Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-19
MONTH OF SORROWS.
THE TIME OF PART
ING FROM SUMMER ASSOCIATIONS.
THE SOCIAL OUTLOOK QUITE BRIGHT.
Four Prominent Weddings Among
the Early Events--woman's Club
nations to Take Up Their Work.

September is month OF sorrows. In
this month most OF the acquaintances
and associations of the summer must
be broken up; we must travel TO and
fro In the earth with an accompaniment
Of heat. dust. and hot-boxes. and we
must give up watermelons. However,
amid all this sadness. there are some
bright spots
| In Richmond the season now knocking
at our doors promises TO be unusually
pleasant. Quite a large number OF debu-
, tants will kindly lend their aid to make
| 1t so. And before November is thing
of the past four prominent weddings will
have taken place. Miss Mamie Lang
hoxne, daughter Of Mr.. CHS
well d. Langhorne, will be mar
rled on the fth OF October at
| their home, in Albemarle, to Mr.. Robert
| Shaw. Of Boston. Afterwards the young
couple will sail for Europe In company
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson.
/ The three other weddings must. for
the present, remain mysteries.
At the Jefferson early IN October. there
will be an inuudation OF druggists.
| little later two excursions over the Penn
sylvania Central railway Will come 70
the hotel 10 see our city and Its many
snots Of interest. Besides. as we
kroy some of the foremost busi-
ness-men Of Richmond are trying TO
! hiring here number or WORLD
famous lecturers. The lectures wouid
he delivered maybe, at the Mozart, more
probably on the roof-garden oil the Jel-
ferson. II at the jefferson, Mr.. Fry
proposes to change the roof-garden INTO
q. rooted one. Supposng that we would
not like the old Puritans at church, en-
Gov listering TO words of wisdom while
icicles froze on our coats. he would cover
over the whole space with glass BEFORE
the lectures began.
In addition TO these possible lectures,
there are a great many other "feaSts OF
reason" ready for us. Indeed, II seems
likely that we shall become so learned
before the year Is over that Bostohlahs
will turn pale and tremble oeIore US.
AT the formal opening of the woman
| Club Miss Mamie Winston announce, 1'
tnat Ms. Caskie Cabell would lee
ture on Current Events for ulo
,rratifcation of the members OF
The CLUB. And tho clubs prospectus
gives notice of charming papers 10 %
Tead through the year, oa SUBJECTS
ranging from Russia 20 music"
| -
IN the 4th of October the woman
| cu,b will celebrate the anniversary VI
the day Of its birth. and invite 10 ulo
celebration all regular memDers oi ..,S
o,,,h and all outsiders holding VISITORS
80 .Ss The club mas not yet reached
that time OF life when the persistent
| turn NJ birthdays becomes q grievance
| or1v four wears OF existence can IL looh
hack upon, but those four nave peeh
years we'll spent.
Another birthday party will be given
nv the ladies' board OF the virginia
rioenital on the 9th of Octoper' wien
every guest will have an oPpor'uu'.y
of giving in a SILK bag pennies 49, 80,
=, number 20 the years that nave
,,sssed over his head. This is cnance
for venting some OF our charltapie
ENERGY that has been gathering all sun
NOR and. besides, the names OF the
iadiea managing the entertainment are
security for pleasant evening
THE Wednesday Club will reopen early
Z, october. "Lauda Zion" Mendelssohi
bvmn of praise, written lor soloislo,
chcrus. and orchestra VIII De inc hlSt
| rofnnNCit1Cn
n,,hlished at an important period III mo
htocranhv of its author. II was apouI
che time when his great oratorio'
"Tliialr" was brought out; when MS be-
Loved sister. Fanny, died. and ne oe-
| snairingly wrote 10 friend we nave
IN, nothing left to do but weep" and
Trarv II was not long after this time
rat Nandelssohn himself died, after
Ife nearly as short and Joyous as that
Of his fellow-musicians, the sohS-Dhus
in the forests ,.,A
'Lauda Zion" or Praise 'ehoVah
was originally designed 10 be sung at
the festival OF Corpus Christi. Tne
cbief feature OF this celebration In
catholic cities is the carrying or the
nvx through the gayly decorated
streets by long procession or monks
and high dignitaries of the Church' Al
tie approach OF the host the throngS
along the way fall prostrate' whlle the
procession goes on with songs OF jubiia-
ton and praise. After nearing the hIsI
| rehearsal Of PRAISE jehovah Mendes-
sohn said. 81 felt very happy While
Iietening" And he acded that the
funds were unequal TO the expenses Tor
tbe reproduction Of the hymn; that the
community seemed to think that all ne
ceseary for the execution OF the score
was that they should allow air enough
10 fill the lungs Of the singers TO all
nubHc-spirited citizens who care Tor
Richmond's progress muscally as well
as commercially, IL will be interesting
IA know that there will he another May
festival with a programme If anything
more enjoyable than that given last
spring.
The Saturday Club. which has Its meet
ings every fortnight at the home or Mrs.
Beverly Munford, will commence on the
6rh of November. Time being money,
the ladies of the club have decided 70
invest theirs in the practical study Of
household economies. This subject,
including sanitation, architecture, and
"the art of living together" has claimed
n good deal of the attention OF the
wise and philanthropic among our north
ern cousins.
Miss Maria Blair will again open her
Shakespeare class, and continue 1t
through the four months course until
February, when she Will leave Tor 'Eu-
rome. The class study OF the plays this
wear will be carried on after novel
Man. They will investigate them in con-
nection with general topics, such as
clowns, women, and music. In addition
10 this, Miss Blair will have tourists
class designed to be an aid and plea
sure TO those about TO go abroad, and
solace and substitute TO those who stay
at home. Any felow-citizens who are
interested In the past, as well as the
fpture. may be glad to hear that after
CHRISTMAS there will be another lecture
on the Thomas foundation. dealing with
Egyptolegy.