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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-28
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-04-28

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attempts to help stay youthful. The other
uight at the theater two persons sat in front
OF me who showed in the most striking way
the saddest phase Of the woman's attempt
to keep young. They we're man and wife.
She was few years younger than he, who
looked about so. But the difference between
them was greater than the few years meas
ured. He was still In the prime Of life. She
was getting old. A few years more would
make her visits to the theater with him
much less frequent. She was older. as II
was, than most of the women around her.
When she took off her hat white ribbon
bow jauntily tied in cher hair was disclosed.
1t seemed a pathetic struggle against the
coming age. She knew that the man sit
ting next to her loved youthfulness In
woman and all that estate implied, stylish
and animated, in the way that women can
be and old ones can never be. To represent
that age was far beyond her power, she
could only dress as youthfully as she could,
adopt every device to make herself seem
Of the age he admired so much and come as
nearly as possible to filling his ideal OF
what woman should be like.
I'm this view of the case that little bow
in her hair, looking absurdly coquettish and
out of place on woman of her age, was
infinitely pathetic and touching. 1t was
one way in which she was trying to keep
what represented nearly everything In the
world to her-the love of her husband. 1t IL
all very we'll to say that affection between
man and wife should be founded on basis
which has nothing to do with the looks CT
either But that is better in theory than
practice. A woman knows that If she wants
to keep a mans affection it must be done
by making herself as attractive to him as
she can in every way and looking as he
wants her to is one Of the ways Of doing
that. 1t Is easy to say that woman may
make herself absurd, even in the eyes of her
husband, IL she dresses in a manner entirely
unsuited to her age. But her mistake is per-
fectly natural and human. She wants to
hold on to all she has and takes the means
OF doing it that she thinks best. There are
some men to whom no other appeal can be
made. 1t is the wives of such men that
who have the hardest struggle when their
fading begins. 1t is an injustice to any
woman to think she's fcSl because she
dresses herself in a way appropriate to one
half her age. She may have a motive for it
that means great deal to her.
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change her dress because Of the shortness
OF the time intervening before the funeral,
and besides she felt there was no occasion
to do so, because she had seen her grand
mother but once or twice and experienced
no sorrow over her sudden demise.
After a moments delay uncle and niece
were on their way to the funeral. When
they arrived at the church the young woman
was somewhat disconnected by the action Of
the usher who conducted them to the front.
There was no room among the mourners, so
the couple was given a place on the front
seat in the "amen corner"
There was a stir among the congregation
and a whispered protest swept over it. The
face Of the young woman was study. She
sat facing the people who had come to pay
tribute to the departed woman. She did not
care so much for herself but was confused
by the fact that the majority knew she was
a relative because her uncle was with her,
and she feared that her incongruous costume
might be embarrassing to him before the
services concluded.
The minister closed his eulogy Of the de-
ceased, and in extolling her noble life his
eyes seemed to rest upon the face OF the
young woman who came to pay her last
respects attired in bright street dress OF
the latest fashion. The young woman
flushed but could not escape the punishment,
her unintentional infraction OF an old GUS
tom had brought upon her. She departed
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devastation wrought by the revolutionary
war 1t IS extremely unlikely that his pow
erty could have been so great as the story
books would have us believe.
Henry Clay did not accompany his mother
and etepfather to Kentucky, but remained
in Richmond, Va, as deputy in the clerk S
office, and engaged in prosecuting his legal
studies. The Watkinses shortly took charge
of the only hostelry in Versailles and
Watkins Tavern became famous in the
surrounding country. They had a two story
stone house built at the corner OF Main
street and Court Square by Henry Metcalte,
at that time a stonemason, and afterward
governor Of Kentucky. Such places we're
a sort of political headquarters and a rem
devious ior the discussion Of the news of
the day, at time when news travelled only
by stage coach. The Marshalls, the Crit
tendens, the Blackburns, the Clays, the
Watkinses and other prominent men no
doubt planned campaigns at Watkins Tav-
ern, and here General Lafayette was enter
tained in 1926.
Mrs Clay Watkins was very attractive.
While not beauty, she was comely, with
dark hair and eyes and rosy cheeks. Her
manners were very engaging, and she was
a most entertaining conversationalist. She
had wel-rounded and shapely figure, and
possessed great vigor of mind and body. Her
first husband, Rev. John Clay, evidently
realized fully his wife's charms, for in
making his WILL he more than once gives
directions "in case my beloved wife should
intermarry betwixt this and then" And
sure enough, at 3S, the mother OF nine
children she married Henry watkins, IAN
elegant and accomplished gentleman" Of %,
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had been bred in the city, but who had be-
come as enthusiastic a lover of the forest
as the Yosemite Diana. Together they re-
solved upon life of adventure, and obtain
ing horses and rifles they started out to live
as hunters.
This continued until the San Francisco
merchant, becoming genuinely alarmed for
his daughters safety, succeeded In finding
her and reasserting his authority. He de-
cided that as the best cure for such romantic
wildness the girl should be sent east to at
tend a school, in which department and all
the proprieties are a prominent feature of
the curriculum. But she refused to part
from Miss Hutchngs and as the only way to
solve the difficulty the latter was sent along,
too. This educational course lasted couple
Of years, and soon after returning the San
Francisco girl was married to a gentleman
who was prominent in educational circles.
Miss Hutchings returned to her life in the
Sierras She would mount the big black
charger and start upon a gallop through the
deep shadows of the forest. She would not
always follow the road but would some
times try detours and Cut-offs and it was
while doing this she met with the experience
mentioned in the beginning of this arti-le.
The night was a stormy one, in the midst
of a prolonged wet spell when the creeks
and rivers were all converted into torrents
The night was inky black, and some of the
Yosemite people who relate this story say
Miss Hutchings lost her way and wandered
at random through the woods. But this Is
not credited by those who know her best
for they do not believe the darkest night
could be dark enough to make her lose the
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Feminine Personals.

In the trosseau of the Princess Can
tacuzene has a new kind of dress, an auto
mobile costume.
Samoa has beautiful Amazon in the
person of n native. girl, named Tula,
who is conspicuous in every revolution.
The Grand Duchess Anastasie of Mech
lenburg- Schwern Is now a royal grand
mother at 3S and said to be the young
est in Europe.
Mrs. Diaz, wife of the Mexican presi-
dent, whose Illness will keep her husband
from attending the cornerstone laying in
Chicago, Is the second wife of the presi-
dent and but 36 years Old while her hus-
band is 60. They were married in 1884
The Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion are to erect in Tacoma, Wash, a
bronze drinking fountain a memorial
teacher who was murdered by the In
dians at Waiiapu, Wash, November 20,
1S47.
:. Mrs. Margaret Astor Chanler of New
York, who identified herself with the Red
Cross work during the Spanish-Amercan
war, will accompany her brother, Repre-
sentative-elect William Astor Chanler, to
Washington upon his taking his seat in
congress and proposes establishing her
home at the capital.
Countess Tatiana Tolstoi, the daughter
of Count Leo Tolstoi, is at present an in
mate of Vienna suburban sanitarium,
where she is being treated for an OBJ
stinate throat complaint. Countess Tati-
ana, who is about 30 years of age, is a
woman of remarkable Intellectually and
individuality and has long figured as Toll
stoi'S right hand.
One of the largest birthday presents
ever given was that received last week
by Miss Mary Crocker of San Francisco,
who, when she celebrated her 18th birth
day, was handed by the executors of her
fathers estate securities to the amount of
OO0
Connie Gilchrist, the once beautiful and
brilliant actress, who became a British
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way through the forest, and they assert she

way through the forest, and they assert she
was merely taking a short trail.
In any event, she found herself riding
along the precipitous bank of one OF the
forks of the Merced river, and before she
realized that she was in any danger she felt
her horse losing his footing and slipping
and sliding downward Instantly she threw
herself from the saddle, and she and the
horse together pitched and rolled down,
as if to certain death. 1t seemed moving
down toward the river. 1t was raining aud
seeting, and the night was as cold as 1T was
black. The woman and the horse shivered
through it in some way, inspired in their de-
termination to maintain their perilous foot
hold by catching glimpses through the
darkness of the flashing foam in the torrent,
which showed where 1t dashed over the
ragged rocks that would have made fall
into its water certain death.
Daylight came at last and with it an op-
portunty to escape. BY crawling carefully
along the bank, making use of hand and
foot holds, Miss Hutchings reached a place
of temporary safety on the edge of the
stream, and in little while she succeeded
in attracting the attention of rancher who
lived on the farther side Of the stream, and
who, taking no small risk Of losing his life,
crossed the river in a boat, which he had
Miss Hutchings was rescued, and little
later the horse was also taken out of his
place Of danger.
Every one else ia the valley talks OF Miss
Hutchings' adventure as thrilling almost be-
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past summer 1t Is a very cheerful-looRng
color Tor house wear during the dreary
season, and, If the right shade is chosen,
RED Is as rule. a becoming dye.
Inc most charming things are constantly
appearing IN gun metal 1t Is a metal that
men particularly like for their own BELONG
lngs. jewel in the clasp OF an article of
gun metal may not be altogether appro-
pirate, but 1t is attractive
Tiny little cut steel or other fancy buckles
are among the touches which differentiate
IN neckwear in which there is so little
change that 1t can hardly be mentioned
There are the same high stocks pointed in
different ways as heretofore and OCCASION
ally one has the highness at the back cut
In squares instead of in points
Among novelties at the jewelers. is to he
found the Dewey clock or watch dial, with
a picture of the admiral at the upper part
of the face inside the figures. and the
OLYMPIA below. while the hands are respec-
lively a gun and sword. Around the outer
edge of the dial are the faces of twelve
public men, headed by the president.
Among new fashions comes that of maxi
ing out-of-door coats and likewise Jacket
bodies for indoor wear quite long in front,
but short at the back, or snort i'm front,
with greatly elongated backs, 1t is not un-
likely that the old-style swallow tail coats,
with narrow lengths reaching well down on
the dress skirt at the back, will again pre-
vail.
The fad of adorning the neck with all
sorts of ruChes, colarettes, plastrons and
nameless ccntrivances of lace, chiffon, vel
vet, chenille and fringes has developed pos
sibillties never dreamed of when first the
modest. dainty little draped neckband
made its appearance. Nothing in dress,
unless 1t be the hat can admit of great er
variety in shape or style or Is more useful
which allows every available material to be
pressed into use.
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cLAY's MOTHERS TAVERN.
Something About the Mother of the
Grent OrntOr nnd slnIesmnn.

Comparatively few people are now living
who know that the mother of Henry Clay
once kept tavern" in Versailles, KY, and
fewer still have ever had 1t occur to them
that, had this not been the case Clay would
most probably not have come to Kentucky
at ALL
The Watkins family arrived in Versailles
about the close OF the eighteenth century,
bringing with them quite a retinue of
slaves, relates the st. Louis Globe Demo-
crat may say right here that there is
little foundation for the popular idea that
Henry Clay's boyhood was spent In the at
mosphere OF poverty, obscurity and abso-
lutte want The mother of the "Mill Boy
OF tho Slashes," Elizabeth Hudson, was a
member of a wealthy Virginia family, and
in wedding Rev John Clay latter whose
death she married Henry Watkns), she
married into a family Of equal prominence
with her own. The Clays and Hudsons
probably lived in the rather gorgeous style
OF the Virginia gentry. and il Rev. John
Clay was poor 1t was no doubt due to the
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Tor whom she afterward bore seven chill
dren.
Mrs. Watkins was full of spirit, as story
told by one of her grandsons, II. B. Wat
kins of Lexington, proves. He says that
the day after the burial of Rev. John Clay
the British Colonel Tarleton made a raid
into Virginia, and his men devastated her
place. Mrs Clay reprimanded Tarleton so
severely that he emptied a sack of coin on
table and told her to take that for her
losses. AS soon as Tarleton left, Mrs Clay
scraped the money off into her apron and
threw 1t into the fire, saying that her hand
SHOULD not be polluted with British gold"
She seems to have been a noble woman,
much reverenced by those who knew her
WELL and with striking individuality and
an imperious will
About the year 1915 the Watknses gave
up their tavern in Versailles and settled
upon a farm which they owned, three miles
south OF town, Here Mrs. Watkins died in
| 1929, at the age of so years Her remains
| were buried in a country graveyard close
! by, and rested there until 1851, when they
were removed to Lexington by her son,
Henry. The Henry Watkins farm" which
is still point of great interest, is now the
home of Mr.. Robert Mcconnell The last
vestge of the Watkins residence has given
place to more modern improvements.
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peeress by her marriage to the earl of
Orkney about eight years ago, is now be-
coming blind, it Is said. despite all efforts
to avert the catastrophe Her position is
not a pleasant one, since she has been
obliged to give up her favorite pastime of
hunting and is not yet warmly received
by her husbands relatives.
Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, young
est daughter of the author of THE Scarlet
Letter." has Joined the "Third Order of
the Sisters of st. Dominic" This is a lay
order and permits its members to live
in the world. Mrs Lathrop has done much
good by her Home for Incurable Cancer
Sufferers, which she established in the
tenement quarter of New York two years
ago and this practical renunciation of the
world marks a climax of self-sacrifce
such as is seldom seen in these prosaic
days.
Miss Anne Elizabeth Klumpke, who has
just received bequest of the entire for
tune of Rosa Bonheur, amounting to sew
eral million francs, is represented in the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
by one of her most notable pictures, en-
titled I'm the Wash House" This was
presented to the academy by the young
artistic in 1890. 1t has been exhibited
widely in this country and abroad. Miss
Klumpke has been the recipient of hon
orable mention In the Paris Salon, received
a bronze medal at the Paris exposition of
1889, silver medal at Versailles In 1889
and the Temple gold medal of the Penn
sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in
the same year for the picture which the
academy now owns.
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FriIIs of Fashion.

Black ard white effects both in dress and
millinery are still in the height of favor.
Some of the sleeves to the gowns with the
sheathed skirts are so snug that they but
ton from the wrist nearly to the elbow.
a great demand for fabric gloves of suede
finished cashmere In black dark gray and
all the varying shades of tan and russet
The stitching is in tiny silk points.
There aie few enthusiastic admirers Of
the shapeless box coat where there are
hundreds who prefer the new carefully
fitted tailor jackets OF cloth with stitched
revers kaiser color and plain close sleeves.
Women who like fine felt and a severely
masculine style go directly to the mer s
shops and get a small-sized mans hat,
with which they take a great deal Of com
fort. These fine felts are practically in
destructible, can be rolled and tumbled and
come out looking as good as new.
Red viii be even more popular for the
autumn and winter than It has been the
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it is certainly not beautiful, any more than
this other design Of trotting poodle, the
front part of whose body is set with dia-
monds, while the rest of the ugly dog is a
mass of gold.
Even the barnyard is invaded that the
ladies at the routs and balls may wear the
fac simle of a pullet, looking for worm.
as a brooch. Is this any hint at the early
hours that these ladies' keep? But such are
the latest follies OF the smart set in Lon
don. Will they be imported to the United
States by our initiative sisters OF fashion?
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PATHos OF ADVANCING AGE.
Few Care to Acknowledge that ThQy
Are Growing Old.

Few Care to Acknowledge that Thay
Are Growing Old.
Ruskin says somewhere that the only
homely woman is the one who refuses to
grow old There is another side to the pic
ture, however
The pathos of the woman who dressed too
youthfully has not been recognized always"
said one who was young enough to dress as
she wanted to- and so indifferent to the sub
ject that she never cared how she looked,
"and persons are likely to look upon her
as rather ridiculous. But she is always
saddening to me. 1t Is not only the thought
OF fighting old age that depresses one That
is bad enough. But sometimes an added
element OF sorrow is to be detected In these
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GRoTEsaUE ENGLISH JEwELRY.
Cats, Barnyard Fowls and PoodIes
EnshionabIe in London.


Fashionable in London.
A glance at the shop windows Of the lead
ing London jewelers. seems to indicate a
growing taste for the grotesque among the
fashionable Of the largest city in the world.
1t is an exaggeration of taste for the odd
that brings about the designing Of such
queer and outlaudlsh jewelry. The whole
animal kingdom is ransacked for queer con-
ceits to astonish the public, even though
they do not delight it with beauty. Here is
an ape, for instance, clinging to a gold
,bough set with rubies. His tail and one foot
suspend the ugly beast, whose body is set
with brilliants, and eyes shine with all the
greenness of two emeralds, while in the
other forefoot he holds little watch set
with diamonds. This may be striking, but
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A Young Woman Appears In Red
waist and plnid skirt.


The appearance of beautiful young
woman attlred in a handsome leghorn hat,
bright red waist and brilliant Scotch plaid
at the funeral OF her grandmother in
Chicago the other day caused commotion
among those staid and particular people
who believe that black only should be worn
on such occasions. The young woman, how
ever, was composed Of such stern material
that she was able to Withstand the quiet
looks OF dlsapprobation which greeted her
without being discountenanced by them.
The Inappropriate costume was due
largely to accident. The young lady was
visiting her uncle and had attired herselt
for an excursion on the boat to Milwaukee.
AS she was about to leave the house mes
senger boy arrived and informed her uncle
that the hour OF the funeral had been
changed and II he wished to be present no
time was to be lost. His niece was sum-
moned and informed that she would have
to forego her trip on the lake and accom-
pany him to the funeral. She could not
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yond parallel, but she refers to it with re-
luctance and declines to accept the position
OF heroine. At the present time Miss
is acting as librarian and secre-
tary of the Sierra club in Yosemite.
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with deeply rooted conviction that while
she might not agree with old Ideas it makes
a difference sometimes how they are broken.
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The record-union., 1899-06-15
VIOLATIONS OF Law.

One of the Trustees at the meeting
of Monday evening in the. course of
debate involving the protest Of certain
churches, declared in effect that the au-
thorities exempt church property from
taxation to some extent; that the
church taxes, water rates and the like
are not infrequently rebated, set aside
and given to the institution. This is
simply another instance of assumption
of authority to do that which the law
prohibits. There is no such thing as
exemption of church property. Neither
Trustees Of the city, Supervisors of the
county or any other authority has the
power to forgive a church or any other
private Institution it's taxes. In doing
so the authority assuming the power
which is. clearly unconstitutional. and
is not within the office of any official.
There is another consideration worthy
of momentary attention. Where taxes
remitted by order of any board or as
sumed authority, constitute a lien and
cloud upon the title, the act Of remis-
sion does not discharge the lien nor re-
move the cloud. People who have been
trusting to the action of unauthorized
bodies to forgive real estate its taxes,
will some day discover that their titles
are clouded and that there must be
taken exceedingly costly procedure to
clear the titles. But regarding the
whole subject let us hope that there
will be cessation from this time forward
of these illegal acts of remission of
taxes and issuance of other indulgences
to violate the law. While the board is
fully aware that all these acts are val
ueless if any one sees fit to contest
them, it should no longer be guilty of
attempting that which by the law and
their oaths they are expressly forbidden
to do -