Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-14

VIII always take its part
Where Southern hearts are truesl
Ter voice.
zen those who know her slightest,
WEI find
AS soft as Southern winds,
when southern winds are highest.
sight pearls,
The gems OF Southern girls.
Ser winning slnfis discloscs;
Her cheeks
When admiration speaks.
Are only Southern roses.
ses laugh
AS light as wind or chaii.
Breaks clear at witty SalIies,
AS brooks
Run bubbiing through the hooks
OF all her Southern valleys
y d., III New Orleans Picayune.
i. our ancestors influenced by the re-
,orts OF ST.: Walter Raieign. SsphS. l
John Smith, Sebastian Cabot, and others
,ade farewell to their native heath III
.Aterrie England" and cast their fortunes
n the .'iar1d Of the free and the home OF
he brave could once more open the eyes
which have been closed for century or
more they would see their fondest hopes
more than realized. Far away from nome
md country, they seemed to think that
~ naming The counties, States ana sec
ioEs Of the country after those Oh o4o
England that this would. TO some degree,
essen the sir Of strangeness ana assume
i more honiclike nature. Now after
a,,nared years and moro the appropriate
hess has become more pronounced ioI
.rIly this is new England: and right well
,ouid Virginia, with her rivers, cities ana
counties bearing testio7nny OF the love
.f the settlers for their native country
claim this appellaticn for herself Inc
Virginia naer and women OF to-day IN
whose veins still tingics the old English
blood, are taking the lead ali over the
country as famous horse,nen and horse
women Nearly every city and county
}eat have their annual horse shows 2no
now we read that our English cousins
viii travel across the water to be pres
int at the one in this, our capita! CITY
Yesterdays Washington Post says: Lord
Ind Lady Aigernon Gordon Lennox. who
sill sail next week from England. will be
lmong the visitors at the Richmond Horse
Show, which bids fair to attract the most
important socia, gathering the Virginia
eapi.al has known since the war
Fox hurting too is increasing in popu-
larity, and Bedford county, with the
Peaks of Offers majesticaily looming in
The distance, Will be the hunting ground
FOR the annual meet of the National Fox
Hunters this year. The beautiful Bed
ford Hotel VIII be their headquarters and
they will begin to arrive on November
18th and have hunts for a week.
They will bring many horses with them
and a large party Of sportsmen. with their
ladies' from several States, will run to
the hounds across the fields of beautiful
Bedford
OF course, Richmond will be we'll re-
presented and some Of her fairest daugh-
lers will take part in the chase.
And so, as the years roll on we become
more and more like our English ilins-
mer. our taste Tor sport, love OF horses
and fCndness for Cutdoor pleasures are
being more developed and golf is as much
a fad on this side Of the Atlantic as it is
on tho other. Richmond girls are a
marked success at golfing, Miss Bessie Ell
Tyson, who has done some fine playing on
the links. has won an en.iahie reputation
Rs a golfer as well as Mr.. J. Stewart
Jones. Mrs George Warren, Misses Paul
Inc Powers Edith Jones. and Madge Wei
siger.
Taste of American women in dress seems
to be an interesting topic for many for
aisn writer's. end il is noted with regret
that the tenor OF most Of the articles Is
to the; disparagsmaa emit Of La Belle Am eri-
came" Some say that She is too flashy
In her attire: that she utterly dis
regards the occasion and chooses her
costumes to please her own ideas. pre-
ferrinE to be gew'ed becomiiigly, rather
than appropriately Again, she is too
fond of displaying her Jewels and seems
to be thoroughly incapable Of controlling
her love for fuss and hnery to consider
for one moment whether a lace trimmed
bodice or skirts with sweeping trains are
the proper thing for her to wear on a
shopping expedition. However much these
unfasorabIe criticisms of the American
girls toilet appear In print, they do not
seem TO inquire her one iota at home or
abroad. English papers enter into the
minutest details in the description of the
gowns worn by Her Grace of Marlborough.
Lady Curzon and Lady Beresford when
they appear In public. Long articles have
been devoted to dresses worn by the
Countess OF Castellane and whether or not
the costumes Of Miss Columbia coin
cided with the taste of her critics, she will
continue as she has always done-pleese
herself.
Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson says a
Eornthsrr contemporary, Was seen on
Broadway the other day in stunning
gown of black taffeta. The skirt. which
touched all around. hao two deep pi,ited
and overlapping fiounces. The plaits We're
two inches wide, pressed in, and each
1iounce was foot or more deep; the up
per one Mad It's lower edge cut in points
some six inches in depth. Above these
the skirt WAS plain to the waist, and clos
ed in the back with several underlying
plaits The simple bodice had deep
yoke effect and full bishop sleeves. There
was no white anywhere, and the immense
black hat wess of the mode often termed
"cart-wheel.'' An immense long and wide
blaca, ostrich plume swept around the
brirn. md the hat Jared straight ny and
back from the wea7er's blonde hair to a
heigh, Of six inches or more