The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03
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The romance md the mystery OF old y
its Arc fading slowly ii, the fading light
4 OF tender memories, which ever llold
Historic beauty from tho falling night,
Whose in,rky shadows close upon us
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Oblivion whose days shall never end.
Yet ever all beyond the distant Sky,
4 y Like lateadfnst stars that slime
cternally,
a Above the world, above It's no,irnfnt
bieis. 0
we mark afar, Will, hope lSind u. eye.
The watchliglts burning Through tic
endless years.
Y q lovers. whom the wings Of love ehfud
~ For whom have come the glories that
rcnulte% ~
All tolls and pains. and cast IN earthly
s5lS mold
The fiji. ideals of the true and bright.
Whose spirits to the golden realm ascend,
Y Where love his faithful servants doth
commend. @ s$A
The hour or youth and 10y before you
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Wien heart responds to heart. IN low
reply;
When lovers glimpse the light beyond the
spheres.
y espy h
i The watchights burning through tho
endless years.
The romance and the mystery OF old
as associated with fragrant memories or
n Virginia colonial life, lived once again
ut ShirleyNl and Brandon-on- ne -Ja lncss
last Wednesday,. June goth, when these
historic homes were thrown open to tho
excursonsts from Richmond VINO ac-
rnr1patlied the Association for the Pres
orvation of Virginia Antiquities In
days outing down tho most famous river
On Virginia.
,rhe velveting lawns and charming
gardens. through which the approach IS
made totboth Shirley and Brandon sSi-5
rounded both Of these stately mansions
WITH a lovely and appropriate setting.
~ Mrs William G. Stanard was the chair
man OF the excursion. She and Mr.. Stan.
ard Mrs Herbert a. Claiborne Mrs, "a
Stephen Putney. Mrs. James Aston
Cabell and other prominent members OF
the Association introduced the party.
The trip was made In the Chesapeake
& Ohio steamer Louise. The day was
most delightful. and everything contrl-
4 buted to render it's enjoyment unbroken.
At Shirley, Mrs. Robert Carter, the
\ 5hospltahle mistress, was assisted IN re-
sceivints BY her daughters, Mrs. Oliver anu
d Mrs. Bransford. 4.
gallant figure OF King Carter and the
stately lady who bore his name beside
+ him a beautiful picture of Edward Hill
In Highland costume claimed and heid
admring attention, and the portrait OF
Is Mrs. Edward IIill, who was. before her
& marriage, a Miss Williams. from Wales, !
showed q face anu form o. uncommon | IN "
loneliness,
General Robert u. Lees grandparents,
Anne Butler Moore and Charles Carter,
her husband, look down from the walls
where their canvases hang among the
"a other members Of goodly company.
4t The pineapple on the top OF Inc
4 building at Shirley Is four and half (
feet Highland five feet In circuInf erencc.
81 symbolic as it is, Of hospitality, u
could never have been more httingly
zSss N s5 I'll Il. ba4ch,nents ~ hove the door
WAYS with the Carter and Hill coats OIL f
arms are matched by several sels qu','ne
Y old PLAQUES on the drawing room man
tel, inst are said to be two hundred Y 60 4
years old. 55i I,
SO redolent Of interest linking It at every
turn with wonderful past. that one felt
most reluctant to yield 70. me cctn lal q
the passing hours and bidding adleu to
the gracious ladies presiding at Shirley,
80 start out On n fresh WoyageR of eXplora-
ton and discovery.
The voyage that ended at Brandon could
not help but be suspicious. Visitors
were welcomed by Mrs. Harrison, MISS
Isabella Harrison and Mrs. Randolph
n C,,1yler. who stood in the parlor where
portraits OF Colonel William Byrd, the
first Virginia gentleman OF his day. ana
of his daughter, Ihe much-loYeuf inu
early-lost Evelyn, adorn the walls.
q The orginul grant from John Martin
3 TO the Harrison ancestor that became inc
purchaser of Brandon, with It's 1aded
characters and dts quaint lettering, was
E ebcwn but perhaps the thing which at
y tracted most attention, onlwel shlng5 the
claims OF portraits,s was n satin evening
gown. hrocaded In pink buds and green
leaves. cut with low pointed waist and
u angel wing sleeves falling away from the
elbow, that M.fs worn by the lovely
Evelyn gyrd';At the last ball IN Williams
burg TO which she Went
The glstening folds OF the satin ana
It's quaint fashioning seemed a most pa
thetic survival OF the youthful grace and
lpveliness which 1t once enshrincd, sug-
costing a vision OF bright eyes now dim
! med, and OF laughing lips that for more
than q hundred years have foTgG~-en now
10 smile. Gazing from the pictured
lineamcnts above to the insensiple fabric
+ beneath that took on new worth be-
cause Of its association one coulu pul
wonder at.
..The common fate OF all things rare"
and lament over
"How smail part OF time they share
Who are so wondrous sweet and fa1r.
All TOO soon the time allotted to Bran
don passed
Good-byes were said and the party
started OIL the homeward turn.
It was generally agreed. as the boat