Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 140, 29 March 1911 — Page 16

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY MARCH 29, 1911.

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Wives of Persian and BraiilIan Ministers I nt treating Woman.

9 MU by American Praia Association. IfML A LI XBAX AND HUM. R. DK UMA K MILT A Mm. All Kban, wife of the rerslan fcbarge d'affaires In Washington. is a picturesque woman and, though a Itotttonese, lias adopted the customs of her husband's country even In raiment. Her robes ire the ceremonial flowing garments of Iran and are symbolic of tier rank. She recently bait received the highest decoration the shah bestows on an alien. With that bit of yjold and the broad sash on which it Is tfltted was sent a complete wardrobe ven to the gold embroidered slipper which are esteemed as necessary to this ceremonial costume as the slippers nd gloves of a Koran u Catholic or 4)rcek archbishop. Mme. All Khan ttas learned Persian since Iter marriage (ten years ago and frequently gives lecItures In the ancient tongue of the Are

worshipers.

The wife of Senor R. de Lima e Sllva.

the Brazilian minister, lias been a

(popular figure In Washington for avonie time, her husband having been the counselor and charge d'affaires twfore he was elevated to his present jioaltlon. Naturally she Is a good deal of a diplomat herself, and her tact and grnclousness have done much to aid Jer husband's advancement.

Ceneamlng Women. Leather portieres are among the txmutlful things which Mrs. John liny baa added to - her historic home in Jafayette square. In r Washington. These curtalus resemble those In many ratbedralit in Europe, but they are illuminated and give an air of privacy to the home. They hang between the econd drawing room and the sitting room where Secretary Hay received his Intimates. Mrs. Flora Ames of London, wife of a former attache of the British .embassy at Washington, 1 in America ou a lslt and will deliver several lectures on the subject of divorce. She Bays America Is too lax and England too severe In Its divorce laws. She suggests as remedies a public registration of names at least three weeks boforo marriage, communication with parents if either party seems too young, that a man should have sufficient means to support a wife properly and a more strict desertion luw. The wife of the French ambassador, M. Jusierand, la one of the most affable and successful hostesses In the diplomatic corps In Washington. Iler maiden name was Kllse Richards, and he is the daughter of a Boston banker. She believes, she says. In wearing harmonies rather than contrasts, aud her toilets match in hue from the tip f her toque to her beets. This winter she wore a costume In golden "brown which was one of the richest een In Washington. It was a walking dress of Trivet, trimmed with n lighter hade of silk embroidery. Her bat was f the same material as the gown, with a bird of paradise on the right wide. Iler furs of sable were the Identical shade as the Tel vet, and her boots f suede had velvet uppers.

Thinks Our Spirits Oe to Mar. i Lillian Whiting, one of the foremost women writers and thinkers in Boston, believes that after death we go to another planet, where we enjoy life alnost the same as on this earth citing, walking and seeing. She says the spirit leaves the body and travels through ether, but there is something material after all. "Great thinkers," she argues, "have pointed out that the physical body Is merely the outer covering of the spiritual body. If that be tnle our form will be the same in heaven. We "trill have ears, eyes, hands and feetall that the body has now. Why should re not walk and talk and work and pursue our alms there as we do here! 1 think we shall eat. Tho spiritual body will need food just as the physical body needs it. although, of course.

It will be of a different kind." Shej thinks that perhaps the spirit goes to j Mars or to some other planet after j leaving here. For that reason she a

eager to communicate with that planet.

THEY DIDNT LAUGH.

Repairing a Crown. What curious old records one comes I cross sometimes In unexpected ways: Here Is one which has reference ti Edward 111. and I'litlippa of Halnault and Is kept, with other documents, at llarwlcb. their majesties having bad at the time a palace at Pullxstowe. It rime thus: Tor repairing ye queen's crown which ye king threw Into ye Ore. Item Us. OuY The points which strike one In this memorandum are the violence of the king's temper aud the cheapness of the mending process. Loudon Graphic

Mark Twain Was Funny, but His Audience Gave Him tha 8tony Sta ra. There was one occasion when Mark Twain's humor went astray and instead of the hilarious laughter he expected poor Clemens got only sad and (.tony stares from the three literary lions at whom be bad aimed his mirthful efforts as well as from the rest of the banqueters who were all worshipers of the burlesqued trio. The story is told by F. M. Colby in the Bookman: Mark Twain hnd gladly accepted the invitation to address the diners and, knowing that Emerson, Iongfollow and Holmes were to be among them, bad prepared. In high confidence, a little skit telling of three absurd impostors who had announced themselves by these distinguished uames at a miner's cabin In the far west. According to the story, a melancholy miner at whose cabin Mark Twain found shelter one night told hltn that three other "littery men" had stayed with bl in the night leforo nnd given him much trouble. They were Mr. Emerson. Mr. Longfellow nnd Mr. Holmes. In reply to Mark Twain's question the miner gives nn account of the visit. They were n rough lot, but that's nothing; everybody looks rough that travels nfoot. Mr. Emerson was a seedy little bit of a cbnp, red beaded. Mr. Holmes was as fat as a balloon. He weighed as much as 3x and bad double chins all tho way down to his stomach. Mr. Longfellow was built like a prizefighter. His head was cropped and bristly-like, as if he had a wig made of hairbrushes. His nose lay straight down on his face, like a finger with the end Joint tilted up. They bad been drinking. I could see that. And what queer talk they used! Mr.' Holmes inspected this cabin, and then he took me by the buttonhole, and says he: "Throush the doejf caves of thought I lien a a voice that Kings. Build thee more stately mansions, O my aoul!" Says I. "I can'A afford it, Mr. Holmes, and, moreover. I don't want to." Blamed if I liked it pretty well, either, coming from a stranger, that way. However. I started to get out my bacon and beans when Mr. Emerson came and looked on awhile, and then be takes me aside by tho buttonhole and says: "Give ma agatea for my meat; Give me cantharides to eat; From air and ocean bring me foods. From all rones and altitudes." Says I, "Mr. Emerson, If you'll excuse me, this ain't no hotel."

An Appetizer. Of sporting offers made by tho large eaters of old that made to Charles Gustavus of Sweden when he was besieging Prague Is worthy of recall. A peasant offered for the king's amusement to devour a large hog then nnd there. General Koenigsmark, as ruas tho tale, suggested that one with such an appetite ought to be burned as a Horcerer, on which the peasant said to tho king. "Sir, if your majesty will mako that old gentleman take off his spurt I will eat htm before I begin the pig."

A Monater Bird. Freddie Ma. the bat Is the biggest bird that flies, ain't it? Ma By do means. Freddie. Freddie Well, anyway some of em must be mighty big. cause I beard father say that be was out on one last night.

Snakes In India. More deaths from snake bites occur in India In bouses than In the fields or in the jungle.

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MILLINERY

CAREFUL HANDS AND LATEST STYLES HAVE ENABLED US TO ASSEMBLE ONE OF THE FINEST AND ONE OF THE BEST DISPLAYS OF MILLINERY THAT WE HAVE EVER SHOWN. MRS. SNIVEL Y RAIL ROAD STORE

The Result ef a Drink. Such a slight circumstance as a glass of wine changed the history of France for nearly twenty years. Louis Philippe, king of the French, bad a son. the Duke of Orleans and heir to the throne, who always drank only a certain number of glasses of wine, because even one more made him tipsy. On a memorable morning be forgot to count the number of bis glasses and took one more than usuaL When entering bis carriage he stumbled, frightening the horses and causing them to run. In attempting to leap from the carriage bis bead struck the pavement and be soon died. Tbat glass of wine overthrew the Orleans rule, confiscated their property of $100,000,000 and sending the whole family into exile.

The Elusive Fly. Any one who has tried with orstretched haad te catch a fly cane fail to have noticed Its woader.' alertness in escaping. "One rea for this." explain a naturalist. ia i fact that the fly was watching movements ef It would be captor of all or most ef it &0U0 eyes. , other reason for its rapid retreat that, instead of seeing one band co. ing toward.it. the fly would have set ct least 7.500 bands all looking alik and all moving down open it in tb same direction. A third reason of th fly's nlmbleness is its ability to vi brate its wings nearly 700 times in a second and to travel through the air at a rate of a mile in two and a half minutes or twenty-four miles an hour."

Punished Fee Net Voting. According to the unHersal suffrage law of Australia, all those on the. reg ister must record their votes, and at the last general election in tbat coun try 30.000 electors were lined sums from $2 downward because they neg lected to go to the poll. Spain is another country tbat looks on voting as a national duty, at least in the municipal election. Should a citizen omit to cast bis ballot his name is published as a defaulter, his taxes are increased by 2 per cent, while If be be in the public service bis salary is reduced by 1 per cent. Should be commit the fault a second time he is debarred forever from holding an elective position or an appointment under government.

Valuable Counterfeit. ' ' There are cases on 'record where counterfeit coins are worth snore than the coin which they tsnitate. In former times platinum, which has 'about the same weight as gold was worth only one-third as much. The counterfeiter sawed the real coin into three sections, leaving both the obverse and the reverse sides untouched. The third part was taken out and platinum substituted for it. A little milling machine and some wkillful soldering did the rest. The counterfeit was almost beyond detection, even to it ring. Since those days platinum has Increased tremendously In value, and a coin counterfeited in this way is now worth more than the genuine. Argonaut.

The Bridie eftUMa. Amass the ma ay works carried ou by the late Sir John Aird la the moss sddly named bridge la the world. This to in Peru, on the railway from lima to Oref a. spanning a deep and precipitous chasm over 60 feet wide ana resting on three gignntie pier. Many of the men eaapleyed oa the work; were ex-sailora, whose training enabled them to work at dlxxy heights. Although the work waa necessarily of a most dangerous character, there were comparatively few accidents. But an epidemic of bubonic plague broke out. So the bridge waa officially christened Puente de las Verrugas, or Bridge of Boils, a name which it sUU retains.

SpHiinig Sibyll ami

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We are showing an especially large line of stylish Spring Hats at $2.50, $2.98, $3.50, $3.98 and $4.50 that we can save you at least $1 to $2 on every hat. It is only Department Stores that can make such prices on millinery. See Out- Vntaritximeca Hat Department This millinery business is not a new department with us; we have demonstrated to the women of Richmond and Wayne county years ago that we could save them money on millinery.

We are able to offer you still a big assortment of these special fine Worsted Suits at almost half their real value. Our Men's and Boys' Suit department offers Suits of unusual quality, every weave, color, pattern, every size and every good modej, just like the $15, $20 and $22 kind, at the ridiculous price of $5.00, $6.00, $7.50, $8.00, $10.00, $12.00 and $15.00. Men's fine worsteds in the very latest silk mixture, $7.50, $8 & $10. IT WILL BE MORE WORTH YOUR WHILE than ever this season to know what we've provided for you in fine Suits for Spring. Come early for you will have the first choice. See our windows for the newest shades and styles in Spring Shoes and Hats.

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