The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-04
Gossip Caught in
The IHotel seobbies.

Mr.. Charles P. Workman visitor to
this city from Chicago, was talking OF
living expenses in Richmond.
Outside. of the hotels of course,
understand the actual cost of living in
this city is marvelously low. 1 am now
stopping with gentleman who lives IN
Grace Street, has a beautiful home, a
wife and three children. and he tells me
the actual cost of living to his family
clothes excepted is less than fifty dollars
a month. And 1 may say lie lives well.
Il don't believe this would be possible
in any other city i'll the world, mean
of course, where one lives exactly the
same way. And that is where so many
men make mistakes. If they would keep
away from the large cities. they could live
better all the year round, and have more
comfort in every way.
Yet fifty out of a hundred, young men
have at some time in their life a. vague
desire to descend upon and capture a
large city. I had it myself and went to
Chicago Everybody has it and nothing.
let me tell you, is worse for them.
considering the fact that Mr.. Workman
is worth about two hundred thousand
dollars, which he has made himself, the
force of his argument is somewhat shak-
en-.
billion miles is Il short distance and
stands ready to prove it; whom he S,andiio
quently announces that the globe upon
which we live is nothing moro than
stray specll in the plan OF the universe
and when he contructs AND destroys solar
systems with astounding ease. then one
is forced to the conclusion that he is
merely a vacuouS h-.e in eternity. /,
In "Sartor Resartus, Thomas Car
,Ioiy I,
making or worlds, hut by no stretch OF
his imagination can he figure how an
apple Is put in a dumping. I don't
happen to Know whether or not Mr.. Gar
cett P Serviss. the eminent astronomer,
could put an apple in Il dumping, but
he is certainly an encyclopedias of in,
formation as to low the creation or worlds
came to pass.
He told me ,hese things last night:
The world we inllabit and the solar sys-
tenn we knew was once gaseous matter.
There is Il great deal OF hot air ABOUT 1t
now.
This gaseous matter began .whirllng,
and as it whirIed it contracted.
This contraction resulted in the throw
ing off OF an infinite number of whiring
rings.
Each whiriing ring gradually contract
ed into & planet.
AS they We're formed each planet cooled
until it became inhabitable.
They will keep on cooling ilutil finally
they will freeze. then will come tenn
poraIv end TO it all
The sun is now cooling. but there is a
spark OF comfort in the thought that 1t
will tako about ten million years to
freeze.
After hearing all these things, I went
ouC and stumped my toe on some gaseous
matter.
What makes man iaugh?" asked
gentleman at Murphy's last night.
politics" J suggested.
NO. I mean what IS huruor Or wit rs
wo know it," lie continued. mo man
has ever been able to satisfactorily explain
just why certain things. are funny and
certain things are not Some have salu
surprise will make one laugh, but sur
prises sometimes kill. Others have salo
# is a realization OF mental superiority.
hit Shakespeare was funny. Others nave
said other things. and now what is It?
"I'l tell you,'' lie added Sraclous'S.
..IIyt,otheticaliy it is 4 vague coinprcheli-
sion and iudulsemt knowledge OF the IN
finite masteryo mid over matter; n
Intellectual co,descention resulting, from
human csotism descending to It's original
rI,noS,nd n throwing aside Of snaekles
Eh,cl, have bound us to conrention2li-
ties.''