The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-22
Correspondence and
POSTCARD Exchange

correspondence and
Postcard Exchange
All persons desiring to Join this
exchange orc requested to send
their full names mud address 10
Editor of Wnmnn's Page. Times
Dispatch. These names will not be
furnished for my other than CORE.
spondence or exchange purposes,
only initials or n nom de plume l,r-
Ing generally appended. Address
answers IN cure of editor.
L. B. c.-Care of Editor of woman's
Page. Times Dispatch I should like
very much to Join the Round Robin
Club with YOU. and am sending my
name and address. trust may re
ceive reply from you soon.
Yours truly.
The editor welcomes NJ. G.. most
heartily to the Correspondence Ex-
change Column of The Times Dispatch.
Before this appears in print she will
have received a letter from L. 3. c.
name on the Correspondence and Post
Card Exchange, 1 wish to hear from
L. B. c. about her Round Robin Club
I will exchange post cards with per-
sons in this or any other State. but beg
to be excused from receiving or send
ing the so-called comic" postals.
B. H.
The editor enters your name with
pleasure. and complies with your re-
that the Round Robin Club may fulfil
its mission by. giving pleasure to all
its members.
Dear Editor VIII you publish the
origin of the proverb; Every cloud
has silver lining" and give a recipe
for Lady Baltimore cake. and oblige a
"READER?"
The proverb referred to may be
traced back in different forms through
several nations TO the Arabians. Mil
ton says, in line 221, of his'"Comus":
Was / deceiv'd or did sable cloud
turn forth her silver lining on tile
night" But the proverh is older than
Miltons day. The only genuine recipe
for Lady Baltimore cake is held by the
Womsns Exchange of Charleston, 5.
c.. and the secret of it has been in
violably kept. There are a good many
Imitation recipes, but they do not pro-
duce satisfactory results. when COM
pared with the original compound.
Editor of womans Page: I have
quite splendid collection of cigar
bands which ! should like to exchange
for postals. either comic or historic.
latter preferred Does anyone care to
exchange? Who cen furnish a copy
,l.z Al t+-I,1
R. S.
Editor OF womans Page: l should
like to become a member of your
Correspondence and Post Card Ex-
change, and should like to exchange
cards with NJ. G. B. W.
Editor of woman's Page: VIII you
tell the legend giving the origin Of
the name of the forget me-not?
The legend is beautifully told in the
following verse
"When TO the flowers so beautiful.
The Father gave a name.
Back came little blueeyed one.
All timidly it came.
And standing at its Fathers feet.
And gazing in His face.
It said in low and trembling tones.
And with modest grace:
Dear God. the name Thou gavest me.
Alas l have forgot
The Father kindly looked Him down,
And said. .Forget-me- not
Dear Editor: Can you suggest some
simple and inexpensive form of social
and charitable entertainment during
Lent r. II. r.
Sewing circles have always been a
popular form of entertainment during
Lent when garments are made for
needy children and layettes are fash
toned for destitute mothers. A KAT
fee-klatsch,' has a sound of novelty
about it. tslf Interpreted it means
coffee and" chatter lin reality. a
''sewing society" under the pleasant
disguise of its foreign name zwei-
bach tiny pretzels. coffee cake and
rye bread sandwiches are served, with
little seed cakes. for which German
bakers are famous. The hours are
usually from 2 to P. NJ, to give ample
Time for sewing. One afternoon a
week is given to IT, and the number of
garments which may be made in six
weeks is surprising.
Dear Editor: What is "Nlothering
Sunday" When does ii come, and why
IS II so called? &. f. H.
.'Mothering SUNDAY Is the fourth
Sunday in Lent, but It's celebration is
mainly English. the custom OF keeping
II being scarcely known in this coun-
try. The day is kept in England by
paying special homage and attention
to ones parents more especially the
mother. At this time all English chill
dren make II rule TO be at home and
TO bring with them something espe-
eially nice in the way of gifts for the
mother and father. The dinner is pre-
pared with reference TO their especial
tastes. and the decorations and APP
pointn2enrs are kept secret The place
cards bear inscriptions like these
"A mother is a mother still, The
hottest thing alive"
God cannot be everywhere, so rs
made mothers"
Her children rise up and call hel
blessed"
Cost of Desk SETS.
The cost of desk sets always is more
or less of a surprise to the shopper
Good ones, even though they are quite