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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
INTEREST," Games.

Please inform me of one of two inter-
esting games suitable for young ladies
and gentlemen of from II to 20 years old.
BY doing so you will relieve a young host
ess OF much anxiety s. a.
a set OF progressive games is IN excel
lent idea Arrange four tables. Or as
many tables as you care to have, with
four guests at each table-two young Ia
dies and two young gentlemen-and at
each table let there be some different game
played at the same time. For instance.
al one table have hearts; at another
table. euchre: at another. lotto; at an
other angliug-the game where small sill
YER fish are caught with small rods-and
you must be sure to have one table where
the Young gentlemen make bead rings or
sew on buttons. while the young ladies'
thread the needles and tie the knots for
their partners. The snrne rules are fol-
lowed as at any progressive game. the
head table giving the signal when 20
stop, and tho that lose at the head table
going down TO the foot or the 0oooy Ia
bic. Going TO Jursalem is a noisy game.
brt always seems to meet with favor, as
also does a caka-wa;k You should al
so have some dancing, for no evening en-
te-tainmant is supposed to be complete
for young people without Il.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06

Having met young man at a party,
and being an intimate friend OF his cou-
sin, would it De proper to invite him to a
party which l expect to give in the near
future? LULU
Il you know the young mans family
and believe HIM to be u thoroughly de
sirabe acquaintance, there IS no reason
why you should not invite him TO the en-
tertainmeut Young men are often in
vited to entertainments Through the host
ess knowing their families, fol young
men are greatly in demand, and natural
ly, US they are not formally introduced
to society, it is difficult for them TO be
come acquainted with everybody.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06

to hear her Chinese maid speak Of Amer
lea, New York, London, France for IN
general they know nothing of the outside
world. and very little of their own coun-
try.
she had been very happy with her Kind
missionary friends, and had been brought
up as a good Methodist. AT the age OF
fourteen. however. her mother claimed
her in order to arrange q marriage for
her. All this time ner feet had been
neglected. and allowed to grow to their
natural size; but now she and her mother
determined. even at that age, TO begin
bandaging them, for they knew no man
in a respectable position would marry
large-footed woman.
did you suffer, A!nah?" l asked IN
Mortified tones as l looked at her feet,
now three inches long.
"Oh, yes she answered quietly; i
thought the pain would kill me. and
could neither sleep at night nor enjoy
anything during the day for months and
months; but every day asked my mother
to pull the bandages tighter. and would
sit in the doorway and watch the children
Bronx district, of the United States EN-
press Company, of which Senator Platt
and fro and moan.
l induced her to take off her tiny silk
and embroidered slipper, to unWrap the
bandages they must always wear, and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
IIIepIl:,tt Parties.

Lady Curzon, like her husband, has
succeeded in making herself very popular
in India She has charming manners
when her first slight hauteur is overcome,
and she is clever woman, even as
Americans go, says the Free Lance. The
native rulers have taken to her, and she
recently received unique gift from the
Maharajah of Durbhunga. This prince
placed at Lady Curzon's disposal his
magnificent herd of elephants, the finest
in india. Since then her ladyship has
started elephant parties Each animal
bears a young lady and attendant swain
to a rendezvous where tiffin is served to
the assembled pairs. Lady Curzon rides
in a howdah of silver, protected from the
sun by an umbrella of white silk bordered
with pearls, and the mahout carries a sill
Yer goad and a fly fan. The trappinSS
OF the mount are of embroidered silk and
gold, while feStoonS of pearls hang
round his ears. Like his kind, the ele-
plant testifies his affection by snatchinS
treasures from passers-by or bazaars, and
bestowinS them on his rider This be-
comes a trifa embarrassing at times, es-
pecially when the gift takes the form of
Il dear little brown boy ''wid nodings on"
except a string of beads round his fat
neck. The little fellow a son of the ele-
plants keeper, is also particular friend
of the animal, who evidently thought his
two favorites should be together! The
little brown boy returned home a richer
and a happier child.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
Evolution orthe CIub- Woman.

The evolution Of the club-WoIlnn is one
Of the most striking nnd interesting phe-
n9nena of the nineteenth century, writes
a@TA. liam Tod Helmuth in the Chicago
Tines-tIecald Where will she stand IN
the year 2C9l, at the beginning OF the
twenty-tirst century?
II you stop to think that thirty-five
years ago there were no women's clubs,
and you are interested enough in the sub
ject to investigate the place they now hold
in the eyes of the world, you will be
amazed at the progress she has already
made.
Do not understand me to say that the
club woman will continue to evolve in the
neur future with the same rapidity she
has in the last decade. Her evolution.
think will be in cycles. She sprang into
existence Minerva-like, but it took thirty
years to bring her prominently before the
world, and he has reached plane where
she will remain stationary for time.
When l was a child my first years of
school life were merely routine work; pre-
paratory stage to my future development.
/ was what you might call a chrysalis.
When l reached the age of twelve years
/ suddenly found myself capable OF under
standing and nppreciating my studies. My
mind in its chrysalfs stage had become
prepared, had expanded, opened and oe-
come receptive, as it We're IN night
The club woman is a chrysalis today.
Ten years from now she will have burst
her shell nnd have reached the first plane
in her evolution.
Club life SO far has taught woman to
know her possibilities, and in many cases
her limitations.
AS the club movement grows the world
will become better. AS women improve
and become more advanced their children
will be more intelligent, and the race Will
be more perfect
The banding together Of women in clubs
has been one OF the grandest ana most
productive movements of the EGe. The
nineteenth century was called the Wo-
mans century" but the twentieth will be
her grand paean.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06

In writing bushes letters to an IN
married lady. forty years Of age, which
SANITATION TO a letter is ccrrect-M.ss a,
lB Jones, New York city, Dear Madame,
or Miss A B. Jones, New York City, Dear
Mademoisel!e? y SUBSCRIBER
The letter should begin Miss A. 3.
Jones, Dear Madam, You can put at
the head of the letter as follows: To
Mss ~ B. Jones' and the address di-
rectly below it, and then begin Dear
Madam" but although it is UNFOLDING
some business rules to write out the ad-
dress in this way, it is customary 10 have
the address only on the outside OF the
Letter, and your own address Ut the top OF
the page.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
Tb Queen win E~ Il pr scnted.

Queen Victoria Will probably De repre-
seated by the Prince of Wales at the
marriage OF the Queen OF the Netherlands.
which is fixed to take place at The
Hague on Thursday, January 3lst. II the
Prince finds 1t inconvenieut 10 go TO
Holland at that time his place Will be
taken by the Duke OF York The Court
Of .,ooenhagan is to be represented by
Prince and Princess Christian of Dem
mark and Prince and Princess Henry OF
prussia are coming from Berlin officially,
but a number OF Geras royalties will
attend the wedding as private guests.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
Ohe Owentlekz
Gentry 2Uoman.
She is Much More Fortunate Tha !.
ANY OF Her Predecessors

She is Much More Fortunate Tha !.
ANY of Her Predecessors.
We are twentieth century women at
last with the dover of privilege and re-
sponsibility which enriches woman in
this wonderful era, and | have no hesita-
ton in declaring that we are more for
tunate Than any Of our predecessors"
writes Margaret Z. Sangstcr in the jan
uary Ladies Home Journal. Our grand
mothers and great ra ndmothers were
handicapped in their SirlhOod by q
thousand prcjudices and cast-iron tradi-
tional rules. from winch we are emanci-
paIeu. They had neither our wide Held
OF activity nor our pOSsl Dlilty OF thorough
preparation for life; they had not our
strong health nor our immunity from
nervous irri ,ation. The heroineS OF the
past took cold if exposed to shower;
they could not walk over frosty mea-
dowbecause OF their thin kid shoes, and
came into the house muddy and bedras-
gled after a mornings tramp. which We
would take without the sig htest incon-
ven!ence in our short skirts and thick
bCCtS.''
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
THE AMERICAN WOMAN.



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>-r-yyr ynj2E January 5,-What the
~, 40 ,,5,a,,
W-deaWahe Amer 4ttiii "o-itH'tt 90
she makes up her mind IS eHehip4lieu oS
The number who are making good incomes
=. 49,. ana 500 If moi new. were IN
~ ,;,.i,a ,,ntjI
t.ed as d way 10
she by her enterprise proved that Ut
..,s ~ 5,,.
,.a-.,,,,,,sa+.s ava
Two Nou'iS sti-' ~
completing Their i'SoIesS7ioi!SAi e"''e@ = %
VIII, the money earned by the sale OF old
fruit baskets and crates. one is ambitious
- ,,.,,,,o . ,,5aIirfst and the olaer is
.saa,s- - 49,. ,,,,7,1ic s,,4,nois For the las,
ss,a g, ,,.a,
TWO years 'i'es IA go -,
which, according 10 their own a4FiS!'al'
gives them SO a month each. and WHICH
a.. .o, q; ,,,tra ano;,pb NOT only to
'"f
pay thelr eauc81-old4 eAi'etI7e''
give lf2ern a small surplus to put IN the
ss,ircs hank against the enQing of their
,-,,-o,,s,-, til,
$500 s,r.,.. ia to- ne LasE,Is and crates
- .,,r,,,,.s,,r r,,,s..S i'm,
- - 80 1;:s,,,i,,s mon, with a
Boston. ana go G,e',-,t. .e,,,sr,, sell
i,ltt-tt 9 80 ,-a.,.,-5,,ft, o,.a,,.rs il,
nistH ~ = L ~ 80 Sar,Ibsyn scs1f
~ - -. .t,- -a.74 haoar, me
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- 49,, -, ,,-,,l;5,,f. at II ra, roDr
-, 1r,.,- ,,,,,,t "a continue a for four
- .,t,4 80, =, +,,r, il over 10
..,,,,.,o -, tt,s+ sba NAV have tbs.
,;s,,,.,,,,,frI. nj .a.n3.,n ber, aduc.
tjc.,
Tvl,a,, .,a-,,, ,f,a, there, Is money to be
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
NAUVE NODE lEIIlCQNI, BOUND WITH BLACK,
VELVET DRESSING COM OF WHITE
SILK BROCADE kND YELLOW VELVET
IN TIE. eIk2NMESE STYLE.
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tailor-made costume, adding to its stylish
hess. An application OF Sutpure outlines
narrow ''tabier'' in front and frames the
whole skirt. There are three superimposed
and very vo,uminous tlounces, which give
sufficient amplitude to the lower part Oh
the skirt These iounces are hemmed with
b a,ck velvet, placed astride and zigzagged
at large intervals.
BY the side of this illustration is model
OF saul de lit OF very original and be-
coming style As it recalls Japanese OUT
lines the material had better be selected
accordingly-ponge or brocaded satin IN
two appropriate hues The model shown
is white. brocaded with flowers, the reEers
sray!-shaped, and border of golden vel
low velvet The lining is Of yellow pon2ee
but those who are particularly sensitive
to cold should choose a w.1dded lining.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
Some Questions
of Etiquette,
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Z Would it be proper for a young lady,
when being introduced to an elderly lady,
to offer her hand? V. n c.
No it would not be proper for the young
lady to make the first move, as it Were.
She should wait to see if the elderly
lady wishes to shake hnnds, but she
should be gracious and ready, sor in these
days there is too much rudeness among
young peopie-that is, among a few OF
thern-who think that naughty, unSra-
cious manner implies superiority, when,
in reality, it implies a luck OF good breed
ing.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06

Mr.. Jones ana Miss Smith, who have
been engaged foa some months, are invit-
ed by separate invitations to attend the
wedding OF close friend OF Miss Smith
Miss Smith and the bride have been init
nate friends for many years, while Mr.
Jones has met the bride but once. o.
course, Miss Smith viii not attend the
wedding without Mr.. Jones. IN regard
to sending presents, which would be the
proper way, both TO send together or
separately. or Miss Smith to send alone?
OUR TUEN NEXT.
1t is quite correct that separate invita-
tions should have been sent 10 MISS smith
and Mr.. Jones In regard TO the sending
o. a present, it should De sent with Miss
Smiths card II Mr.. Jones wishes 10
send a present also, he should send one
with his own card. OF course, there IS
really no fixed rule for such matter as
this, and if M. Jones and Miss Smith de-
sire to combine forces and give one hand
some present. rather than two simpler
ones, ali that is necessary is to send the
present, inc,osing both Miss Smiths and
M. Jones cards
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06

The engraving on this page shows n be-
coming moire skirt of Parma violet hue
Women of taste seek rather simplicity OF
form, combined with richness of material,
in the skirts of the COSTUMES they wear in
town than a wealth of trimming. When
the weather is had and the wearer elects
10 go on foot it is preferable to have a
skirt without lace or flounces. This looks
more appropriate and more stylish with
.sle tailor made costume. Clouds OF lace
and abundance Of tlounces are for evening
or reception dresses or in combination
with a tea gown.
The skirt model shown in the illustra-
ton above mentioned is for waal;ing. shop
ping or driving. Its Parma violet hue COM
bines well with the neutral tones OF a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06

Should a gentleman who is with a lady
at a theatre take off his hat md coat be-
fore he starts to go down the aisle, or
should he wait until after they are seat-
ed and he has helped the lady off with
her coat? THt.A'ilf,E-GGE.ts.
The gentleman should remove his hat
as soon as he enters the theatre, and I'M
less his is an aisle seat ii would be just
as well for him to take off his oEereoat
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Two charmlng.y simple dresses Worn by
AIue Cherel in ''Moins Cinq." the latest
Palais Royal success, will also interest
the ladies' The first is Il walking cos
tune IN black peau de sole. The bodice is
tig1t-ftting, except at the waist, which Is
slightly bloused. The trimmings consist
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
No Literary a pi:.ations.

Mrs. Hocorn-But. Mandy, 1 don't see
why you don't want to marry Silas Bean
blossom. He's prosperous enough. Hes
lust put a new IL on his house.
Mandy-I don't keer, NAV. He kin put
the whole alphabet on his house il he
wants to. but this here literary life never
did appeal to me.-Baltimore American
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
Jxste1hooa Of 2louat. n.

The brotherhood of man. how like the
gospel story,
The thought seems to cheer, to broaden
and to bless;
The kindly. tender words are radiant
with glory,
That gently lifts the soul above all
narrowneSs.
But as we higher climb above the grossly
human,
Culture S consummate flower bursts into
view,
Fra grant with dews Of heaven the sister
hood of woman
Comes like new evangel grand and
true.
Adelaide D. Kingsley.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
MAKING TLY BRUSHES.

Another woman in an adjoining State is
earning a good income by making and
selling o.d-fastloned fly brushes OF pea
cock feathers to the same Northern Wis
itors. The prices OF her brushes range
from So TO so, and she gels a ready sale
for all she can make. She has only 10
pealockS OF her own, and consequently
gets but 10 tails u year from her own
farm. The others she buys from the wives
Of farmers throughout the State, paying
from So TO s. the tail
In this way she has created a market
for feathers that formerly went begging
and were 10 be found in great punches IN
the negro cabins in that section She uses
only one tail on the cheaper brushes, while
fer the best she often selects the finest
feathers from several. The foundations
on which she sews the feathers are made
of Georgia pine and the handles are fin
!shed with p aited palmetto.
When the tftydoila brush is finished
il measures about Ten feet III length, and
IS gorgeous 10 look upon, and makes not
olsy a fine fly brush. provided it is in
the hands OF u negro girl or boy. but a
90reatfI Lon 10 an Oriental
room. It is for the Inter use more than
the former that these old-fa hioned
brushes are so popular. and many of the
handsomest country homes of the North
er.lers who visit the South have at least
one specimen.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
also A lady does not remove her wrap
until after she is seated.
3-Ip CIR eIin1S,

In living in u boarding or clearinghouse,
should a young lady say Good morning
to her feIIow-lodgers if she has never been
introduced TO them? She has no intention
or desire to scrapa acquaintance with
anybody, but does not feel it quite cour-
teous to continually pass people without
at least saying Good moraiug'' or Good
evening" us the case may be-
PoLTrENE1ss.
There is always danger TO a young wo-
man who IS forced TO live alone, that She
may make undesirable acquaintance who
will presume upon her courtesy. But
lady is u lady under all circumstances.
and it certainly cannot in the least de-
tract from her dignity if she simply is
.u-J vi she -lesas FER fe-low-lCdgers.
In these days the old-fashoned introduce
top which usually took place in a board
ing-house, rarely is gone through with.
- yboiy seems TO De busy about his
or her own business, and it Is Supposed
tn 7rE ren ra5is bOarding-house or
Westinghouse the landlord or landlady
has looked up the reference OF the lodS-
er-, so that that in itself stands for
pcs sible recomme nda ton - good rule
for any woman who is forced to live alone
and earn her own living is TO follow her
own instincts as a lady. and, while not
wishing to add to her list of acquaintaHces.
to carry out the dictates os her own kind
ly feeling and have q polite Gnd kind
word for the people with whom she is
thrown into contact. She will never be
misunderstood either by those above or
below her in station, il she acts according
to this rule.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
Grand Opportunity.

.eDo Won know what would do if I
owned this placer" said Mrs Gasweii,
turning enthusiastically TO the guide
Who was showing her the wonders Of the
british museum. I'D hold the biggest
r,1u,mase sale that was ever seen on taa
green earth. Chicago Tribunal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06

velvet fastened by gold buttons. The
trent of the bodice is opened by means of
an English lace collar with knots of sky
blue mousseline de Sole on the tide. The
bottom of the skirt carries fiounce,
hemmed with black Vetvet of varying
width.
of a heavy fiat seam. frogsed with black
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06

Etiquette auab s2

show me her hideously distorted foot,
with its toes bent back to the heel. I'm
less she had told me so herself, | could
never have believed that the shape OF the
foot could have been SO altered at the
age Of fourteen.
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The other dress is for indoor wear 1t is
OF dahla -colored velvet, and consists OF q
long princess tunc. resembling a dress
coat, very open in front, on a walstcoat,
ruff and skirt OF mousseline de sole IN
lighter blue. The tunic is t!emmed with
gold lace and its two wide TeVers are OF
yellow guipure In front is a knot of
2.ack sat II, appended to which are silver
aiguillettes.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
<. oWHl eS.

OWL CS.
Out of the bosom of the air.
Out of the cloud-folds OF her garments
shaken,
Over the woodlands brown and bare,
Over the harvest field forsaken,
Silent, and soft, and slow,
Descends the snow.
Even as our cloudy fancies take
Suddenly shape in some divine express
sion,
Even as the troubled heart doth make
In the white countenance confession,
The troubled sky reveals
The grief it feels.
This is the poem of the air,
Slowly. in silent syllables recorded;
This is the secret of despair,
Long in its cloudy bosom boarded,
Now whispered and revealed
TO wood and field.
-Jongfeilow
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
The Disnnpnintrd Boy.

Well Tommy, did you get what you
wanted this Christmas?'
Nav. They only gimme what need
ed.'-IndianIpolis Press.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
AZ appy Combination.

Della studied medicine. you know, and
I've taken a cooking school course
"WeIl?''
Were going to start q magazine called
What to Eat and How TO Get Over 1t.
-Rnck
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06

And eye al.ghl?~ Ah,-say it low!-
It is the baby's srandmama!
The grandma that we used to Know
1t seems not many years ago
a good!y dame with bag and cap,
And shining needles in her lap,
Hath she become the airy sprite,
That flashed before our dazzled sight,
Our little daughters grandmama?
What sunshine melted all the SHOWS?
When turned the scar leaf to the rose?
What priceless alchemy of youth
Creates this miracle? ForsOoth
Doth Time himself, enamoured, stand,
Take back his arrows from the hand
OF baby Madge's grandmama?
Oh, who can work the wonder out?
Your withered crone was good, no doubt;
We will most tenderly embalm
Her in those hours Of amber calm,
If always with US there may stay
The grandma OF our better day
Our fin-de-siecle grandmamal
Ada Foster Murray, in Century Maya
zine
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06

truGging a distance OF nearly five miles,
Offered them fol SAFE to the ladies at the
hotel. The prices they pad made her open
her eyes, and when they asked II she had
any more sha invited them, with all the
unconscious independence OF a Georgia
cracker to cali on her mother and take
Their pick OF the others.
Her invitation was accepted that same
day, and before the week ended they nad
not only sold all the old quits that they
would part with, but mad taken otders to
make others like them to the amount OF
several hundred dollars. From this begin
ming they have worked UP a trade that
pays them a snug sum each year, and
which. The daughter declares, now that
she has set her farm TO right. she i-iel ds
pushing 10 an established and remunera-
tive business.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
Rurt,en of S,nauThinns.

what did the doctor say, George
HE said we must go to housekeeping
that you had overworked yourself at
light housekeeping ''-Chicago Record.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-06
TRUNK PACKERS AT HOTELS.

In New York there are half dozen
and more girls Who are engaged as trunk
p; clsers at the large hotels. Two years
ago 1hf profession was thought out by
a girl who. thrown on her own resources,
had neither business training or sutli
cient education TO earn money in q pro-
fess:on She knew how TO pack trunks.
and, offering her services to the mana
ger of a hotel where many WEALTHY peo-
pie stop. she was emp2oyed, and in less
,4lun a month made herself so indispensa-
BILE that she was requested to secure an
assistant and takes rooms in the hotel
that she might be within call at a mo-
nent's notice.
She has regular schedule Of prices.
and when a trunk Is turned over to her it