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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-10
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.ucen an1deaIG grandmother

The New Queen an Ideal Grandmother
The development OF the Princess OF
Wales, or rather the queen consort now,
as q grandmother has been source OF
infinite surprise to everyone VINO has
had the privilege of seeing the familiar
side of this reserved, almost severe roy
al lady-for the Princess of Wales, de-
spite many beauties OF character. is re
served and severe, especially in her own
family circle.
None can vouch for this so well as her
children and her servants, if their Ven
Grafton and affection for their mother and
mistress ever unsealed their lips Through
all the years that she has held a position
of greatest distinction and influence the
Princess has never been known 70 express
opinion. display a prejudice, or go back
upon her word.
This singular capacity OF saving very,
very little and exacting implicit obedience
are the Princess highest talents. and
while Sandrngham is splendidly liberal.
but a strictly managed household, the
Princess wardrobe is no less carefully
directed.
AS nearly as any outsider knows, So
900 is the dress allowance the Princes
wife enjoys. and. though she does not
spend nearly all of this, indeed not quite
the half OF it. her wardrobe is as superb
as if she lavished, in Partisan sewing
rooms alone, twice the amount
To-day, when the corps of seanStreSSes
at Sandringham have done over the
gowns, renovated her hats and touched
up her wraps, until the possibilities of
any further effective reiucarnationS are
exhausted, she has the garments pulled
to pieces and the portions of them worth
preserving are used as foundations and
decorations for new costumes.
Princess as she Is. a becoming, and still
untarnshet dress or coat Will be worn
for two seasons or more; and she is proud
of the fact that to-day. with her own
fingers, she could Guido the accomplish
ments of any seamstress in her employ
EAGt iSitely ordered as the home IN
Yorkshire and the London palace was.
the royal damsels must have found life
cruelty dull. until their father plump.y
proposed that his eldest girl should be
married to his prosperous and handsome
Young friend, the Duke of Fife.
The Princess disapproved of the Fife
marriage, but the husband had his wife,
and the gossips say that there was much
secret bitterness felt by the mother over
her daughters willingness to marry
mere English peer, a bitterness that last
ed until the first grandchiid came. and
then the Princess conduct fulfilled the
old axiom that the sternest mother
makes the most yielding grandmother.
Six grandchildren in all does this royal
lady boast, and it II her sincerest COM
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GAe legend of
SAM Walenllno.

Friar Valentine .strayed in his garden 1alr'
Meath the monastery wall,
Cullng the rose and lily rare,
For the bride to tw.ne in her sunny mar,
Or to deck the bier which mourners bear
To the tomb's ancestral hall.
Without his blossoms no maid would wed;
His perfumed off ring blessed the dead,
Yet sadly good valentine sighed ana SAID
"Of no use am I at all.
Brother Angelo sings in a tenor, me,
For the chapel at morn and eve;
And Gregory paints With touch suonn1e
Rapt visions Of Christ and His life divine;
John Eliminates script of the ancient
time,
alone am left to grieve.
No talent bSve I the Lord to praise,
No composer am 1 of joyful lays.
Extollins the souls celestial ways,
That to fields Eysian lead
So mid the blooms that his hand had
grown
With infinite pains and care,
Good Valentine Dined in distress. alone'
And his useless life to- in part, atone,
He tended the germs his love had sown
IN the garden. green and fair.
Each wee bit la!ssie who CHANGED shat
way
Was given q smile and a sweet nosegay'
And all the countryside learned to pray
For the brother grave and spare,
One morn the bells tolled solemn. slow
While Valentine peaceful lay,
Asleep in TIL chapers taper glow.
And the town folk came and, bending
low,
Cried: From his ashes may violets grow,
And. to haMoH- this mournfui day,
Each year to sweet Saint Valentine
Well weaaths of lilies and roses Irvine.
And, as he would wish. exchange sign,
That, though dead. he lives AWAY.
Lillian II. Du Bots.
Some Facts About ST, Valentine.
The story olG st. Valentines DAY Is tod
from, the Book of Days is follows: SAINT
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DELsWARE's WHIPPING POST.
a Public whipping Enjoyed by Two
Hundred Gaming Spectators.


AT New Castle. which is the SUBURB OF
wilmington. in which the rorthernmost
oilsory OF the State is located. saw a
crowd of NJ least two hundred gathered
to witness the flashing and pilorying OF
men who had been convicted Oh oitehseS
covered by these penalties. Inc specta-
tors gained with wide-cyed interest wlFceo
unanimously at each sslperate iaSh.
smiled sometimes at ahe contoTlons OF
The victim, and laughed when his GRIM
,,ces in torture semed ludicrous- AS each
victim was ltd forth. his lace was Stucleu
win, careful interest With each detail
~ Fastening him safely 10 the post his
crime VAS discussed. Usually he. vas
condemned for his action. and many q
serves him right Was exchanged When
4. was seen that the criminal Wis hot
r,hvsicas,y iarspacitateG by the stripes re-
cnrred he was thought TO be well ''i ana
deserving of no further care Vi me
mental scars stretching red across the
.sensibilities and finer feelings nc sPec-
4,iors took no thought % the i''it"e'i'o
which the contemplation OF such a spec
racle must have upon their Own ehiiIus-
not \ thought. ~,
...,o into Delaware to-day and you VIII
Do invited l,v the barber. the waiter, and
tho ,,a,ci clerk 20 witness this very an
.5o,,atnd form OF punishment BE the
49, fret servant that attended me l
was 50 advised.
...u,i,er is to be whipping at New
castle to-day. suh.' said this colored cit
izcn.
a. whipping. sub. We has the pill
,o,-- aud whipping-post in this State
Hoy often do they use it, i asked.
Every Friday, sub. when cotes IN
session. -,
".Yes, sub
IT saw this same servant after witness
1nr- the scene in question ana 1hqulten
what he thought OF it
81 don't think so very much Oh H.
subj he replied.
...Don't you think it stops these peo-
ple from doing the same thing over
again. 49,, .,;,
1yonld They is men here that has been
whipped an whipped until they is SO
hard they don't care no more foh IT than
fob a flea, 1t juss makes en- wuss, L
think
MANY others of more refined feelings
EXPRESSED the same opinion, though IN
different terms. A judge in Dover SAID
that he had his doubts on the SUBJECT
and the active head OF a charitable lnsH-
tuition at Wilmington expressed the pc
lief that this mode of punishment was
very far from solving the criminal prob
lem. and added:
"Its strength with the people Is due to
the fact that it has always been here
Being customary they see virtues IN IL
which do not xist. Increasing liberality
will do away with it yet. -Alnsiee S.
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AValentine Luncheon.

A valentine luncheon should be a dninty
and delicate affair. but as one cannot or
der nectar and an1brosia at the cnterer's,
homemade tit-bits have to serve in their
stead, says the New York Commercial Ad-.
yertiser, Decorate the table-spread with
ones .arniTest and finest glass and china
and satinyest damas k-with a heart-si1ap-
ed centrepiece OF small scarlet bouquets
pierced by a golden arrow: the bouquets
may be distributed to the guests at the.
end of the feast. White candles shaded.
with scarlet shades. heart-shaped Dresz.
dan. seyres or cut-glass bon-hon dishea
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) CURRENT LITERATURE FOR BUSY READERS

many disrcputable characters there may
have been among the Us women. And
you must remember. too. that you had
sixty-four foremothers in the seventh
generation. and thirty-two in the fifth,
all of them nearer to you than that cav
alier: you must account for them as
we'll
Yet. of course one should be glad that
his near lineal and collateral kin nave
been and are honest men and vlrtuous
women: but a line must be drawn some
where and that not many generations
back. beyond which there is no such
thing as good birth or bad birth. be-
cause it is all both good and bad When
any one begins to boast that he comes
Of "a long line of proud ancestry, he
can be contradicted at once. because
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,irs. Eo,re,s Tribntc 70 Qneen Victoria.

Mrs Eo.ye-s Tribute 10 Queen Victoria.
At the ladies' day dinner of the TWEEN
tfeth Century Club OF Boston. February
I'd. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe paid the FOL
lowing tribute to Englands Queen she
said:
"This dav is sacred. The funeral of the
woman most widely loved in all the world
is taking place at her own home. while
here appropriate and solemn services are
held in the churches OF many denomi-
nations.
1--WE will not witness the royal pageant
of grief in London, but we JOIN IN the
sad service and mingle our sorrow with
that of her relatives and subjects. feel
sad when I think that great heart is
still forever; that this Queen. Empress
and beloved woman is dead In all
cifrnes and lands the cup has been raised
for the last time to drink the toast,
Here's to the Queen. God bless herr
..She has had no wonderful achieve
ment in art or literature Instead she
has left the memory Of q queenly NE.
the record of a true woman, wearing the
triple crown of maid. wife and mother.
1.-THE world was glad when the TAR
Young girl assumed the crown OF the
Georges glad when she chose the noble
Albert for her life companion, glad "heh
she applied herslf to the affairs OF State,
and glad as she so successfully admin
istered her government. she gre" III
wisdom and power with every year. and
gave a woudrous lustrc to our SEX
when we were in the throes OF civil
war her heart turned toward u. When
Abraham Lincoln fell her letter TO his
wife breathed forth the spirit of her own
bereavement in its touching words OF
sympathy
~ true woman and true queen has
gone. AS she passes from our sight D.
attend her regal presence to the tomb,
but knowing that she has left beacon
flame of encouragement TO all who serve
and love the human race
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yale. the Most Democratic OF Cur
Colleges by Frederick Tiney, is Il Ie2G-
able account of the conditions OF lie
at this famous university. 'Dal:wareS
Blue Laws" by Theodore DrelsSt, co''-
tains Interviews with notable people OF
the State that indicate the attitude OF
the public toward the whipping post ara
pilIol.y ..Menier and His Island, ny
Henry Harrison Lewis, is the fonla!...c
story OF a millionaire's purchase OF A.
ticosti, an island one hundred ind mr.
ty-five miles long aad forty miles "iue'
for one hundred and twenty-five u u
sand dollars. Spoilers, by SdmhH Il
Adams. possesses much interest u I Gu
rious nature; and 1.-The Department CT
Agriculture by Arthur Horny. reveals
Uncle Sans methods to help his safhi-
ers. fruit groves and other producers
Moreover. there is a funny story, t'iacA-
beard and the Emperor, nE Joe LII
coin: a picturesque one. ms son y
the Emperor by Caroline Lowell: 'nd q
dramatic tale of San Francisco .,. +,
nese quarter. 1.-The Four Dollar feni.
by T A. walcott Two more interest
ing stories in the same number are The
Irinancier,s Memorandum" by Charles
Nesthrook and "A Freak of fortune
by Mrs Georgia Sheldon. TOPICS 81 the
Theatre" in the February Anslec5,
contains some thoughtful remarks on
the two big successes OF INC ''StaS ~
..L'Aiglonr and The Gay Lord QueN.
In FRANK <LEsLIE's POPULAR
MONTHLY for February there appears
an admirable account OF The eiectfical
features of the approaching Pan-Ahneri-
can Exhibition. For those who lave the
water, there is an article on tfeD Fish
crrY,er OF the Great Lakes. race trained
10 one OF the most fascinating of trades.
E,s the lover of art there Is pleasant
paper of "reminiscences OF Ridgway
knight, filled with beautiful Illustrations.
For those WHO prefer adventure the
..sand Hogs OF caisson Sinking Wi.
prove absorbing, and all who care for the
study Of human nature win read wit, With
Keen interest the true history OF ''The
Last Of the Fighting Editors. class
wh.c,, has given TO the Journalism OF the
West ard South It's piquant flavor me
hest historian OF our navy. Mr. john
p snears. contributes a paper upon the
.sa1utiny on the Some1s1 that exraoro2-
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Cuba. most of those in Mexico and many
on the border OF Canada. a number OF
clocks-from three to three thousand
in nearly every city and large town are
wired together into local family, and,
by means of a switch-key at the tcle-
graph office. are put into direct con-
tact with the current clock ait the nation
al capital. So that the instant the cleo
trio touch is given from Washington cs-
cry clock in the circuit whether it be at
Boston, Minneapolis or New Orleans be-
gins :: new day in perfect accord with
its mechanical deity"
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q Pat Response

There are many ways OF PROPOSING, but
for the pop direct. and for. the pat re-
soonse.,' nothing could well sarpass the
specimen furnished by the Puritan and
the girl VITO had won his affections Rid
ing UP to her fathers house. he asked hsr
10 be called .RacheI.' Re said. the Lord
hath sent me TO marry thee To which
the tsaIseI, after moment pause, re-
rrfie,f yrae!SIv. ..4,he Lords viii be done"
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Ills Jn. einemt.

..Don't you want TO read this?" asked
Mrs. Watts. lDantrEF her lo-d and master
a. letter yellow with age
what is it2" asked the cautious man
.One of your old love-lettsrS.
can right. III attempt IL, anyway
..A5hat do YOU think of TT" she asked
We'll. l must say I haven't the mag
ination I had when I wrote that but
rye got a heap better vocabulary In
dianapoIiS Press.
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there is no such thing as "a long line OF
ancestry; ones ancestry cannot be
represented by a .'line,' but by an in
yerted pyramid. Every one of us comes
not of one but of many hundreds and
thousands of long lines of ancestry, some
of them proud perhaps, and others WITH
no cause for pride, but rather the re-
verse It will not do to try to follow
them all too far back. Some of the
many will surely lead to u dungeon OIL
the Newgate Prison, or it may be to the
Tyburn gallowS-tree. We cannot pin our
faith to the one cavalier, and ignore all
the others. as my friend was trying to
do. because it is Natures plan that all
the good and all the bad of the race
should be mixed up in each one of us.
An Arctic Grave.
Of
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q TRIPLE ENHANCEMENT. sy Mrs.
I.,,,n,, IIn,.iro,, 1ol,flnndinbin. 2

- i
Burton Harrison. Philadelphia: j. 3.
Iippincott Company. Paper. price 29c-
Mrs Harrison's clever story, "A Triple
EntanSlcmcnt," has been reproduced in
the current number of LippincottS Sc
iect Novels This is one OF the most
charming OF Mrs. liaiTisons stories. and
Cupid cntanglcS English and American
heartstrinss IN a. most serious style The
plot is We'll conceived and the lovers ina
"A happy solution Of their difficulties at
last 81 an Anglo--american alliance.
THE AMERICAN NEGRO: WHAT HE
WAS. WHAT HE Is AND WHAT HE
MA. BECOME. By- William Hannibal
Thomas. New York: The Macmillan
Company Bound in cloth. gilt top, oc-
1ave, $40 pages, price s..
This is AN important work on the po-
sition of the cclorcd people in the United
States 1t is claimed, in fact, that no
such complete and detailed information
about The american negro exists as is
given in this book his physical and men
tai qualifications and capacities. his vices
and crimes, his religious beliefs ana his
possibilities as an economic aud political
factor in American life. The author coil-
cedcs the nesros inferiority and denies
the adequacy of the rcforinatory agencies
already Instituted. but ne also Indicates
how he thinks that the mental. moral and
social. as we'll as the industrial and DO
litieal elevation OF the negro may ra-
sionally he achieved
The author is OF mixed paTentase, served
;n u colored regiment in the war be-
tween the States. was a member Of The
South Carolina Legislature during the J G.
construction period, and is now lawyer
in Everett, Mass
The dedication IS as follows: This
book, written in the hope that all mem
hers of The race still fettered by fsnc--
rance or spiritual blindness. may by .ts
teachings be inspired to noble thoughts
and deeds. is dedicated to all (me-l,sn;
men and women OF negroid ancestry WHO
have grown to the full stature Of nsaa.
hood and womanhood .
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Women of the Renaissance" by NJ. de
Maulde.
The frontispiece is a photo engravure of
Sir Edwin Arnold, who is the subject of
the Living English Poets sketch The
cover design shows an engraving of Mr..
Irving Bachelor, whose successful novel,
.'Eben Holden" has brought him fame.
The usual departments are rich in mat
tiers of interest and of information to
lovers of the book-world.
From Chronicle and Comment" in the
February '.BOOI<MAN'' much interesting
literary gossip may be cleaned. In refer
ring to that h-talked-of volume, An
Englishwomans Love-Letters, and the
controversy as to what it was that caused
the break between the "Englishwoman'
and the man to whom the letters were
addressed, Chronicle and Comment"
says: THE real reason why the man at
last gave up the Englshwoman was be-
cause he couldn't possibly stand any
more of her preposterous letters" TAX
ing this in connection with the publica-
ton in the same issue of :, bright parody
by Edith Wharton. More LoVe-LetterS
OF an EngiShwoman,' and YOU get a pref
ty good summary of the Bookman's Off
cial valuation of the book in question.
Another Interesting note is that in tracing
the genesis of Sherlock Holmes" DIR.
Conan DOYLE acknowledges that some
thing of Sherlock Holmes was due to
the detective OF Edgar Allan Poe's short
stories.
An important paper is The Country
of Sienkiewicz,' by Louis Z. Van Nor
man, illustrated by photogra phs and BY
reproductions from celebrated paintings
Norman Hopgood writes of THE Drama
of the month, and Pcrcival Pollard has
something to say Of THE Literature of
Dandyism.' As usual there are num-
Der Of excellent book reviews.
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Still u Sufferer.

Parlle-Come home and take dinner
with me.
Lane-But your wife doesn't expect me,
does she?
Parke-Nhat of that? I can smooth it
over with her later.
Lane Igrimlyl-Maybe You can. But
that doesn't make it any better for me-
Detroit Free Press.
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The Pyramid of Ancestry.
And them what must we think OF the
claim of those Americans who attempt
TO obtain social prestige by tracing back
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FATHER TIMES OWN CLOCK.
Set by the Stars. it Ticks IFS Seconds to
CIocits Throu hout Moth America.

CIocits Throu hout Moth America.
1.-The transmitting clock at the Naval
Observatory, Washington. is the abso-
lutte monarch of American time-keepers,
writes Epander McIver Sweet. in the
February Ladies Home Journal Every
day in the year except Sunday, by one
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. it speaks directly and
snstantancously 10 every city and con-
siderable town between the peaks OF the
Rockies ana the pines OF Maine, saying
to them that on the sevcnty-fitth me
ridian il is now high noon to the frac-
ton of n second y duplicate .nechan-
ism. stationed at the Branch Naval OBJ
servatory on Mare Island, performs q
similar service for the people of the Pa
cific slope. And by this one clock at the
national capital together with its du-
plicate on the Pacific is set nearly
every tirne-piece in the United States and
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distinction.

Mrs. CobwiggerSo they are not IN
your set?
- o-y-nra s.1,yn. while we attend a paysi-
ctal culture class-Judge.
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co,n.Into the Ministry.

..wha. IN cutsooken gil Miss Powser
ives, she's already asked our new clergy.
man i. she cant be his second wita-''-
Chicago Rscord
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Tie Manaxinns

The Magazines.
The leading article in AINSLEE'S Tor
February is an appreciattve staiy OF
Richard Harding Davis by Allen San.
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An Arctic Grave.
Writing in the February Century Of
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Music Received.

Received from Oliver Dtson Com
pany, music publishers, Boston, the fol-
lowing music:
Evening star., 1901-09-05
Returns From It's Pilgrimage.

eWashingtonPat triarchie, No. IS, l. o. OF,
commanded by Capt VIM. P. Gray, has re-
turned from its trip to. Newport News, Va,
where the Regimental Union, No. L. met
for its fourth annual field day. The follow
Ing officers were ELECTED: President, Maj.
VIM. X. Spencer, Baltimore, Md; vice presi-
dent, Capt. Geo. L. rPugA, Newport News;
financial secretary, 'sSecend Lieut.. r. T.
Stewart. Newport News recording and
corresponding secresary, oJ. r. F. Browne,
washington. D. c. .:dtreaeurer. Edgar Star
ling Wilmington, De-: chaplain, Capt C.
w. Young, Richmond. Va; regimental
keeper. Capt. Obat tiah Henry, Newark.
Del. Regimental offcerss Colonel, VIM. p.
Gray, Washington, ID Gs lieutenant colo
mel, Norfolk. c. Barnes, Hampton. Va;
adjutant. Jas w. jones, Washington. D. C.
The Georgetown Patriafchie, commanded
by Capt JOS. c. Beckett, accompanied
Washington Patriarrhieyhnd entered the
competitive drill for ,ttH handsome silk
flag, In which Washington Patriarchie was
victorious. The Atnphidh Glee Club was
also Of the party. til 'st
The Patriarchie Working Club conducted
the excursion over the chesapeake and
ONO railway, more than, 500 persons being
Adjutant Jas. W. Jones was made brevet
colonel. The next session of the union will
be held in Baltimore, Nd, September 2,
1902.