The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-18
Short, Smart and Snappy


theatre. the horse trot or the chicken
trot or the last absurd caricature o;
tho gentle art of dancing. the prime
requisites arc that every one shall be
short smart and snappy
Otherwise. the book or the play or
the dance may impinge too heavily
nron time that has to be parceied out
among thousand demands No, more
than a passing hour. or some neetins
moment can be sivon 70 any one thing
Tho game is not worth tho candle
There is too much 10 see and to hear
ana to anslyze. Tho game Of modern
life requires swift touches ana quick
balancing on the par, Of the players.
Have you read Ten Thousand a
Year Nancy? your education Will not,
10 complete until you do. YOU know.
Then it remains unfinished" de-
clared graceless Nancy. Il am quite
sure never intend TO read anything
- prosy and tiresome When take
UP book. it must be written by an
author who can say more on one mage
than the Dr.. Dryasdust, WHO complied
Ten Thousand Year does on one
hundred We young Americans have
O
author. 1 can tell YOU
AZ II IS with tho book. so II Is with
the PLAY An audience requires wit
that Will put them in delighted good
humor and permit thcm to lcaNe In
time for a supper. or dance or an
auto ride after tho performances No
one thing holds the attention OF
society Tor more than the Heetirr
moment Like the bumming bird -
I4t TO- "a .f4..r ~.
and thither on the wing alirh,ine
hut Tor a moment and then passing on
Two people wore discussing a pub
lie speaker. why 40 YOU think he
f. 30 popular. said ono to the other
Il have thought IN out carefully" said
tho other. and have come to the con-
cius!on that ho Us $50 woll liked. be-
Cause he IS SO hrici because he always
leaves of talkiag ai point when
those 10 whum he addresses himself
would be clad TO hear moro. Trcn he
Is clever and humorous These are
pr!mc Recommendations think
brevity means much. hat brcvity must
b. supported ~ il amounts 10 chur-
llshness % is accounted stupid. and
american mon and women can forgive
anything rather Than stupidity "short
and smart 80 together naturally. Ia
mind sccuttomed to the swift tram
siuonA ia conversations. ia environ
rnent, that the cosmopolitan makeup
a society has brought about
To be long drawn-out and prosy to
zeal In "Reminiscences. TO divorce at
IGNITION and Interest from the eager.
pulsing present that is not coming up
- measure required not being snap
ny IN tho smallest degree
Well" exclaimed one young woman
e another. Is they met at q summer
hotel In the AdirondackH. What havo
Sou been doing since june? Having
'lr!ll!ant time ] suppose" "NOt brill
Ian, was the answer. r have
lten mostly hcaiine OF ancestors and
great families ana past gloties. These
rro an very wen in q way. but their
.ntrls!or in,o tic present i ,ains
that is oNccod.ugiy tiresome
Tho present has established its type
therefore and donnod its limitations.
II has cvon CARRIED is ideas into
fashions whore skirts arc short. hats
me smart and shoes are anappy
The presen, Is ever with us. and II
Hye arc wise w' ~iil cntrcat It's favor
sathor than incur it's antagouisms
Time and Trouble saved.
The Memphis News -Scimitnr seems
no be OF tho conviction that woman
and her personal history are soon
.yart.j for it Is responsible for the
following story
At one Of tho most fashionable
Family hotels iI Memphis we'll
powned woman walked ont tho other
evening and was introduced by the
lendlady to group Of hoarders sst-
ting on the porch. Before an hour hao
passed she had said:
II am a widow. MY husband has
been dead three years. lie left inc
enough TO live on with economy. l
make my own .hirtwsists ana house
made In Chicago. have two children,
ma they arc with their grandmothor
at Ashcville for the summer They
nre fairly good children. and will
enter high school this fall. am not
Inusical and do not belong to any club.
lodge or association
When sho LETT tho group ono Of the
women turned 10 nor husband and
what on oarth did She tell us an
fhat FORE
because she's smart repicd the
husband "That womgn has boarded
before. AMI she knows lust what
bunch Of honrdors want to know.
shes told YOU All YOU can md out.
over among Yourselves. and OF sur
missing all sorts of things ahou, he-.
How you know tho facts from head
quarters"
why. the mean thing" said his
wife we won't have a thing to talk
about now until tho next new boardcr
zones
Melting Pot Of Recc Prejudice.
The melting not OF rare prejudice
and the true foundation OF An interna-
tional and world vide sisterly Under
etanding is the gown created by tho
,nodsto IN which the welt seist is at
work.
What woman. wearing a creation o,
1'oirets, inspired nv Persia. can resist
interest in that countrys awakening.
What woman, wearing a Chinese man
darins cloak, richly embroidered. can.
not sense the appreciation OF color and
fabric that Chinese feels on wearing