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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
London's women's Clubs.

The Empress Club, as a. rendezvous Tor
the smart SET. is curious in COMPARISON
the mixed clubs which are 50 popular
in London. Taese clubs. most Of them
with fashionable membership, are apt
Albernarle, however, IS a mixed club with
purely social aims. The Bath Club, one of
the ultra-swell. has athletic aims The
Denison Club has charitable aspirations.
1he Sesame Club literary purposes, and
SO one might like Tennyson's brook, run
on forever in a resume Of the mixed clubs
that mark London as conspicuous.
When It comes to the Empress Club COM
,larir,s notes with club exclusively of
men there are absolutely no points of dis
tiilction In this connection it is notewor-
1hy that the Empress Club is second IN
membership only 10 one mans club-the
Constitutional Club of IJondon-which has
the exceptional enrolment Of five thousand
members.
From these cursory comparisons it will
Empress Club offers peculiar advantages
10 The society woman. 1t is not only an
attractive ibiding-place for the country
woman who may come to town overnight
for a function. but It is a convenient So
cial centre for the in-fown member. Ger
tainly nothing could be more allurirG TO
the woman Who dotes on social cffit-chat
than 10 indulge OYER a companonable little
tea-tat,le III one of the elegant corners. or
10 have a coy haif-hour in the privacy
OF her own apar:mcnt.-Iiarper Ba-
Ear.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
Orators III Congress.

'.,rhe most finished orator IN the house
of Representatives is Cousins, OF Iowa lie
has been in Congress now for four terms,
and in the eight years of his Congressional
career he has made two speeches. Yet so
fine We're they that his reputation on ac-
count of them is national. One was half
an hour in length. 1t was a witty and elo-
uuent criticism of Ambassador Bayard, at
the time Bayard was making himself I'M
popular by his pro-English remarks at
London dinners. The other was less than
five minutes long, and was spoken after
the destruction of the Maine. Cousins sat
silent in his place for one full term be-
fore he ever opened his mouth. 1t is more
than two years now since he last spoke
When he takes the floor again he will have
an attentive audience.
The most effective orator in the House
up to the time he was transferred TO the
Senate, little while ago, was Dolliver,
of Iowa Littlefeld, of Maine; Lands, Of
Indiana, and Bailey, Of Texas, are three
who have the oratorical gift.
I'm order to gain conspicuous position
either in the House or in the. Senate, q
man must generally be good talker. But
it does not always follow that the silent
men are without influence. '-Ainslee, 5
Magazine.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
Not the place for nIelodrama.

In spite of his ileroism-or perhaps De
cause of tit isn't the easiest thihS IN
the world to make q life-saver talk about
his experiences, says William D. Hubert.
the author of a thrilling article on Life
Saving, in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly
fol. December. l once tried TO get surf
man to tell me what was the worst wreck
or the most thrilling rescue III winch he
had eyy.. taken part: but he only grlnned
in a rather embarrassed way. and SAID he
didn't Know One story, however ne re
lated with considerable susto, but IL did
not particularly concern himself
The station to which he belongs IS con-
Sidered a very hazardous one, ana the ere"
is composed entirely of single men. They
had a married man there year or TWO
ago. but ne didn't stay long. 1t seems that
one dark night the mans wife heard the
boat rafting down into the water, and,
filed with alarm for the safety OF her
spouse, who was probably going on some
dangerous errand, she ran out OF the sta
rion calling "Adolph! Where is Adolph?'
For a moment Adolph's sense of the
dramatic overcaua his horse sense, and
he shouted from the boat, Il m rlSht mere!
Standing by my duty!
Well. he was standing by his duty. and
no doubt he was ready to do wonders II
the opportunity offered. But the boys
didn't see it in that light. They couldn' t
control their risibilities, and they roasted
poor Adolph so persistently and unmerci-
fully that he finally resigned and left the
station. All of which goes to show that
YOU mustn't be melodramatic in the Life
Saving Service.-Frank LesiIe,s Popular
Monthly
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
Killed by IA Dead Man.

So our dead lay, and Srinned at those
other dead, ind the fierce sun dried flesh
and blood on Briton and on Boer, for both
remained unburied for a while. and 50 IL
came to pass that Il Boer commando re-
took the lines where those who died for Us
We're lying, and as they marched among
our dead they saw a sergeant lying at full
length. shot through the brain, yet even
in death the man looked Ike some fight
ing machine suddenly gone out of order
His rifle was pressed against his Shoulder,
his left hand grasped the barrel on the
under side, the fore-lingers OF the right
hand pressed the trigger lightly, the bar
rel rested out upon Il rock, and his death
dulled eye still glured along the sights,
for dissolution had come TO him Just as he
bent his head to fire at those who shot
him. and now his hard- had Stiffeued i'll
the unbendable Stiffness of eternal sleep.
i Boer soldier saw the sergeant as he
lay and with rude hands grapsed the rifle
by the barrel and tried to jerk it from the
tiend mans grip but as he pulled he
brought the rifle in line with his own
breast and the unyieldins finger on the
trigger did the rest. the rifle spoke from
the dead mans hand, and the bullet pass
ing through the Beers heart laid him be
side the Br;ton.
Sounds like journalistic lie. does it
not? Read it in novel, and you would
laugh. would you not? But 1t IS the
eternal truth. ell the Same. for the com
rade of the Boer who died that day, killed
by a dead man, told me the tale himself.
and he was one of those who planted the
dead Dutchnan on the slope OF Spion
kop.-London News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
Kitchen Lore,

Rice apple dumplinss make an excellent
dish for luncheon or dessert Tor dlhTef,
saws The Brooklyn Eagle. To make them
take The requisite number of large. tart
apples, remove the cores and the surround
Eng pulp and fill the hollow with equal
quantities OF almonds and ralsins. the
7.aisins should be seeded and chopped line
with the nuts and the mixture sTveetened
slightly. After the apples are tileu the@
should be rolled in unlocked rice, pressing
! he cereal 50 ii will stick sewed in a cot
Ton or linen bag sufficiently large TO allow
for the swelling Of the rice. Drop them
in boiling water just sufficient to cover
ai,e:n or place them in steamer and let
The apples cook until they can be easily
y,ierced with steel fork or knitting
needle; serve with hard. brandy or Wine
sauce, according to taste. adding a little
nutmeg. mace or lemon Juice for tiayorins.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
A Christmas Forward.

Our hearts are usually very much larger
at Chr.stlnas than DIR purses. The desire
IS To remember everyone that we KNOW
But our means do not generally allow US
to do il writes Edward Box in the De-
cernber Ladies' Home Journal So we
often pass entirely by al Christmas peo-
nile to whom a simple Merry Christmas,
and nothing more, would mean 4 world
of cheer and Observation-Disclosures. Because
We cannot give what We would Ike 10
we think that we should not give at all.
The truth is. whether we choose 10 ac-
knowledge il in SO many words or not.
that we have grown so commercially anu
so artificialiv minded in this country that
thousand of us are prone 10 measure our
Christmas presents by the yardstck OF
intr9nsic value. or by what the recipients
will 1hiuk of them. We seem 10 have en-
firely lost sight Of the fact that we can
always give something. And If We gave
that something we would really come clos
er. to the real spirit OF Christmas giving
a few cheerful words filed With that eN-
S3ressionof strong goodwill, that Is Ike
sweet perfume, have a meaning That Only
a few realize. There is nothing so pleas
ant In this world as the feeling that one
SIS remembered and this a few wait
ten words will often cover more
strongly than a gift Yet We inTa-
iabiy put the gift first Our remembrance
must take some form, we think, other than
a mere Nerpil OF written tApitSSiuii -tiiu
that is the artificial within US; not the ma
1iMal
We seem to refuse 10 believe that it is
the simple things we do that nave the
greatest influence. It is the simplest
Christmas that remains. Not long ago Il
man Who counted his millions by the tens
and twenties recalled With effort the
Christmas before The last passed. when
with affluence all around nm it might have
seemed TO some OF us that the day would
have brought him no end Of pleasures
and glad memories TIE Christmas which
he could distinctly remember was one of
fcrty years before. when, as he tclo
with sparkling eyes. in his fathers rural
home he crept downstairs. barefooted and
nigiltcapped. TO If old Sanity had
STOPPED al his house.
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THE TIMES: RICHMoND Va SUNDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1900


tho success Of Deacon adbury.;
Ghost Who became Famous, z e s,,E.,-
ma fantasy by Carolyn Wells; and ,Wn..e
the Automonlle Ran Down, mlrtn Gpas
vokinfs Christmas extrayaganza, by Sllsts.
Enttell LOOMS, author Of 1.-THE -FOUR
Masted Catboat.',
OF sraver interest are S.rThe Strussie
on the Pekn WALL nv w. N. Peshlck,
private secretary to Ii Hung Chang. ae-
seTibng a critical moment in the ror.u tes
OF the besleSed legationers; W ~ -
Pekin Relief Column by an AIi .1-san.
war correspondent. Frederick Painer'
Significant knowledge of the Bible, on
setting President Thwing's recent pa alI.,.
on undergraduates unfamiiiarlts VIZ" WI
Biblical Incidents; Paths of Hope tuI .ne
Negro by Jerome Dowd and !" MAJ
More Than Wages?n a study or receH it
efforts by employers to ADMIT .ner
hands to a share in the profits Oh lneii
business.
The frontispiece Of the December IN
1C,' which is printed in tint, IS ny w.
Haskell and represents with deiica.y ~
a certain dramatic force MISS Mauuo
Adams as IiAiglon on the field Oh WAC
ram. Perhaps the most aVoWeui" ply
lar feature of the current number IS t'e
series of portraits Of those noVellsts no"
most in vogue, with fac si1nile pages lroii
various original manuscripts. Nole"oi-
thy among the other illustrated articles
is a set of thumbnail sketches, accoiii-
panied by portraits, of several famous
women of yesterday by certain WOMEN
famous to-day. Further, illustrative ma
terial includes Mrs. Van Norsts paper
on Jean Weber," frightened by many
of the artists happiest fancies IN WASH
or line and Mr. Christian BrintOn some
what overpoetical and undercriticai notes
on Trench Art at the Court OF beriih'
accompanied by exceptional reproductions
of paintings now in the German Enper-
or's collections For the more serious
minded Mr.. Andrew Lang ana ME. WIZ
liam Archer are as usual. absorbing run
ming mates Mr.. Lang on this occasion
bemoans with fine sanity and humor
"The Decline of Intellect" and Mr.. Arch
er shrugs his own not unschoastic shoul-
ders at Mr. John Churton Collins, schol-
last and author of ''The Early Poems OF
Tennyson.'' Particularly apropos are an
able review of the Cromwell biographies
and three short but carefully considered
papers on .'Chares Dudley Warner, by
Mr. Hamilton w. Mabie; on Max Mu.-
ler,' by DR.. Benjamin E. Smith, anc Mr.
Joseph B. elders appreciative tribute
to '.An American Anthology and Its
editor-compiler, Mr.. Edmund Clarence
Stedman.
Christmas is the season for good
stories, and FRANK LEsLIE.S FOP-
ULAR MONTHLY for December
makes the most of its oppor-
tunities The number contains six COM
plete stories, all OF them good. Several,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
the old darlsey.s story upon their youthful

the old darkey.s story upon their Eouthtul
and impressionable minds.
There are no dull chapters in the book,
and the story is repete with interest from
the first strange vision of the hero in the
dark and bloody hollow through his
childhood school and college days TO ms
death, and to the final parting of the
heroine and the old slave at the gate Of
the beautiful convent at Nazareth, Ken
lucky. Mixed in the story are pictures of
the terrible Kentucky feuds, Of County
Court trials and of the tragedies caused
by the civil war in that common hShtlns-
ground The book is strongly written, ana
the two final scenes are beautifully pic
tured Additional charm is lent TO the
book by the fact tina it is entirely dlirsreht
from anything else in contemporary nc
ton, and deserves as wide popularity DIS
any of the recent novels.
The book is beautifully illustrated from
photographs of the actual scenes where
the plot is laid.
A. BOOK OF VERSES. BY Robert Love
man. Philadelphia: J. 3. Lippincott
Company Bound in CLOTH y mo-, IS
pages. Price 81.
This is the modest title given TO col
lection of pleasing short poems by a
Southern poet. They are dainty verses,
and some OF them have already been seen
in 1.-THE Critic Atlantic and other maya
zines. They are all simple, direct, not
burdeneti with a multiplicity of phrases,
but clear-cut and forceful. We give one
of the little poems.
WRATH AND LOVE.
Wrath is a wrinkled bag, hell-born,
Her lrsart is hate. her soul is scorn,
Blinded with blood she cannot see
10 do a deed OF charity.
Love is maiden young and fair:
She kissed the brow of dumb despair
Till comfort came! All. love is she
Whose other name is charity.
The Magazines.
A leading feature Of NrCLURE'S MAG
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
,rhe Next Best Think.

A good story is told of Scottish soldier
at Bloemfontein who was just recovering
from an attuck Of enteric, says the Scot
fish American One day he suggested to
the doctor who called to see him that he
would be grateful for a wee drappie NO
no." said the doctor. do you Know That
your stomach is in such an liberated con
dition that a spoonful of whiskey would
kill you?''
.Aweel, sir replied the patient, II
must lust do without it: but doctor. just
come up close to me- The doctor obliged
..Ah, DOCTOR said the solder. signing
contentedly, yer breath's vera refresh
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
The Worlds Ideal ola Wife.

Some women WHO are to marry profess
.sional men study medicine or law, or even
theology, in order to be able to sympa-
tiize intelligently and heipfuliy with the
spiritual or intellectual pursuits of the hus-
band-to-be. and in a way supplement the
..yrations of his brain with her own, and
inns Law broad and deep the foundation for
:, super-happy married life. writes Mary
Waeer-F2:siier in Woman's Home Com
oanfon To be wholly absorbed in him,
eves to making self-effacement the step
ping stone and highway for his success.
stands everywhere and for all::time the
worlds ideal Of u wife. But when a man
81 Gcvotes himself to his wife he is no.
body's ideal Of a husband. While women
,ir,. .,"oi,d to be known as the wife of a
Distinguished man, no man is pleased TO pc
:toticeJ or accepted on the ground Of be-
ing the husband of distinguished wo-
man.
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as for instance, Mrs. Sarah Winter KEEL
lcgg's touching story THE Black Prince
ana the Little Captain are peculiarly APP
prOpriate to the season.
There are Christmas articles and Christ
mas poems as well as Christmas stories.
Among them must be mentioned an en-
tertaining article on Jerusalem in 1850,
by Cleveland Moffett and a dialect song,
by Frank l.. Stanton in meter that goes
i.ngling through the head for days at a
time.
Perhaps the most considerable of the ar
ticleS in the number IS paper on Life
Saving on the Lakes" 1t seems that the
life saving service along the Great Lakes
is a model for the world to wonder at,
and Mr.. Wm. D.. Hubert has drawn a
remarkable picture of what may be and
has been accomplished by combined dis
ciplne and hero:sm. Another paper of
marked Importance is the extraordinary
history of the Greatest Swindle of the
Curb Market" told by Mr.. Samuel A.
Nelson, author eOf the "a E c of Wall
Street" story is the true history OF
q scheme which took in old brokers as
easily as the latest clerk i'll a Wall Street
office; it IS a story of business men, for
business men, by a business man.
TIE opening article in HARPER'S MAG
INZINE for December is "The Pilgrimage
Oh lIuti ny lbUSIl, llciilS4chlSu ny
Jacob Riis. The remarkable illustrations
are by Howard Pyle, and are executed in
gorgeous colors. However, the marked
feature of this issue is the revival of the
department which attained such popularity
under the guidance Of George William
Curtis, the Editors Easy Chair" William
Dean Howeils is now installed In the
Easy Chair and his Introductory dis
sertation is the quaint conceit Of a con-
bat the shirt
of the resurrected Easy Chair, in which
he pays a tender tribute to the lamented
George William Curtis.
OF particular interest is 1.-The Discovery
of Ophir." in which Dr. Carl Peters tells
us that he thinks he has discovered the
location of the gold mines of King Solo
mon. Benjamin Constant writes of&"Vic-
tor Hugo as an Artist and Henri F'ou-
quiet contributes an appreciation of Bern
hardt and CoGuelin. f. S. Martin writes
ono of his clever essays, with Parents
for its subject. Short stories by Thomas
Hardy, Robert Howard Russell, Sarah S.
stilbwell, Thomas Bailey Aldrick. Mary
F. Wilkins and Alfred Holder. Several
short poems of merit and copious ilustra-
tons make the Christmas Harper most
attractive.
The cover OF CURRENT LlTERA-
TU'R'Es' for December shows an excelleht
fiction of Joel Chandler Harris, and the
frontispiece is a photograph of AnareW
Lang, who is the subject of the living YIN
English Poets sketch for the month. me
editor has been most happy in the selee,
tons from contemporary literature, ana
the "Gosssp of Authors and Writers Is
most entertaining This publication IS
almost invaluable to. one who would keep
up with tile news Of the world OF pooAs
and authors.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
r,,eI,otcst american Humorist.

There is an amusing story in relation to
Mr. AIDES hook of ..Fables in Slang
Neither the author nor the publisher anti
cipated the success which the book
achieved. 1t was put out as little
flyer for the holiday trade. but within
a month it was one of the best seiilns
books of-the market. But one day the at
tendant In charge of the Public Library al
Indianapolis came out in a proclamation,
barring FABLES in Slang on the ground
that the book was "inane. A considerate
friend Immediately carried the news to
AIDE.
1T has come at last said the Hoosier
humor.st solmenly. :. knew if they ever
got on to me anywhere. it would be In
Indiana.
But this Is not right. =. persisted his
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09

AZINlE for December is the first install
ment of Rudyard Kiplins,s new serial
story Kim a novel descriptive of lite
in India This is to be illustrated b.:
Lockwood Fipling. the authors fathef
and by Edwin Lord Weeks. Another
pleasing feature is the FIRST OF a series
of new Dolly Dialogues, by Anthony
Hope Other fiction of the number con-
sists Of short stories by John Barrett,
Ralph r. Latimer Hamlin Garland. Au-
gustus Miller, Frank Fl. Spearman and a
quaint little kindergarten story by Jo-
sephine Dodge Daskane.
More serious articles are Ray Stannard
Bakers account of the submarine re-
searches of Sir John Murray, and Ste
phen Mallory,s Last Days OF the Con-
federate Government" q paper of pa
thetic interest to us of the Southland.
Martha observation-disclosures and Nancy
Hazlipp contribute short poems approprl-
are TO the season. The cover is designed
bv KENYON Cox, and the articles are CO.
piously illustrated by w2ll-knoWn artists
The Christmas number of SCRlBNER 5
MAGAZINE SHOWS three different kinds
of .olor-Drintins. The cover is an elabo-
rate design by AIaxfield Parrish, which
IL has tnker nine printing.o to reproduce
The frontispiece is q delicate reproduction
in color of a painting of mother ana
child by Jessie Wilcox Smith. ana, IN tiie
body of the magazine, in Il very liluml-
mating article by the distinguished arr
critic. John La Fargo, on ''Puvis de Cha-
yannes.., are six full-page pictures of
some famous decorative paintings by Pu-
Wis. These have been most faithfully re-
produced in the colors of the originals.
number which includes short stories
by such well known writer's at Frank
Stockton, Henry Van Dyke. Thomas oah-
IN Aldrich, Ernest Seton-Thompson, AZ
thur Cotton, Octave Ihanes, ffahcls
f.bu,,.hir Williams and Alice Duer is in
deed worthy to be called u holiday mum
~ G. Brownell. the essayist. contributes
a most appreciative criticism OF Heorse
F,liot,s fiction. calling attention to the re-
cent neglect of that writer, ana specu!at-
ing as to the causes OF II.
Frank Fowler, che artist, discusses
The poetry of the number is contrlou-
rod nv the inte Richard Hovey, Gertrude
Hail William Vaughan Moody and Bertha
c., Moods.
The Christmas CDecenlbsr) CENIoRa
is resplendent in an Appropriate 5cotoreo
cover designed 10y Herter, and the 'front.' l',
-. one of a group of ful-page and
minor decorations, richly printed III c '1.
and 1ints. illustrating the great ode on
the Morning of c.hrist's Nativity, which le,
is reprinted from Masson's edition OF Mil
VARIETY In the department Of fiction
is to be found In Broken Wings a
Ria ,za o,ar.stic story, by Henry James OF
d1ss ataa s,sn;rations: 'Tnc Lace Cam-
sole,s@ nv d. IS. Waiford, Il tender tale of
the English nidlands: "a Hired Cir, Z. by
5Eswln.Asa, Dix. who makes in this New
England story his first appearance since
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
Iurkeyzess.
II was the morning after Thanksgiving.

ii was the morning after Thanksgiving.
Laughing gayly, swapping nuts and
raisins saved from the dinners OF the day
before. the merry children romped INTO
school and took their seats at the souno
of the bell.
and now, Children said the sweet
faced teacher, VINO had turkey TOR their
Thanksgiving dinners?
II. [. Me. Me. L did, teacher! came
the shrlI replies from scores OIL NIUE
throats,
But one little boy was silent.
Little Johnny Jones. for it was he, sat
silent.
He had no turkey for his Thanksgiving
dinner.
Seeing him. the kind teacher called him
to her desk.
poor little Johnny" she said, and so
you had no turkey
ducks, a goose. an suckling-pig roasted.
-Earper's Bazaar.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
The Pursuit of Happiness. -.--..

One Of the latest writings OF the late
Charles Dudley Warner was an essay for
the December Century. entitled The Pur-
suit OF Happiness.
Perhaps tne most curious and interesting
phrase ever put into q public document IS
the pursuit of happiness. 1t is declared
10 be an inalenable right. Il cannot he
sold. 1t cannot be given away 1t is
doubtful if it could he left by Will
The right OF every man to be SIX feet
high and OF every woman to be five feet
four was regarded as sslf-evident, until
women asserted their undoubted right TO
be six feet high also, when some confusion
was introduced into this interpretation
of ta!s rhetorical fragment of the eish-
teerth century.
But the inalenaoIe right 10 the pursuit
of happiness has never been questioned
since il was proclaimed as q new gospel
Tor the New World. the American people
accepted 1t vita enthusiasm. as II it had
been the discovery y, u gold-prospector.
and started cut IN the pursuit as Ii the
devil were after them
II the proclamation bad been that happ-
rsss : Il common right of the race. alien
able or otherwise, that all msH are "r
may De happy. history and tradition nisnt
have interfered TO raise Il doubt whether
even the new form OF government could
50 change the eth cal cGu.. ttoU. But the
right to make a pursuit of happiness, given
m a Fundamental bill of rights. had quite
different aspect Men had been engaged
in many pursuits, most of them disastrous.
SOME of them highly ccumentable. y
sect in GaliIee had set up the pursuit Of
righteousness as the only or the highest
object of mans immortal powers. The
rewards; Of ii. however, We're not always
| immediate. Here was Il political sanction
of a pursuit that everybody acknowledged
to be of q good thing