The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-21
|One Of the Rarest and
Divinest of Womanly Gifts

In paratively few women II
found the gift OF q perfect ,inder.
standing, q gift cnrichsng the voice of
its possessor with an emotion that
thrills alike the ear and the heart.
that lends to tho throat OF the singer
z note interpreting passion, quivering
with the love OF something outside Of
Itself. and awakening an answering
echo. involuntary and lmmediate.
Understanding belongs exclusively
neither to youth nor to age. but to the
child, the woman In the first flush Of
maternity, to her when she may be
traversing the level monotony OF mid
die age, or when she has won to the
haven Of three score years and ten.
It comes Independently OF years or
experience. Like genius, 1t Is breath
Of tho divine and Is no respecter OF
persons or conditions.
It sometimes shines IN eyes SO inno-
cent and girlish that along with tina
Joy It brings Is born a grief that
anything so radiant and 50 free from
sorrow OF earth.
It lends grace and charm to wo-
manhood, on whom otherwise the bur-
den OF years has pressed cruelty: to
hearts that know their own loneliness
and yet are brimminE over with the
sympathy OF healing for others.
It lends an added benedictfon to thai
peace which is the crown OF old age
and bridges tho chasm across which
Ago looks back with a smile toward
Youth standing with clasped hands on
the farther side. Ne
THE PAssER-BY.
Women Can Play II They VIII.
Erman ]. Ridgeway gives women
the reasons why they should play in
tho Delineator for September. He
says to them:
There are q hundred ways a woman
can play and have moro real fun than
when she was girl, ana she ought
to do 1t II she does not.
Some women do. Their lives are full
Of q succession OF deep joys. and they
shirk no responsibility, either Their
deepest Joys como In fulfilling re-
sponsibillties. So often our feelings
depend entirely on our own attitude.
But there are women bound TO the
wheel who seem unable to break the
bands For them am writing.
Break away!
Get far enough away and stay away.
long enough. to SEQ Just what your
life was. like. Is
It is we'll enough 10 look out for
Jack, but don't forget to look out for
yourself. and don't let Jack forget to
look out for you. 59
August?
Very we'll. do 1t.
Nonsense! Why can't you?
/ Money?
i Borrow 1t.
What. Borrow money to play with?
Certainly. the fact that you are scan
dalized at the thought is sure Sign
you ought to do it. You arc setting
too much store by money. Blow somo
OF 1t Just to show yousare still boss
Go back to the old home of your
4 youth. There is nothing that helps
You to drop off the years like that.
Look up the boys and girls, and talk
over old times. Hunt UP the hooks
and fannts. and live over soma OF the
\ dear times.
You will come back to your work
with new zcst. But you can't get
away? knew you would say that.
One OF those Indispensable folk< i
suppose. Why can't you get away?
Can't leave the children? # they are
very young you can, or II they are we'll
along. But If you don't feel like leav-
| ing them. take them along. The whole
bunch? Certainly Can't leave jack
rake min EttloIS, -oo, II 81 you zInusI %
such baby about him. but II he Is
one OF that regular. dependable. all
ways.at-home kind you'd better go
without him. You8see enough of him..
But the dog. ana the cat, and the
horse. and the cow, and the chick
ems. and the lawn, md the house. and
Hold on! Leave the whole business
with the neIghbors. You wouldn't
presume isss.
It isn't presumption. That's what
neighbors arc for. and dear lady, II
| your life has counted at all in the COM
munity In which you live, you have a