The times dispatch. [volume], February 04, 1912, Image 9

About The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914

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BV JOHN KliFBBTII W ATKINS.
T?2 leap yenr proposal which an
ardent Texas lady hits addressed
to the young and statucsqucs
postmaster - Kcncrnl suggests that u.
catalogue of bachelor Americans,
worthy or being termed ' "good leap
year catcheo.'' might be of Interest,
i?* not of value, to the many worthy,
but neglected, spinsters and widows of
the land. And for tho guidanco of all
good ladles tired of a single exis?
tence It will not be amiss to add a few
classic and historic precedents es?
tablished by brave ladles who have
proposed to their future lords and
masters, and who have thus established
a code useful and essential to the llnu
art of leap your proponing.
'Twcro readily perceived why the young
postumster - general should have re?
ceived a leap year proposal within tho
first few days of thin magic year
dlvlsablu by four. Only recently has
he arrived at (hat age of discretion
whan men are ripe enough for tho
matrimonial market?for of summers
ho hna soon but forty and four. Bike
Washington un?l Jefferson, ho Is red
halrcd. and stands aevcral Inches over j
the six-foot niMrk?a combination be?
speaking as groat emotional as phy?
sical powers. With ohovk, chin and ,
Hp as naked an those of Adonis, hoi
yet preserves the (Igure of the Apollo
Brlvldore ? a shoulder broad and.
square, and n waist lino, fully pre-j
served. With a year and a month yet'
left In his term of olllce?and mayhap
four more years Into the bargain?
he has abundant time In which to heap
upon some lady fair the exnltcd honor
of being u "Cabinet wife" and of as?
suming a social eminence, second only
to that of tho land's first lady her?
self
Ho Is tho only bachelor adorning the
Cabinet board, and none grace the
bench of tho Supremo Court. But In
the Senate there are throe.
Onr Bachelor KimrKrarn.
Tho youngest of thin defiant trio I?
Senator Brandegrco, of Connecticut,
only forty-seven, who has to his credit
n wealth of good looks. But the. leap
year charmer who wins him must pos-1
sej.it sufficient magnetism to counter-1
act tho attraction of the seven clubs
lo which he belongs?one for every j
night In tho week. Moreover. sh>- should'
noL bo of an Inquisitive, nature, for
as chairman of the committee that ha'
lately uncovered the evils of the '"third
degree" ho has become Initiated Into
? 11 of the secrets of rorctnK confos
rttons. As his ctenatorlsj term will
not expire for three years, there is
abundant time for his caplor to enjoy
the social advantage of his rank af?
ter lending him to the altar.
The two other senatorial bachelors.
Burton, of Ohio, and Penrose. of
Pennsylvania, are looked upon ns enn
llrmed mlsogamlsta, but there is al?
ways a chance for tho right lady at
the right psychological moment. Sen?
ator Burton, having just pngRod his
sixtieth birthday, ran be mor.e highly
recommended for hip docility than Sen?
ator Pen rose, who is only fifty-one.
But th? uhlo Senator's being a min?
ister's son may compensate for thl*
discrepancy In yearn, (hat Is, If we
accept the :inelont belief that roctory
r eared boys are more prone to mis?
chief than those brought up In an, en?
vironment more Worldly. In n pub?
lished catalogue of Americans of royal
descent Senator Pen rose Is entered as j
a direct descendant of Llewelyn low- I
erth the Oroat, who. was Prince of
North Wales back in the twelve hun?
dreds.
I.lkellcM Catch In ConRreiia.
But tho congressional leap year
catch who can boast of the likeliest
combination of youth and wealth Is I
Representative Butler Ames, of Mas?
sachusetts, grandson of tho famous
JK.KO.Ui; XAFOLKUN IJONAl'AHTE.
WILLIAM VINCENT ASTOIt AND HIS PATUEK,
IlKI'llKSKNTATI VK BlTl.Elt AMES
(Massachusetts >, Urn Butler's irruudson.
Civil War hero. Central "Bon" Butler,
lie is only forty, a stylish dresser, nn?l
a great drawing-room favorite. The
lady who snares htm will lind him a
handy man about the house, for he
has a natural genius for 'Inhering.
Already he has built himself an auto?
mobile and an aeroplane.
Maidens seeking the traveled ex
ppricneo of the patriarch In combina?
tion with the grove and pulchritude of
youth should give careful consideration
to the charms of that suave and ami?
able bachelor diplomat, John Barrett,
director-general of the l'an-American
Union. Besides serving as editor and
war correspondent, he has In the brief
compass of his forty-five years per?
formed important missions for his gov?
ernment In as many countries as you
A Physician to Sick Plants
Is there at home a fern, palm or other growing plant
that you have wondered how you may care for it? Our
Mr. Tanner will be pleased to tell, without cost to you,
what to do for them any time you may come in our store
or call over the phone Madison 6081. He knows?years
of experience have taught him. May we extend you this
courtesy?
We Grow the Flowers We Sell
25 West Broad Street.
ORCHIDS, VIOLETS, TULIPS, JONQUILS, NARCISSI.
The qual?
ity of the
Furni t u r e
you buy on our generous
credit plan is not one
whit less reliable or the patterns less
desirable than if you paid cash down
at time of purchase?we have no
"credit stock." to work off on an un?
suspecting public!
Tliis store: treats every one alike no matter how much
money they possess. And it sells
i
Furniture on
Terms of Small Payments
ookins Furniture Co.
1 W. ,Broa?5
3 ?? laruw
reet
Cheapest Cask or Credit Store in the State
. ;\ f. ? \
II Mini,I) S. VANDEIinil.T.
I can co'int upon tin- fingers of your two
hands. At slipper time before the1
j blazing lire the widely traveled .lohn
I can lu- d-pended upon to discourse en
I tertainingly of his adventures in Slum,
I Japan, Kuren, Siberia. India, Mexico.
Argentine, Panama and Colombtn, fori
j he entered the diplomatic service while
only in his twenties. In the drawing
[ rooms of the capital he has long been
; a prime favorite with the debutantes
j of officialdom and as a banquet host
I he lias no peer.
j Mrenglh. Wenlth nnd I'edlttrce.
I Another leap year eligible, hoth
1 ornamental and useful, is the treasurer
j of the Cnitcd States, Lee MeClung.
Having been a famed athlete In- his
j time, he Is the physical ideal of the
I ardent and powerful kniglu who could
? bounce his lady love upon his saddle
and bear her off unto the priest and
I his castle bold. He was the star foot
i ball captain at Yale, twenty years]
I ago, and lie still keeps In training
i upon the tennis court. Only forty-one j
years have gotten past him. and he 1? J
fair to look upon. Moreover, he has
a grc-ntcr pecuniary responsibility than
any other American.
Perhaps no American bachelor in
: public life has to offer as many at
I tractions as Glfford Plnchot, the "pro?
gressive" agitator. He Is very rich
j handsome, scholarly and young?only
i forty-six. He lives In one of the show
1 houses of Washington, has been edu?
cated not only at Yale, but 'n the uni?
versities of France, Germany, Bwltzcr- \
j land and Austria: lias been a college
professor and Federal official. Many
sportsmen regard him as America's
greatest angler and big game hunter.
Moreover, he haR the entree of the
most exclusive social circles here and
abroad. His sister. Lady Johnston?, Is
the wife of an eminent British dlplo- i
mat. So the lady who captures him
will be assured a social career on both
i sides of the big pond.
I There is also a chance tills year for
I some ambitious lady to make herself
I a Bonaparte. When it comes to name
i nnd pedigree there is no more tempt?
ing "llglble" than Jerome Napoleon
[.Bonaparte, third, a Washington bache?
lor, who will reach his thirty-fourth
birthday this month. He is the grat
grandson of Jerome Bonaparte. King
of Westphalia, and great-grandncphew
of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor ol
France. Although born lu Paris, he
is an American citizen and Harvard
graduate. Ills mother died this winter,
leaving him a fortune and the jewels
of his royal forebear.
.Multl-.MIBIonnlrc EllgllilcH
This leap year's list of young bache
I lor actons of the great multl-mtlllon
I aire famllTe.s Is unusually promising.
First, there is young William Vincent
I Astor. who will become Qf age during
j the year. He Is the only son of John
I Jacob Astor, who, after having been di?
vorced by Mrs. Ava William Astor.
married Miss Force, a few months ago.
Another bachelor Astor Is John Jacob
the Fifth, who is the younger son of
William Waldorf. He will be twenty
six this year, and his prospective share
of ills father's osctatc is esti?
mated at " ?70.000.000. He Is an
Officer In the most aristocratic of Lon?
don regiments, (ho King's Life Guards
Several yearn ago. while his (loop was
at swimming practice, lie dived in anil
saved a trooper who, after having
been kicked senseless by a horse, bad
I fallen Into the water.
A i rospectlvo head of (ho house of
Gould Is also In this leap year's matri?
monial market. This is Kinsron, efil
est son of George Jay Gould, the pres?
ent head of that multi-millionaire fam?
ily. The share, of the lattor's estate,
to which young Kingdon w'll be en?
titled, is estimated at $10.000.000. He
and his younger brother have been
subjected to Spartan discipline by their
father, who built them a gymnasium
and' polo field upon his Lakowood es?
tate, Georgan Court.
The great..Vniidcrbilt family, too, has
a young bachelor, Harold S., a son of
William K.. nnd a brother of the
Duchess of Marlborough. He Is only
twenty-eight. Then the Goelot family
has to offer to tho lady with the proper
dot, nobert Walton, who Is thirty
one. He Is the oldest of tho two chil?
dren of tho lata Robert Goolet, second.
In tho anuUt-mllllonalro house of
SENATOR DRAS'DECEB.
Havcmeyer there la a rich catch In
the person of Young Raymond, a bach?
elor who will thin year reach tht
twonly-enghth-ycar mark. Ho Is the
grandson of William Frederirk, first,
founder of the fortune, and the son of
William Frederick, second.
Heirs to Princely* Fortunes.
Other promising cntches in the great
multi-millionaire families are:
Plot re Lorliiard, third. Harvard
graduate, and his brother, Grlawbld
who will rene'n thirty and twenty
seven this year. They are both sons
of Pierre, second.
Raymond Belmont, nearly twenty
four, and his brother, Morgan, almost
twenty?sons of August Relmont, and
each heir to one-third of his fortune I
Marshall Field, third grandson of;
the merchant prince and son of the i
late Marshall Field, second. He is the I
male head of the house and will be|
nineteen In a few months
Philip D. Armour, third, grandson i
of the beef baron, and one of the two
sons of the late Philip P.. second. He]
is making ready to celebrate his eigh?
teenth birthday.
Few young gentlemen upon thli
YOU would
pay twice as
much if we had
to buy the pure,
highest grade
Talc that goes
into our Tal?
cum Powder.
We own the only
mines in the U. S.
that produce Talc fit
to use?so the raw material does not cost I
us what it costs other manufacturers?we I
can sell for 10 cents a box the softest,
finest, purest Talcum Powder you can find ]
on anybody's counter.
is the only powder made that is absolutely
free from a single gritty particle. We take
out the gritty specks this way:
After our Talcum is powdered, it is
blown into the air in a tightly sealed
room. The heavier particles sink and
are discarded?only the powder that
is /me and soft enough to float is used.
There is nothing like it for softness and
flowery, fragrant freshness.
Air Float Talcum is so superior to 15
and 20 cent powders?that we feel justi?
fied in asking you point-blank to try
one box.
10 Cents a Box
All good dealers sell it. Ask yours.
TALCUM PUFF COMPANY
?-di Terminiii Buildins Brooklyn, N. Y.
Can Cancer Be Cured?
IT CAN
The record of the Kullam Hospital la
Without parallel In history, havliip
cured to stay cured pormanontly. with
out the use of tho knife or X-ray, over
90 per cent, of the many huhdredn of
sufforera from cancer which ft has
treated during the past fifteen years.
We havo been endorsed by the Sonate
and Legislature of Virginia. Wo guar?
antee our cures.
Physicians treated free.
KELLAM HOSPITAL
1617 West Main street,
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multi-millionaire list will suffer from
overwork. As this will probably he the
last leap year chance at them; young;
ladles of fortune and position should
propose early and avoid the spring anil
summer rush. Men of their class in?
variably marry young. Old bachelors
among them arc an unknown quantity.
As the reader has perceived, no wid?
owers have been Included In this cata- !
loguo. Why? Because they are sc i
much more aggressive than bachelors
romantically and matrimonially, that [
to advertise them would only further i
their unfair advantage. ?'More vlddows
marry than single women," was the
elder Weller'a warning to the Immortal
Sam; and we are Inclined to the be?
lief that the preponderance in the
matrimonial activities of widowers
over bachelors is proportionate to that
of widows over spinsters.
The Complete I'roposcr.
Some precedents for the guidance ol
feminine leap year proposers were
promised at the beginning of this learn?
ed discourse. While originality in such
negotiations should by no means be
suppressed, there Is a considerable cle?
ment of ladles found, especially lu our
so-called -smart sets.'1 who w'll al?
ways hesitate to adopt any rorm 01
any manner of doing things unless
some titled personage has already set
the pace, this Imitatlvcness - being
shown not alone in their choice of ap?
parel, victuals and tone of voice, but
even in such small matters as the lilt
of the shoulders, the shake of the hand
and the use of slang. So to be ab?
solutely upon the safe side with this
element?and the considerable thous?
ands who in turn depend upon It for
guidance?the very fountain head 01
our polite usages will be drawn upon
for a precedent for feminine proposals
Ol course, I refer to tho court of St.
James, without which all of our
"smart" Institutions would tnil.
Taking the virgin Queen Victoria as
a model, the polite feminine proposer,
after summoning the ob.lect of her uf
gectl?ns, should?to comply strictly
with precedent?awnlt him. In a "salon
overlooking the gardens." Hebe, "for a
few interminable minutes, courage
must absolutely fail her to say thai
which her heart has been whispering
for so many, many weeks." (Quota?
tion historically exact, save as to
tonse.)
The victim-elect having entered, the
wooer now takes several steps forward
and '?murmurs".
"You must bo aware why I wished
to sec you?ndone?."
il.ong pause should herb; Intervene,
W?OCr and wooed facing each other
"with Immeasurable embarrassment."
tho. termer "with a painful bliihh and
downcast byes, trembling from head to
foot.")
Wooer should then proceed, "whis?
pering, a little, breathlessly":
"It would make me, too, too, happy?
if you would consent to marry mo?1
who nm so unworthy of you. 1 will
strive to make you feel as little as
possible tho gront 'sacrifice you arc
making, If you accept, my lord and my
Joy!"
(Woood. upon bended knee, here
Should kiss the proffered hand, then
rise. She- next courtesies very low.
Kmbrncos. Finis.)
I-Blquettc of Accepting.
Unfortunately history does not. ap?
pear to give precedent for the wooed
one's part In this romantic dialogue
but to "Hmnrt'VBcntlomcn who demand
I a form of leap year acceptance which
lias received royal sanction wb recom?
mend that used by Prince Ferdinand
of Snxo Coburg Gotha when bo ae
I ccpted the fair Queen Maria da Gloria
of Portugal.
"The sole honor and delight I prize,']
said he, "is to be yours?the most
loyal as well as the humblest of your
subjects?since you ran find In yuttt
heart some affection tor me."
For indies of the middle class a
form of proposal which .lohn Baldwin
Bucketonc put into the mouth of tin
heroine of his springtly drama, "Leap
Year, or the Indies' Privilege," might
he recommended. This runs as fol?
lows:
"One of us must advance. I will be
that one. Friends, circumstances, in?
terest, passion, alt urge me to takf
this step. It is a bold one. but 1
will take it. 1 confess, and now with?
out shame or tear, that my heart Is
yours, my fortune yours. Will you
tako them?"
And now, a concluding word to the
Women of our realm, who exercise a
vote in six sovereign States and n
subtle power of persuasion In all ol
the other Commonwealths. Why 1101
combine on the proposition to pass
through each legislature a statute
based upon I ho following, which was
enacted In Scotland In the your H1S8,
and which is translated as nearly as
possible Into modern blnglish?
??It is statine,! and ordained that
during the reign o? his most blessed
majesty that for each year known
leap year, any maiden lady of clth-i
or high or low estate shall have the
liberty to bespeak the man she likes;
and If ho refuses to take her to be
his lawful wife he shall be mulcted
in the sum Of a hundred pounds ($500)
or less, as his estate may be, unless
ho can make il appear that ho is be?
trothed to another woman. In which
case In- then shall lie free."
Lest seme skeptical reader of the
sterner sex might conclude that this
statute was tile mete whim of one
waggish monarch, let it bo added that
a similar law was enacted a few years
later in France, while as late as the
lift ehth century the same custom waa
legalised In both llcnoii and Florence,
in this golden age of suftrtigettca ami
??progressives," when we are returning
to such ancient customs Its the recall
system of Rome; 'tis surprising thai
sohle doctrinaire lias not striven to
revive this method of taxing dcfianl
bachelors.
I (Copyright, 1913, by .lohn Blfreth Wat
kins.)
OU SHOULD send all
your washing to this
laundry for the very
good reason, that it
will pay you to do so.
^Have you ever counted the
cost of the old way? Wash
day the bluest of all days in
the week?steamy rooms?
mixed odors?hard work and
rasped nerves, besides the
cost of soap, water, fuel,
blueing, starch, wash-wo?
man's wages, meals, and car
fare.
?jfAnd alter all, you cannot
equal the quality and purity
of the work that goes daily
from this modern laundry to
many happy homes in this
city,?and the cost, ROUGH
DRY, is but 6c a pound.
The Royal Laundry
Monroe 1959
311 W 7th St.
Member of Laundrymbn's National Association of America,