The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-08
The Woman's Page Of The Tmmes-Dispatch
Noted Here and There

In the first place. for there are three,
IL not four things one has vague
and uneasy inclination to explode con-
corning. well. In the very first place.
there Is that Memorial Day parade.
ihd you see It? Did you see the neo.
pie that lined the streets In watch
IL pass, and did you listen. as I ala
IN vain, FOR cheer or one single
SOUND OF APPRECIATION? Is it just Rich.
mona and Richmond people. and have
,hey aiways been this way, because
is dreadful come TO pass thai
strangers and sojourners within our
gates say with a shrug: What do thev
cream the parade Is for?"
You lust want to shake the entire
city by tho ears. That pltiful thin
ana ~avering line OF gray-clad men
mat march with tottering steps on
memorial Day to remind us that thou
SANDS and thousands sleep upon sunken
oattlefields. having given I'D their
nVes and their loves and their hopes
Tor the protection OF you and 7. And
6taho-stand-you feel like shrek
ing the word at somebody. everybody.
ana let them go by like they were the
closed wagons of a circus parade ami
you were merely waiting for the steam
piano. You gaze them coolly and
even trihe bored: you never even
brought your child a tiny nag to wave
ana told him what the meaning of u
al was, and not once did YOU saw:
Nheer little boy, heroes Of q lost
cause pass In review; wave. little
boy that nag has led brave men into
the very cannon's mouth"
Is II that you feel no, gratitude ana
care nothing for those who have STOOD
TO defend their land from invasion,
mat you stand so idly by? Why ia
IL, rs hard 10 understand? ".
are credited the length and breadth
or this lovely land with being emo
uonal and loving people. and we are
100 !ndfnerent. apparently, to clap our
Two hands together or show the slight
est sign OF enthusiasm when thu old
soidiers pass through the streets to
carry their tribute OF flowers 10 their
dead comrades that lie buried in Holly.
wood
One wonders who is the editor q,
the virginia Citizen. since ne advocates
the appearance OF women in church
without hats. Does he ever turn the
pages OF book known as the New
Testament and does he happen TO have
in his library that volume entitled ths
Bible. because II ne will only look
carefully he will see that /, Is for.
hidden in Holy Wit for woman 10
enter the church OF God with her head
uncovered. He launches few wit,ess
remarks abou, preferr!ng to see roses
and spinach and such in their ma
'uTal places. and the voice OF the
preaching reaching him like the
swarmng OF bees through tho foliage
with bit OF a story abou, a farmer
mus annoyed. who stayed away from
worship. What. pray. do these good
men. this editor and this farmer. 20
TO church for? From the editorial ono
judges II Is TO see what NAV be seen
and observe all that is going on in.
stead Of saying prayers for his mortal
sick and uninstructed soul since he
knows HIS Bible so little that he doe.
not know that woman without ha,
Is forbidden to enter a church BY Gods
command.
Words in that direction are sadly
needed Only last year a number OF
prominent preachers gave notice from
their pulpits that the women vera
invited 10 leave. their hats al home
for the evening service, and no less
than Sunday ago several children
attended Sunday school as hatless as
ever the Ruggleses were II is no
more permissible than the appearance
OF man hated at divine worship
The women should take the stand and
sec that their children are not al
lowed to enter church with any such
disregard for convention and com
mands OF the church. The editor in
tended to he very. very funny and only
succeeded in making himself unusually
ridiculouB
And last OF all. the youth OF eish-
teen so he signs himself. who so
successfully avoided all of the bellies
of Bell Day" The only trouble with
him Is that he Is go terribly young
that he couldn't see behind the work
OF the day and goes niggardly pranc-
ing from the middle of one square 10
another in order to avoid paying a
few pennies for a badge in order that
the sick and suffering might be aided
and their lot made a pleasanter one.
10 save his nickel for the moving DIG
lures. hut some OF these days when
both Of his legs are cut off and he sits
in a narrow uncomfortable room in an
institution not endowed that Is entire
" dependent upon public contribution.
eating a slice of cold bread and mo-
lasses, he will sigh with all his heart
for the entire earth to hold Bell pav'.
for his especial benefit. His point of
view will have changed some by that
time. BRENT WITT
Candlcshades.
The woman who appreciates the
beauty Of candlelight. like to have
nretfy shades for che raan. 49,.