The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11
!: Over the Nuts and Wine !;
By FRANCES couRTENAY BAYLOR
not interfere with the debatesFof men
lin short, her own business.

mot interfere with the debatestof men"
lin short, her own business.
The French laces Of the Paris Elk
/ positions were something exquisite.
There was a dress in one piece woven
for the Empress Eugene Gin SD OF
that a made fye lcyokeS Ke
cobweb or the frost on q winter win
dow pane. and 1t had taken hundreds
OF women many years to make It by
4 gr rhe who III, was examining It. or
she exclaimed. "Cest terriblement
beaum ut is terribly beautifuD, and
leant against the case till she had
recovered. That might have been truly
/ Hungarian princes, which was en-
.lbroidered all over in seed pearls Every
time he wore 1T it had to be rejeweled.
and 1t cost more to keep than to make.
AS for his wife's jewels. they almost
matched the royal ones. especially her
huge black pearls.
But the Indian rajahs and begums
/ lead the world on Jewels. Never were
there such seen. save by Aladdin.
4 What would you say to necklace,
taire; while depending from It were
i pendants OF turquoise, emerald. garnet,
opal. coral. moonstone. diamond;
ruby. beryl. 1acinth as big as hens
II e.
i stars. crescents. flowers. butterflies
and bees. 1t had belonged to the
Rajah OF Delhi, and the Queen bought
1t. Its effect was 10 make one never
i care for what we call "tewelry" again;
unless It had some personal associa-
ton. What would you say to an ink
i stand made out of one jewel, a huge
emerald? 1t YVES valued ct 100000 and
while in india by one of Its Kings
Some of the Anglo-1ndiaus at London
dinner parties wear wonderful jewels,
too. that they have gotten in various
ways. in the presidencies of MADRAS.
in Bombay. Calcutta, the Milgherries.
q Lucknow: sometimes for food in the
awful famines to which poor India Is
subject sometimes in exchange for
fancy. sometimes TO condone an Of
Tense: sometimes in friendship
Russian yestments.
In Philadelphia. few things were
II more notable and none more beautiful
u than the sacred vcstments. altar
Church. Only in the most Eastern
OF European nations could one find
such. They Were stiff with golden
Beyond an
j wonderfully, richly jeweled and paint
4 cd. Not even Notre Dame at Paris.
St Peters at Rome, Westminster Abb
hey. have any altar cloths 1or their
II simply superb Russian ones. Next to
that came a masterpiece OF wood
carving, Chinese red cedar bed. 1t
was a marvel Of workmanship It was
Il a perfect nightmare of Srifhns,
1 dragons. tigers. turtles with the turtle
relatively bigger than the house and
lake near ito, of appal!ingly hideous
sged eh
i nose houris-the last place on earth to
j sleep!
Tha psa s most st eSps
4 There was a picture there OF circe on
a green bank. with the swine rushing
eagerly toward her en- masse. It was
a clever bit of modern work and was
4 labeled ulysses and His Companions"
Along came a man with a hat on the
back Of mis- head and gazed for min
ute. Then he reared; slapped his
j greatest slam on old Grant that ever
/ saw 1t convulsed him for some time.
and he pointed 1t out to his party later.
as a political cartoon of uncommon
4 merit. There was another huge can
vas. representing the marriage of Ed
ward VII. It was labeled. Marriage
of H. r. Fl. the Prince of Wales.
"Ahem! Ahem" said an expositioner.
sagely to his friends. That is fine; as
4 fine a weddin' as you'd want to see! I
wonder who II. r. H. WASP"
4 Among the statues was monstrous-
/ sized Satan by French sculptor
whats this here nine-rooter, Sam q
of a friend Its one of the PROPHETS
said Sam. glibly. "But I disremember
! which; The amount Of misrepresenta-
ton that goes on at every worlds fair
i Pope, perfectly infallible; but every
/! body is not, like the Pope, we'll in.
4 formed. Some persons take 1t all in
perfectly funereal style, as a kind or
& Sr1p t.
and inconsequentialiy as Ssam" wy
Some people take it as. a pill. to i'm
prove themselves, conscientiously, in.
stead Of merely enjoying themselves.
n ps9Ge ta ars oqt IKE for
i boy-hnd a corner and go to sleep till
the family have done It. Others there.
are that see, enjoy, unders tand. appre-
|ciate. m s.
The "Taxidermist.v
There was an old farmer and his
old wife tina very nearly made Of 1T
the nte-chamber Of divorce court.
nhey were mo bath feel,ng ike Mr. Man
the day was a blisterin~ one. They
We're both tired to death. They had
been chasing each other for two hours
ever era the hu a place.and had got their
ged They had q brisk matrimonial
fore q huge Berkshire hog. "Weil, ma,
4 iere 2 soHelnlns y m glad to see" said
i the farmer; I've been racin' and tear
n, and n starin' over this here exposi-
ton with, you women for three days.
and amt seed a thing care for But
that Is as fine a hog as ever see; 1t
could sooner roll than walk: don't
self. I don't believe there ever was
a. bigger, hog raised In Pennsylvania
since Its been a State" Ma examined
the animal carefully, and then she
4 pursed up her mouth, green persImmon
fashion and gave mean little laugh
at pas" expense, and said. THAT
amt no hog, pa" This was too much
for he farmer. MA" he burst out
a pullin' and a draggin, mo all over
this derned old exposition for three
days. eXplalnin' everything, and telin'
me didn't know nothin', and walkin'