The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-31
rhe centuries echo Throughout WIN y
xerses attuned to tho gayoty OF SAINT
Valentines Festival. SO It Is that Dray.
tnn fhe Elizabethnn, writes OF FEBRUARY
18th: b. .,
Muse, bid the morn awake
sad winter now declines,
4 mach bird doth choose a mate,
IN The days Saint Valentines
Tor that good bishops sake
s Get up, and let us sec
t1thnt beauty 1t shall be

M For that good bishops snke
s Get up, and let us see
ss8tNhnt benuty 1t shall be 4E
i THAT fortune us assigns. !. !.
Mise c.nrl1,an, n twentieth century Poet'
& IA !. 4'ihe Tvoice OF modernlty In contrast
VI vet he also has some very pretty l'a ',t-
rraphs concerning tho guardian OF auui
iescence and the successor OF ~ i n a....
81 expresses himself, anent the SAM hA.o''
this fashion: +,,o,s
- an gentlemen and friends! promise
vo,, t,reat toy from their fulfillmeht. by
q not ashamed of the Jamaican ehtiuS'tts.'.s
III ~ love and make your penance TOT sins
az negligence, of thoughtlessncss, OF u.-
Kindness, preparatory TO inc soiuci' i'oaA9
of spring. ,.,,,,p u
"a ,,o,, VIII take my word for It, our ven
cradle Mother Nature goes TO her clo So.
ana takes down her green CLOAK, when nsIl
4 hefore many wcelis she. Will resume tor
the pageantry Of April. lad we NO. :
better look over our own "tllr'uL iNopo - -
the heart also? u. ~ !, !, !,
st.arhe dust Of familiarity and the moth
&of doubt play sad havoc with the SOU
4. garment Of love. And when the appol ~. !
div arrives, and the feast 81 optiiis lii.ie
B 4 Instituted once nore-when inc 81
y comes back to the hills, and the 1n'lunpss
q OF love to the heart OF mah,-We .aas =,
81 mt be found unprcpared. Every heaTtt
/ must have in readiness its scariot tuhi c
and its golden coat, for how more a ar
" rronrlateiy can 1t be clothed thah VIII
love and joy" 49,, ,,ers,,v
Is month but it's arrival has been pre-
sared with whirlng snow storms ne 1,,t :
,s.ss,a',oft ~ ahite world behind, with the
nromise of sprngtime hidden from sls iil
z d
s,irhe second Of February Is Candemas
n nav when in the Roman Catholic Cnurcn,
there is a candle procession, to cohsec,' -,
ali the candles which will be needed IN
s. the church during the year Inc cai.u,es =.
symbolic Christ the lls NJ o. fe s,,1
X 1T IS said that If the weather is tine !.
* "a frosty at the close of January ana
the beginning of February, we may iooN
Il for moro winter to come than We nays
seen up to that time.
The old Scotch properb emphasizing 4thls
t idea declares:
"If Candemas Day be dry and falr'
@f The half O. winters come and mar;
r. candlemas Day be wet and foul.
48s8 The half O. winter was game at Youl.
4 According to German folklore the badger
peeps out Of his hole on Candleinas Ivy !, !,
4 and IL he finds snow, walks aoroau' -
y 1,a sees the sun shining he draws Dach
into his hole. ny
February derives its name from rep ,e, o
y ruta juno or Juno, the fruct'lier' i ,,
nutcb Of old called it vegetation month,
Il and the ancient saNons me splou.,..s
month" or 'the month OF the return
ing sum-. J., ~
Z VI. The gem symbol OF the month Is the
81 nmethyst. the emblem OF peace OF nina
M sobriety, 1T is worthy Of remem-
hrance that the amethyst is the crown
ing stone in the wall OF the New Jeru-
salem, and is said to stand for the union
d and the beauties of all the others.
February is rich IN the matter 90 o. a 49,,
vii, be the forty-third annlVer-
sary Of the formation Of the
Il Southern Confederacy. III 1861. lie pruary
18th will be shrovc Tuesday in virginia
and Mardi Gras in New orleans. ASH
"Wednesday will be the next day. Feb
ruary nth, when society will turn lts
back on "the world the flesh ana the
devil and enter upon the penlteItisi'
season of Lent. All good Americans KEEP
Washngtons anniversary Oh ti,e -. ,s
cherry tree is planted, the hatchet i
brought forth, and unquestionlng laitr
IN tie "Father of his Country" sets the
iconoclast at defiance.
lt Probably maidens who prize their PRIV
ileees consider the last the most lmpor'
tant date of all, for February 2sth Is
Leap Year, when it behooves bacheloi
debutantes to keep closely housed ano
sd avoid the danger Of proposal.
Leap Year German.
Four OF the most charming young girls
an, the city-Miss Lucy SHELTON, Miss
Nav Goolsby, Miss Rebecca Walker ana
Miss Leisa Archer-are directing a Leap
Year subscription german, to be given IN
Helyldere Hall the night OF FEBRUARY
9th. from 0 to o'clock.
The Young ladies have asked to be as
/ sociated with them the following COM
11,ittce, Of young matrons; Mrs. Andrew
4. Montague. Mrs. G. c. Walker, Mrs.
Charles 7. Robins. Mrs. John d. Blair.
Mrs. Stewart Woodward Mrs. Richard
N. Wilson, Mrs. Adolphus Blair and Mrs,
Hardin Temple Burnley
M Kaufmans Orchestra has been engaged
by the young ladies, Gentlemen pa
tronesses. whom they have asked are
Governor A. ]. Montague, Mr.. c. c.
Il Walker, DR.. Charles Il. Robins, Mr.. John
.5 y. Blair, Mr.. Stewart Woodward. Mr.
IL Richard T. Wilson and Mr.. Hardin