The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-30


Both will be held confidential.
Correspondents will please write the
names of their places of residence in
full. Letters go astray daily because
the address is given merely as City
There are forty-five Of these United
Sattes and many cities in each State.
WIN you, when convenient. get '2lichi-
respond with hec about her berry ana
poultry farm? I am thinking of going
into the poultry business for a livelihood.
MRS. r. II.
AS Michigan Woman had her say in
a special symposium, L did not preserve
her address. / nope she Will see this eN-
PLANTATION. and let me put her into COM
muniCatlon with you. Pouttry-raiSing is
one OF the best professions I know of for
a woman II you are thinking of comDir-
ing berryfarmlng with II, get Z. z. RoeS
Small Fruits and How to Grow Them.
When a widow becomes engaged is it
not proper that she discard her wedding
ring to wear her enga cement ring:
j. 2 r
It Is in better taste to lay it aside be-
fore it is pushed off by wedding ring No.
>. To wear 1t. guarded by another lovers
engagement ring, gives occasion to the
cynical to commit eplgrams.
Such subscriptions as truly respect
fully" etc, are senseless in letter, as
you said a Few days ago L thank you
for the Information. But is it not equal
" senseless to subscribe ones self Very
respectfully?
L know governmental correspondents
who terminate letters with the above
form. Il. l.. s.
Yours" should be added in every
case. You are not "respeCtful' per Sc,
or to everybody, any more than You are
true, faithful or loving to the world at
large. You mean-or say-that You re-
spect that particular correspOndent-at
least, Tor the time being.
I see in a recent periodical of high
standing the following sentence: He is
justified in despalring OF the great Amer
lean novel ever being written.
Should not there be an apostrophe and
IS on the END of mover? AS the sent
ence stands novel seems the object OF
cot" But does not the sense OF the
sentence require being written" as oo-
Ject and mover in the possessIve case"
5. f.
The phrase is extremely AWARD. take
1t as you Will. Before venturing to eX-
press my private opinion, l should like to
nave the verdict of the dramatically
inclined among my constituents. Who
VIII analyze and parse the sentence as
it stands, or as 1t should be?
l. Enclosed. please find the words OF
that old song, Some Day I'll Wander
F>ck Again" for &C. T. *
:. / wish you would kindly inform me
where I can get the beautiful ballad.
.Ine Miners Dream of Home D. Q. c.
l. The words of the 'old song" are in
my hands awaiting the reQuisition of &C.
T. *"
VINO viii repay. the good turn ID. 0.
G." has done the department by sending
in the ballad he asks for?
Is the word aggressive ever used in
sense of forwardness or progressive
ness, or is only used in reference TO OBJ
noxious or vicious department? Tor in
stance if one takes up a task with vigor
and enthusiasm, would it be correct to
say: He works aggressively?" Were I
| to provoke an argument and the second
party furnished a more strenuous de-
Tense, which is the aggressor? In that
case, if I had not been forward. I should
| not have started the argument. which
was not undesirable or out of place In
any way. To be aggressive, must one
necessarily be vicious or quarrelsorne-
| that is, inclined to be?
Aggressive" undoubtedly carries with
it the idea of attack upon an opposing
| power. In this sense. lla works ag-
g1essively" presupposes obstacles to be
overcome In the church which I attend
the scholarly clergyman who presides
over it gives notice every other Sunday
! that you., offsrirss tc jsy are for the