The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-13

Editor of The s-Dispatch:
sir.-IIaylng a high regard for Miss
Cilbcrta S. White, read with pleas
urc all Of her contributions to the press
Her article. In your Issue OF Sunday, De-
cember 9Th was particularly interesting,
from the facts of my own life In Rlch-
mond SiXty-one years ago n young cou-
pie, not long married, commenced mousse
keeping, on necessarily sma4l ana
economical scale, In the very nelghpor-
hood which Miss Whittle described. and
we're treated with great courtesy and
lndness by the worthless to whom she
refers.
But, like the gencalogies of f. G. NJ.
her statements require some corrections
! ana suggest some additions. 1t Is hoped
| that she and all others will excuse what
| IL about to be written.
THE NAMING OF STREETS
! Miss Whittle says: The streets were
| In some instances named for prominent
residents and the home of the illustrious
! chief Justice, built in 1895, still stands
or the corner of Ninth and Marshall
! Streets" The fact is, that the people
| Of this city endured entirely too long a
very inconvenicnt mode of naming lts
streets. Those running east and west
we're named after the letters Of the al
| phabet. At last, since my settlement
here. this was changed. p Street was
made Cary; Z Street, Main; e and G..
FRANKLIN and Grace, w..ch. fitted; H..
Broad: and J, Marshall, because OF the
Judges residence: X Street, Klay (Clay);
] ~ cish. which fitted; and so on. Be-
| tween Cary and the river were Canal
| and Byrd, which, also. fitted their let
tcrs 1t that time. the Marshall man
! slcn was rented out. and the Harvies
were living in the generals house on
| Clay and Ninth.
OMITTED By MISS WHlTTLE.
Judge Marshall lived between two dis
tingulshed lawyers, Chapman Johnson,
on the cast, and Daniel Call. on the
west. aIr. Call was deceased; but his
| residence was still occupied by his
widow and Mrs Norton, The contents
! q. his wine cellar were sold and highly
appreciated at tho leading dinner par
/ ties Not far west OF Mr.. Calls was inc
! elegant and hospitable home OF Mt.
James Lyons, who kept up the prestige
| which It had enjoyed In the days Of Or.
lyons and Judge Peter Lyons.
1 Mr.. Chapman Johnson was still liVing,
his intellectual vigor and copiOus, STEM
tor!an style OF speaking still unimpaircd.
| but his cye-sight was falling ana his
ron and partner and estimablc dangh-
| rey han to supply the defect Mr., john
sons house was on the south siac OF
blarshtll ana DICK ltbIH ll'b 3ti|uN' 49,
William Gray. Of Manchester. bought
ii and lived In 1t; but. It has given way
10 seyeral modern tcnemcnts. Colonel
Jonn rutherford. at ono time Lieutcn-
ent-GovcrnGt OF Virginia lived and en-
tertaned at the corner OF Marshall and
Ninth, fronting on Ninth, and the house
IL ST. standing,
on Marshall Street, or near ~ and
within the space OF or G squares, were
also Frents. Aonpurcs, Pckstts. Mac
mur-os, Gwa,hmcys and Fishers. who
were among the old honorables Of Rich
mon.
CONFEDERATE MUSEUM AND 9TH
Err PLACES.
Let US now so with Miss Whittls 10
Clay Street. The BrpcRcnbrOugh man
SION la. four owners besides It's build
rr, before 1t became the Confederate
Museum. That building has mad a story
added to It, and n great many changes
| | In It's interior decorations. Mlsg Whlttlc
iG PROBABLY mistaken In saying that the
| fascinating Mary Randolph wag a dnugh-
ter of Mrs peterborough / think she
was n granddaughter, and there were at
| least two others, one Of whom married
| United States Senator Albert y. White
OF Indiana. when ! was present, II waA
| n fortunate Thing for the motherlcbh
ChapUans 10 have such hone.
/ As Miss White says. the University