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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
Mark Twain and Adam.

In usrper's for April Mark Twain gives
us bit of his old-timc humor IN his
Extracts from Adams Diary Here
are the first extracts:
Monday-ThIs new creature with the
long hair is Il good deal In tho way 1t
it always hanging around and following
me about. l don't like this: I am not
used to company. I wish it would stay
with the other animals. Cloudy to-day,
wind il the east; think we shall have
rain. We? Where did get that wordc
I remember now-tne new creature uses
it.
Tuesday-Been examining the great
waterfall II is the finest thing on the
estate. I think The new creature calls
it Niagara Falls-why. | am sure do
not know. Says it looks like Niagara
Falls. That is not 4 reason; 1t is mere
yavwardness and inoeclity- get no
chance TO name anything myself INC
new creature names everything that
comes along before can get IN protest.
And always that same preteNt Is offered
it looks like the thing Ihere is the
dodo. fer instance Says the moment
one looks at it one sees at a glance that
it clocks like dodo 1t VIII nave 20
keen that name no doubt. 1t ~earfes
me 70 fret about IT. and it does no good.
.,,,.av Dodo. It looks no more like
a dodo than I do.
Wednesday-Built mo a shelter against
the rain, but could not have 1t to myself
in peacc The new creature -intrUded-
when tried to put 1t out it shed water
out of the holes it looks with. and wiped
it away with the back of its paws ana
made a noise such as some OF the otner
animals make when they are IN distress
wish 1t would not talk: 1t is always
talking That sounds like a cheap ming
ar the moor creature. a SUR: but L DO NOT
n,aan II so I.haye never heard the hui
man voice before. and any new and
strange sound intruding itself here upon
th.. solemn hush of these dreaming soil
tudes offends my ears and seems false
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
MEETING EMPEROR WILLIAM.
Captain Evans Tells About the Good Time tic
Had During the Celebration at Kiel.

In the Log of the Sailor Rear-Admiral
Robley D. Evans tells of his visit to
Kiel in this weeks The Saturday Evening
Post. and in the course of it he gives his
impressions of Emperor William.
Below is an extract from it:
For the purpose of entertaing his naval
guests, me Emperor had built on the
land near Holman, almost at the Kicl
entrance to the canal, a large ship OF the.
line. She was full ship-risged, had all
her yards across, and her gun deck was
beautifully decorated for the dinner,
which was given on the day following
our arrival from Hamburg. When the
banquet was over, souvenir medals were
presented to all of us and We retired for
our cigars to the upper deck. where all
were presented personally to Ills Majesty
and exchanged a. few pleasant words with
him. ] stood near him during the time he
conversed with tho French Admiral and
his officers, waiting my turn to be pre-
sented and could not help being impressed
by his manner as we'll as by that OF the
Frenchmen: They We're all ideally polite,
but there was, on the part of the En-
peror, a, hearty feeling Of success which
l did not observe in the manner OF the
distinguished officers who were saying
goodbye to him. They We're to sail in the
early morning in company with the Rus
sian fleet When I was presented to him
the Emperor gave me a cordial hand
shake and kept others waiting five min
utes while he talked to me In the most
pleasant way. He had many questions to
ask me- which he said he would expect
me to answer before I left him. His
whole manner to the American officers
was most cordial
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
"0ou of tie
Women of france.
Present for Which Fiity-Four Thousand
Women Subscribed.

Last year a half-pennv subscription Was
started for Tho purpose OF presenting a
testimonial OF admiration of the women of
France TO Nine. Cronjc, the wife of the
Eocr general. N1c, after following her
husband in all The battles In which he
took part. and undergoing All The hard
ships of war. is now a prisoner in the
hands of the British. at 81. Helena, where
the testimonial viii be presented to her.
This testimonial is q piece of jewelry
made of gold, thirteen centimeters wide
and ten cen;imeters high In the center
is a heart with an aureola. of rays OF
glory. 1t is hung on a. broad gold chain,
to which it is fastened by two finely
chased gold acantlus leaves, and in these
leaves arc entMined violets and roses made
OF enamel Drops of chrysoprase of a pale
green color mark the center of the roses
and the point OF the pendant
The subscription lists are bound in
parchment. and on the cover Of the book
is the following inscription:
The Sou OF the Women Of France.
Homage TO Madame Cronje.
5000 subscription of centimcs.
a9oo-1Sol.1
The back OF the book, Which IS edged
with the TransvaaI coiors. is OF blue silk
THE marker is a tri-color ribbon. at the
end o. which is hung a five confines coin
Of the las. issue.-Parss Messenger.
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warIike as they; her men s"ttr'i'eu IN
bees into the rigging, and her coiors "a"
,1p to salute the flag OF MS HosI >t
t;an Majesty of France. and she nreo one
nv one her salute of thirteen guns, say ,
Sarah Orne Jewett,.in the April SNt's'itiN-
There was a moment of suspense. Tue
wind was light now. the poWder-sLiohe
drifted away, and the tapping sans
sounded loud overhead. Would the Al
n,ir,I answer back, or would he treat this
hold challenge like a. handkerchief waved
NJ him from a. pleasure boat? Some or
the officers on the Ranger looked III
credulous, but Paul Jones stl!l heiu MS
letter in his hand There was a pun II
white smoke and the great guns o. tite
French flagship began to snake the All
one. two. three, four, five. SIX seFeh'
eight.-nine: and then were stu. save iof
their echoes from the low hills ABOUT
Carnac and the great druid Mount oi o.
Michael
Henry Gardner you may tell the men
that this was the salute of the king OF
France to our Republic. and the first
high honor to our Flag said the captain
proudly to his steersmen; but they We're
all huzzainE now along the Ranger $
deck. that little ship whose name snail
never be forgotten while her country
lives
The captain lifted his hat land stood
looking up at the flag
1--WE hardly know what this day means
gentlemen he said soberly to his Off
GERS who came about him. oeiieNe
we are at the christening of the great
est nation that was ever born into the
world. The day shall come when -\rneri-
ca. republic though she may be, VIII .S<t-
iute no foreign flag without receiving gun
for gum
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
TRIED TO BUNCO CLERGYMAN.
The sPanhandlers'' Keep List OF Their VIC
Tins to Guide Their Future Operations.

'one morning a. man came to ME with
letter written on stamped paper and
signed with the name of {. clergyman OF
my church in a town in Massachusetts,
writes Rev. David NJ. Steele in the April
Ladies' Home Journal. His story, told
in great embarrassment, was that he had
run away from home. According to the
letter his aged mother was dying with
grief, and the appeal of his rector was to
the man to come back at once The min
ister'S check for eight dollars. drawn on
Il bank in this same town, was incloSed
tressed and was anxious to go. but the
difficulty was he had been in New Yorl,
only five days. knew no one. and could
not be identified at any bank, Would [
cash the check? l told him TO come back
in a couple of hours and meantime | tel
eGraphed inquiries to the Reverend C.
The answer came, Do not know any
such man. When the fellow returned he
was arrested and in his pocket 4 neatly
tanning the name OF nearly every clergy
man in Chicago. Cincinnati, Cleveland,
PlttsbIrS and Philadelphia. This had been
his route on each page of the book
there were four columns headed Name.
Date. Amount and Remarks, and in
these Were such entries as, Reverend
R. ST. Got after an hours work
Reverend s., No good Can't work.
Rev t. ST.. An easy mark The
When he had completed his tour he would
probably either have sold his book to
some one else to use, or he would have
changed his appearance, invented Il new
story. and approached second time the
people who were worth it.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
advantages OF the English Monarchy.

Whatever Republicans may think OF the
abstract superiority OF that form of gov
eminent. no one ca ndeny the enormous
advantage of having national unity and
imperial responsibilities embodied in a
person who has been carefully trained
for that position from the cradle, and
who in attaining it has not been COM
PEELED to make intense political enemies
of one-half of the nation TO have
created a center OF equilibrium In the
midst OF all the forces which surge and
sway hither and thither in the turmoil
and strain OF modern life, to have made
this center a source Of all information
and symbol OF all dominion, to have Sc
cured 1t at once from the strife OF tongues
and the conflicts OF parties. without at
the same time endangering thu liberties
OF the subject or the supremacy OF law
this, indeed. has been one OF the most
si4ual achievements Of tho English-s1sak-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
Some New Century Women.

-. tainlv it seems as Il many of the
new century fashionable women are ca
pablo of giving us plenty. Of surprises
SAYS a masculine critic in New York TIL
bune And the question now does not
seem 10 be. as heretofore, What will the
new century girl do ncxt?, but What
won't she do nexiH Already she has
caused her so-called fin de steele proto-
type of a decade ago to- appear quite
tame by contrast. Withinsa year her in
novations have been surprisingly daring.
There is no pursuit that her men friends
occupy themselves with that she is not
eager to participate in, except business
and voting AS far as the latter is con
ceraed. she will tell You that she is no
wO,nan's rights person. And why should
she be! She has all The cakes and ale OF
existence. What matters it to her that
nine tenths of her sisters arc lighting IN
some way against unequal conditions!
Decidedly she has no wish to work ana
assume responsibility as long as there is
no necessity to do SO. She IS frankly uEln-
terested in the questions of the day but
IN All mat appertainS TO sport and anuSe-
ments she shas-sudGen,y in some ana
gradually in others-takell rank with the
men in everything. The fin de steele wo-
man could ride to hounds drive a coach.
manage her automobile, sail a boat and
call herself an expert in golf, tennis, etc,
but it is left to her daring jeune steele
sister 10 bestride her ponies and play
polo conquer her womanlys instincts or
pity and protection sufficiently to shoot
pigeons, gamble with the GOODNESS OF
veteran while it goes without saying
that she carries q cigarette case ana
flask to doctor her afternoon tea WITT
Not only are the women doing all TINS.
but nv love, they are overlapping us! |
think it is an actual fact that the aver
age society girl of eighteen today is
better, than a boy of the same age. no"
it is all going to end Heaven GUY
knows!''
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31

shows ''How Golf Is Played in a series
of photographs. Edward Box further
emphasizes the value of simpler living.
and Helen Watterson Moody offers guild
ance through 1.-THE First Tragedy in a
Girls Life" "a Stucco Country House
for $780, "a Shingled Country House
for $500 and Some Artistic Little
Homes have a. practical value to those
planning to build homes There are three
short stories by Gelett Burgess. W. A.
Fraser and Laura Spencer Porter, and
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps The Successors
of Mary the First is concluded W. l..
Taylor's painting, The Barn-Raising as
a Social Event" worthily fills a whole
page. and Through Picturesque Ameri-
ca is finished. making way for similar
tours into other lands. Much space is de-
voted to fashions and there are articles
on gardening, the lawn, Horticulture,
cooking, etc.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31

Not until she had defeated many groups
of hostile financiers and predatory pro-
motors did the world realize that she was
new and potent factor in the banking
community.
Her greatest achievement, so far as the
public is concerned, took place in 1899.
when she lent over a million dollars in
cash in a single operation. The money
market was tight, the need of the Dor
rover great. and only one Wall Street
magnate. Russell Sage, was supposed to
be in position capable of furnishing. the
ready money. Imagine. therefore, the
general surprise when the poorly-dressed
Mrs Green came forward and took up the
loan with the quickness OF an auctloHeer
Selling a half-heard bid.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
A New Class OF Nurses.

a comparatively new occupation for
young women has been opened recently
under the name of colvaleScent nursing,
says Leslie's Weekly. The idea is not to
enter into competition or rivalry with the
professional nurses. so-called. but rather
to supplement the work of the profess
sional class, or fill q place Which they do
not or cannot we'll fill. The trained nurse
has como TO be i regular and recognized
feature in the hospital service and where
ever else sick and suffering humanity is
10 be found. and her calling ranks almost
as high now in the public regard as the
medical profession itself. In all critical
cases the services of a trained nurse are
considered absolutely Indispensable. But
nurses of this order are required to so
through a course of special training in
schools and hospitals lasting through q
period OF three or four years and involV-
ing a great deal of expense. Their rates,
therefore, are necessarily high. SO much
so as to be quite prollibitive to the ma
jority OF people and within the reach of
many others for only a brief period of
time. Professional nurses are often re-
tanned only through the critical stages of
a disease or Il surgical case. although
good nursing Of kind is very much
needed all through the subsequent con-
valescent stage. which may extend over
weeks or months. I is not a high de-
gree of technical skill which is required
during this period SO much as a general
knowledge of the art of nursing and the
little attentions and care-tal1ing which
every convalescent needs to insure the
speediest return to full health. 1t is just
here that the usefulness and availa btlity
of the convalescent nurse, the new class
comes in. The required training for this
service extends over only eight weeks.
the expense for preparation is correspond.
ingly small, and the rates correspondence.
low. being only about one-third that
charged by the professions
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
A Woman of Business.

lIrs. Ietty Green's daily life is more
like that of a manual lahorec than of a
merchant prince. says 4 writer IN Frank
Les,ie's Popular Monthly. She rises early
Tn her cheap little fiat in Hohoken \. j..
spends few minutes upon light break
East, and hurries 10 the ferry. She is al
most the first person to arrive at her office
In the Chemical Bank. on Broadway.
Here shs iabors until after DARK
Her rise in the financial world vas very
swift, and yet It did not appear to attract
public notice for several years. Before the
public wss aware Of the tact. she had be-
homs q banker. railway director. stock
pp1ratcT, real estate investor and cap-
ms Her SUCCESS led many people TO
lsve u orst that she was but figure
" fer 1hfswd. .1nknoUn Spectator.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
The Queen Got Her Primr0ses

''Thc following little anccdote told by
the Queen herself, will show her indepen-
dence of character. saysSa, writer in the
April Century. Very fond of pri1nroses,
and finding none in the royal gardens. she
sent word to have some planted. The
gardeners, the Queen said, made many
objections, and finding, shortly afterward.
that her wishes had not yet been carried
out, she dispatched d messenger inquir-
ing the reason. I suppose Queen Anne
Il d none she said, so they did not think
it proper for me to have any: but sent
them word promptly that Queen Victoria
would have some-and She did. -
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
How She Kept 1t.

She's penitent
And keeping Lent.
NO dances now for her;
No nights at plays,
No busy days
AT functions here and there.
mo clubs. no teas,
No parties, she's
Now playing solitaire,
AS weary hours come and go.
And thinking all the angels know
She's penitent
And keeping Lent.
She's penitent.
She's keeping Lent.
She stays at home all day;
And every night,
With wild delight.
She welcomes her best beau,
And sits and eats
The costly sweets
He brings with him, and, oh,
She fondly thinks. dear girl. that she
Is just as pious as can be
And penitent
And keeping Lent.
Chicago Times-Herald.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31

show q. lace vest, and there are smaller
reyers of white satin. with narrow bands
of velvet and gold buttons and Il round
lace collar. Tho sleeves have pun at
the elbow and also at the shoulder, and
are strapped with bands of the taffeta-
This gown can be made with taffeta OF
the same shade as the yelling. and that
Is, indeed, the general rule: but there is
"a bright blue that looks especially we'll
with trimmings of black, and the new
shade Of red can also stand the sharp
contrast of the black, although the fancy
at present seems to be for the all one
tone gowns.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
(CopyriGht-f@l.l

The skirt is one of this seasons most
becoming shapes. close fitting over the
hips, but with plenty of fullness IN the
back breadths and a tremendous mare 10
the skirt \ shaped ftounce IS satherea
and trimmed with three folds OF p!acA
taffeta: above the founce IS BROAD sHlf
red band OF taffeta, then i've rows ~
plain taffeta bands. The waist IS III
blouse shape, trimmed around ti'e NV.
nav, with taffeta bands. and then 70"
- sbirri,o 70 match the trimming on the
skirt. The waist is open in front 10
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
Mountainecr Hospitality.

The latch string hangs outside every
cabin door if the men-folks are at home.
but you must shout hello always out
we uIs IS poor you will be told.
'but yu're welcome eff y'u kin put up
with what we have.
After a stay of a week at mountain
cabin d young ''furriner asked what MS
bill was The old mountaineer waved his
hand. Nothln, ne said, cept come
agin!
a beIated traveller asked to stay all
night at a cabin The mountaineer an
swered that his wife was sick and they
were sorter out O fXin's to eat, but Re
reckoned he mought step over to neigh
boris an borrer some. lie dIG step over
and he was gone three hours. he brought
back a little bag of meal. and they had
coru-bread and potatoes for supper and
for breakfast, cooked by the mountain
eer The stranger asked now lar ava!
his next neighbor lived. ieetle the
swer.
(which way"
..Oh les over the mountain thar"
He had stepped six miles over the
mountain and back for that little paS or
meal, and he would allow ms guest 10
pay nothing next morning.
: have slept with nine others IN single
room. The host gave up his BED to two
of our party and he and his wife slept
with the rest of US on the floor. He gave
us supper, kept us all night. sent us away
next morning with a parting draught of
moonshine applejack. OF his own brew
ing by the way. and would Su1er no one
to nav a cent for his entertainment That
man was desperate. an outlaw. moon
sinner, and was running from the sheriff
at that very time
Two outlaw sons were supposed to be
killed by officers. I offered aid to the
father to have them decently clothed and
buried but the old man. who was as bad
as his sons. declined 1t with some dtgni-
ty. They had enough left for that; ara
il not, why he had.-John Fox, Jr.. in the
April Scribners.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
A UNIQUE Birthday Gift.

A unique birthday sift was recently
go..en up by the clever sister ola Brook
Ign girl. says the Philadelphia. Times
She had s65 sheets of good-sized unruled
letter paper portioned out among the
friends Of her sister. with a request that
each friend should write upon the sheets
allotted to her or him a line or verse.
original or, quoted. The artistic friend
had the choice of doing thistsor making
a, small sketch, humorous or typical Of
the day which the sheet Of paper repre-
sented (if a holiday like Christmas, East.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31

err or any other special clay fell upon it,.
These sheets were returned to the sister
of the young woman, who kept the mat
ter secret from her relative Fastening
them together and placing a. prettily
painted cover on her book. tho sistershad
n most unique, interesting and helpful
gift to present to her twin.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
School LuncheOns.

A statement by a Government expert
concerning the food value OF nuts IS a
boon TO mothers who must PROVIDE cnll-
.,ren with lunches to take to school. Ac-
cordine to this expert, OncEpound of nut
kernels is equal in food value to one
pound Of wheat flour, and, generally
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31

over cloth OF gold. trimmed around the
shoulders with band OF gold passemcn-
terie that is put on to join a strap over
the shoulder and finish in a. point direct
~ in front Below the top OF the arm
are bands of gold ribbon finished with
heavy gold tassels. 4 jeweled belt, very
narrow and fastened in front with a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31

has to be cultivated or she will have tc
be continually buying new things be-
cause her furnishings are mere
tricious; and there is so much taste
and art knowledge about now that the
humbleSt OF us cannot escape. And as
much as anything does She need to un-
derStand how to rule her household
lalnerS
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
Lights.

t'Eirst the small stars
Shone on the purple vastness of the night,
Then the moon rose
And drowned their piGmy beacons in her
light.
..Not so, my love:
In its clear light the lesser stars grow
strong.
At it's clear flame
I fire my little altar-lamps of song.
Theodore Roberts. in Ainslee's.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31
(Copyrisllt-=19N.)

(Copyrisht--19U1)
AS may be seen, the design is appar-
entity an extremely simple one, and the
lines are long and Unbroken, but the ma
terial is superb. Cloth of gold forms the
skirt, the train OF which is composed of
= myriad of ruf1ies of mousseline de sole.
The waist is Of plcated moUsseline de sole
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-31

handsome buckle, finishes the skirt, which
is worn outside the waist. AS can be
seen in the ilustra ton, the skirt is quite
long and has the usual flare around the
foot. 1t is almost circular shape, with
no visible seams. as the material of which
it is made is OF double width. woven es-
peeially for this style of skirt.