Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-02-19
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| ar .-,,,,- 'Vuse Is now In pro
cess or erecuon In the northwest corne
OF the Harvard yard. on . Inc yS,,, III un,
worthy Hal. and parallel with uoide,
chapel The building is 10 coz, go 600 an,
the design Is by Mr.. A w Inng,olIoa,
Inc building Is 70 AFFORD homes for vari
GUS renglous societies OF the university
ana Is 10 De USED Tor the promotion OF q
Iehsious spirit which shall result I'm ac
ton. This spirit IS very active nowadav,
at Harvard, and the enternrises in whicr
1t has found expression have need Of !
headquarters. The new housa has the old.
est and plainest brick buildings I'm the
yard for It's neishbors and has been de-
signed to harmonic with them.
| Dir Henry irving, accompanied by Miss
| Terry and bis company. will come to
! America the middle or latter part OF next
october. lie VIII make a tour Of the coun-
| try lasting ABOUT twenty weeks Sir
fenrys health Is now excellent. although
ne mas Deeh very III from pneumonia,
Whlch deVeioped rom drenchlng which
no got rloihs 10 the railway station in a
storm. lie was Tor weeks a very i'll man.
anu ms TOUR was cancelled He was order
ed by his physicians 10 take a long rest.
and wisely aid 80. But bis illness had
some compensations. for n brought him
letters, kilograms. and cables from both
home and abroad filed with kindly ex-
pressions that touched him deeply.
The February Critic says most happily,
would II not, possibly be tust as wei
If DR.. Watson made his appaal 10 the
higher emotions and the human symua-
thes little less direct. little more
subtle?" IT is az hard 70 remain calmly
In ones seat, ones eyes fixed On ones
work while his big. determined. muscu-
lar hands are fumbling about for ones
heart strings uesolyed when found TO
give them such tweakD as II is TO keep
ones place In a dentists opera ting-chair
Whlle the instruments are being laid out
AfterWards' Is collection of short
stories apparently designed TO expand the
readers heart and unseal the fountain Of
MS tears. This last operation is by no
means as sklfully performed as IT. was
IN Beside the Benny Briar Bush" or
Auld Lang Syne books which possess
ca charm ana realty as we'll as moral
excellence. 1t Is well 10 be moved bv
touched by generosity, stir
red TO pity and terror" even though
ths sensations are caused by nothing
more real than the words on a printed
page. But eternal human nature rises IN
in rebellion at the high hsndedness Of Ian
Maclaren's methods. There was ono. an
iil-advised mother who took Aabv for
a 'rolley-ride. Whsn tho child fretted she
snook II and put II down nsrd, with "sit
where we're sot an stay there I brought
we out 10 be happy, and ye shell be hap
Ply! The Suthor OF Afterwards" brings
us out TO make US good. and Il is but
natural that the clear intention should
yex us little"
An Illustration OF the popularity OF ICY
-ano do Bergerac' IS NOT only thar 81 has
been played 800 times in Parts 900 times
n the provinces. and that 10000 COMES
nave been sold I'm France. but that. as a
oy II has superseded the popular Aunt
sally." Instead Of throwing balls TO hit
ne pips out Of that old lady's mouth. the
lose or The warrior poet is aimed at, and |
no more dire the result the greater tho !
un.
Henrik Ihsen. the Norwegian dramatist
vas Intended at first for Doctor and at |
he age OF 1s he had to don a druggists |
prom. His ambitions carried him a little |
eyond that, and he decided TO become a |
octor. and read up FOR examination az |
in the course OF his study he |
vas reading Sallust, and the character
Z Catiline so took his fancy that he |
'ro.e little play introducing him. This
'as his first dramatic effort
Mrs. Mabel Lowell Burnett the only
hid OF James Russell Lowell. died at
where she was born afty-one
ears ago. Her home was at Deerfoot
arm. and her father. In the last years OF
Is life, divided his time between that
lace and Ilmwood.
What would be moro indicative Of the
haracter Of Robert Louis Stevenson
nan the following little verse which he
'rote for his own epitaph?
Under the wide and starry sky
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did l live and gladly die
And laid me down with a will
This be the verse you grave for me
Here he lies where he ionged TO be.
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.
Miss Josephine Putney gave delightful
ard party last week at her home. on
est Franklin street. Her guests were
|
,hool and an equal number OF young
sntlemen. The first prize. a cut-glass
magnetic with silver top, was won by
ss Addie Bcwe. The second, a silver
atchsafe. was won by Mr.. Guyon. The |
)oby prizes were won by Miss Louise
dkns and Mr.. Marion BROMLEY.
The following is an account copied from
lie Lexington Ky) Morning Herald:
he reception given on Thursday, the 9th,
ON 4 10 o'clock in honor Of Mrs. Anne
4 Burton Leslie of Cleveland, o., was a
ost elegant function in all particulars.
The hospitable doors of the handsome :
urton mansion, on west Sixth street,
ere thrown wide 10 welcome the large ,
imber Of ladies' who came and went .
ring the appointed hours. 1t is a home
ost admirably adapted to entertaining, =
ID Mrs. Burton is a most gracious =
,stess. Four large rooms were at the >
sposal OF the guests and well filed all ,
quirements for the occasion. There was ;,
most lavish profuslon of beautiful y
wers in each room, suggesting the a
ightness Of summer in delightful con- :
asst to the chill blasts OF existing winter =
the handsomely-app dining-room =
o decorations were white and purple !,
lis was most appropriate in view of the !,
ct that these are the regulation colors a
a bishop of the Episcopal Church, which !
gh Office Mrs Burton's husband so well -
aces. The color-scheme named above y
Is followed in the ices and cakes served. y
.e receiving party were stationed In =
west parlor into this the guests were =
At ushered then into the library, and !.
ssed from there TO the dining-room. /
$. Burton was handsomely attired In =
,ck satin MORE. with waist Of black -
over pale-green silk. She wore dia- =
- NJ. Tactfe ioOkad alagapt aud | "