The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-10
The Wom1an's Page of The 9T,iirmes-Di
And They Moved

Gays preceding and following those
dates are commonly reported and pref
~ generally known as moving day."
anc the big wagons. small drays and
covered vehicles go about the streets
swaying with personal and intimate
looking property OF those who move.
WigGly wagons and rickety wagons,
onset now and then by quite a pranc-
Ing pair OF mules and an occasional
covered van. are in attendance to con-
Tey the belongings OF that unfortunate
woman VINO must needs change her;
haoitation, and all UP and down the
streets detected looking horses and
and more or less moth-eaten mule. doc
crate the front entrances of tn
houses, and the springs to the spare
room bed lean nonchalantly against
the palincs
So much has been said Of moving
and the trials and fluctuations that
descend thoussndfold on the head OF
the housekeeper and home-maker at
such times, with great epics being
written every six months or so
BY master minds on the subject. that
one wonders that facilities that really
could or improved continue TO exist
Transfers should by rights have gath.
cred many shekeis t. themselves this
month. jud-inE from the Very limited
number Of men who could and would
ih'NN IebPtts az DO" ~ as tney ala II,
which clearly demonstrated the sup
ply II on ray SO designate It. as
entirely inadequate to meet the de-
mand DISTRACTED women ran about
the streets with thenr hats at unbe-
coming and dangerous angl:s and
cared not. George or Thomas or jim
had failed TO p-t In an apptaiaace.
and Mrs was even at that mo-
ment backing her wagons UP TO YOUR
front door. and YOU were yet within
with household goods in disordered
array. And even after the missing and
pfcva. eating mover had finally been
run to earth with his wagon shame
lessly full OF your neighbours furni-
ture and had been induced TO abandon
her to the tender mercies OF no one
knows what. II did look as II scarcely
stick Of anything would survive to
ornament the other house. And
really" as an exceedingly bright NO.
man was heard 10 remark, ut is rather
disconcertinE to see the legs OF your
chairs squash from chippendale to
daschund in the hands OF men whose
sole idea and aim IN life seemed TO
come near the straw that proven
bially breaks the hacks OF camels and
other beasts OF burden. wa suppose.
before budging his wagon inch from
your doorstep
And II rained, Himmel. how the
rains came and the floods descended
on the mahogany and lowered mat
iresses Of the rich and the oak and
sreen plush parlor set of the poor
without tho slightest discrimination
whatsoever And stli the vans rattle
UP and down net lover the hill to
the poorhouse." but around the corner
10 the new one, and ten TO one this
former occupant is s-renely moving
out at least two days too late as you
&c ia breaEfa=t
ing At an isolated table in the centre
OF tho "ery room in which YOU had
planned to dump everything. Your
chairs adorn the sidewalk. and you
lean YEARLY against the hantsters--
and yet IL Ia only 10 o'clock. The
garments of the psperers. who Will
not finish. in fact. have never been
known to finish al given timc. litter
the place, and the rain outside con-
tinues To fall on the furniture. also
outside ry reason OF divers and many
things
In spite Of the crops and farm
ers" and ali the long prayers for rain
from godly and suffering commYni
" there have been women who might
prefer fewer potatoes. and two days of
sunshine on and around September /
or therea bouts.
one does not move every day. Praise
Allah for that but the WEAKNESS and
depression of II all is ever before ones
eyes. and all the coy teas in comfort
nhle living rooms next winter could
scarcely eliminate the vision OF those
same chairs and tables waiting their
turn on the porch and later huddled
in the middle of bare room awaiting
distribution after hose unwary and
elusive people known painters ana
paperers have slapped on the last coat
of paint or cloth and departed.
Jewel Novelties.
A new form of jewelry that Is espe-
cially becoming is the band of black
velvet ornamented with a tracery OF
diamonds or q lattice work of Partisan
stones These are shown in neck RIB
hons and bracelets. and while the vel
Vet Is usually black. colored eff It's
are newer and more unusual.