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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
To Lennthen the Waist.

Would you like waist two inches long
er? Hearken and I will give you Anna
Held's recipe. II was told in French,
with a fetching demonstration, but while
I must hand it to you minus the scenic
effect. its value survives translation.
Take corset DIETER practice with an
old one), draw it down we'll into the
figure and fasten tight. Wherever it
binds uncomfortably above or below the
waistline make an incision with 4 pen
knife or scissors, while the corset is
still on the body. Then into these open
spaces sew pieces Of ribbon gusset wise
When You view yourself In this recon
structed pair of stays do not at once
condemn 1t as wringled meal-bag, but
put on your gown and view the effect.
Your waist will certainly be longer and
snugger the superfluous flesh above and
below will settle itself comfortably into
the little burrows of ribbon, and further
more. you will find you have lost that
hideous pushing up sensation which the
accumulation of flesh at the waistline is
sure to cause.
As a further aid wear your petticoats
under your corsets and your waist over,
rather than under, your skirts. If the
waist be Of the shirt variety pull 1t we'll
down and fasten securely at the back
and sides. In front slash it few inches
from the opening, cutting as far as the
belt, then turn the strip formed I'D un-
der the front fulness Of the shirt-waist.-
Philadelphia Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
On Woman Suffrage.
Says Women Know Who's President
sony Nhin TIL President
EitS Married."

AN anyhow. womcn'u niver vote,
said Mr.. Dooley, intcrrupting Mr.. Dona-
MUGS discourse on Woman Suffrage.
lin tn first place, tn men won't lave
thin do 1t. They have tn monopoly
now. an they're far from foolish enough
to let go iv amy iv 1t. Thin no woman
cares fr politics. Down in her heart she
hates an dcspiscs ii, an Wonders what
it's all about. An i don't blame her.
Not till they start political column in
Butthricks Pattherns will ye liver be able
f'r to .nusther a corp'ral's guard iy wo-
men at III polls. ] b'lieve If We was to
take tn strongest woman suffereJest in
III country an sarch her ye'd find she
didn't care whether Willum j. OBrlen
was Alderman or Congressman. Tn
-on,y time tn likes Nv thin knows who's
President is whn tn President gets mar
1icd. lie has their devotion i'll his wife's
name"
well, dinnaw about that said Mr..
Donahue .'Tis loollin' dangerous whin
Mrs Donallue begins to think iv Votin'-
in times past she never knew twas ilic-
ton day till she saw tn pathrol wagon
go by"-February Ladies Home Jour
nal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
9ezDelea Glzstics
Hold aIiIady's Long Evening Gloves in
Pi:Iri.

Hold aIiIady's Long Evening Gloves in
Place.
1t is a mystery to the uninitiated whas
makes a lady-s long evening glove worn
with sleeveless gown remain in placo
nigh UP on her arm. But if you look close
you perceive the extreme edge of the
glove is clasped in a jeweled elastic band
Little slides of inexpensive stones are
mounted On the elastic. which is. after all,
very narrow and inconspicuouS This
makes Il slender gathering for the arm,
and since it is ornamental it IS muck
Liked. Another plan is to stitch an elas-
tic just inside the hem of the long glove.
But that wouldn't look quite SO pretty as
the jeweled affair. The importing mill
liners, who arrange for evening dresses.
always have a supply of the countless
small articles which are Indispensable for
the success of q smart toilette. They can
upon demand supply almost anything
their ,patronesses want They often an
ttcipate new wants of which their Gus
toners are not yet conscious. and won
derful are the stores they bring home
from Europe after their midsummer an
nual visits to Paris. 1t IS not unconmon
to hear the following question and an
swer put: Where in the world did
you find that charming little jeweI?''
and the reply is: "Oh. - picked it up
for me in Paris last surnner.'-Ph1ladel-
phia Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
How to Care for House Plants.

Not every housewife who desires TO
have plants in the house Is able to granny
her WISH and frequent complaints are
heard that the plants will flourish 1or a
while and then wither and die despite
all the owners efforts. There IS rlsnt
way and wrong one about keeping.
house plants, as there is in everything
else, and perhaps the reason LOT the
housewives failure may be that the plants
have been killed with kindness. Accord
ing to authority the temperature OF q
room in which plants are kept IN the
winter need not be over ten degrees
above freezing. Healthy plants may be
kept in good condition by proper atten-
ton, but unhealthiness results from their
being subjected to extremes Of heat, cold
or moisture or from total neglect Room
plants should be kept where they will
have the full benefit of sunlight, but
not be exposed to frost. Air, heat and
moisture in due proportion and under
the right circumstances are essential to
the life and growth of plants. They
should be watered only in the morning
of a mild sunny day and very sparingly
in frosty weather. being at the same
time protected from the chill outdoor
air. They should also he kept free from
decayed leaves. the earth at the top
loosened occasionally and some rich de-
posit added. If these directions are fol-
lowed the chances are largely in favor
Of tho plants remaining in a condition
that Will give the utmost satisfaction
to the ousehold-Brooklyn Eagle.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
Hzu1Y 2Ill1A a zf7stozy
It's Fair Owner Shot n Fox When Her
ICSconf Cot ISnfilcI

Escort Got Ratified.
There Is young woman in this city
who carries muH that has a history.
1t is a most peculiar looking mun. by the
way, but its looks do not begin to COM
pete Its wonders. 1t consists OF the
skin of fox with the head on one side
and the tail on the other. This animal
is held up in plain sight whenever the
young lady walks abroad. and it is the
cynosure of all eyes. 1t might be stared
at even more than 1t Is If the average
person knew that the young lady her
self shot the fox which she now carries
around with her as her constant COM
panion.
Such is said to be fact, however, IS
the young woman will be glad to ex-
plain to any one who asks her about It.
1t is understood that she was out walk
ing with young man once In the coun-
try, and the young man carried gun in
his hands looking for chance to shoot
some of the foxes that had been heard
barking around the house for some little
time before Finally they struck the
trail of fox in the snow and followed 1t
for some little time until they came upon
Mons Reynard himself.
The young man Immediately became
afflicted with bad case OF rattles which
lasted until the girl snatched the gun
from his hands and fired it at the fox
herself. The gun was a rifle and the
girl hardly sighted it. much less took
careful aim, but somehow or other the
bullet went straight to the mark and
Mons Reynard lay stretched out on the
snow in very brief period of time. In
due time he appeared in the form of
1nuff, and it is no wonder the young
lady has it for a constant companion
Portland, Me-, Argus.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
The Value of Hot Water.

Hot water is so simple a remedy and so
easily obtained that its value is not
appreciated. It is one of the best re-
storers or nervous energy, it rests the
weary and it relieves pain, not only, as an
outward application, but as remedy to
be taken internally, says the Brooklyn
Evening News.
A sudden and wearing attack Of cough
ing often needs immediate attention, es-.
pecia1ly in consump tives and those chron-y
ically III. In an emergency that ever use
full remedy will often prove effective. II
is much better than the ordinary cough
mixtures, which disorder the digestion
and spoil the appetite. Water. almost
boiling, should be slipped when the
paroxysgns come on.
A cough, resulting from Irritation. IS
relieved by. hot water through the pro-
motion of secretion, which moistens the
irritated surfaces. For the trying dry
cough hot water is also excellent. as it
promotes expectoratio and brings relief.
b When one has q sudden attack of indi-5
gestion 1t Is "a good plan to take cup
of hot water as nearly boiling a. can ba
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11

borne. Persons suffering from dyspepsia
will find "a relief by drinking a cup of
hot water on rising in the morning.
When one comes home at night after a
fatiguing day nothing is more restful
than bathing the head and back of the
neck with a toowel wrurs out of water
as hot as can be borne 1t soothes the
nerves and rests body and BRAIN The
same treatment relieves a nervous head
ache as nothing else does. When one Is
overheated and tire is a rush of blood
to the head a hot towel applied to the
face and head is a great relief In the
heat of summer this same hot towel re-
freshes and cools the skin, and gives it
feeling of lightness and comfort that cold
water never Observation-Disclosures Times.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
Scotch MS She is Wrote.

Mrs. Hohmboddie-What are you read
ing that absorbs you so?
Mr.. 11ohmboddie docking up from his
book)-lt's new Scotch novel.
Mrs. Holmboddie with en,husiasm)-
Oh! I am so fond OF those dear dialect
things, do read "A little.
Mr.. 1johmboddie-Can you understand
1t?
Mrs. Hohmboddie Qoftily)-Can I un-
dcrstand it? Well, ] should hope any
thing you can understand need not be
Greek TO mel
Mr.. Hohmboddie-No; but it might be
Scotch.
Mrs 1Iohmboddie-Go on; read just
where you are at.
Mr.. I1ohmboddie readinE)-'Ye see.
Elpsie," said Duncan. doucely. Il might
hae Inair the matter wi me than We wad
be sietin' Aiblins ma cen is a bit dazzlit.
an am hea1.in' the poolses thuddin' in
ma ears, an ma TONGUE is clarin' when
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
Two Answers.

Not long ago a Boston clergyman re-
ceivcd an evening call from an elderly
man and woman who expressed a wish
to be joined in the bonds Of matrimony
then and there.
Have you ever been married before?"
asked the clergyman Of the man. All
honest-eyed, weather-beaten person Of
seafaring aspect
Never, and never wanted to be before, :"
was the prompt reply.
.tAnd have you ever been married be-
fore?" the question came to the woman.
mo SIR" she replied with equal prompts
ness; and with a touch Of humor that
appealed to the clergyman at once, she
added, a"I never had q chancer
Tho marriage ceremony was speedily
performed. and the clergyman refused to
take any fee. telling the bride with q
twinkle in his eye that it had been a.
privilege to ofhciate which he would have
been sWry to udss-Youth's Companion.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
Junny nave11x:5emonts
Wanted an organist and a boy TO blow

Wanted an organist and a boy TO blow
the same
Bulldog for sale; will eat anything:
very fond of children"
.'Wanted-A boy to be partly outside
and partly behind the counter.
Widow in comfortable circumstances
wishes to marry two sons.
annual sale now on; don't go elsewhere
to be cheated: come in here
Tor sale-A panoforte. me property OF
a musician with carved legs"
"a lady wants to sell her piano as she
Is going abroad in a strong iron frame"
''Wanted-By respectable girl. her
passage 10 New York; willing TO take
care of children and good sailor"
''Lost-Near highgate archway, an UNI
'brclla belonging to a gentleman with
bent rib and bone handle"
'tMr. Brown, furrier, begs to announce
that he will make up gowns, capes, etc,
for ladies out of their own skin.'-Brook-
Ign Eagle.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
Marion nar,and Discusses Nervous


Prostration.
Marion Harland, writing In the balti-
more Herald. gives some practical SUE
ges:ions as TO the best way OF checking
the 1iend nervous prostration" in !ts In
cipIent stage. She says:
The incipicnt stage of "breakdown"
the leaving the door ajar. as it we're
is what Mrs. Whitney's Patience Strong
calls clear fdEet." The tense nerves
respond like a tortured l:arpstring 10 eV-
cry annoyance; every breath of possible
harm to ourselves or to that we hold
most dear. Molchills Of hindrancc swell
into mountains Of difficulty; an irritable
word from husband, child or friend is
construed into a grievous affront, or
proof of decaying affection. The victim
starts from sleep in the dead oE hight
with the fear upon her of forgetting
something that ought TO be done in the
morning. or terrified by the persuasion
that a door was left unbolted downstairs
through which a burglar might enter; or
one Of the children was pale. or a little
hoarse at bedtime, and can it he that
he IS going to be III? or the head OF the
family is AWAY from home, and magma
ton mounts a runaway steed and races
over all manner of horrible possibilities
perls by land and sea, illness in strange
place-death, the home-brinSinE, widow
hood and desolation. While she suffers
these terrors she is distracted by de-
sire to arise and make a memorandum;
TO explore the house in quest of the open
window or door: to visit the children's
sleepinE-room: to indite a Telegram to be
sent off as soon as the outer world Is
astir-to do a dozen other irrational
things common to the clear tldget.
which goeth before nervous prostration.
To yield to one or all of these tcmpta-
tons is TO let oneself go.' To keep down
the nerves with the strong hand OF the
will-to say-.'Winatever ] man feel
will do what cool reason tells me is
right. If We're in normal state''-this
is the best preventive known to science
for preventing the dread 'break-down.'
When the throat aches with the hard
knot which means hysteria. don't indulge
in a good cry Weeping in such cir
curnstances is never good" Force voil''-
self, instead. to think of other things.
Do something for somebody who needs
You. Seek out opportunities Of getting
away from yourself. Read bright hooks,
cultivate lively people, visit places Of in
nocent amusement where you VIII re sure
to get a hearty lauGh-and. let me say it!
best OF all. cling as for life and reason
to the certainty Zone of the few certain
ties in a world of chanEe) that mental
strength and nerve power of yours for
the asking, are among the many things
your Father knows you have need Of"
II know cannot drift
Beyond His loving care
Snun a breakdown" as you would
avert the plague In many q case cura-
BILE in the beginning, il is the first of the
evil steps that lead to the breakup.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
Advice From Papa.

''You look worried, my dear, said
S!nthers, when he came home from the
office the other day. what is the mat
tcr?'
..The children have been very tiresome
to-day" replied Mrs. Smithers, YEARLY.
ut seemed as if they would make me
distracted
Don't let 'em." said Smithers, with
considerable energy. Don't let EN- ride
over you. Just-Willie, don't talk when
papa's tall1ing-just deal with them gent
u, but 1irm-did you hear me. Willie?-
firmly. and you'll get along all-silence.
Willie, this instant.-all right. AS for
letting 'em worry you-don't pull my
pockets. Dick-letting 'em worry-Dick!
don't pull my pockets, I said-worry-wiil
you take your hands ont or not? Now
keep them out You've broken couple
Of cigars for me now-you-whats VIII
lie making such noise about Annie?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
TIE TIn1Es: RICHMOND SFEBRUAR IL 1000

Great Scot! He's got my silk hat. Take
it-hang it up high. Now, Dick, II you
cry, you'll haye-now they've both COM
menced. It does seem, Annie, 'sif the
minute I come into the house, cant cant
zthinkI can't think. Won't you take
'em OF to bed? MY gracious! = bet II II e
was at home I'd
But, as the boys clattered away up,
stairs with their tired mamma, smitners
sat down and gazed sloomily into space pace
without saying just exactly what ne
would do If he was at home.-Leslie, $.
Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
Real Elastic Currency.

What we need is an elastic currency.
said Mr. Geezer, who was calculating the
money question to his wife.
''Then why doesn't the government
print bank notes on thin sheets of rub
berg" demanded Mrs Geezer, with the
air of one who has solved a mighty
problem.-Harper'S Bazaar.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
lsY Candle Light.

A simple village worthy Of mature years
not long ago went to the village shop to
buy candles, and was astonished to find
that owing to the war candies was riz. :"
Get alonS.' she exclaimed. Indignantly.
Don't tell me they fights by candle
liCht.~-Tit-BitS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11

Why the Engagement Was Broken.
$50 your engagement is broken said
the girl in gray.
Yes replied the girl in brown,
frowning at the recollection.
What was the matter?'
''He basely deceived me-" answered
the girl in brown You see. it was this
way: I asked him one day to promise
me that he never again would smoke
cigarettes, and he promised. Then I
asked him TO refrain from the use of to-
bacco in any form, and he promised to
do that. Later I told him I had hor-
ror OF any one who touched liquor, and
I suggested that I thought clubs had a
bad influence on young men and should
expect him to give them UP. and he said
he would also took up the subject of
gambling, and made him promise that he
would stop playing poker and buying
pools on the races
well, you didn't demand anything Of
him, did you?" said the girl in gray. 81
suppose he deceived you in the mat
ter?'
he did,
Broke his promise. did hep
"Oh, no: I could have forgiven that
But just when I was congratulating my
self that I had at least reformed one
young man I found that he didn't need
any reforming. He wasn't addicted to a
single one Of the habits I made him
promise to break. 1t was terrible
shock and 7 broke the engagement right
away. There was no longer anything In
1t to make it Chicago
Post
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11

it sud be Sacin': an div ye no. hear the
dirlin' o. ma HART an feel the shakin
a ha hond this day gin J. sat glimpse
o yc. sair hirpin like an aud mon!
Div We nae guess what's a the steer
Kinney, wi'out me gaein' it mair words =
Mrs. Hohmbodd.e-Stop. for goodness
sake! What In the world is the creature
trying to say?
Mr. Hohmboddic-He's making dec
laration of love.
Mrs. IIohmboddie-A declaration OF
love? I thought he was telling LOT OF
symptoms to his doctor.-Colliers Week
~.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
Power Iuteliecl

what is your idea of an intellectual
woman?"
'.One who knows when she Is old
enough to quit wearing decoilete gowns.
Chicago Record. 4
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11

S
ntaIfr ends, the
. deepest dye
Nave and Sue likewise chums&-dears chIn1s--
so and true;
told each other
knew.
,,., ,,nr,, e,oi,e went the witt heart
800 iy. =
~ 1,,.n+;,a knew, Willie
quick she
GU 49, straightway
To open her trusting hearts to her darh
- - " loving Sue
When Sue had the skewered hearts: with CUPID
5 - " lnrhg nigh.
nd uuick turned upward
- - the sky.
WIZ. 5,r,inr sue how Why do
,'' treat me 500"
O,oth to Willie just year
1.-THE wicked man." cried Mayc with vengeance
n her
sat in humi
"Tnere: darling pet. tears: circuates.
you
For two years it that Charley sent the
anne
the new comes. wit
~ and the old las away.
J.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11

MY dear" said Dom Paul, after visit
tc the prisoners, ''this reminds me OF the
queens jubilee
"How?" said Mrs. K
Why, we have samples of nearly every
sort Of troop in the British army'-Puck.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
Improving in Cooking.

MY pudding hasn't turned out we'll to-
day, madam
Never mind, Katie. I'll tell my hus-
band that I made it"
Very we'll, madam: he'll think you are
improving In cookingr'-FIiegende Blaet-
ter.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11
FL tie Beginning.

God took the dust and said, ''Lo, am
there
And flung it forth on tho empyrean
free:
And Nature saw star burst forth and
"A ,nrone of life and light div,nely fair.
Then fell a raindrop IN His hollow hand:
BE thou its sovereign ocean," muir
INJURED He:
And there arose silver-turbaned sea
To frame the tropic glory of the land.
].
A sp,ri, lowered near; He stayed its
fight,
Love, rule this life, and compass ali
the Garth
And lovely Woman sprans to instant
birth,
And where she reigns are joy and peace
and right.
&C. L. Barns in the Criterion.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-02-11

The petulant girl might do little think
ing. Her short, auckland sometimes
cruel-retorts do a heap more to make
her ugly and embarrassing than could
two red roses or a whole milky way OF
freckles. The woman who tells you her
troubles until you are as sick at heart
as If the baby had the measles, could do
little reform work on herself. The vain
lady could think less of the beauty of
her eyebrows and more of making her
self interesting and friendly with excel
lent results. The Stupid girl who wants
to know what Wagner painted and how
many operas NIeissonier wrote could
spend her time protitably among few
books instead of rubbing her elbows with
cocoa butter to pad the bones. This isn't
sneering at the elbows or the cocoa but
ter, but it is merely i suggestion to the
effect that physical imperfections are
not always as disfiguring as the mental
ones. If you have catty disposition
everyone you meet will find it out in
three shakes OF lambs tail. rvhile you
could conceal honey elbow for a hun
dred years and not half try. More. than
that, the more luminous the mental beau
ties the less prominent are the physical
imperfectlons. A bright, interesting,
cheerful, clever girl can tote around a
will discover them until some fiend of {;
friend" points out these facial ir-
regularities.
Don't you agree with me? I'lrwager
my sweetest Christmas sofa pillow
against an empty olive bottle that you
think as l do.-Chicago Times-Herald