The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-07

Rowland. Virginia Archers, Eslen Nor
1ison. Cally Hobson.
Mrs. Robert Blankenship5 entertained on
! Wednesday afternoon from { to o'clock,
!: n-l1onor of Miss Harrison, of Balti-
more;
3ss2Nirs. Blankenship wac assisted in
the dining room by Miss jamie Wingo,
Ruth Tanner, Lizzie Brander, Anna
Carr. Elizabeth Davenport, Mesdames
Adolphus' Blair and Williams Tolafer-
ro.s Tea was gracefully poured by Mrs.
( William Talbot.
liam and Mary College, was in the city.
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benno. Hutzier have is.
sued invitations tot the marriage of their.
daughter, Miss Daisy Hutzler. to Mr..
Sampson II. Heller OH "Wednesday even
ing. January 18th, at o'clock. The mar
riage will take place at the nome Of
Miss Hutzler, 112. east Clay street. Miss
Hutzler has large circle of friends who
nave been endeared to her by her charm
ing manner. !,
Miss Sara Harrison will be the guest OF
Miss Annie Guy during the week.
The Mothers Mission. of the Church Of
the Holy Trinity, was Toasted on Wednas-
day. December 26th.
They were welcomed in an appropriate
address by Rev. DR.. Gravatt, after which
Mrs. john Addison, assisted by Mrs. Gra-
va:s, Mrs. Albert. Miss Bal, Mrs. San
derson and Mrs. Gentry distributed
forty-fve baskets well filled with fowls,
groceries. etc Many children were made
happy with toys and good things.
Key. DIR. Sprigg who, for years, was
with the Mothers in their meetings and
Ininistered unto them in many ways.
though no longer residing here, never
forgets them, sent kind rcmembrances.
Many expressions Of loving graf
itude were heard as the "A1others" spoke
of him and waited him their blessing.
Amidst the happiness of the occasion was
sadness in remembering one whose
unfailing interest was, for over twenty
years, so generously manifested Mrs.
Myers. wife Of Major L. T. D. Myers.
who has entered into eternal rest, but
her memory blossoms in the dust and is
inseparablv connected with the Moth
ers Mission of the Holy Trinity
church.
The death of Mrs. Jane Claudia John
son, at her home in Amelia county on
Sunday the 31st of December, 1899. closed
one of the most romantic lives made ia
nous by the war between the States She
has been properly styled the Joan dare
Of Maryland and certainly she occupied
tender spot in the heart Of every Mary
lander and no Confederate woman with
the exception of the members Of Presi-
dent Davis family has received more tri-
butes and tokens Of love and high es-
TEEN from the Confederate soldiers than
the wife Of General Bradley T. Johnson
From her earliest recolcctions her lie
has had Il touch of romance that seldom
falls to the lot OF an American girl. Her
mother was Miss Anna Johnson. of North
Carolina, daughter of Il justice of the
Supreme Court Of the United States, APP
pointed by Thomas Jefferson. who was
raised in the select society Of Madison
and A1onroe's time. Her father also 4
North Carolinian. r. NJ. Saunders, was
for fifty years member of Congress- At
toTney-General and Judge of North Caro-
lima. During the administration of Mr..
Pope. Mr.. Saunders was sent as Minis
ter Plenipotcntiary TO Spain, to purchase
Cuba he was accompanied by his wife
and child and it was then that Mrs. john
son. who was quite young, was introduced
to society, at the Court of Isabella the
Catholic. 1t was here that she formed
the acquaintance OF Senorita Eugenia Di
Montejo, Countess of Teba, who after
and the tragedy Of whose life has been
q source of interest on both sides of the
continent, which ended in n lifelong
friendship. The high regard of the En-
press for her American friend, was evil
denced after her marriage to the Prince
President by a portrait of herself. which
was highly appreciated and carefully
cherished by Mrs. Johnson.
During the revolution of 1913, when the
streets of Madrid presented a scene Of
confusion and horror. the Prime Minis
ter, the Prince, found refuge in her
fathers house and was protected there.
From Spain she travelled to Paris and
was there at the time of the election OF
the President, who afterwards he
came the husbands of her friend Eugene.
the following year 1919. she returned to
America and in 1857 became the bride
of Bradley r. Johnson, a young lawyer
of Frederick, Md. This woman familiar
with the storms of European revolutions
in a few years saw her own beloved coun-
try deluged in blood and then it was
that she herself became a figure in his
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