The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-03-10

erick, Nd, is visiting Mrs. stewartsH
oodWard, No. los South Third Street.

woodward, No. los South Third Street.
General Bradley T. johnson is guest
of Colonel Purcell at No. 800 Park Ave
nue.. The General expects to remain in the
city about q week.
Mrs. John w. Britton. OF Granland.
Chesterfield county. is visiting her son,
Mr.. S. B. Adkins. MO. 518 West Grace.
The annual business meeting Of the
Womans Club will be held in the club
rooms on Monday at 4:30 P. NJ. Visitors
cards will not be good upon this occa-
sion.
A delightful concert will be given by
the Peabody Quartette. at. the Jefferson
ballroom, on Monday, March 18th, under
the auspices of the Ladies Matinee Mus
icale.
Misses Jessie and Mira. Jones have
returned from Washington. where they
went to attend the Inauguration.
Mrs. /. NJ Rosenbaum and Miss Co
rhine Rosenbaun, have returned from a
delightful visit to New York and Baltl-
more.
Miss Lily Lynch has returned to her
home in Catonsville Nd, after an ex-
tended visit to friends in Richmond
Mr.. Frank Donald, of this city, has been
visiting his father in Frederick, Md.
DR.. Julian T. Wright has returned
from a northern trip.
Miss Cornelia Mullen, Of Williamsburg,
is in the city for brief stay.
Mr.. Corbin Braxton, formerly of this
city, but now Of Memphis, will shortly
visit his many friends in Richmond.
Miss Bessie Undertake, who has been
in Charleston, w. Va, the guest Of rela-
tives, has returned to Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs Hartzcl, who have been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wallerstein.
on South Third Street, left Friday for
their home in Youngstown, Ohio.
The Ladies' Matinee Musicale will be
given at the Jefferson the afternoon of
March 18th.
The next attraction Of the Jefferson
Roof Garden series Will be presented
Tuesday, March 18th.
The home Of Mr. and Mrs Marion Col
bert at Hampton, Va, was the scene on
Wednesday, March Sth, of one of the most
joyous events in their history, it being
the celebration OF their golden wedding.
The beautiful cottage had been pro'iusely
decorated with holly, cedar and cut flow
ers, and a large assembly met to greet
the happy pair. The wedding ceremony
was reperformed by four ministers, very
dear friends OF the cOuple-Rev. c. NJ.
Zepp. their pastor; Rev. j. Sidney Peters,
Rev A. b. Woodfin and Key. Z. E.
Northen. The bridal party entered the
parlor as follows: Little Fannie Cunning
ham Farrell and Lumme Lee Cunning
ham, great nieces; Master James Els
worth Cook, great great nephew; then
came Mrs. Joseph r. Gill and Mrs. Anna
F. Cole; Mrs VIM. z. Trahern and Mrs.
Robert S. Graves, all nieces; then came
the venerable couple and took their stand
in front of the officiating ministers, who
reunited them, bidding them renew their
VOWS, which they had SO faithfully kept.
At the end OF the ceremony. Mr.. Col
bert, overcome with joy at the present
and with memories OF the past. made a
very beautiful and touching address, end
ing with the exquisite lines of the poem
by James Barron Hope, his lifelong
friend.
This poem was composed and read be-
fore the graduating classes of William and
Mary College on the 4th of July, 1885, and
is, considered q master piece OF tender
| thought and pathos. Below is the fraS-
| trent Of the poem:
LAS toiling seaman, when he plies the
sits with his face toward the fading
| shore,
So I. to-day, my glances backward cast
Stand with my vision turned upon the
But with this difference: When the sea-
| mans boat
Leaves the fair prospect in its wake
remote
| He still has hopes some future day to
| reach
His happy cottage on the spreading beach
| Left in the morning, when its bracing
air
| Lifted the masses Of his careless hair.
| But save in fancy. l return no more
! TO gather shells on y,r.th's delightful
| shore;
| No more in speculative mood shall stand
| To watch the breakers dancing on the
sand;