The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-30
he Wornan's Page Of The T'irmes-Dispatch
Innocent Young Girls

hands and cNclainI, The innocence of
our young girls is a thing we must
preserve at all costs. However scrl.
GUS the realities of the present MAY
be. no knowledge of these realities
must come within perceptive range of
young girls vision
Innocence Meups Ignorance.
lf the innocence" of the young girl
Plluded to here is synonymous with liz
horance. and IL seems prctt ys,Ire that
the two words mean the Same thing
feeling of wonder Is aroused I'm the
minds of thinking women as to how
twentieth century girls can be kent
Ignorant OF any phase In the human.
t'y of which they arc part
not while the last details in crime
are printed TO crafty the insatiato
demands of an American public for the
lurid and sensational. in it's cruelest
and most revolving form.
Not while whatever "a woman in
case may say and do is exploited from
the housetoP. and all of her fife. how
ever sordid md debased her life may
have been. is passed In review. for
young girls as well as other members
Of the general public. to dwell upon at
leisure, and set from II n very mis-.
reading Interpretation OF normal and
healthy social ideas and standards
Influence of Perverted Literature.
yielding to the abnormal and per.
Nerted In literature and the market is
oNerstocked with melodramatlc stories
Of the Imagination which IRE Young
e'rfs fancy and lead to inspiring
taste Tor anything rather than d genu-
lhciy entertaining and Instructive
Certainly not. while the stage is
made vehicle for presenting the
coarseh side or experience for the
expression of barely yelled tests ana
covert illusions and sncers. which Ger
tniniy must pierce tho densest defense
OF ignorance. and leave roscatc youth
very bare indeed OF Illusions or delu-
Eions, as they may be called
urIdGc md SILK Stockings
Especially not, when the card table
is rapidly being Transformed into tho
gambling table. plain playing being
considered stupid and devoid, Of tho
thrill of interest 30 necessary to put
player on her mettle and arouse
her keenest faculties in an attempt
10 come out n winner Just to think {"
faid a sweet little ingcnue of the in.
nocent class patting her gold-,ncshc.
bag complacently. my winnings al
the last game or bridge played win
keep me in silk stockings for months
to conc" And her young face Wa
nniic radiant ut the prospect.
~" i"c"'eth century kindergarten
Girl.
The long and tho shor. Of tho mai.
ter makes Il quito as Impossible TO
Keep twentieth century girl in n
kindergarten class. as It was to OK.
poet camel 90 go through the eye Of
needle Far better TO train :. girl
70 healthy common sense views ana
IDEAS and trust her to exercise the
right principles engcndcred by them
brought tvg t,,a
contact with the darker and weaker
side of humanity.
A Convent Supper.
convent sojourn is graphically dc
ecr!bed In recent contribution made
by Edith C. NJ. Dart TO IIarpcr.s Bazaar
What is said about convent supper
Is introduced as being n matter Of
interest % women III general. The
convent referred TO is in France and
the writer says:
think. perhaps. our town bred
Jeremiah might not have envied us the
meal we enjoyed. 1t was Friday. so.
OF course. we were denied meat; there
was "chouX blanc" cooked as only a
French cook cam and a succession of
dainty vegetable dishes that our Brit
ish Boiled potato-trained intelligenccs
could not classify. The repast finish
ed with slices OF home made bread
jam, mono other. yet II had n SAVIOR
all It's own. nevertheless. Tho fruit
had ripcned on the long extent Of
gray wall that enclosed the vast con-
ventual establishment with It's spac-
ious gardens. wings. cloisters. quiet
quads. and shady courtyards.
The convent made a little world Of
It's own, and. like all worlds. probably
held such within itself again; but tho
aspect to Its visitors. was peace per-
sonihed, and its atmosphere an mn
broken tranquility that penetrated 10
ones very bones after the hurry bury
OF London.
Ways OF Presenting Gifts.
linen shower lis supposed To ge
more or less Informal The guests arc
the intimate friends of the bride TO. be,
consequently the form of invitation
may be either an Informal note or n
telephone message. There are two in
tcrestlng ways of presenting the gIf;;;
at linen shower. One is to have
them brought into the room In flow
er-trimmed linen hamper carried by
Two little girls dainty dressed 10 har-
Inonize with the trimmings OF tho
hamper. Another is to have flower
trimmed white parasol hung over The
table where the refreshments are
served. handle up, filed with the gifts.
ribbon Is attached to the point of
the parasol for the bride TO pull when
INC table is cleared. thus emptying tho
Gifts on the table An older method is
10 conceal tho gifts about the room.
and make tho bride hunt for them 10
tho tune OF the wedding march PLAYED
quite loud when she is near tho gift
and softly when she is far from It
Showers may be given either in The
afternoon or in the evening They are
frequently given in connection with a
luncheon or dinner or an afternoon
tea.
Hiilcgnrde Hawthorne.
newspaper and magazinssnsrriter
with an interesting personality is
tlildcgarde Hawthorne. tho grand
daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne and
the daughter OF Julian Hawthorne uhn