The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-10
Lettcr-Writing

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thing these days worth reading. Now
doesn't It seem absurd 70 let such m
interesting and formative part OF 1T.
eeatars go out of existence! II seems
drasdful pity to me. You hear people
almost anywhere saying. Well. you
know. never could write letters"
Yes, they can II they Will. only try.
and there just isn't any excuse for
anybody not being able to write agree
able and interesting letters. Dry facts
are deadly upinterssting. and you are
tempted to throw the whole into the
Ore unread before you are half through
one Of the type that says: I'VE went
downtown yesterday and shopped some.
] have had q headache and thus have
not been able to soc much OF TINS
place: and 80 1t goes on in long
and wearying monotony of egoisms
All sbout what II" couldn't DO or didn't
see. A letter ought to be Just Q wee
little part Of q vision. and that IL
what has made SO many famous letters
Of people. long dead and gone. Hive to-
day In history and literature. They
are = wee part Of the people that wrote
them; they draw the curtain aside FOR
they lived. and you laugh again over
the quaint speeches OF q colonial
beauty to her Tory lover and the ex-
element OF making mince pies in
New England kitchen. They don't nave
20 be q certain length and contain q
given amount: one should write when
the spirit moved them. and write all
the loving and bright thoughts that
are in their hearts. and. most o; all
write because they want to write. ana
then II will be sure to be an interesting
letter and one that the friend who gets
IL will laugh over and read over and
send TO the cousin who lives on alarm
and hasn't many laughs 70 read also
To such a long and lengthy process
sion Of people. let:er-writins 10 task
invented by the evil one and enforced
by Beeizebub himself. They hate TO
write them. and they go driven to pen
ana ink aud paper with all the mean.
messy thoughts they can think OF axe
q regular galley slave. and the result
-one OF the most uninteresting pages
you ever have read. and likewise bor-
ing. Letters ought only TO be written
when you really want TO talk TO per-
son that Ia such q distance away that
YOU feel you must let them know all
The things you are thinking about
them. and such a funny thing that hap
nened yesterday. and two lonely hours
that you did not sleep the night before
for remembering a grief. You see the
friend In Just a. interested in the hap
piness and heartache and your love
FOR her and thought for her are silver
cords that bind your friendship IN
shining net and cover the whole with
the flowers Of trust and latin that
never alters Yes. ! think people by
all means ought 30 keep up their let
ter-writing, thus putting OF q part OF
VIVA. they see on paper for some one
" no NAV not have so clear . vision.
Our letters are the little messengers
tfrat 20 from my spirit 10 your spirit
ana say: "Airs we'll with my heart
BRENT WITT.
Art IN Picture Hn81ng.
An association to reform the prac.
t,ce Of hanging pictures a. they are
now hung was the suggestion made
By an interior decorator spropos OF the
way most people decos ate their walls
with canyasses. III there 10 one thing
the general public knows nothing At all
about, IL is the way to obtain artistic
results In hanging pictures, he SAID
A.ere are his suggestions:
Don't Imagine pictures must be hung
in pairs-often they look better BY
themselves
Consider your pictures In choosing
your wall paper. and choose neutral
papers for good backgrounds.
Avoid hanging pictures in regular
rows At automatically accurate inter-
vals. Too much precision spoils art
Avoid. Just as persistently, the mussy
effect that results from . lack Of care
IN arranging pictures. The crazy quilt
wall 10 no longer fashionable
Remember there II no law OF the
Modes and Pcrsians requiring the
hanging Of a mIrrow over . maneel.
or above q fireplace. Hang II just be-
tween the windows or any place else
your fancy dictates. provided there Is.
. good light upon It
Bear in mind the fact that the cell
lar and the attic are available for
storing useless articles, and do not NIL
ahe house walls With plumber because
you have no place else to put It. Too
much mural decoration is worse than
bare walls
VelveteeD PSDolaS.
Not every one can AFFORD frocks OF silk
velvet, 20 velveteen was Manufactured
a q substitute. It Is lovely. and gives
practically the same effect as silk vel
vet when made up. vciveteen and cord
uroy are used to fashion many smart!
frocks TOT street wear.
Plain colors are more frequently
used for the velvcteen models. They
are effectively trimmed with fur. me
saHic laces. Persian or tapestry en-
broidery.
velvetecn does not ADAPT Itself SO,
successfully to draping a. do tn soft
er velvets. 20 the skirts are usually
slain or with pleated inserts.
The bodsces are jumper Effects. with
9uimpes Of lace or chiffon
Corduroys In the soft finished quail
Sies are extensively usS&
Frocks and coat suits are DEVELOPS
Of this material and Seem to fud a
resdy sale.
The two-tone corduroys in brown
aud tan. blue and black or black ana
white are especially favored
II plain eoloss. dark tlue. brown.
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