The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-27

! on, generation. Tho Jefferson Hotel Is
| the finest hotel IN the world. IL occupies
| half a square on Franklin and Main
| streets, and the plan IL perfect. The
+, courts. with fountains. flowers, turf ana
| electric lights. are like scenes from Ihe
| Arabian Nights" A fine orchestra fuT-
nlshcs good music every night but Wed
nesdays and Saturdays. They give SUI
perior concerts. and the beauty and FASH
ion turn out In full feather. It's sight
worth a hundred miles travel 10 see.
Saturday nights the Hobbies are crowded
with the prettiest and best dressed women
and manly men. and all as bright ana
cheerful as good humor and perfect health
can make them.
Dinners at the Jefferson, lunches az
the Jefferson are the thing" and fav-
oritc mode OF entertainment by the Rich-
monders. and they are as delightful as
brilliant conversation and beautiful wo-
men can make them. They say that
good Vlrginians hope when they die 10
70 TO Baltimore. ] can only exhort Bal
timoreans not 10 wait for the future
state. but '1f they want 10 have good
time" go 10 Richmond. stay at the Jeffer-
son and invite Us 10 dinner.
There is collection OF historic docu-
monts here OF inestmable value to the
Southern people. These thirty years they
10 prisoners OF war, which was one OF
the means used to fire the loyal heart
against the rebels" The correspondence
and papers OF the Hon. Robert Ould COM
missioner on the Confederates side for
tho exchange of prisoners. are in the pos
session OF his daughter here. Mrs. Powers.
and they ought to be copied for the war
records bureau. They VIII prove that
the Confederates exhausted every effort
to xgtn ,.,rf~ 4
did everything possible for the health and
comfort of Union men In their hands, but
that their efforts were constantly defeated
by the indOmnitable determination OF
General Grant to prevent no exchange.
One OF the most interesting points in
Kichmond-or the country, for that mat
ter-is the State Library. In a new and
handsome building, the Supreme Court OF
Appeals. tho State offices. and the library
are lodged and provided for. The library
itself Is not OF the highest class, being
somewhat behind and not up-to-date, but
its collection OF old books and Americana
is invaluable. BY the enthusiasm, energy
and intelligence of successive librarians,
beginning with Sherwin McCrae In 1876.
complete set OF portraits Of Virginia
Governors has been collected, from Capt.
John Smith, captain-general and ,ord
high admiral of New England down to
the late Governor Of the Commonwealth.
There Is Sir Alexander Spotswood. who
established the order Of the Golden Horse
shoe' Lord Dunmore in tartan. who, the
Nirginians believed, tried to have Andrew
Lewis and his rangers defeated at the
battle OF Point Pleasant; a copy OF a gen.
uine portrait of Pocahontas. and those OF
the long line Of Virginia worthless from 1909
10 lo90-and such linei IT'S worth a trip
to Richmond to see this gallery.
The rotunda Of the State House at An.
napolis would be n superb place for such
n Maryland gallery. Portraits would be
given by families TO be exhibited in the
Maryland Pantheon.
BALTIMORE.
This letter gives us a fair idea OF the
way our lovely city impresses stran-
gers, and o. the immense advantage Sc
cured TO Richmond by the erection OF
the Jefferson Eotel. Wealthy strangers
vii now be attracted here more and more;
they viii spend money here: they will
learn of our exceptional advantages for
manufacturing and for trading: they Will
invest their money here If the Democratic
League succeeds in Testaining public
expenditures and keeping taxation down.
and the city will derive advantages in
thousands Of ways that no one would
dream Of now. All honor to the public
spirited men who built the jefferson.