Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-30
BALTIMORE FOLKS.
Some Of the Noted YlrSinlanS In the
Monumental City.
NAMES FAMILIAR IN RICHMOND.
Prominent In Society. In business, In Lite
nature, and tho Professions-Soms
Grand Old Homesteads.
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BALTIMORE. September 29.-Baltimorc
Is the gateway between the two great
sections of the Union where the foreigner
,omlng South. after having landed in
New York, RECEIVES his first impressions
OF that od-time southern hospitality
which has been proverbial from colonial
times. There is an indefnable, Unborn
characteristics. subtle refinement. whole
hearted. bonhomie good-fellowship which
seems to pervade the very atmosphere of
the city andsto penetrate all the avenues
of life 1t wins people, and strangers al
ways like Baltimore. John Howard
Payne. when inspired with the thought
that gave TO the world that dearest Of
ballads. Home. Sweet Home" most
probably had in his mind some such place
as Baltimore-the city of lovely homes,
that retain, with all the outward splendor
of architectural skill, that provincial
simplicity and hospitality which holds
I'm reverent and affectionate remembrance
crandfsther's clock that once stood in the
corner and struck the hour for the good
old-tIme, midday meal, and the tea-cups
that once stood on the high, oak dresser
I'm grandmother's kitchen Many OF the
lovely daughters Of Old Virginia are now
the queens OF some OF these beautiful
Baltimore homes. Mrs. John NJ. Robinson
entertains her friends in royal style In
her charming home, on Charles street.
AS her fair young daughters grew up
their home became the centre of grace
ful and elegant hospitality. Mrs. Robin
sons great-grandfather was William b.
Giles. Governor of Virginia, and on her
mothers side she is descended from Colo
mel William Byrd. the founder of Rich
mond and whose home was Old Westover
on the James. Her father James IL.
Conway. was a distinguished physician
of Richmond.
Mrs. Albert Richie. the pretty Miss
Lizzie Cabell. Of Richmond. lives in a
beautiful home on ST. Paul street. She
was a beauty of the brunette type, and
her friend, Miss Mary Triplett. who
shared the crown OF beauty with her,
was a wonderful blonde, whose eyes
riyalled Heavens own blue. Mrs. Richie
ia Il sweet and devoted mother.
The wife of Ex-Governor John Lee Car
roll Of MARYLAND. was a Miss Thompson,
of Stanton, Va, and Is handsome
graceful and accomplished woman. She
and Governor Carroll spend much OF
their time in Washington and abroad.
A LADY OF THE OLD SCHOOL.
Among the Virginia residents in Mary
land Is Miss Emily v Mason. well known
as a writer and as teacher for years In
Paris. She is a lady of the old school in
her charming manners. and remarkably
clever wthal She spends much of her
winters in Washington. and has lovely
home in Howard county, Md.
The late Governor Thomas Swami,
who was Mayor of Baltimore. Governor
of MARYLAND. and for several terms
member of Congress from Baltimore city,
was a. native OF Loudoun county Va.
The present Mayor of Baltimore. Ferdi-
nand c. I.atrobe. who has held the office
for seven or eight terms, has Virginia
blood in his veins. His middle name IL
Claiborne for his mother. native of
Mississippi. and whose father was Colonel
Claiborne, Of Lower Virginia. His mother
held the native State of her father In
such affection that she named her first
daughter Virginia. and that child having
died. she gave the same name 10 the
next daughter who was born, and who
is now living In Baltimore as Mrs. VIZ
GINA Latrobe CogswelL
Mrs. j. Frank Dammann, whose cnarfh-
ing home on Lanvale street attracts
cultivated circle. was Miss Allen cowar-
din. second daughter of the late James n.
Cowarlin, founder Of the Richmond DIS
patch. Mrs. Dammann Is iady OF me
literary taste, and has done some excel
lent literary work. She has most at
tractive family OF five daughters ana one
son. MUM porrres
Margaret j. Preston, the gifted Nir-
glnia poetess, is now residing in Balt-
mere at the home Of her son, DR.. George
I Preston. on north Charles street. she
IS the proud possessor of an autograph
letter from Queen Victoria, sent through
tho then British Minister at Washington
written in appreciation OF her poem
titled "Sandringham," and when was
composed after the recovery OF the
Prince Of Wales from a dangerous Ill
ness some years ago. Mr.. Gladstone
smoke of il in the House OF Commons as
a beautiful expression of American SYM
pathy on the Princes behalf.
Miss Camilla Herbert will be marrlei
this SAIL She is the daughter of General
James r. Herbert who married MISS
Alexander, OF Virginia, and who was
gallant Confederate soldier and severely
wounded at Gettysburg For long time
Colonel Herbert commanded the fiIlh
MARYLAND Volunteers. well known as the
crack regiment of the State. Colonei
william A. Boykn. Of Virginia, sue
cessfuI merchant here, is now commander
Of this regiment.
DreEens
land. Henry Kyd Douglas, Is of Martins
,,,ra ". now West Virginia He
| distinguished himself as a staff-officer OF
StoneWau jackson, and was repeatedly
wounded He arose 10 distinction at the
bar of Hagerstown, Nd, and was CIR
cult Judge for some time. During the
troubles last summer among the miners
of Frostburg, when the state troops
were called out. Governor Brown APP
pointed Genarll Douglas to the command
Of all the military there.
PROMINENT PHYSICIANS
Prominent among the physicians here
| is Dr. William Greene, who comes from
fine old southern stock. He is the con
of old Dr. Daniel Greene, o: cuipeper
county. Va, who was fleet surgeon On
Commodore Perry's staff in the famous
japan expedition. The treaty then Leeo-
tiated with Japan established trade with
the United States and opened up The FIST
commercial relations, | believe, with TIE
outside world DR.. Archibald Atkin.on, of
Smithfield Isle OF Wight county. is ere
of Baltimores popular physicians. Ills
father, Archibald Atkinson. ST.. was
prominent lawyer and represented the
old Second Virginia District in Congress
for several terms. DR.. Atkinsons only
son. l.. W. Atkinson, is a civil and mining
engineer. living al Thurmond, rayette
county w. Va. In the New river coal dis
trict, and is State Inspector OF Mines for
the Third District of West Virginia. DR..
Alfred Powell. of Loudoun county. las
large practice here. He is of an old
Virginia family and related to the PEN
dletons and the fuckers.
SUCCESSFUL MERCHANT.
Robertson Taylor. of Norfolk, is a sue
cessfu merchant here. He is a brother
OF Colonel Walter III. Taylor. who was
a taff-ofiicer and followed the fortunes
OF Robert T.. Lee. He married Miss 1un-
stall. of Norfolk. and his son. DR.. Robert
Tunstall Taylor. graduate of Johns
Hopkins University. enjoys a lucrative
position In a large hospital in Boston.
Professor Powhatan Clarke. a brother of
Captain Maxwell T. Clarke. Of Rich
mond, holds the chair OF chemistry IN
the Baltimore City College and has
host OF friends here. II viii be recalled
that his very promising son, Powhatan
III. Clarke. first lieutenant in the Tenth
Cavalry, was drowned at Fort Custer
Fl