The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29
mrs. b. Harper. of Roanoke y i ( g
IS tie FdirSWrltor.
DOESN'T KNOW If SHE I F.
5I8 is A5WlDOW NOT 7.
Her Husband Has Been { Gone for. 2.
9 considerable 5Time-4 Ter Letter.
Read II the Mess Hall E riday a
Might. and II .Occa stoned the "a
Livellest Interest Among q
the Veterans.

The veterans Of the Soldiers Home now
have the chance or their lives. TO enter
into q pleasant correspondence. ss.
Mrs. H. B. Harper. or Roanok .1V a..
has written To the comma ndants OF the
Home. The letter was read out 70 stne
veterans at supper time on Friday eye.ii
ming by Comnlandant A G. Sg Peay,t7 and
caused ( quite WI nu!ler among the old
soldiers, Many hearts. stead in time o.;
battle went pit-a pat. IT Is said Stnat no not
less than fifty veterans have since re e
"a The liter was addresser to the su-.
5perindents of the Soldiers Home, Rich
tmord, Va and reads: u
VA n. Roanoke. Va. March 26. 1903.
#tss"Dears sir-1f there Is a gentlemanRat
the Home who would like to become ac-i
Eouninted with lady through CORE pom
dence, please do me the kindness OF Civ
ing hirnE my. address. i am a mid dle.a aged
widow lady OF good character. quiet;
and refined The age OF the i gentleman
must be from torty-hve to flfty-fve.T He
must be sober and refined gentleman.
u trust this Will be OF no trouble to you.
& Respectfully yours.
3(signed) 8l$sfiMrs. L. I3.sfiARPER.s
& BE Campbell Avenue 8 Ri W. W,
Roanok 3ES
y The %3taterans Z we're all \ attention when
supper informed a hem II h lat he shad sssor.1e;
thing or intares to e vorss, one resent who
Mas soberiy3S il1dlned 'alid no tssinore than
Sf1fty-,ve. Now, $ Of course. most S<of 4the
veterans are really a little older than
this, but as man Is only IS f"olds as ..he
feels a3large number OF the s.old war
$riors are not yet turned theG half century
mark. Each veteran thought he -must I'LL
tho bill exactly, for the lady does not fex-
poet great things VI II III IN
Visions OF a comely matront wtthf "a
.suniclency} OF this worlds goods for two
Immediately. rose before the minds E OF
the veterans. u and resolves to write at
once before the others. were made by a
dozen or tho wa rrIorsi at the same time.
Comm andant Pcay informed them
jokingly. that this was their chance,.b but
they did not need to be told a thing so
evident. II was stated at the Home yes
a. hundred had already. il replied, with,
more to N follow. f.ss vi 4 u. (, 81
n Mrs. Harper Talks. e. "A
Especial to The Times. Dispatch.) ..I8s
ROANOKE. Vas. March 2S.--A Mrs n u.
Harper, was /, seen /. to'night by The
Times Dispatch correspondent and was
given her let ter. She says sheS does not
know whether She Is a W ID low or not,
her husband. IS who was o sigD-painter.
having q lsappeared from Roanoke sey-
Eeral years a so. II
B ~ had seen where people 81 ften ad-
Syertised Ii for correspondents;"Hs she said
tonight, ''and simply wanted to cor.
respond with an old soldier, My expe-
rence ], In matrlmony was bad enough,
and u am In no hurry To- try It again.
gtE sho Is thirty.two years OF age a. ma.
tive ofs Ohio,tand a good 4 looking iwonla n.
who Is employed now as. IA - domestic In
appointment family. ri Is 4 II I