Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-21

Tsilor-made gowns have taken firm
hold on the female populations way cor
rectly-fltting tailor-made gowns have, by
the by. IL they don't take firm hold on
woman's figure they are considered
failures. Men wear good clothing and APP
preciate the Importance OF having their
Shoes polished when wearing SILK hats.
IL you expect TO find country pumpkins
In Williamsburg you had better have your
trunk checked through to some other
town.
The effects OF the good work OF the So
ciety for the Preservation Of Virginia An
tiquities are everywhere manifest. This
organization. through It's indefatigable
and unselfsh efforts. has rejuvenated sew
ral ancient features which otherwise
Night have N4en compelled 10 resort to
csyiums 1or the aged and infrm. l re-
greet. deeply, however, that the statue OF
Norborne Berkeley, Baron de Botctourt.
has not been supplied with a new nose.
The one the Baron formerly had in stocb'
has since been removed 10y some admirer'
and without this refractory adjunct the
old gentleman looks like one Of the IA
nous Enroughty family who once resioeu
I'm Ireland. with h good. self-respect-
ing. energetic nose Norb0rne Berkeley
Baron de Botetourt. might come IN lot
many pleasures of life, for around the COL
legs campus. where he finds his habitat,
the air is sweet with the perfumed breath
OF spring and every zephyr Is heavy with
Natures vernal incense He also lacks
one hand but II he held four aces and
king IN the other | suppose he could take
care Of himself. The statue Is so mucn
discolored by the effects Of time that the
good gentleman reminds one OF CUBAN
recOncentrado. though ! do not OBJECT 10
this. I, makes him look ancient and
venerable.
The campus Of the College Of William
| and Mary Is truly exquisite. A youth
! who couldn't study on such an Inspiring
| spot ought either to quit the place ano
! adout the vocation OF saving wooc Oh
| run fcr the Legislature. Huge trees, gray
| and gnarled with Times picturesque "c
| erection. stand like noddirg sentineis over
| the pace and sigh ceaseless requiem
| 10 the memories Of alumni VINO uieV
| without life insurance. Almost ever
| inch of the ground has its own private
| historic association, ana cotnmaHuS - :
| and thought H. the old, high-pitcheo
! library hall the visitor who loves anti
| ouities can find enough cutics 70 Keel
! him away from his wife and babies 1oi
| weeks. The very air is rife with memo
' ries. and every minute I expected Thoma'
! Jefferson or James Madison. or some Oh
| those old Consutution-mGnuf &c
I non M and discuss with me the advisa
| bilitv of electing United States senators
4, by the people.
II is not for me to undertake a descrip
| ton Of Williamsburg or to tell its History
| Although as I have said. the town ism
--lr srfc faf
| combating the removal Of the nationa
| capital TO It's limits. it has a dignifieC
| past. a delightful present, and d Drill
| liant future, which entitle il to conspi u
| Gus mention in public-schoOl Biographies
| Every freeholder takes pride in his nome
| and the buildings are al that quaint ar
| chitecture. turpentine, paint, and white
| wash can make them. The trees In IN
! town are the largest l nave ever seen II
! Virginia. and look so old that they CIV
| mo the creeps 1t seems 20 me that /
| there were a famine Of frewood IN
| who.e world could look 10 Williamsburg
| But l laud that aesthetic and romantic
| spirit which has so FAR prompted the ma
| tfves TO preserve these splendid lana
marks. A good tree is the finest thlnl
on earth except. indeed. switch Tor
\ bad child or a sapling Cor contrar.
/ mule.
In all Of the hospitable homes I visit
! ed-and every Williamsburg home ap
! pears TO be hospitable-I saw costly brc
/ a-brac old fashioned furniture, me por
;. traits and antiques. ! thanked my star
l that I had left my wife at home Til
relics i'm that old town are enough t
throw a lover Of antiques into spasmodi
convulsions; and the woman who run
:, the sewing machine at my mousse wOui
haNa poue GRAVY over them.
Every house has a By yard, and ther
are shrubs and cultivated flowers an
, the land IS gilded with DItterc1ps. 1t
inst the place where children could en-
iov themselves and have more fun tina
. = box of monkeys / would rather be
, baby in Williamsburg than dwell as el'
l vator boy at the Waldorf-Astoria IN Ne
= York.
Tho court-green and town common, bot
as level as the top Of a co.ored man
head. give to the place that pleasing a
. we see in the rural towns Of Englan'
e And the unsentimental visitor cannot hel
Z hut thinking that baseball ought to
n winning favorite in a community Wnei
there are such fine opportunities Il
= playing II.
Another feature OF Williamsburg, whic
u shows the peculiar sweetness OF the PEI
! ple IS the fact that there are only ny
LAWYERS i'm the town. This in itself d
monstrates that the place IS saturat'
with brotherly love. and that eYeryboc
is satisfied with what he's got. Whi
i LAWYERS do not stir up litigation, the
is no doubt Of the fact that they gray
I tate towards those localities where peop
s are looking for trouble.
g Although nearly all the good things
! lifa aprear 10 have fallen TO the lot
D., the ancient burg. 1 am told that
t times past she had even more iuXuri
r. than she now enjoys. For instanc
d AZ the head, or foot-whicheyer it is
= the main thorouehfare there used TO
II a female seminary. which has since al
n appeared IN the hungry raw Of Tin
9 Williamsburg never ought 10 have
d that female seminary 90, or. If the sen
n nary had to go, it ought 10 nave Kept {