The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-11
he Worma1a's Page of The T:iinmes-DispatcE
A Chance Meeting

Maybe you saw him. He was very
pink and white, and drnsscd In the
latest college array-a very knobby
suit and very high collar and the
latest things In derbys.A And he stray
cd into my Office like nice, curly tit
tic lamb, with his hands full Of papers
and his baby blue eyes full Of purpose
inc hrst idea that popped into my
mead was that he was a very worthy
student working his way through Vir-
gil and Comic Sections. They are al
ways the best dressed men In college,
you know, and | WAS all ready to be-
gin q string Of remarks ABOUT having
left all the change 1T nome and that
We took success but that wasn't in
the least what ne had come for. He
was q reporter. il such might DO his
name, for the Blue Book.
1 think he was tir.d of walking
around looking up things that didn't
let themselves be looked up very read
iS. AT any rate, he had % whole book
tuil OF questions to ask. Many good
DANES ana true on ms list had gone to
their reward and still others had mow-
ed away, and he didnt lsno-v many peo
pie, and. Of course. he didn't want to
get II wrong. Sitting Win his pencil
poised above the card after at least an
hours conversation, Mr.. Reporter grew
quite confidential.
Awful mixed crowd at the West
moreland Club, really; a lot of them will
not so into the book: and he made
hieroHlyphics that wouiI have been u
puzzle 10 the court OF Romeses H. by
the side OF u descendant of two presi-
dents
ono would like to see the person as
signed TO the assembling OF these
magic names for his dear little book
attending any of the very exclusive
functions that are given ii, the west-
moreland Club. But then he would
never have been invited, sc why sup-
pose the impossible.
He talked in a most Impressive way
about the Plaza and Sherry's and smii-
ed In charmin manner when he re-
marked about the mannnrs and cus-
toms he found In Richmond. Prob
ably he was having a hard time, and
his pink and white soul was sick for
the heshpots OF Egypt: but he was go
bland and chldlike in his notion OIL
things that 1t was really amusing. even
If he was taking up you, perfectly
good time.
Later ms departed. smiling happily,
and with 4 bennfcent wave that IN
Guided the new Post-Ofice and the en-
tire Capitol Square. sald. or course,
we Will SEM YOU the book" I wac
humhicd 10 the typewriter and over
come with the honor. Occasionally you
meet them and his curls looked like
the KIND that go with the nice little
ntory OF strawberries, sugar and
cream" Maybe he's gone home TO
New York, where the crown Isn't mix
cd At the club and II Isr't the very
incest thing TO do in tho world, hang
ing around family trees and. trying to
md people that simply are not in the
telephone book. Did he come by your
house? BRENT WITT.
Binck Drawing Rooms.
Quite number of people are going
IN Tor black drawing rooms.
women go to theatres as much to
PICK up ideas as to dress and interior
decoration as anything else perhaps,
so when certain successful comedy
showed In one of the scenes an In
tcrio. in which the CHER decorative
effect was obtained by a black CARPET
they were keenly interested.
The hangings, too. are of cretonnc,
with black background, and tho
friezc is black.
The women folk in the audience at
once noted the novelty. and many Of
them approved II.
when | have my drawic7g groom re-
decorated mean to go In for the black
idea!' declared more than one fair
haired woman. who knew just what
suited her delicate colorng and pale
gold locks.