The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-26
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Curious Situation at Virginia
Building at Worlds
Y Fair.
LIST OF THOSE %; APPOINTED A 4 % ] ::
Genealogical Chart Of Thomas
4 Jefferson Has Arrived "A 35s
Quartette Of Soldiers. asss h.
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WORLDS FAIR GROUNDS, ST.
LOUIS, July %. Commencing to-day Mrs..
l1illia1d Russell and Miss Louise McCar-.
u thy. or Richmond. v a., began to serve as
S assistant hostcsses Of the Virginia State
building for one week. Mrs Russell and
Miss Mccarthy are both members of the
Common wealth Chapter, Daughters OF the
American Revolution. which helped erect.
the Virginia building. Miss Mccarthy is
the daughter OF Mayor Mccarthy, OF
Richmond. Mrs, strother, hostess OF the
Virginia building, has fifteen assistants
members OF the Daughters OF the A1nerl-ss
can Revolutions & who VIII serve In turn,
until the close OF the World g Fair.
Concerning the failpSc of the req re-, gtifllariy
appointed assistant hostesses to ppcar.
st. Louis paper OF recent date says
Tho Virginia building at the World's
Fair occupies the unique position among
4 Tho State buildings OF being The onl one
which has assistant hostcsses who Will
not come to st. Louis TO III the duties Of
their positions. Mrs. w. NJ. strother,
d hostess OF the building, has been looking
in vain for some Of her fifteen assistants ants
u during the past two months. but as not
ono has appeared she has decided to ia p-
4 point several young rginia girls 70 re
= the places Of the abscntces. *
{5sS The first OF these mpromptu assistants
was appointed yesterday, and Is Miss
4 Louise NJ cCarthy,g daughter OF Mayor Nc
~ tnl,rr
81 ST. Louis fora week Mias Mccarthy is
said 10 be one OF the most beautiful Of
Richmonds bellies. She will take up her
duties o-day Mrs. 5trotherS Will follow
this method OF securing liostesses during
8 July and August. a nd capec 70 to have sev-
eral Southern young ladies In tho build
ri Ing with her until fall. a Y that time ~
|o.ficlal assistants viii i visit the EXPOSE
ton together, not al Inherent pell0,.s, az
4 had been expected 4; AZ
The Virginia assistant hostesscs hold
s honorary positions. Each one Is appoint
ed by one OF the chapters OF the $Dnugh-5
Sters Gf the American Revolution q Nir-a;
gtnia. and despite the schcdul e arranged
+ by Mrs. strother, will not come TO the
Il Eek position until the warn q weat ne ~ is
over. $} al u bear the title OF assstan re-
gents, Mrs. strother being the regent OF
the State chapters exhibit the Viz
Il glria building. The names OF the chap
II ters OF the 9Daugh ters, 4 the towns from
which the assistant regents come and the
ladies who held the post tons are as FOL
N lows.
Betty 81 ashingt on Lewis Cha ter, Fred
ericksburg, Va. 81 RS. F. b. Goolrich;
HamiFson Chapter, Hampton Va. DR. Q,
Frances Weidner;; Massanutton Chapter
n IIarrisonburg Va Mrs. Heneberger;
Peaks 81 Otter Chapter. Bedford City.
Va, Mrs. r.. {. IA Clayton; al cunt Vernon
/, Chapter, Alexandria, Vas Mrs. p.
Erockett: Frances B. Randolph Chapter,
Petersburg, Va, Miss Elmer Tenn pie :
II q rcat Bridge Chapter, Norfolk, Va. Mrs.
Hugh Nelson Page: Fort Nelson Chapter
Portsmouth, Va. MRS. C. J.. Parish ) Al be-
marie Chapter Cha rlottesville. al, Mrs.
& c. Jones & Dorothea Henry Chapter DAN
vile, Va, Mrs JarnesgG G. Penn; Beverley
Il, Manor Ii Chaptc 8 taun ton, Va. Mrs F.
K Hanger; Margaret Lynn Lewis Chapter
& Roanoke 4 a.. NJ RS. S. ~. 4 Jameson; Blue
81 Ridge Chapter. Lynchburg, Va. Mrs. y.
ID Horsely; Commonwealth Chapter,
q Richmond, Va. Mrs. 8& II iliard Russell;
81 Old Dominion Chapter Richmond, Va
8 AIRS. II. "a. Ad ktns on.
The genealogical chart OF Thomas ] ef-
ferson and the Jefferson coat farms
were received at the Virginia State build
a ing / few days ago from Mrs. Sallie'
Robbins. secretary OF the Virginia His.
y torical eoclety. In the chart tho ances-3
A. try OF Jefferson Is traced, both on the
Il " efferson and Randolph sides OF the
house. back to he time when they came
,pver from England .s Il
The chart shows that the first Ameri-
can ancestor on Il the paternal side was
John Jefferson, nd that he came to- Vir-
( Elnia In 17l9, The first ma ernal ancestor
was William Randolph, who came to
4. America In 1893. He was shortly after
ward married to Mary Isham.S who came
over at the same time. The genealogical
tx chart and the coat-o farms will be framed
and hung on the walls OF the Virginia
building. W. 5s.4 d
$s The seyenticth Virginia Volunteers,
from Alexandria. Va. who are now In
the Model Camp. on the Worlds Fair
N G rounds, have a. quartette OF consl bic
merit. who have been singing together
II for several years. During their tour OF
the grounds they frequently stop at suit
liable places and, sing selections, They
A are always immed a ely surrounded by q
crowd OF appreciatlSa listeners. The sing
ers who compose. this quartette are S. II
Curtis, first tenor;aJ M Lucas. second
ST tenor. r, w. Smith, first bass; land ~. T.
Rotting, second bass. Two special favor,
ties are 'Wearing Ny Heart Away fol-