The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-10
TRUE love IS at home OF, q carpet .
4 Ana nightly fixes his case IL.
And l'fr,ie love has an eye Tor t dinner me
4 Ana starves beneath shady trees.

L trrt,e love Is at h0me on d S 'i
i. . mnn ,"s love love, has an eye for dinner,
s,i{EH And starves beneath shady trees.
Ia Ills wing is tho fan Of n lady,
gg HIS footts an Invisible th1ns,
a 4 ~ III arrow Is tipped with q jewell
81 And shot IRON !" - Willis.
III ,1o I'm, would win his dnmo must do
ns love docs when he draws ms ""
WITH one hand thrust the lads ir T,,,.,a Nv
with tho other pull her ho'''e''-. =, -.
Take no repulse whatever, she DON say,
= troi go Shakespeare.
,,.t,,, ,herefore. MI the forces that We
Ana lnv incessant battery to her hea l.',
plants, prayers, VOWS, truth sorrow a''u
These engines can the proudest loVe
convert. al ~
And If these fail, fall dowr ana u'e "
ca diving, live, and dying do adore her.
( - ~ - ~ 1''e'' Spencer.
Mon oro April when they WOO, Decem-
her when they we'd maids are May when
they are maids. but the sky changes "i'ch
they are wlves.--shakespeare
April's Tears Are Kissed Away.
There is an old song which runs:
III you were Aprll's Lady,
And I wero Lord Of May
With nj, sorts Of promises as to what
4 4ha singer would do IN such q case
For one thing, he wottld KISS ner tears
away. Even in Virginia, April IS moody
and much given to sudden showers. l3ut
climes there are where Lady April Wu Wins
{ J., ,1,tf1
and needs no Lord Of May to comfort ller;
The emerald belt that girdles the word
IN spring is wavering line, but wnllo
Ice is being dy1lamited in VladivostoK
y hnrbor American tourists sailing into
tha harbor at Marseilles, France. are
almost at once in tho worlds biggest
flower garden. In southern France the
hnrl Lady has not only wiped her eyes.
but is smiling brightly at the Lord OF
& MAY, and the flower harvest Is being
ga thered in for perfume making.
lire is yirginias month Of roses, but
l., Persia where Omar Kl1ayyam sang:
$50, yet that spring should vanish with
the rose
the spring and the rose that came hand
in hand are dropping scented petals IN
the perfume fields preparatory TO
mutual withdrawal.
s55t In New England 1t is the arb,ltus that
Is the lovely harbinger of spring. scent
ing pine md maple groves where patches
OF green appear on sunny hillsides, While
snow still fingers in the hollows.
Down on the South Atlantic and Gulf
coast the air Is heavy with the scent
of blossoms and the scarlet OF straw
berries is blazoning the garden peas ana a.,
fields with crimson. All the West Indies
are abloom Bermuda had for Easter
such acres Of lily bells that sailors de-
clared they could hear the, faint, sweet
ecl,o Of their Ginning borne by the April
Sbraezes across the waters.
4 April is a fragrant month Tho earth
never smells so sweet as when the frost
& has gone out of it and the brown burrows
lie rnfolded to the sun. With the spring
cling Of the grasses come the dandelion
and the buttercup, the music of the wood
robin and the radiant sense Of JOY with
which the soul nttunes itself to the
companonship of caprlcious, yet charm
irg, Lady April.
The April Bride.
Lady April has had nothing but smiles
with which to greet the brides that have
awaited her coming. April wedding
chimes will ring gladly on Tuesday next
when Miss Grace Elliott Shields and Mr..
Thomas Henry Russell. OF New York,
will be married In st. Psuls Protestant
Episcopal Church at o'clock P. M. by
the rector, the Rev. DR.. Robert Strange.
The bride will come in with her maid Of
honor, Miss Anne Lee She will BIO
gowned In an exquisite imported lace
robe made EN- prncesse on n liberty satin
and chiffon foundation. Her veil will be
caught with gardenas, and her flowers
will be white orchids and gardenias.
The maid of honor will wear violet
chiffon and have an armful of pale pur-
pie lilacs.
Church and altar floral adornment will
be in palms and white lllacs. The bridal
chorus from Lohengrin and Mendelssohns
wedding march will mark the entrance
and the exit OF the bridal party.
The bridesmaids-Mi Maria Moseley,
Miss Elizabeth .,Weddtll. Miss Lily Hill,
Miss Ellen Bagby. Miss Bessie Smith and
Miss Margaret Shields-wll be In charm
ing costumes of white silk null, worn
with picture hats of white lace. They
will carry clusters Of white llucs
Mr.. Russell will have as his best man,
and will be attended by Mr.. Leonce
Fuller, MIR. Jasper Rand. Mr.. Henry
Sewall, of New York; Mr.. Preston
Witherspoon, Mr. William Parrish, OF
Richmond, and Mr.. Lawrence Smith, OF
Z the University Of Virginia. The groom,
best man and groomsmen will wear
gardenIas as boutonnieres; they will
reach Richmond to-day and have apart
ments while here at the Wesmoreland
Club.
Mrs Grace Elliott Shields. the brides
mother, will be gowned In black silk net
built on a silk foundation and heavily
embroidered in silver and jet. Her hat