The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-14
QUESTIONS ASKED
AND ANSWERS GIVEN
Some Unique Queries Addressed
to Marion HarIand.
REASON OF MEN AND WOMEN
Mooted Question as to the Develops
ment Of the Faculties of Each-Car-
negie and His Letters-Eti,
" quette as to Calling.

| VIII you kindly let me know through
I your paper how to destroy little bugs on
a mouse -ern. which are killing the plant7
| MRS. J. L
Sorinkle while the dew is on the leaves
| with white hellebore. Soak the earth with
| lime water. Should the hellebors prove
| Intellectual. shut the plant UP In a closet.
| upon the floor of which you have set a
| metal plate containing refuse tobacco
| Set the tobacco on fire and close the door
| for some hours. The fumes Will Kill ths
| insects.
| Several years ago I became acquainted
with land called on) some people, They
returned the call soon after, also leaving
the cards OF their husbands. This waa
over year ago. and have, through sick
ness in the family and other things, been
unable to CALI again.
AS they are very nice and educated peo-
pie. desire. of course, to continue ths
acquaintance, but 1t simply seems irnpos-
sible to see them again. They leave soon
on journey, and I would like so much
to have them call again before they go,
yet know they are too well bred to coma
until 1 have returned the call. Would II
be proper for me to write a little note,
giving my reasons for being so dilatory.
or Seemingly ASSHSSnI- siEO ENCLOSE my
cards and those of my husband. or simply
enclose the cards without the note7
I am sure they desire my acquaintance,
as they moved last year and sent me q
removal card. R. c. c.
Unless it is absolutely impossible for
you to make the explanation IN person,
which would be best OF ALL you should
write the note OF explanation and enclose
your cards as you suggest.
Do YOU think that there is any decided
difference in the reasoning faculties OF
man and woman. or that the faculties OF
the former are more developed?
BECAUSE.
Reans of foolscap have been filed with
discussion on this point, and we
nearer 4 solution than before so much
ink. paper and time were expended. Per-
sonalIy. I think that. a rule, mems
reasoning powers are naturally superior
to those OF women. They are certainly
better developed by generations OF train
Ing. How far our native quickness OF In
tuition compensates Tor our lack of logic
is another chapter.
VIII you kindly give information
through your columns pertaining TO pan
sketching. The writer is eighteen years
of age, grammar school education, and.
if friends are any judge, am adapted
for same. Even il they are not. take
great deal OF interest in 1t. Kindly Inv
clude in your information schools where
it is taught and where 1t would not con-
fict with ones working hours during thu
day. Any additional information you can
obtain from men in that capacity on tho
paper you represent will be appreciated.
and interesting not only TO myself, but to
other readers. H 8. L
Write for full information to Core
spondence School Of Illustrating, ia West
Thirty-fourth Street. New York city. It is
like yours.
I have noticed Inquiries in your column
a. to what zodiacal sign ruled at certain
dates. When time and space allow. VIII
you let me know. II possible, what zodia-
cal sign ruled April 2. 1870. and of what
character a person born under the sign
would be? A CONSTANT READER.
I take it YOU have not been a regular
reader OF this column very long. or you
would have spared me the mortitication
OF saving again that the best can do
for such duerists as yourself is to refer
them to our Court Astrologer. II YOU
wish to consult him. please send stamped
and sslf-addressed envelope for his adj
1reSs.
y
Andrew Carnegie's present address!
NJ. D.
The New York address of the lucklsss
muti-millionaire, whose secretaries open
and read at the Fate OF one thousand
letters per day, meant for his eye, heart
and purse, has been given twenty-five
times in this column. It is No. West
Eifty-first street, New York city.
I will be very thankful to you il you
will kindly tell me on what days these
dates fell:
October n, 1851.
March S, 1858.
April %, 1886. ~.
August 90 1855
= PATIENT READER
A would-be patient editor marvels that
so many querists prefer to await thelr
turn In a line of one hundred others to
learn given dates, instead of sending to
me for the name OF a ten-cent perpetual
calendar, which will settle all such ques.
tons for a century to come. Were to
answer this and similar questions prompt
lv there would be nothing in this corner
for a week at a time but a list of days
which interest nobody but the inquirer.
A stamped and selt-addressed envelope
viii do the work at once and for all t!me.
October a. 1881. fell on Monday.
March s, 1855, fell on Monday. -
April % 1886, felt on Moday.
August %. 1883. fell on Wednesday.