rendered her
dizzy.
She belonged TO ten clubs and read Brown
ing by sight:
Shone at luncheons and teas, and would
vote If she might.
She served on a school board with courage
and zeal;
She golfed and she kodacked and rode on a
wheel.
She read Tolstoi and Ibsen. knew microbes
by name,
Approved of Delsarte and loved to shoot
game.
Her children went in for the top educa-
tom
Her husband went seward for nervous
prostratton.
One day on her tablets she found an hour.
free:
The shock was so great that she died In
stantly. Pick-Me-Up.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
4 Plar, That Failed.

My wife is mad and I don't blame
her, and I'll tell you why" said Jones
yesterday. 1--WE have kept house for
twenty years, and I figure that during
that time we have had at least eighty
hired girls, good. bad a1o Indifferent.
but mostly bad. Several Yeas $50 A1rs.
Jones was fortunate cnorgh to srci.re (,
jewel Of a girl: but she was indiscreet
enough to brag about il around the
neighborhood, with the result that che
of the neighbors entlced her :."ay. under
promise of paying her higher wages, and
my wife has not forgiven Tie woman
that did it to this day. Ever SINCE she
has had dream that some day she wCuld
be lucky enough to draw another pIze i'll
the hired girl market, ani when she
did she had her plans oil laid to keep
her.
well, the other day the jewel was Sc
cured, and Mrs. Jones sm,iy IN ;sec
herself with delight when she realized
what a treasure she possessed.
The girl had only been with us one
week when Mrs. Blank, one of the neigh
bors, called and casually remarked that
she saw that we had another girl.
Yes answered Mrs. Jones with a
sigh. I'm only going 20 keep her till
can get another She is simply unhear-
able! She is insolent, lazy, sovenly, i'm
prudent and dosen't know enough IT, start
the kettle boiling. She
= You're a loir, NUM- burst upon her
astonished ears, and there stood the rev
girl in the doorway with all her Irish up.
An I'll have We understand, mum, thot
I'll not stay another minute in q house
where they blackguard a poor. hard
workn' gur-rIs character! and with that
she flew to her room and packed up.
Mrs. Blank has the girl now, and she
never loses chance to tell what a treas
ure she has and how Mrs. Jones abuses
her girls, which makes my wife simply
wild"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
Coiors for u.sI.ir.s.

The newspaper readers who nave lately
learned that Lord Charles Beresiort eas
painted his snip of & dull gray color CON
trary to the usual costume in times OF
peace, little know what an important part
paint has played in the history of our
navy.
From about 1850 till well into the eigh-
teenth century the upper decks of war yes
sells were OF a VIVID. bright blue, WITH
canary yellow sides. and a broad band OF
black on the water line, while tvesy in
board surface was OF blood-reG cotor.
About 100 the onward bright green began
to superSede the biood-reti inboarl paint
ing. All the great merchant craft also ac
copied the Innovation, but the canary yell
low and bright blue outer colortngs re-
manned on warships till Rodney began to
use buff and green as a substitute.
When Nelson became Il post captain.
one of MS first administrative acts was to
paint his ship in the checkerad style that
became known by its sinsularity at the
time.
OF course, the normal black. waite. and
buff dress of our warships of In-tiay must
by no means be taken to represent their
war aspect Indeed, the most fitting shade
OF color that will best insure invisibiiity
is question that has been as much dis
cussed as has that which deals with SOL
diers' clothing. We are aceust toned 10 sss
torpedo-boats of a shade OF black or dir
ty gray Few know, however, that WIEN
these boats go into action, even in the
course OF peace manoeuvrss. both officers
and men are .tblac<ed" as To their hands
and faces. exactly in the same way as
Christy Ministries.
weil-known theatrical provider sells
large quantities of the special pigment
required to officers of the navy, who
would all require such precautions in
cutting OUT and other expeditions, as
vel! as in torpedo-boat service.-Lonslon
Mail.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
Book and Heart.

For many year ne g-ubbed among
The stalls where antique tones lie piled.
And then alone, when. FOR a song.
He bought some prize. he ever smiled:
Staring ar titles Oft aIs eyes
Slantsd aloft with eager looks,
AS If he stood in Paradise
books
So long the reflex dull OF calf. uu
Morocco. velium. lit the face.
That 1t Is, lea tnern now by half,
And Times deep toolins we can trace.
Volumes grew human IN his care,
While he their form and sembiance took.
Till men stood on the shelving there
And In the armchair lolied 4 book
But books and men will fray and fade.
AS Cares rude finders turns the page,
Or. In some sunless chamber laid.
They warp and nildsw into age;
The living leaves grow sere and wal.
The back knows many an ache ami
crook.
TIL into Ii-nbo's flung the man.
And to the grave IS borne the BOOK
Who knows-yon pile OF ragged leaves
May, when some critic finds is there,
Be gath red up Ike golden sseaeeS
And g1.bed In beauty past compare.
Fen so. II aught OF worth He did
Between its margins broad and white.
Some heavenly sGroiier yet may bind
The bookmanss soul In cover. bright.
George Setbel In tho juno cHdG
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10

u.s. is sure to protect against misfortune,
the jewel acting a talisman.
A few substituted flowers appropriate
to their birth month. One young lady,
whose birthday was in January, wore a
string of tiny silver beads which tinkled
musically wherever she went. Another
claiming also January as her birth month
wore a brooch showing an old man and
an infant, representing the old and new
year.
September was adorned with golden
rod paper hearts, pierced with arrows
Many puzzled their brains over a
young girl wearing a white apron, with
several bars of music on the hem, until
one discovered it to be a March
April was represented by paper fools
cap, and May by a pretty spring gown
decorated with VioletS and lilies of the
valley.
It was an easy matter 10 guess July,
with her tri-colored STEAMERS and nu-
merous flags.
August wore white organdie and
carried a pam-leaf fan.
September was adorned with golden red
and purple aSters-
October's daughter wore a rich yellow
gown, nearly covered with glorious au-
tumn leaves, and on her head perched
cap of the same brilliant leaves.
Novembers costume was most strik-
ing, being a poster design, representing
Thanksgiving.
December's was a picturesque suit of
white eiderdown flannel, ornamented with
holly berries and running pine.
Each guest was requested to furnish
one dish appropriate to the month in
which she was horn. In this way the
supper was quite out of the ordinary,
and the only tax on the hostess, with
the exception of her one dish, was for
coffee. pickles and cake
Prizes were awarded for the most eff
fective costume, as well as the most
striking one.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
Wo1hexAooA

An altar-are, where none before had
burned,
Upon whose hungry flames the lesser
part
OF self is cast. No anguish, sting, no
smart
Can frighten sack the soul when once
has yearned
Its strength to build and feed this holy
fire;
No task too heavy, none too requisite
OF sacrifice for her whose heart is knit
To one absorbing purpose and desire
Just there beside her warm, wee babe
to lie:
To feel the tiny, hands extend and close
About her fingers, and with raptured
eyes
To gaze into the bit of azure sky
Let fall SO near All! but mother
knows
There is no cost too great for such
a prize.
Elizabeth Gallup Perkins, in Harper's
Bazaar.
Shirt-IFaist q, p .ricnce of Mrs. John.
Several weeks ago Mrs. John made up
her mind that she'd go in for shirt-waists
this summer. You see, Mr.. John had been
pretty deep in Third-Avenue stock and
she felt that economy was necessary. A
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
american aud English schoelboys.

Fights are recognized part of the
school education among the English boys.
In America, when boys fight. it is be-
cause they are angry with each other; in
England they fight because they are anx-
ious to find out which is the better boy
physically. They may have no quarrel or
.ll-feeiing, but II their friends cannot
agreeS as to their respective proves the
uitimatum result Is pretty apt TO be
MILL.
Life Is more strenuous In America than
in England. and this IS shown In the
snorts OF the two nations Take tbs game
hf football as an illustration. In the
American college game the fackiins Is
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
Progressive Princess.

The Princess Sada. who is to marry the
heir to the Japanese throne, matriculated
at the Peeresses School of Toxic, and
while there was the favorite pupil OF one
sion for the study of the heraldry of her
own land. and extended this to that OF her
teachers native country. It was her de-
light to read and talk Of colonial times,
and even more to look at old prints which
pictured the men, women and fashions Of
the American colonies at that period. She
had many tastes in common with her
teacher, but upon one point they dis
agreed. 1t was the wearing of the native
japanese kimono. The Princess would per-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
Ntcti SaIutamus.

We who have lost the battle
To you who have fought and won:
Give we good cheer and greeting!
Stoutly and bravely done!
Reach US hand In passing.
Comrades-and own the name.
Yours is the thrill and the laurel:
Ours is the smart and shame.
Though we were nothing skiifui,
Pity us not nor seofn!N
Send US hail as hearty
'Stoutly and bravely borne.
Others may scorn or pity;
You who are soldiers know.
Where was the JOY OF your battle.
Save in the grip with the foe?
Did we not stand to the conflict,
Did we not fairly fall?
Is it your crowns we care for?
Nay, to have fought is all.
HumbIed and sore we watch Won.
Cheerful and bruised and famed
Take the applause of the conquered
Conquered and unashamed
New Llppincoti
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
Cromwell's Court Was Model of Purity

Meanwhile, the tone Of his court was
a model OF purity and honesty. Alone
among the courts of Europe in that age.
under Cromwell no man could rise who
was protigate in private life, OF corrupt
in public life. How he had risen socially
is shown by the fact that his remaining
daughters now married into the nobility.
His domestic relations were exceptionally
tender and beautiful, and his grief at the
loss OF his mother and his favcrite
daughter-his favorite SON was already
dead-was very great. His letters to and
about his sons are just what such letters
should be. He explains that Ne does not
grudge them "laudabe recreatious nor
honorable carriage in Them nor any
legitimate expense, but that he does
emphatically protest against pleasure
and dissatisfaction being made the bust
ness of mans 1fe."-From OLIVER
Cromwell by Theodore Roosevelt, in the
June Scribner's.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
Promptly Decided.

He fiattered himself that ne was clever
mar. and he decided to propose in a
clever way.
'Th,. use of .shalp and 'will always
puzzled me- he said, redectively. 81
never know just which is the correct word
to .,se
.srhe rula IS very simple she replied,
1;,nocentiy. "Jusf remember that
90 re>er mind the rule" he inter
rupted ..Just tell me which is correct
I SHALL marry you or 7 will marry you.'''
Neither she answered, promptly
Chicago Post.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
French Manners.

I have Just been studying a Petit Guide
de SAVIOR Vivre, published IN Paris n 1885.
According to the Petit Guide, when mon
sieur meets lady he must not only raise
his hat above his head with arms half ex-
teEded without stiffness. awkwardness. or
affection but he must even have his
calculating wits about him to make the
gesture more or less deliberate according
to the quality OF the lady, 7 wonder what
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10

sist in donning stays, skirts, shirt-waists
and all the adjuncts Of the western toilet.
One day the American said to her:
Your H1ghness, why do you not wear
your beautiful kimono TODAY? If js so
much more picturesque than that tailor
made gown
Sada laughed, and, passing book of old
colonial prints to her. replied: ..Why don't
you wear clothes like those your ances-
tresses CONGRATULATIONS Saturday
Evening Post.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
Ute Box Goat.

She's a daisy clipper
OF the first degree.
She's the SWEETEST
Damsel in society. just
Mark her elevated
Head and note .
How joyously she f.
Beazneth in
Her 9
New box coat!
She's the constant envy Of
The girls who
Scan
The lines and
Angles of that thing Of TAM
Behold her
Dignity. and see her
Float 50
Gally down the highway
IL her new
Bo. coa-i
Perchance 81 reaches
To her -
Dainty toes,
And makes her look just
Like a post in
Clothes:
It's neat and natty
And all that-but mote:
You never can
Tell what's beneath
Her fcng box
Coat!
co,,,s ora
Abbreviated to the
Waist:
Looking like a nail-keg
On a fence-post
Placed;
And yet the chappies
Every one will
Vote, there's
Nothing
Like q damsel in
Her
New box coat!
Most are yellow. but
a few are green;
And come
To think Of It all
Shades are
Seen:
While each fair wearer doth
Full fondly dote
On tripping
Busy highways In a
New box coat!
Although It's
Said to be the proper thing,
And STACEY dansels
To 1t ever
Cling,
From any real
Beauty il
Is far remote
This Notwithstanding,
Understanding,
Swell box
Coat.
Colorado Springs Gazette.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
Here 5 Something Odd
Hospitality Adds One More Fancy to
the List OF Novelty Parties.

At recent entertainment, which was
both novel and original, the guests were
requested to represent, in some manner,
their birth month, says What TO Eat.
Most of them wore the birthstone suitable
to the month, which, as old legend tells
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
New Form of Death.

Dorothy (noticing with great distress
5rip In her doll. whence the sawdust was
sptlHng outo-oh, mamma, please DC some
thing quick! Dolly Just sawdusting her.
self to h-ancinnaHE nqnarer.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
Early Culinary Art in Enrland

With the advent of the Normaus comes
the first dawn OF the culinary art proper
In England; and the people learned from
their new coaquerors the concoction OF
savory stews and soups. The latter of
which. essential factor In French
domestic cook-bools is celebrated in two
popular proverbs:
:. Cest Ia soupe qui fait Ie soldat," and
Soupe lie sotr. soupe lie matin.
C'est rordinaire dI bon chretien.
The use of butter was still unknown. SO
oil and lard were employed in its place
Whale flesh, served roasted on d spit or
boiled with peas, was q favOrite dish OF
the eleventh century; and the oorDoise
was also considered q dainty when cooked
whole and eaten with mustard. Haziitt
says that Cardinal WoIsey gave a great
banquet IN 1863. at which over forty oo--
poises We're served. costing about shli-
lings each; but the popularity OF this fisll
began to decline. and in the time of
James T., the very dogs disdained 10 eat IL
A manuscript in the library OF the Royal
Society has some quaint recipes: and as
they date from about 1853, one may be-.
given as an example. ITO Make Gynger
Sauce.-Take faire light bred and pare
vynesur and grinde hit and draw nit
thrugh a streynour. with vynegur and pou-
der of gynger. and OF caudIe, and serve
hit forthe. ''-Charrber's Journal.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10

not to attempt to make TINS cake There
is no other sponge cake that is as fine as
this and it is the same recipe that was
used by many well known Boston house
keepers fifty years and more ago.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
She Loved Anorher.Too We'll.

Z She-No, ]. cannot marty you.
He-You love another?
She-I do. One whose happiness I
place above al else in the world: one
whom I would not displease or sacrifice
for anything.
He-Show him to me-
She-You are looking at her.
He-O!-Stray Stories.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-10
fine FINE.

The odor of the neW-mown hay:
The songs Of bees and birds at play;
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-11-22
eiggIing Girls Get Into Trouble.

Three young girls and two men
we're before Justice Martin Friday al
ter-noon on a serious charge-that OF
disturbing those who had assembled
in church to worship God. The girls,
Mamie Smeltzer, Jennie Smeltzer and
Mamie Volgamont, appear to be be-
tween the ages of eighteen and twenty,
one, while the men, James Tobin and
William Smeltzer, are well advanced
in wears. The disturbance took place
in the little Lutheran church FIVE miles
west OF town, near the foot OF the
mountain. From the evidence 1t aP-
peared that the preacher and those
members of the church who were serl-
GUS in their religious worship have
been annoyed for some time past by a
number of giggling girls and talkatiye
men, who attended church, not for the
purpose of participating in the rellg-
ious services, but apparently for the
purpose of enjoying themselves IN
other diverse ways. The witnesses
testified that the girls persi'tently
giggled during prayers and during
services and that the men disturbed
worship by loud talking and the use
of profane language on the outside OF
the building. The hearing of the de-
PENDANTS was very interesting, being
alternately interrupted by crying and
giggling on the part of the girls. Two
Of the girls were relieved Of the ordea!
of going through trial on account OF
their names having been written wrong
in the complaints. AT the conclusion
of the hearing the Justice dismissed
the prisoner, ruling that the evidence
was not sufficient to conyict.-Nar-
t7aSbavg World.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-11-22
A Good Work.
HELPING MEN AND WOMEN TO BE HAP
Ply AND USEFUL IN LIFE.

HELPING MEN AND WOMEN TO BE HAP
Ply AND USEFUL IN LIFE.
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