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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
AHotel for Women. 5

The Wou,an's Hotel Company, in New
York is reported to have bought land
in East Twenty-niuth Street, near Madi-
Sor Avenue. and to have definitely deter
u:ned to put UP modern hotel big
enough to hold 500 women and make them
comfortable. The project has been hang
ing fire q g ,"ei While. AID tf,'. evldeEGe.
that it will now be put through is not
quite convincing yet. 1t is said that the
C, nlpanv has subscription amounting to
S3oc COZ with which 10 start Similar
/ oteIs are aJerrtd to be in successful
operation in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Chi
cago. b Stou. AID Baltimore, bat possibly
e. en- that does not assure success in New
York. The idea is to furnish better board
and lodging TO lone working women than
they can get elsewhere. There are 500aJ
Or tn,1Ga ss-f-supporting women in NV
York, and they have not so wide u choice
o: lt dginSS as men have. For bachelor
men OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES rise UP now by
the dozens in all parts of the town, but
cen lara lively few apartment-houses let
rooms; to unmarried women. and IN tho:,c.
that do the rents are usually higher
than working women can afford The
projectors of this new hotel aim TO pro-
vide heard. and lodging for their tenants
at prices ranging from about 81 Il week
up They anticipate yearly receipts from
their hotel of about $4,000 with annual
expenses of about $1,000, which would
give good profit on their investment If
their calculations come trle-E s Mar
tin, in Harpers Weekly
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Executive Women,

whenever hear Of one speaking dis
paragingly of the executive ability of
woman | am moved to mirth,'' remarked
a Western hotel man, who is visiting
here for a. few weeks. He held a news
paper, from which he had been reading
an account of a dinner at which the
speeches had turned on women as or
ganizers, and his comment was drawn
out by the statement of one speaker who
was of the opinion that the sex, as q
sex, was untitled for eXaeting positions
OF ..profit and emolument.'
I'll tell Of my own experience" he
continued. 81 have the largest hotel in
my town and l have a woman for a
manager. When engaged her | told her
that every time she succeeded in cutting
expense account without lowering the
tone of the establishment it meant some
thing to her
at the end of the first week she came
to me and told me that the marketing
bill was much too high. She further
said she intended finding out why it was
too high. l told her to go ahead and find
out. Some time later she told me the
house was being Systematically over
charged, but that the thing had been
going on so long and was so true of every
hotel in the land that all concerned had
come to look on it as legitimate.
'',rhen she told me it was the fee sys-
tenn. It seems that on every grocerS
bill, every butchers bill, every bakers
bill and throughout the entire list of
those who supplied my house the steward
received u percentage. She said she was
convinced that the steward did not look
on this as d dishonest method of making
money. 1t was simply q prerogative of his
office.
..She changed all that. The steward left
in a huff. She did the marketing herself
for a while, refused the offers of the
=
at the legitimate figure. Now she has
another steward who has to keep close to
the mark. She has saved me many
thousands of dollars and is well worth
the salary I give her.
'.All through my section women are
coming to the front as executives. They
drive much better bargains than do
men. a man will accept something he
doesn't want or pay q bigger price than
is necessary for what he does not want
to avoid being bothered. But a woman
glories in trade, and she has to be shown
the right thing al the right price before
she purchases. II you want proof of this
watch the customers at any counter of
any store. The men will come in, take
the first article that is shown them, pay
for it and get away. The women will
spend considerable time in careful St
lection, and when they have bought
something you can rest satisfied they get
value received.
1.-The late Chas. Coghlan had the right
idea about woman'S executive ability
when he wrote Madame for his sister
to play in. The character was that of a
woman pawn broker, who was wonderful
ly successful. Then there was "A Vir-
ginia Courtslp,' in which the leading
woman was a banker. The playwrights
are keen judges, and the rest of the
world will believe in time in woman's
gray matter"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
What Ab.ut.the Lunch2

Mothers and clearinghouse keepers al
ways find the portable lunch question 4
vexatious one. So also do the wives of
workinsmen. a writer in the New York
Tribune. speaking of the ahild's lunch,
says: Nothing can exceed a childs de-
light in opening his basket to be sur
prsed by some particular tidbit which
mother has slipped in for the child's de-
location.
''In preparing a child's portable lunch
con particular effort should be made to
have it dainty in appearance. People
think hungry children will eat anything
and so they will, most of them-but is
it not better to accustom them to seeing
food neatly and carefully served?
Sandwiches are always suitable for
lunch baskets, because they can be SO
easily carried. To keep them from dry
ing, wrap in paraffined paper. Meat
sandwiches are not as wholesome where
children have meat at dinner, as those
made Of fruit, eggs or fish. Delicious
sandwiches are those made of whole
wheat bread, with cream cheese; with
the addition of a few chopped nuts, a lit
tie orange marmalade or a bit of JAM
Lettuce sandwiches with a little mayon-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
Rare Presents for Eoyulty.

When Queen Vietoria's eldest daughter.
the Princess Royal of England was mar
ried to the late Emperor Frederick OF Ger
many, she was n young girl and her per-
Sonai presents from English people were
not numerous. though from her husbands
German relatives she received. much plate
and jewels. Six thousand girls of Great
Britain gave her q copy of Bagster's fac
smile polyslot Bible. bound in purple mo-
rocco. with clasps and coruer-pieces en-
graved with the rose, shamrock and this
tie 1t was contained in a casket of Eng
lish oak richly carved y similar Bible
hnsi been given to each successive royal
bride in England, says Casselrs Magazine
Among the jewels she received was u
splendid set consisting of necklace, ear
rings, brooch and bracelet in opaIs and
diamonds from her father and brother,
the Prince OF Wales. The King and Queen
OF Prussia sent her q beautiful diamond
tiara, and the women OF England gave -
diamond. ruby md emerald bracelet. while
the Duchess Of Kent, mother OF Queen
Victoria. who was still alive then, pre-
scented her granddaughter with a huge
ebony casket mounted in silver gilt and
deliberately fitted up as a dressing-cuse
and jewel-boX for her treasures. The
brushes were ivory backed. the combs OF
tortoise and the other items were silver
gilt set with coralS-
Ifaharaiail Dhueep Singh always liked
to give presents u little out of the ortli-
nary, and he bestowed IN the young prin--
cess an exquisitely mounted opera glass.
adorned with the eagle and crown of Prus-
STA. This Oriental potenate gave the
Princess OF Wales curious holIquet-holder
of carved crystal, set with pearls and
cornIs. The stem was adorned with q
band OF eueralds and diamonds and Il
jeweled corouet while q jeweied ball
formed the end of the stem y smaller
and more personal present he made. her
was Il pair OF beautiful silver and gold
embroidered slippers with sprinkling OF
gems These so delighted her she said
She. would be married in theul-and she
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
eTou~ Cite Principles.
Four things a man must learn to do,
If he would make his record true
Think without confusion clearly,
Love his fellow man sincerely;
Act from honest motives purely,
And trust in God securely.
DR.. Henry Van Dyke.
As Through u Glass.

1--WE are putting eyeglasses into lors-
nettes." announced the jewelry clerk VINO
goes home to luncheon. OF the otner
boarders, the young man from the nah>
was the only one who expressed interest,".
why, 1 thought you always did that,
he said What is a lorgnette for II II
isn't to hold eye-glasses?'
The jewelry clerk smiled contentediy.
He Just dotted on imparting information.
He would have hugely enjoyed posing as
the autocrat of the table, only no one but
the young man from the bank ever ap-
peared entertained or instructed by his
observations Now and then the girl art
student acknowledged his presence and
conversation, but at such times it was
usually to disagree with him that she
spoke This time the jewelry clerk said:
Yes, you would be surprised to know
how many real glasses we are fitting to
the lorgnettes this season. / thought you
knew that in the past the great majority
of lorgnetteS were simply for ornamental
ton and not necessarily for utility. 1t
has been the fashion for women to wear
these daintily enameled productions-the
girl art-student here whispered to the man
who dabbl in S ocks on margins that the
jewelry clerk talked like q guide-book-
to set off the rest of their costume.
They wore them just as they wore the
chatelaines, and as they later wore what
is loosely known as the 'dingle dangle.'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
Gruesome Funeral Customs in Athens

GrueSnme Funeral Customs in Athens.
view az the corpse, which is carried
exposed IL a shallow coffin, renders a
Greek fun aTal procession a spectacle
which nervous foreigners would do well
t. avoid. OLD nen aud women arr:Iyed
in somhre black, ye.anS girls and children
in white and half buried in fowcrs-all
the dad are :hus borne fer the last time
through the streets CT the city which
has been their home. You arc, perhaps,
stopping at one OF the hotels, and hear
the solemn music Of the dead march. You
run 10 The window and look down. and
there, turned toward you in the awful
calm of death, is a face of marble white
ness. and q rigid form, the POOR helpless
hands crossed upon the breast. In for
,ner times high digaita1ies pf the Church
wer,: borne TO the gave seated in a
chair placed upon an elevated platform
But this display was toe Spectacular even
FOR the 3thenianS, and il; was finally
abandoned. Tho cofiln-Iid, upholstered
with Observation-Disclosures silk and hung
with 4 huge wreath, is carried at the
head of the professions, which derive
additional pomp from the numerous Ian
3lers and symbols of the Church. held
high in air. Priests, relatives and
mourners follow on foot, and the men
sitting at the cafes or in the open doors
rise, remove their hats and cross them
selves as the corpse passes. In the case
OF an oiilcer n the army his charger
capaTlsoned in black, is led with him on
Ems last expedition Of all.-Febrlarv
6Crihner'S.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
A Dainty NeSsrrt.

Cherry Bavarian cream is n simply
made dessert and good one. Soak one
al arter of a box of Selatine in one-third
of q cupful of cold water, placing it on
the fire until melted. Whip one pint
os heavy cream to {. solid froth. keeping
it very cold. Gradually and lightly stir
into it one third OF cupful of powdered
sugar and the melted Selatine. AS the
mixture thickens add gradually Il tea
spoonful of vanilla. two tabIespoonfuls of
kirsch, and two-thirds of cupful OF can
died cherries, which have been cut fine
ard soaked in two tablespoonfuls of
sherry. Set aside 20 ssiffen in individual
nloulds or one large one, according to
taste.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24

tended to attack him, by which they
meant that they We're going to murder
him The man had the bulldog courage
of his time: he sent away his wife ana
chiIdren got friend rs brave as himself
to ioin him; closed his lower shutters
and barricaded his door; then laid in am
muntion, brought in and loaded two gu:is
one for himself and one for his friend AT
nightfall the attacking party arrived,
armed with guns and stones. They began
with a volley OF the latter. but the be-
sieged paid no attention; they then fired
at the windows, and while they were
loading again. the besieged let fly among
them, and killed or wounded two or
three. They retired in confusion. but re-
turned in larger numbers and with great
er fury. All night long the unequal COM
bat ragged. When their ammunition vas
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24

extreme limit of the nets usefulness.
The leader is SO arranged as to form q
straight wall OF netting reaching from
shore far out into the open lake, or per-
haps across a channel. When the fish
meets with this obstruction in his CLOS
en- path he seldom becomes tangled in its
for the Irvine is so coarse that it is easily
around and go back the way he came,
for that seems to BE contrary to his prin-
ciples and habits. Instead he tries to
find a way around, and SO follows the
leader to it's outer end, where it takes
him into a heart-shaped chamber, whose
walls are also off netting. The easiest
way out OF this chamber is by funnel
like passage, which leads him into the
pot an in mense bag often twenty-five
or thirty feet square, and there he stays
till the fisherman comes for him.
In two ways the pounds proved especial
~ destructive of young fish Not only
were the meshes Of the pots smaller, as u
general thing, than those of the gill nets,
but they were of necessity set i'll COM
paratlvely shoal water, never more than
one hundred feet in depth, and it seems
70 be the habit OF the whitetish to spend
rho first few years of their lives in these
..hallower waters, moving out, as they
crow older, into the deeper portions CT
rho mixes. where only the gill nets can be
used And SO the new weapon did its
deadly work. and the geese were Killed
before they had even begun to lay their
Golden eecs.-Frank LesHe's Popular
Monthly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
The Brides Outfit.

The first duty OF the present-tiay bride
to-be. when the question of her trousseau
is TO be considered. Is to take into careful
account the requirements OF her hus-
bands position: the necessities which his
place in the world will entail upon her
in the way ca entertaining on the one
hand. or of praeticing economy on the
other. These obligations will vary in al
most every case, as she marries doe
tor, Clergyman, a professor. mission
airy or a man whose position in the world
entails many social obligations. When she
has taken these obligations into corsid-
Grafton she must briance them by an
other list. that containing the means
which her father can provide nor ZOE
r-eetin. thern. She ought 10 begin. then.
with & pencil and paper. writing down
what she ought to have. and then whnc
she can have. cuttin2; Off here and adding
there-Harper's Bazaar.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
Should 30 Eminentiy inst. Absolutely
True aud Always Il bog III Heart.

"a schoolmaster should, above all else,
be a man emiuent!y just, absolutely true.
and on. who has been, is, and always Will
I,e, a boy at heart writes Caroline Les
lie Field in the February Ladies Home
journal. Slcn Il man VIII NOT ohiy
deserve and command his pupils love and
respect but vii; have, also, a knowledge
OF human nature which Will enable hiri
to discriminate w;sel. and to draw his
lines OF limitation straight and clear
Such man has his rights. His work
begins at d fixed point, and the material
for that work should have been properly
prepared before presenting it. 1t is too
much 10 expect that, taking in hand fifty
CIR a hundred odd boys already on the
outer verge Of childhood. he should do
for them not only his own work. but
also what their parents ought to have
been doing for them from their cradles.
Yet often this has not been done; more
often ii has been badly done, with the
result of orerwork and anxiety TO the
master, WEAKNESS and encouragement to
The pupil, a loss to both which can never
be made good
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24
literary NOTES ROOK REVIEWS AND THINGS OF 10 WOMEN
to the Busy Husekeeper Trying Make Home A
ps Into the Latest Magazines and What Going Among Auo's-Sug

manded that n gentleman accept chal-
lenge or acknowledge himself coward
in the minds of his fellow citizens, it
encroached sharply upon ethics; now that
it has gone out of fashion to XIII, gem
tlemen find small difficulty in keeping
the sixth commandment. The less for
NAL etiquette becomes, the less wanton
taking of life there is among those who
consider good breeding of consequence
AS the civilized races now stand. either
man or woman can be refined regardless
of the shape of hat he or she wears. This
was true in any century, but two hun
dred years ago, and back of that period,
a gentleman and lady could, according to
approved etiquette, gobble food with
their hands from common dish set in
the centre OF the dining-table and filled
with the entire fashionable bill of fare
prepared for the occasion. Gratefully we
now acknowledge such proceedings to be
..bad FORM and in so doing pronounce
ourselves two centuries removed from
the table manners of swine, and one
point away from that brute, no matter
how similar to him our turn of mind
may remain in some other respects.-Na-
tional Magazine.
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MATTERS OF INTEREST TO THE FAIR SEX


feet End their cauls and their round tires
like tie moon
',rae chains and the bracelets and th<
mufflers-
.,The head bands and the tablets and
the earrings.
1.-The rings and the nose Jewels and
the manteIs and the wimples and the
crisping pins.
The glasses and the hoods and ths
wells
Ii it was thought worth whsss 60 put
all these directions in the Bible. why
would it not be as well to have soma
provision in regard to this matter In
the canon and civil laws. and men IN high
places give some directions to their
daughters in this line?
\ student in one of our city colleges,
not long since, going to the blackboard,
left her purse containing 50 on her desk.
When she returned It was gone. Ehe
president called his pupils together ana
stated the case. reproaching them fer
the deed, saying: But IL the owner will
cut off the part of her dress that trails
on the floor and make generous pack
ct in which to keep her purse. she Will
save her weak companions from further
temptation and herself from greater
losses AsA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-02-24

EBEN HOLDEN a Tale Of the North
Country. BY Irving Bachelor. Bos-
ton: Lothrop Publishing Company.
Bound in cloth; Emo; gilt top; 4s2
pages. Price, sl.5o
"Eben Holden follows the fortunes of
an orphan boy from his childhood to
manhood The boy, now a man, tells
The story. 1t begins with the loss of
parents by a sudden stroke of i'll fortune
In a home among the Vermont hills and
The flight Of the old man who has worked
for the family. carrying the boy upon his
back, thus saving him from charitable
neighbors who desire TO put the lad in
the wor2house. This old man, who is
the REORGANIZATION of uuseltish devotion,
gives his name TO the book. he finds
a home for himself and the boy in North
crn New York. and then the boy grows
np and falls in love. He goes to the
city, seeking his fortune. and, after dis
couraSins failures. secures q position IL
The Tribune, then under Greeleys man
sgement. He gives up his position 10
Join The ranks of the Union army. where
he distinguishes himself by his valor, and
po,nes home to happiness and honor
among his old friends
The author tells us that the characters
of the book are mostly men and women
he has known, so they must be true TO
lie apo types of the sturdy New Eng
landcrs of the past generation.
The book has had most phenomenal
circulation and praise from the highest
literary authorities, but individually the
writer fails to find the charm of the
book. We look at portraits of persons
unknown to us and OF some we say
instinctiyely that is speaking likeness
The touch Of the master carries convic-
ton OF its fidelity. 1t is tie. same IN lit
erature or some writers We say their
characters live" For instance. VINO
could fa;l to realize that David lIarum
was a type2 This lack Of vitality, for
want OF a better phrase, seems to us
tho weak point in .'1sben Holden" The
Did man was a magnificent conception
Of unselfsh devotion. tireiess industry
and patience. full of the milk OF human
kindness. blessed with quaint hu,nor and.
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honlely philosophy: YET. he does not
seem real. He does not live. The writer
paints us many portraits, but they are,
TO us, merely characters in book. They
do not bear the hallmark OF living,
breathing humanity.
SELECTIONS FROM THE SOUTHERN
POETS. Selected and edited by Will
liam Lander Weber, Professor of Eng
lish in Emory College, Ga. New York:
The Macmillan Company. Bound in
levanteen; 16mo.; 221 pages. Price, %
cents.
This is the latest volume III the Pocket
English Classics Series, published by the
Macmillan Company. Professor Weber
has been most happy III his selections.
and the value of the little volume is
greatly enhanced by the brief biographi-
cal sketches of the different poets which
the editor gives us as introduction. and
by the explanatory notes at the back of
the book.
The selections include Verse by Poe,
Timrod, Russell. Lanier. Hayne and other
poets of the Southland
'.TiE RANCH TALES OF THE ROCK
IES' is the name of a book of poems
iipiii 1iio aSiie pen Vi itaffy Ellard, OF
Cincinnati, who. with the unique humor
that pelyades all that his genius touches,
STYLES himself '.,The poet lariat.''
As health seeker he sought the
West and while with broncho and lariat
he besuiled the wary steer upon the
plains and sleeps, his energetic brain was
weaving stories in Verse. caught from
the inspiration of the hour, and the re-
suits, as embodied in this little book, are
replete with humor. poesy and pathos
which in their way are hardly less orig
inal and unique than Brete Harte or
Miller. His Vein Of humor is as pure as
the mountain air and his colloquial pow
ers are charming.
Mr. Ellard. who has relatives in this
State. is frequent visitor to Virginia.
and is famous. as a charming companion
His high social status. added to his I'M
questionable genius as humorist and POI
ct. make him very interesting figure.
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There was just plain glass in the thing,
but it was the custom
And a very pretty custom, too" said
the girl art-student, coming to the de-
Tense OF the ways of her sex. If there
is anything more than another which ir-
ritates me beyond expression it is the
mistaken contempt with which the igno-
rant look upon the things that are pretty.
Beauty ought to have as much of Il place
in our economy as usefulness. But it is
the provincial pleasure to sheer at daint-
les Why, I know some country girls
who think the wearing of a iorgnette is
the height of affectation. They think
because a girl makes herself attractive
by wearing such things she is stuck
up 7"
Those girls" observed the man who
dabbled in the market, are the sisters
of the men who consider the wearing of a
dress suit a mark of inferiority in the
male animal, You all know how a cer
tain .hoping-to-be' national character
forswore the dress suit because the
countrymen who comprised his back
woods constituency SHE'D at such garh
and regarded this evidence of civilization
and social amenity as the hallmark OF
the dude. It is all question OF igno-
rance"
But the lorgnette really is becoming
thing OF use, persisted the JeWelry
clerk. eve are filling lots of prescrp-
tons for certain grades of glass to go In
expensive lorgnettes. Near-sighted per-
sons who imagine they don't look. well in
spectacles are the principal buyers They
use them at the theatre, the art-gal!ery.
the baseball game and even at recep-
ions. They would rather be thought de-
ficient in sight,
And the girl. art-Student permitted the
statement to pass unchallenged.