The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-04

county. and will not return uhui eeP
TENDER.
Miss Helena Trench LEROY has re-
turned from Virginia Beach.
Miss BETTY Burwell Booker will not
return to New York until October, ana
will take a leading part in the opera 10
be presented for the benefit OF tho Rose
mary Public Library in the fall.
The death Of Miss Mary Baldwin re-
moves lady whose influence as an
educator of young girls was immeasure-
able. She impressed herself with won
derfui force upon all her pupils. and the
organization Of an Alumnae Association
of graduates 70 the school was a taci-
expression OF Difference 10 and love LOT
her fine gifts Of mind and rare graces
OF character. We all recall Mr.. Tenny-
sons poetic picture of THAT Great order
Of the Table Round" and how some
CLEAN of Arthurs personality was re-
nected I'm each of his knights. lie OBJ
served says the ldyl.
Through all the order fash
momentary likeness of their King
"It takes a soul" sang Elizabeth Bar
reit Browning "to move body. That
was the sweet and gracious secret OF
Mrs Baldwin's power "And her worKs
do follow her.
The death Of Mr.. Charles p. Stokes
plunees several Of the most popular
households Of this city into deep mourn
ing. The blow is a grievous one-loss OF
a husband-a father-a soma citizen.
| Sympathy is the privilege Of friends. and
! il goes out TO the stricken family-"full
measure, pressed down, and running
| over"
/ The Bookman for July has together
with a picture Of Miss Ellen Glasgow. of
! Richmond. the following regarding her
recently published novel "The Descend
| anti" 1.-THE identification Of the author
| Of "The Descendant" with Miss Ellen
! Glasgow will come as a surprise TO those
who have read the book. Not since Miss
| katherine Pearson Woods published her
/ first story. "Metzcrott. Shoemaker.
about eight years ago. I'm the same man
ner have we had i'm this country an
! anonymous novel which by its masculine
! force and vigor i'm characterization. and
} i'm its treatment of certain phases OF life.
| was 50 deceptive as to the sex Of its
| author In both cases we can trace back
| some Of the influences that operated in
! producing such striking and remarkable
! effects I'm these initial performances 10
| horcdity and education. Miss Glasgow
was born i'm Richmond. Va. just twenty
| two years ago. She is sprung from an
! old and prominent Virginia family. and
/ is of Scotch-Irish descent. During the
| last six years she has pursued the study Of
physical science and political economy
with unremitting ardor, and her familiars
/ I'm the book wo-ld are Spencer. Huxley.
| Romanes. Mill. Bagehot. Clifford and
/ Wessmann. This has given her imagi-
| native work scientific basis. and has de-
vcloped her poetic sense Of things into a
! concretencss Of form that rarely is found
/ i'm the work Of women. George Eliot Is
| the grand exception. and II is this ten
! dency i'm Miss Glasgow which presumably
! has caused some Of her loving friends 10
| advertise her rashly in the same cate
CORY. She will be wise not TO heed such
! indiscriminate praise. but TO be faithful
to her own IDEAL There is sufficient pow
err and originality together with a love
/ Of beauty i'm her first book to lift IL
/ above the ordinary. and to make US look
! forward with eagerness for her next work
] ii fiction. It Is certainly difficult TO eX-
! plaza the marked sympathy with the
| mystery of pain and the tragedy OF fall
] ure I'm the work of one so young and
| adolescent. Such deep sympathy comes
, from intuition rather than from knowl-
| edge. and betokens the possession of that
/ high order Of mind which we call genius.
| but which often lacks staying power. II
/; Miss Glasgow will nurse her powers care
| fully and work cOnscientiOusly, without
! haste or pressure from without. we shall
| hope for something from her pen which
! may justify the unusual promise OF The
| Descendant" But If publishers and edi-
| fora oopcfr4iu her she is lost.
| A fig tree bearing olive berries would
| have been no greater surprise than the
| writing Of "A novel was 10 Miss Glasgow
! friends Her singular reticence deceived
| even the members Of her own family. who
| were left in the dark until "The De
! scendant" was ready for publication. This
! refreshing feminine idiosyncrasy carries
us back to the days of Jane Austen and
| DR. Johnson. We believe Miss Glasgow
/ sent her manuscript forth with a very
] faint heart and fainter hopes OF its sue
| cess. but as a matter of fact there was
| no doubt of its being published from the
| time it passed through the hands Of the
! Messrs Harpers first reader. In less
| than year after it was finished "The
! Descendant" was before the public. The
! kind reception which has been awarded
| 10 Miss Glasgows first literary effort has
| given her courage TO 20 on with another
novel. and also to prepare a little volume
| of poems. which will probably be pup
! lished in the autumn.
|
The demands upon the Ice Mission have
been very largely increased, through the
| excessive heat and prevalent illness
| among its benefciaries. The public are
| earnestly asked to bear 1t in mind. and
I to drop a few cents in the isXes which
are TO be found I'm the newspaper offices;
| at George NJ Vests and elsewhere. The
president of the Mission Acknowledges,
with thankfulness. receipt OF the follow
| ing kind letter a few days since:
Mrs George Bagby, President Ice Mis-
\ sion:
/ Enclosed please find one dollar for Ice
| Mission. Hoping your efforts, in the no
| BILE work win be crowned with success.
| / am yours respectfully,
A FRIEND OF THE MISSION.
| To those 10 whom ice is regarded as an
| absolute necessary of life at this season.
! tho really heartrending cases which come
| TO Mrs Bagby's attention daily. OF suffer-
| ers in the by-ways. consumed with fever
| and unable TO purchase even ever so little
would certainly appeal. The need is a
| crying one.
| Rev DR.. and Mrs. +. ID. Sprigg are
| registered at the Chalfonte. Atlantic City.
Miss Claire Guillaume has returned
= from Hampton.
Mrs. ]. r. V. Daniel and family will
leave Wednesday next for the mount