The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-05

l. On receiving a wedding invitation
from a friend. is 1t necessary to send a
present, Would not sending ones card
be quite proper?
send card. Do you simply put card in
envelope, without writing anything, or
do you write a little note Of conSrat'ia-
ton on back of card? TOM.
l. II you do not mean to attend it IS
not obligatory to send Il present.
2. Enclose your card in an envelope
and send it in time to be received upon
the day Of the occasion. OF course. you
can add a word Of congratulation. II
You make no gift. it would be in better
taste to send the card without a written
word.
~Err' - vn~rr-r--rS
My wife has got into the habit of cor
recting me by saying We'll. Miss Har-
land says so and So and il I contradict
her. she brings out a big bundle of pa
pers, headed ''By Marion Harla nd"
clippings she saves, and the only part OF
the paper she does save, and. after hunt
ing or 3 hours. she says. There, read
that!' While out walking a few nights
ago we met two men, entire strangers to
US One of them leaned over and said.
How do you do, deare?" to my wife.
I spoke rather harshly to the fellow
(but did not use any profane languagel.
and was going to attempt to thrash
them both, but my wife demonstrated SO
strongly with me. Now she says that l
was entirely wrong: that l should have
acted Just as if I had not heard them.
Well, anyway, we got into quite a dis
pute and she was going to correct me
by NJ Harland''-but she can't find the
article. So, please answer this for us
and let her know was right just once"
C. w. NJ.
You have so nearly nonpused me that
I cannot answer except by putting the
case before you from two points Of view.
Suppose you had undertaken to thrash
the men? There were two to ore, remem-
bert 4 street broil would have ensued.
with the Interference of the police the
publicity OF a magistrates court. and
newspaper reports. Your wife's name
would have figured the these; her pres
ence in court would be required, etc, etc.
Had the police been out-of-hearinG Gas
happens sometimes when they could be Of
use to respectable citizens) and you had
been beaten senseless. who would have
taken your wife home? Til, man who
spoke was probably drunk, and here,
again. you would have been at a disad-
vantage. Your wife's suggestion that no
harm would have been done ha1 the men
been allowed to imagine that the insult
was unllcard does credit to her head.
her lEGlSpOSltiOH TO nave you mixed up
in a fight with couple of drunken leaf
ers does credit to her heart and to her
head alike.
So much for one side of the case.
It was natural-it was inevitable-it was
credtabe to you as man and az hus-
band-I may add a citiZen-to attempt to
punish the pair of mpertnents. More
over, I believe that at the bottom of her
heart. your wifely critic loves you the
better for your heated language.
I have a way Of tossing unrommoaly
hard nuts to my Constituents" [ am
going to ask them to crack this one for
nne-and for you.
Who was right in this dispute-John or
Johns wife?
you describe the national (?) flag of
Irela.ld-"a green ground, with n golden
harp and a wreath of shamrocl1s,,' Is
there such thing as national tlae. Of