Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-19
QUEER AND QUAINT NOTICES.
Rhymed Legends Loved by Mrs. Lorillard
Mrs. Elliot, and Mark Twain.
written for the Dispatch.)

CWritten for the Dispatch)
II is the fashion TO make collections.
Why not then a collection of notices and
legends? They are always useful either
10 lend to ones neighbor or to embroider
or paint upon ones own belongings.
The following assortment. which has
taken some time and due amount OF pa
thence to get together, is offered herewith
to any one In need of an appropriate le-
gend:
A tea-cozy, for instance. always needs
a motto, and a very suitable one was re-
Gently discovered painted In gold upon
coy made of slate-colored chamois.
Lovely woman is the sugar,
Spoons, alas, men always be;
Matrimony Is hot water;
So we make our cup OF tea.
A very agreeable change from the wea-
Their beaten "Bon Voyage" which we see
forever and ever worked upon traveliing-
bags is the pretty line, Here's TO the
pilot that weathered the Storm
A choice line, overlooking with senti-
ment, Is the one for sofa-pillow:
Beloved head that resteth here,
BE free from pain and sorrow,
Sleep sweetly, and may God draw near,
To fit thee for the morrow
Another verse for head-rest, pre-
sumably one decorated with clover. Is the
following:
"Shake me well. and turn me over,
You will find me sweet as clover,
Unlike many friends we know,
Afraid their other side to show"
The lines from Marmion are suitable
for a bed-spread:
''ro all. to each. a fair goodnight,
And pleasing dreams and slumbers light
A pretty verse to paint upon your book
shelf Is this:
"Oh, for a booke
And n shade nook
Far from the cryeS OF the streete."
Mrs. Sarah Cowel lie Moyne has a little
old-fashioned mirror in a gilt frame Just
above the glass, In the frieze. so TO speak,
of the mirror. is lettered the quaint lines:
Look in this mirror and you will see.
Ye one Of all most loved by me.
OH would that l therein might view,
Ye one of all most loved by you"
Another motto for a mirror:
''Be to my virtues not unkind
And to my faults little blind
A very favorite place for legend Is
the space above the fireplace. East or
West, home is best" is saying one fire.
and arr warm" Is another appropriate
legend.
who frequent IT," Is the reading craven
above the fireplace in the drawing-room
of Mark Twain's house at Hartford
"Oh! We fire and heat. bless we the
Lord" is seen above the chimney-piece in
the hall Of one OF the houses at Ardsley
Park, Dobb's Ferry. 1t is the house built
by cyrus Field for his daughter, Mrs.
Lindley. and recently occupied by Mr..
Chauncey Depew.
In Mrs. Pierre Lorillards cottage at
Tuxedo, a motto In old Greek lettering
greets one from the wall Of her boudoir:
count that day lost whose low descend
ing sun
Views from thy hand no worthy action
DONE"
The nursery in Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bits New York house Is a charming
room, with the walls nearly covered with
notices, Mother Goose rhymes, and pretty
verses.
A Flfth-Avenue matron has this couplet
above her dressing-tabe:
''Tll be as patient as gentle stream.
And make pastime OF each weary STEP"
Above the writing-desk is this:
"Show your wisdom. daughter, and In
Your patience. have faith and endure"
II line all my clouds with silver" Is
Mrs. Duncan EIliotts pet motto. and ex-
quisitciy painted in silver OIL blue ground,
II hangs above her toilet-table.
The favcrite legend OF the late Colonel
Elliott r. Shepard was that
Life owes to sunshine both its light and
shadows"