The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-08
Fairbrother's Fancies.
Snap Shots at Happenings On the Wing.

wns not tho one that will be urged by
many Of the politicians.
don't know why II is---but every mai
/, IL n politician. No matter II q man
never attends a primary; no matter u lie
never votes, he knows the situation to q
dot and he likes to talk politics and read
| politics. Now n woman Is different. YOU
| rnn inv dow, before q woman red not
political letter and spring catalogue.
and there Is no doubt about what SHE VIII
rend first She would tuthcrsbe posted o,
| Inc latest style dress or borntt--no matter
! whether she has the price tcabuy one or
| not. She dreams TINT she may have tho
price or concludes what s1oEfwould BUY
if she had the prlce-and the dream
while the spell is on Is just us fascii1at-
ing rs though she lud ordered ana re-
cclved The hat Or garment. Women arc
wonders when 1t comes to style. Ana II
Woman can tell you what tho othc, ~o-
man wore. A man might pass Il thou
sand men OH the street and unless there
was something odd or grotcsduc about
tho apparel of tho thousand men the
Other. fellow couldn't tell you to save
his soul what they wore
I1ow different with tho women! was
in Charlotte. y. c., Monday and met
lady who asked about a Indy living III
my town was not .lnformctI concern
ing hcr--but she said she hadn't seen hcf
for sixteen years. 1.-THE last time ! saw
her" said the lady, was the day she
was married.
She wore a brown dress and a--"soine
kind of a hat But there It wns-slXtecn
years ago, and that woman remembered
the color of tho dress, the style OF the
hat. and ! told her ! couldn't llldGrstand
how she could remember such things.
She said she never forgot tho color OF
~ dress a. woman wore. no matter how
many years ago It might have been
There Is nothing wrong about this.
am not criticising tho women, but
wonder why It Is Is 1t because they
envy tho garment when they see it, and
1t makes q lasting impression, or Isl 1t
because they have trained their minds
to think about dresses? / can't rcr9.anl-
her the color of my last necktic. but, ac-
cording to this Charlotte lady, she could
tell the color OF u necktic, If a woman
wore 1t, fifteen or sixteen years ago.
But, speaking Of things current and
womcn's dresses and colors and styles,
have you seen the seasons catch OF
Faster hats or bonnets or whatever you
call ON? Some Of them the grandcst
creations since the Yosemite Valley or
the gcyscrs of Yellowstone Park.
CunarCer Is not a circumstance TO one OF
'om. Armor plate or Armour beef would
not equal some of en- ! have seem Flow
ers, asparagus, lettuce, horned toads. ar
ltihcial grapes, bananas, neckyokcs, trace
chains and chicken coops. ] never IN
ali my life, with three sheets In the wind
and tho wine still flowing. saw such Won
dcrf,il profusion OF things heaped together
as some of the Easter hats displayed this
year. And they tell mo they cost any
where from a hundred thousand up. But
suppose they do? Who Is there In the
bunch bold enough to say they arc not
stunning? Not mnn-if the lady Of
the house Is within hearing distance.
Something over year ago Charlotte
n. G., went dry. they voted the saloons
out, and since that time there has been
a difference Of opinion as to whether
tho blind tiger, the fake clubs and the
drug store dispensers We're ~ greater
evil than bar-rOolnBr-and tho. prohibit
tionssts contend that WITHOUT bar-rooms
the city Is better Off from u moral stand
pont-nnd those who stand for morals
do not count tho cost, so they refuse to
let the revenue figure III the deal, There
arc great many people IN Charlotte
law abiding and respectable people. who
honestly believe that saloons regulated
are better than booze joints blind and
and accordingly there is
an attempt on Just now to call an cleo
ton and again settle tho question at the,
polls.
| was In Charlotte this week, and In
nosing around asked tho opinion of some
on both sides the qucstlon--nnd found
that the town would so wct-when i
talked to whiskcy men, So-cnllcd. and
found il would remain dry when ! talked
In prohibitionists 1t Is to be the same
old fight, and OF course no man can tell
what the general results will be, so
nm not vcnturing an opinion 1t Is
only TO be regretted that the whiskey
question cannot be settled. 1t IS always
bobbng up just when something else
should claim attention. But ono thing
YOU can't do In Charlotte. \. c.. ana
that IL, got up any factional quarrel over
The goth Of May celebration,
Go TO Charlotte and tell a man that tho
Mccklcnburg Declaration of lndepend-
once is n fiction, and you stand a good
chance TO cash your accident policy, il
not your life insurance policy THIS
wear the celebration will be the biggest
ever known. II is tho intention Of the
committee to burn real powder to shoot
real Cannon, to have bands Of music and
Hunting By the yards and floats, and
everything that they ever dreamed of
having at Bunker Hill Charlotte on the
Nav day celebration stands solid to