The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-01

We hold Il true
That heaviest burdens may grow light
When shared by two.
r,pon the gllded scroll OF fame.
Emhlazoned fair,
7 cannot hope TO read the name
] proudly bear:
ruf hapnv In their even flow.
The years glide by;
We are behind the times. we Know
Ned and l.
T. Mathcson in Chambers JOURNAL
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The mercury In the thermometer has,
during the past week. exhibitor ussi,S5e
of animation which has proved prottapie
10 the various summer resorts, ana the
annual fight 10 well advertised Utopias
has already begun IT., To-
Mrs. r. II. Whtlock has saiieo ior
MS. ]. c. r. Walker and Miss. Annie
Walker will spend the summer at fio"-
nS Mrs e 2. q. McPhail Is summering at the
Gockbridge Alum. ,u,,ra ,er
Mrs c. V. Lathrop Is WISHING her
parents in Albemarle county 49,. Ar,
Mrs. w. J. Walker and her sister MIS-
1,v',nc Tacbcs are at Old Point.
Major and Mrs. Nash, with their guest
Miss Mary Hatcher, will spend the sum-
Nor al the Alieghaney. Goshen; IL. No.
Mr. Richard Gaines will call shorIy ior
Mir. and Mrs. y. p. Mui.ford VIII also
MIR and Mrs. James Peasants VIII
spend the summer at Mouhtain. tu dpn,,,ar
Dr. Willis Will also visit that popuiaI
and healthful resort during the summer;
Misses Ellen Mercer Cooke and Racnel
Cooke are now in Norfolk. a..
Mr.. Aleck Weddell has returned 10 the
Mr. clifford Bridges and family leave
this week for Texas.
Miss Virginia Hayes Is the guest OF
Miss Mordecai. IN the country Gaia
Slaughter leave shortly for Buffalo ---shia
Misses Catherine and Lily Howard, OF
Washington Miss Garnet Coles and MISS
Smith, are the guests OF Commander
and Mrs Pigman, Cthe Monitors). MISS
Catherine Howard is a particularly at
tractive girl and has. with her sister,
been the recipient ~ mSch attention
Miss Mary Rogers Is the guest OF the
Misses Mcclure at their country home.
Miss n. B. Winston, who has been
quite ill., Is now cOnvalescing.
The Misses Henning have left the city
for the summer.
The family OF Mr.. George A. Smith.
west Grace street, have removed TO the
MIR ST. George Cooke is quite III of
typhoid fever at Charleston, >. G..
Mrs Ben Valentine, south Third street,
who has been seriously ILL is now con-
valesclng. AS soon as she IL sufficiently
strong, she will accompany her sisters.
Misses Louise and Kate Meade, to Iron
Gaze, where they will spend the summer
Mr. Gavin, Of Yale, is visiting friends
Mrs. clay Drewry and Miss Virginia
Drewry have left for Old Point
Miss EVE Blankenship has returned
from Virginia Beach as has also MISS
Mary NJ. Il. Newton.
The Pail Mall Budget says, that Mrs.
Frances HodgsOn Burnett Is the "Ameri-
can Lion" of the London season. She
has taken a fine house in Portland Place
and entertains in a regal fashion
London has fur company which was
dealing in furs as long ago as when Hen
~ VIII. was Kins
The news Of the death OF Mrs. Thistle
thwafte at a very advanced age has reviV-
ed many memories Of her as celeDrat-
ed. indeed. world famous beauty about
half n century ago. There is a story told
of how. when she, on one occasion, left
her box before the performance was over
at the Covent Garden Opera House forty
two years ago. the entire assemhlage
arose 20 its feet when she left the theatre
90 watch her pass out.
Among her special and most ardent ad-
rnirers were the Emperor Napoleon III,
and the Prince COnsOrt of Queen Victoria.
Mrs. Thistlethwaite was also famous for
many years for the picture called Inc
Nun" for which she sat. photographs
and engravngs Of mis- portrait are sun
sold In both England and America ey
the thousands although the original of OF
AZ has been practically ION the sneH LOT
a quarter of n century.
Ii Is said that the beauty or ner eyes
and the contour Of her forehead ana race
were lovely beyond description
Mics Elizabeth Moore who has been III
Tor some time past, is now rapluiy cOiiNa-
iescing and win leave shortly for the
mountains. accompanied by her sister,
Miss Annie Moore. 49,. .. o,s
Point. -.
On Wednesday evening Mrs: Joseph
Bryan gave at "1aburnum very he-
iightful tea which was enjoyed by num-
Der of attractive young people
on Saturday evening a number or the
bellies and beaux OF the city enjoyed
dance at Young's Pond
Now that summer is well underway,
The annual season Of inactivity I'm literary
circles is becoming more and more no.
ticeable. The publishers, with scarcely an
exception, have placed all their heavy
works on the market, and have dlscontln-
ued publishing anything except summer
fiction until fan. Among the authors II Is
the same. They have gone from their
familiar haunts some 10 Europe, some to
the mountains and others 10 the seaside.
The clubs are well nigh deserted. and In
a few weeks scarcely one face OF note
VIII be seen in New YORK streets. MIR.
w D. towels Is In England and intends
taking a trip through Holland and France
before his return In September. Mrs. Bur
ton Harrison will spend the summer
abroad and Mr.. Box and MIR. Decatur
Smith are both across the big pond"
travelling In the interests OF the Ladies
Home Journal Mr.. Richard Henry Stod-
dard is spending the summer at his cot
tage al Sag Harbor. This place is becom-
ing quite literary center, as II has been
the home OF Julian Hawthorne for num-
Der OF seasons. and quite a coterie Of
writers has gathered around him.
Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggin, the author
OF '"rimothy's Quest" which a London re-
viewer pronounces "one OF the best books
Of New England humor" has lately ar
rived in England and Is receiving much
attention from the select set there. She
deserves II, because, as one of her ad-
mirers SAID recently. Mrs. Wiggn is no
ordinary woman. Tail. the very type of
the pretty. and brilliant American and an
exquisite dresser, the writer OF '"rimothy's
Quest and other successful books has a
wide experience with life. She once taught
school In California and was the founder