The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-24
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And wclconc merry shrovctide.,
shrove Tuesday derives its name from
the carly church practice OF Christians
confessing their sins ana being shriyen
on that day In preparation for the peni-
tential season to follow Iii the course
OF time n revcrsion to the old Iuperc;l
liam and Bacohannlian sprngtime fes-
rivals developed the original Shrovc Tues-
day into the Mardi Gras Of the French.
tho carnival Of 1tnly, the Fasten
Eve of Scotland, the Feast of the Lights
for the Greeks and the Pancake Day OF
rural English and English Virginia.
No one can exactly tell the association
by right Of pancakes with this especial
day Of the week and the year. An old
Saxon name for February Is translated
into month of cakes because the an
Client Pagans used TO offer cakes to the
sun-god during It's course. Another
reason Is given byla Catholic eccleslastic
in the following paragraphs:
''When Lent was kept by a. strict NIB
stincnce from meat all through the for
ty days. 1t was customary TO use up all
the dripplngs and lard In the maklns Of
pancak es. To consume NIL It was usual
ers about the house. and they Were SUM
moned by a bell. called the pancake bell"
A dltty of Mother Goose refers to this
pancake bell.
s"Pancakes and frltters.
Say the bells of st. Peters.
Where must we fry EN-?
Say the bells Of cold TIigham.
In yonder Land thuirow.
Say the bells of Wellinborough.'
IA MANY os tho tJ~priieJ, 1,n,,,,, ,,nlN,,j,,
tossing the pancake is an event Of the
school year in which the greatest interest
Is taken. Much ceremony attends IL at
Westminster, where the cook in resplen.
dent white attire, bearing pancake in
frying pan, Is preceded by a vergcr
with silver mace who escorts him from
the kitchen to the school room, where
the boys are assembled in eager expec-
fancy.
The cook tries to toss his pancake over
an iron bar running across the school
room. The BOYS make n rush one boy
for each form In tho school, and the sue
cessful contestant in taking the cake"
is awarded a. guinea by the dean Of the
school. II the cook acquits himself with
distinction, he also receives a pcrqutsite.
AS Rega rds Audrey.
The Nation Hotel Reporter SAYS:
Public curiosity may be mani
Tested to know the name of the hotel a,
Warm Springs. Va. where Miss Mary
Johnston. of "To Have ana to Hold"
fame wrote her novel Audrey A hotel
with literary atmosphere and environment
should add 10 It's regular. everyday
business And there are some men aid
women who have written books who
Should go to such an establishment be.
fore they write another
Possibly If some men and women" had
seen Miss Johnston's cottage. smothercd
III the embrace of the red rambler rose,
had driven over the mountains which
wall In the Warm Springs valley when
the rhododendron was in the full glory
OF It's bloom, or had watched the hide
aud seek OF the shadows on the long
ridge leading TO Flag Rock they would
let nothing prevent them from gaining
tho additional inspiration which nature
in such a guise imparts.
Betrothal Dinner.
The engagement Of Miss Lucy Golden
de Lancy Kearny. the debutante daugh-
ter OF General and Mrs. Kearny. OF Wash
ington, TO Mr.. Julien Hil OF this city.
was announced at dinner party given
Saturday evening last in the home of
Miss kenrny. Those present were Miss
Alice Ward, Miss Poseithwaite. Miss de
Pcyster, Miss Hill. Miss Crosby Miss
Powell, Miss Washington. AIessrs. Sci
bert, Borghettl, Wills. Azpiroz, Kearry.
of New York; Pulido, Ackland and HILL
Decorations appropriate to the occasion
took the form Of hearts and cuplds.
MIR. Julien HILL who IS one OF the most
popular young society men in Richmond,
is the son OF Mr. and Mrs. William Hill,
his father being prominently associated
With the State Bank of Virginia. The
announcement of his engagement natu-
rally creates much interest here,
,afr I,.1 IN, ,to1, tol,
aMd Virginia people have a lively con-
Germ appeared yesterday in the columns
of the New York Herald. which said:
Mrs. Thomas Marshall announced on
Wednesday the engagement of her daugh-
tcr, Miss Sophy Gr!swold Marshall. to
Mr.. Julien Jacquelin Mason.
Miss Marshall is a granddaughter of
MI. David Parish Barhydt of this city,
ard n Observation-Disclosures of Chief JUS
tce Marshall On the maternal side sh.
is related 10 the Walcott and Griswold
families. Of New England.
Mr.. Mason is a Southerner, residing In
New York. and belongs to the old Yir-a
g'nia family ofSthat name. The wedding
VII probably take place this spring.
Committee feelings.
The ladies' of the Florida table, Con-
Tolerate Bazaar, will please meet this
afternoon ut 5 o'clock at No, $40 East
franklin Street
A meeting Of the Louisiana table com
rittee VIII be held to-day at Ii A. NJ at
tire home of Mrs. Coleman. No. 1s North
Fifth Street,
The committee of the South Carolina
table at the Confederate Bazaar will meet
In the home Of the chairman, No. los
Fast Grace Street this morning at 1l.3o
O'clock Mrs Eubanle specially requests
a full! meeting for the adjustment Of
necessary and important questions.
Mrs. Archer Anderson, chairman OF the
Virginia table at the Confederate Bazaar
tolerate MuseurrI, has called n committee
meeting or THAT table for this forenoon
ut II o'clock The meeting viii be held
Mt No, 1903 West Franklin Street to- dis
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