The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-06
Social t1,1t7
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h On every side df me, how they cali Il
The orchard lane and the slen-road
deep,
The wllow-way andr~the aislcs that
creep
Past 5brooksido fountain and waterfall.
A. we'll as an that dwell thereby;
A little boy had the skill to try q
1heirSsccrets all In the long ago.
Conc 20 With mo of an August day,
The hllltops claim us, and we shall
find 4. ssS
wlse company mid tho pasture.kind.
Aid kinsfolk 'oyer the woodland way.
frank Nalcut Hull, IN The House,
Keeper. e3s M \. S
Augmst Is the month for what Is
known as "protraoted meetings, and
IL camp meetings. which draw together
large numbers Of people, In Underwater.
Virginia and &air other sections OF the
state. In Lancaster county there Is an
Il annual camping ground and whole fami-
lies move In and occupy temporary lla BIZ
tattons for weeks at n tim e.. al5E
Tho interest Eroused at these REVEALS
u IL, Intense In the evening, when the
W 1argcst crowd gathers and the young
Ieople come to swell the numbers, the
n lights, the singing and the cloquencc Q
tile orator OF tho occasion, combine to-
make a strong Impression on the mind o T.
an opservant person who comes to see.
Z near and understand 800 SPs ga
The camp meetings. partake equally
q az d social and a5rellgious element. Old
friends meet and discuss subjects OF mu-S&
& 4 Ial interest. At the midday meal, the
Il fried chicken, country ham, pickles, pies, ri
cake end fruits Of all kinds, especially
VIZ melons, incline TO promote good hun1orAs
and optimistic views OF II fe, especially as
he farmers anxicties are somewhat e.
i Thing OF the past, and the crops no long
aer8flll his mind With fear and trembling. d
whatever tends towards rest and re-
4 ltxation must BE Blessing In the siren
n ,io,ls American life. w hatever strength
Isl ems the bonds 81 kindly feeling which
lave, since colonial days, been 50 prom
Il ttlc,it Il feature of Virginia life must be &
for The good OF humanity. ~ And so 1t is
that the camp meet Ing y and the pro
4 tracied meeting cont ihuc to survive in
1.lr.l Districts, presenting a picturesque
n survival of d Southern social and religious
9Fysi en-, when many Of her dtstin tive have
I,Assef. and been forgotten.
Midsummer House Parties.
Ono Of the pleasantest pha~es OF TWEEN
Il !ietil century social life Is found in the 4
of which come to the ear from all over
Virginia. Richmond girls figure prom
ineltl.:s In these parties. Miss Grace ]
II Phillips has S been the hostess 3$sof one. "a
FsipG:, IN her home on Huntington Ave
81 t,ie. Newport N ews. to three young mem
bars or Richmond socie ty-- ~ ssI May Bat
.ins, Miss Florence Weimer and Miss 1
May Richardson-ar nd TO Miss Kate w IL 4
Z Hanson, Of Newport N ws.
Falconbridg hamilton.
IN announcement of general interest
y t.rins d news OF the engagement OF Miss
Elizabeth Porter Hamil ton. the daugh-S
ter OF the Rev. DR. and Mrs. NJ. Hamil-l
tn. OF Englewood, n. J.5lto John de
III dis. f8r gs5 III
Miss Hamilton Is a granddaughter Of 4
+ tie late William a. Porter. Justice OF tho
a Supreme Court OF Pennsylvania, and q
i,lcco Of General Horace Porter. Arneri-
IL ca;, ambassador to France. Mr.. F'alcon-5
FL bridge is a son OF Chief Justice William
Clenholme Pa lconbrld sc. Of the Kings
& teEcL, Ontario, Cana u 3Sss
Personal Mention.
Or. Jere yytherspoon, pastor Of Grace
4 Street Presbyterian Church. will be abb
sent during tho month of August. spend
4 ing his vacation at CASTLE and other
points In tho State of New Y ork.
IS During the Doctors absence his pulpit!
4 will be occupied every Sunday morning and
night by the Rev. Byron Clark, OF Mary
land. "a
Mr.. Gordon II. Barnhlll associated In
n tti siiless with The Times Dispa tell office,
returned Thursday night from Hamilton,
Il NJ G., where he had been called to the
tof his brother. Mr. ". w. Barn
n hill. is3s s 81 81 s5s
The many friends won by Mr. Barnhll
"a Hlnceg his residence In Richmond SYM
4pathize with him sincerely In his trouble,
which circumstances rendered peculiarly
trying. 81 "a 55
4 a Mr.. and Mrs. a. u Straus and Misses
g Bessie and Lenore straus and mai have
left for Atlantic City, to spend the month
4 Of August. 4 (.
vi Mr. and Mrs. s.. r, Lehman, Of No.f11l7
North Twenty-third Street, have gone 10
A spend some time at Greenwood, Va.
u Mr.. Thomas Brown Robertson, OF East
4 VILE. Northampton county, Is spending
a few days In Richmond, as his friends
4 are glad to note,
Mrs. w r, s.. Vaughan. sof Newport
q News. has been called to Richmond by
r The illness Of her aunt. Mrs. awards, vi
Mrs. Herbert a. Claiborne was bea,ltl-5
54fullySentertained during her recent visit
X with her son to the Louisiana Purchase
Il Exposition BY the Ben amins +. q Grays, OF
q Clemnons Place
sS5 1T is said that Mrs Cl aiborne NIL pay
Il n second visit TO st, Louis In the autumn,
4 when the Missouri Danes will give q.
militant entertainment III her honor as
the attona president. ST. IA
Miss Minnie Is, Harris, OF No, $50 West
X Grace Street. has Just returned from a
delightful trip to the st. Louis Exposition
4 Miss Annie Maria O. ConnorS is enjoying
81 the pleasures aof a tlantic Ci tys II fe, and