The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-28

nature, yet VIC would not have those
maids deceived and married to servants
but only to such freemen or tenants az
have means to maintain them. VIZ
pray you, therefore, to be fathers "a
them in this business, not enforcing
them to marry against their wills
Too Clean for Him.
There is such a thing as being too
Clean" remarked business man to AT
observing friend OF tho Man OF the
Street.
How do you figure that out?' he
asked.
WELL was the reply, II did not dis.
cover the fact myself. My attending
physician found 1t out for me. You sea
my hands-they arc all red and swollen.
1T is due to eczema. I was surprised
when saw the outbreak, and went ia
my physician. Do you wash your hands
frequently? he asked me. fourteen or
fifteen times day I replied. That's
what's the matter said he; you're too
clean. You want to stop that washing
business and cut out the soap was
surprised, but stopped at once. and I
have been getting better. 1t may b
that will never wash my hands again.s
Women Mean Business.
from the idea they have held 50 long
that the average woman will step into
store on a shopping tour and cause tina
attendants to take down practically
everything on the shelves before decid-
ing she doesn't want anything2" asked
n salesman in. one of our departments
stores to the Man of the Street.
There may be an occasional warrant
of truth for this joke which has been
H..
the subject in Il Northern daily papeA.
but whatever habits In this respect wo-
men may have had decade ago, they
have changed for the better now. In my
department / know that the women Gus.
toners are not bit more capitious than
men would be. Most of those who como
in to buy cloaks or suits have a fair
idea what they want, and II the salcs-
woman will only take the trouble to grasp
this fully before beginning to show goods.
not very much trouble results. Often thu
customer will see something she wanta
on n table. and tho sale Is concluded in
moment. 1t Is a rule In every storA
that It is pleasure to show goods to
people. whether they want to buy or not.
but women do not avail themselves sd
much OF 1t as they did formerly, albeit
the store is invariably willing and even
anxious to practice what 1t breaches.
1t is a good business principle, and many
a sale is made to q woman who did not.
perhaps, originally intend to buy, be-
cause she has been shown something
while merely inspecting stock that pleased
her.
.As I said before. however, women
are not SO prone to merelys inspect as
they once were. They come to buy. and
they generally want to get through with
their business as speedily as possible
1t might have been that a few years ago
a woman would step up to clerk and
say: want something, but don't know
exactly what want, but show me soma
of your goods and literally disarrange
a whole stock before she was satisfied:
but that method doesn't obtain now. II
is: i want II short blue walking skirt
trimmed in black. No, nothing like that:
there, that will do. How much Is it,
Very we'll; send 1t to Mrs. So-and-So,
No 97Si Blank Street and the sale Is
made.
Truly the woman OF to-day goes about
her purchases with wcll-defned ideas, as
Il rule, and the shoppers, as depicted in
the comic sections of the papers, are
really beings of tho past, so far as
majority rule holds good for an opinion"
Waste Materials in Virginia.
see III tHe pdpeTS tDat paper is DelnB
made from pine wood.' said an acquaint-
ance of tho Man of the Street. Last
year / came to Richmond from Clifton
Forge. by way of I.ynchburg, and looked
upon the country along the railroad,
scattered with waste materals-the pine
in particular. Making paper from the
pine is only an example OF what, No
may do to utilize our waste materials
| and find by-products that viii double the
value OF our output every year. We need
adequate knowledge of Industrial pro-
cesses and working acquaintance with
the chemistry of the industrial arts-wo
! need trained minds as we'll as strong
| muscles. In comparison with the changed
! times, Virginia is as much in need of
industrial development to-day and as
! lea was discovered =
THE MAN OF THE STREET.