The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-11
FairbrOther's Fancies.
Embracing a Few Remarks On Things In General.

/, coin than n dime recognized. But tina,
| day has gone and we are getting to r,t,l.s
change In pennies--have for n Iortss ,sSle
and the seven-cent pieoe would come IL
and fit like tho paper on the wall. These
| great reforms are brought about by agl.
tation-and that's why I'm ngitntinE.
wrote to Charley Dawes about 1t wtei
he was Comptroller of the Currency. ant
he told me he was surprised that / was
wanting to short-clianse tho boys. But
nevertheless, this is no joke and ] cx
pect to see the seven-cent piece come
in and when II comes II Win be a coir
| much in demand.
How about the chrome? ME fast print
ing presses that produce many v,lors II,
one impression, like the comic supplement
of The mesDlspatch. have sent the
chrome glimmering. Is It that, or has
| the world wearied of color7 Before ,chro-
matte printing came in. the world ADORNED
! its walls with steel plates. n 1t couldn't
| AFFORD oil paintings-and they came high.
| When clromos were introduced, not so
| many years ago, everybody was wild over
| 'em.
| You couldn't pick up u newspaper with
| out seeing about three hundred adver-
| tisements with the glad tidings expressed,
| that If you sent twenty-five cents you
| would get something and n chrome.
|
| through the country selling chromos-and
every wall in the land was decorated Will,
a chrome of one style or another-and
| to-day you never hear of them. You
| see Imitation oil paintings, but the old
| fashioned chrome Is left out of the as
| sortment. and the pen and ink picture
| is the fad. II 1t isn't a Gibson picture. il
| is. something else done in pen and ink.
| The zinc process of etching has come In,
i ~ hale ~
| process and all OF that-and yet there
has never been the craze over these
| vastly superior works of art. as there
| was over the old chrome, which bobbed
| in less than thirty years ago. and which
| bobhed out without saying good bye Is
| II because the world wearied OF color-or
| did they get so common that they were
regarded as being too cheap? This sSsuld
| be explained.
Another thing want TO know about:
| That Is why is II that school books are
always printed In big type? \ child is
supposed 10 havo good eyes. and shonld
be capable of reading small print, bu.
the school books are always produced
In largo type, and tho newspapers, which
the old folk are compelled to read. are
in small type. II would seem TO mo that
this should be reversed. The old folk
arc forced to read small type, and surely
| their eyes are not as good as the kids
eyes. just mention this as one of tho
things worth thinking about az we jog
| along together, John Anderson, my 10.
|
| The winter IS now fairly well along
intact. it is spring. and am allowed
| freedom OF expression upou a subject
that have fairly painted 10 get ct And
that is the subject of style OF cloaks
worn by women. I know married men
who are assured each winter that the
| style has changed. and that new cloak
| must be forthcoulinE, and this winter
| Just passed l have faithfully kept tab on
wha. was doing. And ] soleuinly assert
that 1 have counted over four hundred
styles and rarely ever saw two alike on
the same day. 1 have seen long cIoaks
and short cloaks and big sleeyed cloaks
and small sleeved cloaks-and I've seen
en- cut In all the different fashions and
styles that a man could imagine and
some that no one would have irns eined.
I'm not kicking. I enter no protest
hold that woman should have a new
/ outfit of toggery rust as often as a man
can afford 10 buy ii for her, or ofiener.
II his credit Is good. I only object TO
the proposition that the style has changed
when It hasn't changed and couldn't
! change. II may be that a woman tires
!
wants TO change her particular style.
but 1 here assert that this past winter
the latest style comprised all the styles
| worn since Eve WAS a girl Moving soap
bubbles in-tfe Garden OF Eden.
| That's one reason why am man.
| can take my old Jameswinser coat and
| wear 1t 10 a frazzle-let It get as smooth
| and sleek as a French plate mirror, and
II 4
| that 1t Is in style. Souetlnes'he fashion
| plate viii make en- a little longer or
| little shorter, but. taken all in all. Jim
| swinger is the stuph. aud you know II.
So with a hat You can bug soft hat
| and feel that the style Is YOURS. The
derty will change a little-but YOU don't
change unless you have the prize iiiia
heaver-well, a beaver.
Suppose you listen b what ] think
about a beaver. attn opposed to q short
man wearing a beaver, and a real tall
man. especially II a little stoop- shout
dered. looks out OF :toin. In one, and L
| am about to say that n beaver is not
what a man thinks IT Is when he blows
! himself for nine dollars .or cne. How
| ever. we'll let the beaver Tas- ard we'll
| talk a little about the style o. womaIls
| toagery They tell me that the only rea
son the women change the style OF their
gowns SO much Is simply to have some
, thing to do and from some Of the out
landish styles presented every few years.
am inclined to think that 1t must be
| true.
see now that wall-eyed science pro-
poses to photograph thought. That Ia.
| some fellow who has been nve stigating
says it can be done-that wireless teleg-
raphy has demonstrated the possibility.
| Won't this. II 1t comes TO pass, be
/ pretty kettle OF fish. Imagine man
/ going a-caling to SEQ his girl some