The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-06-16


He ia iovial. prepOssessing individual, ever
ready with wel-bred courtesy 20 answer any
Interrogation. and always on the lookout TO
say n word for the Travellers Protective As
ISOLATION. His wife is one of the most charm
inc ladies of the party, and his daughter.
lovely girl with characteristic Southern eyes
that are az brown as autumnal tints. IS also
much admired.
II was about $3.50 o'clock when the train Of
Pullinans pulled out from the Chesapeake
and Ohio station. Everything was well ar
ranged the baggage was well taken care OF
and eVerv one was comfortably situated. Mr.
G. b. remnant. the Southern superintendent
OF the Pullman service. was on hand to see
that everything moved smoothly. and he had
capable helpmeet in the person of Conduc,
tor c. f. Sisson, who brought tho official
Travellers Protective Association train. from
st. Louis. That train was made up OF yesti-
bule cars.
Tho train moved and the Knights of the
Grip with their lady friends began 10 amuse
themselves IN many ways TO while away the
hours between the Commonwealth capital
and Fortress Monroe. Soon each smoking
compartment was filled with merry set of
fellows who
Happy were they in their Jolly frivoity,
Happy and merry as people OF quality.
Everything was discussed from the Repub-
Hcan Convention 10 the best trunk TO use on
the road, and each set had story-teller who
kept the crowd in a perfect roar
This was particularly true of one cOmpart-
ment which possessed those talented artists
the Glue brothers. Messrs. Gus Schoilmeyer
and George W. Grim, OF 81 Louis. These
citizens can create more genuine fun in one
minute than three first-class minstrel shows
aggregated together. and Mr.. SchOll-
meyers speech about why the Worlds
Fair Should Have Gone to St. Louis, '..won for
him the undisguised admiration Of all his
story telling companions lie can mimic
everything from locomotive to a mosquito.
aud is equally at home in French. German
and Irish dialect stories. On the mouth
harp he renders WagneriaD selections. and he
and Grim can give Schubert with almost
the orchestral effect that would be given of II
81 Mr. Theodore Thomas had anything TO do
with il. Mr.. Schollmeyer has in the past few
e years received many flattering offers 10 go
ION the road as comedian but prefers TO
sell goods. hence his visit 10 the Hygeia
Hotel.
Another group was busy polling vote, and
IL @as almost as tough job as to stuff bal
lot-box IN Jackson ward. After considerable
work the official score was announced as fol-
lows. Total vote polled. Sc. Cleveland So
HILL 3; Palmer. l. Carlisle. q and Harrison 2
Mr. j. Ill. Ensign and wife and Mr. J. w.
Mcdonald and wife were ii happy quartette
on the train. Early IN the morning while in
Richmond they stole march on their vet
half sleep companions and paid visit To the
State Library They were ecstatic in their
that all went well until the coiored individual,
pointing TO one of the pictures ia the dome.
said that he (the oil painting) had been
Governor of Virginia when he" was fourteen
years Of age. Then the quartette collapsed.
aud were forced 10 go on top" TO recuperate.
They said the sight was we'll worth all trou-
BILE.
FROM MANY STATES.
Mr.. L. L. Merriman. secretary OF the
Illinois division sat c0mplacently Iii his sec
ton as the train moved eastward. lie was
clad IN badges and satin streamers from
Illinois, Arkansas. Pennsylvania, Colorado
Rhode Island and other States futtered over
his linen buster and became entang.ed with
coal busted and daisy scented atmosphere.
No two people on the train We're happier
than Nathaniel j. Rice and his wife. He is
one Of the national directors from Colorado
although be II IN the wholesale tobacco busl-
ness a. 81. Louis. About year ago when the
Travellers Protective Association met in Little
Rock. Ark. Mr.. Rice met Miss JENNIE
Delony. Soon
Eyes looked love TO eyes
Which speke agaln,"
and marriage bells ioyfuily pealed forth when
their VOWS were pighted at the altar. Mira.
Rice is weli-known artist in oil paintings.
her works having received plaudlts from
both European and American connoseurs.
She studied in Paris and the other principal
art centres Of the Old World aud the pro-
ducts of her brush are beautifully artistic.
Besides: she IS Is iayorite in ST. Louis society.
where her beauty and grace attract uniyer-
sal attention. Mr.. Rice is tho oldest officer
Ia the Association
Mr. q. ~. Randall. happy Knight OF the
one' occupied a seat al to himself. clad ia q
kfe5 snit. diamond studs aud rings and dark
moustscne. lie was complacently eomforta-
pie and was described by his friends a. a man
thinks" "A"' az
1hs Tennessee delegation is composed Of