Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-04
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sale2o iS u leap year, One chronsctcr
q observes that * is the SORT Of Year
& In which gentleman finds It's difficult
4 to remain gentleman" The same
II worthy continues his comment upon
this season by rcmarking that In leap
$ year n man may say NO, thank YOU"
& with all the sweetest possible manner
in the world. and straightway become
4 Known as an utterly worthless brute.
who would probably beat wife II nc
( possessed such a treasure. Cndeuot-
4 edly the person who has taken his pea
in hand on the subject - mere man.
and from the temper OF his ting one
might also set down that hc Is nrSad-
iuily afraid or being snapped up, after
rho manner ~ mcn who deem them
Selves fatally charming and attractive
beyond all resisting. Nevertheless. the
t,erson wakes himself extrsna,iS inter
4 est;ng III what he has 10 say.
81 julius caesar Is blamed for thc whole
hing When about the year Is j.. =.
The astronomers divided the. time into
this SCAR years. the person VIII" Is
itacinE the whole matter back 10 Ju!inS
ttassar says that after 'ons con-
ference the subccIamittcc brought IN
Il recommendation Of &65 nice days Tor
livery year. But y certain fation VAS
highly dispensed, being anxious trr
on extra day 10 recover from CERTAIN
re,ebratiors that are strangely like
our own, the argument being that 'heE
must have q seventh day 10 properly
.rranr, for 4, decent New Years reso-
( hutton. OF course, there was com
rr,rornisc There always is. Ani VIC
!. have the system that gives US one more
tay In our year every fourth year.
i.ccent has IL that the ladies claimed
II for their own. although tne story
Doesn't say why. Certainly 1t became
a.lay in Scotland in the year les Here
s Is the quaint old law to prove ~
,.Is,, an ancient act OF the Scottish
{. 1,arlla,ncnt passed about the year i3=s'
Is was "Ordon;t that during 30 reign
OF her mais, blessit majestic MarR"'e''
;,,s, maiden. ,adcc OF bath high and
iowe csta:t, shall nae libcrt!n 10 speak
ye man she likes. Git he refuses to tax
hsr m he. his ,,yf. lie schale DC mulct
In the sum of ane hundridtY pun"!u'
ar less. as his cstait, may bee, EXCEPT
md alwnis elf he can make 1t apEe3re
,b,, ne is be;rothit TO anithcr woman
then he schal be free.
Whoever is to blame for the ceieNr@-
sion it certainly comes aro"nu every
four years il only for the pleasure u
giving tho masculine part of the popu-
4 lation a new field for his sense 81 hu-
a NOR. There arc leap year bars Eir'S
may ask men 10 dance and altogether
IN. wear is one OF interest, to sa? inc
,e"s'' w. ~, .,,r,. raw. biz bal
IS reap 's"'' uo,, ro, AL
haseue' 70
Lowed 70 ash '"e q, "
was rea'E rem" 10 oro
= the !o"ne ''sn 49,
& society ee"u % N.Y. ''
. Il ,l,. "a.
evening walking up anu Gown we
l aressihg-reoh' snoNlns t: ~
abusing me eiE,H va" hYo 49,,
10 ianS us" as"'pst wy N"''s "a
Il PhiTooih' NJ t"'Ss -" '''Net> -.
person' pu' ne VS. ~ ~ i 800
soou cancer "ia 'e ""s 'v''s .
VI httie5 'aste oil ms own i"tu'e'h' os ''e
& siEiS VINO -na'o " u'nSV w" '"' 49,
Who ASKS mem "hc'her' ne "''ceS "'
i the toes OF tneir pre''E s''ppers OF NC
n On iiroom moor beside mem US ~ III
tHe poin' OF F'c"' You k!oS' I'pu pr
ha"s ~ 1us' az wen tna' reap He.t
comes around every no" anu tnch 10
MAKE us realize now inc ooot ri"en.s
on me other 1901 ~ a,'E re =,
rh'her u ne" sensation |" "a'' VIC
mighty "suik IN the'r tent
one man 'eaneu across we u'',"e'
sao!e lAst wcch WIN 'ul'e eon'[s
sioh' - ohe "' '"'1 - - 49,
st sara mat nc .rNer Gou'u 1"oe' La''''
nov II WIS WIN nc "s' q ,
itH part'cui"'!E me o''''Ie' o"t 'e 49,
III never oFeah OF asN'n' any So
& dance vain h"n VINO "aSh zoo"
81. very hard on Elr!s, me gil !huEh'd'
yG hut inside OF herself she did not laugh.
u because she saw. an endless procession
q. .,a.nc,,r ,,.," t,yi,.a Va nsr.ias
u u'Aho."s u
merely because thsT !!Ltec GndeT tAAt
head and on, of he whole one might
sfg 49, bo-. ard moro ono o. two whr.
SIS ~"
danced as weE as me girl But one
sss smiles and says Certainly no mat
SIS a.. :. 49, 49,, d.-ras lil.a ,o.ctsnt7..
-, w. " '
~ 10y or tEe 'eal sou no !A'cHtte me
KS art. I, Is Z ridiculous world, isn't it,
rTh,,a a-c .ava-al ir-a-c.-.rg a<a5-s
.se -, ~
ior Inns Web -Ho4'+-s 'isA' 81 ttc
jefferson Hotel, Peter =. Aa%o VII! nc
nos, AZ dance 10 b. given IN honor