The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-16

names.
1virrinlans have been proverbially
quoted as being law unto themselves
: before and since tho time when En-
roughly retained It's usual quota OF let
tcrs, and vet was called Darby. Such
anomalous spelling and pronunciation, or
3 INSTRUMENTATION. seemed queer enough.
But with latter day developments In ones
mind, tho Darby Enroughty episode fades
i into nsgnlhcnnce. 5
1t Is a known fact that In this scc-
ton Of the State. perhaps moro thnn else
I where in the South. the bestowmcnt Of
I the old fashioned names, common in Colo
K NAL days handed down through success
s,ve generations In families, have been
portion of Virginia. Mnsslvo old family
Bibles record the births and deaths Of
Eliza betlls. Susans. James, Mnrys. BettNs.
Sallys, Allces, Judiths, Dorothys, Pollys,
Annes. Ediths, Lucys and q scorce of 9th
ers equally ms notwithstanding and
equally rs dear through association. This
stock of English names came to America
with the flowers that the first settlers
transplanted from their gardens beyond
X the seas, With tho oglantlnc.' the lilac,
the white violet. tho coral honeysuckle,
II the snowdrop. the lily of the valley and
the sweet lavender
They are inextrjcably associated, some
how. with the Fhomely fragrance Of these
y old.fashloneu flowers They carry with
them tho assurance OF sweetness, dignity
and grace, OF all that is admirable and
snhtly suggestive in woma nhood.
BECAUSE they are so English then stand
for stablity.and do not lend themselves
readily or wihlagly to change. The TWEEN
tieth century craze for proGress1Veness'
! even in the matter of names, mas taken
to lntermeddlinE with their spelling and
~. Toy,
as Marye or Mayme, and Anne is trans
formed into Annye, Jane into Jennye,
Edith into Edythe, when simple Susan be-
comes Suzanne, and Sally masQuerades as
+ Snllyc
Indeed, the substitution of VS. and the
addition Of cs sometimes renders old
= familiar names SO grotesquo and SO alto
X gether fnrccal In appearance after they
4 are written that ono often wonders how
they are pronounced. One feels inclined
to cxclnim with Cicero: Where In the
world are we. and In what city do We
live?" i I@ 7@etN8#
All women will be Interested in what
Mary MacLane has to say about the new
book she Is now writing, and which she
expects soon to publish.
1t IS made up,sshe writes. 'of reflections
and impressions and sketches-but hate
the words-and my reflections are not re-
fectons, and my impressions are not im- ,
pressions, and my sketches aren't sketch
&c In the least The book is not quite
diary, for 1t has no dates, but tbs all in
the first person. 1t has q tlnge of the
& first book, and its a fascinating book, but
yet 4, .#
1T relates to my friend Annabel Lee
and me. 1t is more Annabel Lee than
me. take the part of Il foil to my
friend Annobcl Lee. I take the part
we'll IT is particularly affective. con-
t-asted with the all-eGotistic part take
an the other book. In this one, compared
to Annabel Lee, am the next thing TO
nothing-the very next thing to nothing.
/ do that we'll IT'S the best thing in the
entire idea
THE book is her conversntion-and
some of NINE It is her deas-mostly.
She talks exqulsitely we'll, at times, and Is
even marvellous. I left my friend ANNA
bel Lee in Boston, yet she follows me
4 here. Not that she ever folows'-no, but
II travel frequently to Boston to find her.
All the difficulty have had in writing
and cutting out and pruning and mixing
over, is In that my poor miserable pen
cannot always do justice to my friend
Annabel Lee. ~
arc Boston, The Flat Surface of
Things The Young Books Of Trow-
bridge When Went to the Butte High
School, Minnie Madden Fiskc,' TO Fall
In Love .RcatvN'i "A Lutte With No
\ Etrings'-only no. ons has the least idea
what may have written about them"
I'm Werth-Ilarrison.
The wedding of Mr.. John Wcrth and
Miss Alice Ogilv!e Harrison was quietly
celebrated at a P. NJ. yesterday at Holy
Trinity Church. the Rev. Edwin Lee Tan
ner being the celebrant.
The bride. who Is the daughter OF Mr..
Carter Harrison, Of Powhntnn county,
vas unusually handsome in a travelling
costume OF blue. She was attended by her
sister, Miss Eloise Harrison, as maid Of
honor. gowned in white organdy with
Z lace and white ribbons.
Mr.. A. Vane Lester assistant engineer
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, was
best. man TO the groom. Immediately af-.
ter the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Werth left
for Washington.
They will return temporarily to FEEDER
icksburs, where the groom has been SUI
perlntending street improvements under
( the direction of L. T, d, Myers, Jr. Later
they will so TO the League Island Navy
Yard. Philadelphia. whore Mr., Werth,
\ who passed a most successful cxaminn-
ton for the position, has been appointed
inspector
~ The marriage was the interesting event
Of yesterday on account OF the ponular-
ity OF the young couple. Among those
who Witnessed the ceremony were Miss
Mary Byrd and Miss Isabelle Harrison,
Of Powhatan, who will remain in Rich
mond for several days as the guests Of
Mrs. Mamie D. Werth, at No. 203 West
Grace Street.
The musical circles of Richmond are TO
be congratulated on having Mrs, Matte
II. Thomas, OF Washington. D. c.. locate
here.
She will open a studio the first of Oc-
tober for voice placing and the art of
singing
While studying in Eoston Mrs Thomas
was the favorite pupil Of the eminent
teacher and composer, Martin Poeder.
For the past two and half years she
has been studying with Washington's
noted teacher. Madame Oldburg, and has
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