The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-27
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K 5000 u. C.-spring bonnets cost tho time.
Intakes to pluck Il palm leaf. NJ NJ b. y
a1oo3 a. D.-L5pring bonnetA rated W at
st4u.4O. W. t3 sas 81
The snow man has melted away at last,
sg The trees are beginning to bud
5Alrcady wo 500 n few blades Of grass.
Winter has dropped with n sick'ring
,5$S thud. s9 ia
Now Is the tins to brush Up your thin
4aTo polish last summers straw hat;
FOR at this tino of year, every ono knows
" It's timo to find out wherc you're at.
It's time to got ready FOR picnics and
TO prepare for the tnoonlightsl land make
Love toiyour own 'Babyy Mino." 5yI
NY goodness, how we love to write
potfy, ll.
How wo love to sit out in the park on
tho bench next to tho fountain, shut our
eyes and Imagine we nre in shady dell
somewhere near n babbllng brook, and
think about spring and lovo and klsses.
and Reservoir Park and Nvest Point, ana
cGstard pic. and buttermik. and tho girl
you used to toll you loved before you
mot the ono you now lovc.nn tho pretty
ljatgtho Casino, and tho Clifton Company.
and mercury Mt 90 under the tin roof,
| ySliile you squeeze licr hand and tell her
that sho loves you. and bnse-bnll!
g&&1 tsmnkes us foel like going out and get
| ting n mint Julp at Lonnie Moore's or
lShigh bnllGn Frank Anthony's Or n cock
| tall at Dick Wiliams.5 or a bowl of soup
L Il ~ "a al dort of vi
Lawrence's. HI
] makes no difference which. Il we can
lonly SEQ tho girl we ever told we thought
| mora Of than all the rest Of tho universe
put together without getting our pro-
fessions of esteem mixed lip. 81 s5;s,S
| And then VIC think OF George Leigh
with a melting heart, and how no took
sl,s IN hat time. when wo were overcome
| from the heat by drinking 80 many coca
colns at Branch Aliens that we had to-
1 be taken to the hotel In II cab, with two
friends on each side OF us, and two vim
doWs open oyer our. burning brow.
| It's sweet to grow reminiscent, and
when VIC think Of the time a1inoi Host Mo
4 Dowell took care of .us at his delightful
1 retreat at Waynesboro. and realize that
| he has extended the hospitality OF his
i good home, Gladstone, to us when wo
drop into Norfolk, we almost shed tears.
Tears OF gratitude that we have so
FfUutly flTlcUuB slIuIt"OuiA IlDt puLa |uStE
! last cent for us. even for street car faro 4
| back from Manchester when we have put
up nil our tickets for candy at Abbott's
i or cigars at Mrs. Nichols. r. IS 555
4 ~ we always wish we could supply AL
i these friends With seats to the theat ire,
/ but We are not able to do 80. Our salary
i Is SO evenly divided between our coal
man. our tailor. OUR grocery man and our
! rent man that when we come to figure
1 II out there isn't enough left for tapioca
i pudding for the home folks at Sunday
i dinner.
We are going to have birthday aur-
i prise party at our homo next week. *
i A surprise party IS ono in which we are
II not supposed to take part. All our trends
4 como in on US urnwares and catch us
A unpTcpnred for the emergency. They
bring with them n whole lot Of soft boil
{ cd eggs. ham. hot biscuits, coffee, blank
a mango, scrambled oysters, flour. butter.
4 salt, pepper, Worcestershire 81 luce, pickle s
q and old clothes. 55j En- Il It'll si
4 "a And they mess up all of our chinaware
that we got as a prize for subscribing
Ito q paper, and take possession OF the
A home n
4 when these things occur VIC send oil
1 the children out to the neighbors and
Z make rnerry until the wee sma' hours.
Il Then we feel like going to work at $3.50
q G. NJ.
We hope at this party that our friends
q WIN not overlook the fact that We need
8 half a dozen straw hats for use during
. HARRY TUCKER. i