The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-12
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From "The Princess"
when / am come TO the House Of the
promise me this, the Princess said
once d year when the land grows green
And the pulse Of the world beats strong
Come 10 the place Of my frozer, sleep.
LII the latch OF my silent door
Garry me forth to the world loved
,rhe bright, warm world that left be-
e hind
Give nc the glimpse OF the SUI, again
trhc opct, sky and the to,ich Of the wind
rokn me back TO the streets I knew,
XII The noise and the calnor, the gay ut1-
rest:
rho laughter and cries and the broken
OF the old glad life loved the best
When We come to a place that my women
know.
Where the tall palms crowd in the TEN.
pie square,
And a rose vine swings like pendant
Let me rest for moment there!
tss -
Garry me forth as BELTS my State.
Slave girls and flute players on before;
Just one day. in the happy world,
Then turn In peace from my silent
door.
I When am come to the House Of the
Promise me this, the Princess said.
Arthur Ketchum In October Atlantic.
Leading Society Event.
be the wedding Of Miss Bette Blair FL
Il Tyson, the daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
HI. Theodore Ellyson, to Mr.. Jesse Reade
Taylor of New York, THE son Of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. r. Reade Taylor, Of
e Virginia.
The ceremony will take place In the
homo Of the brides parents No. Sl4 Park
Avenue, at P. NJ. b.
Simpson-Brown.
Mrs Thomas Oswald Keesee has issued
Il
Miss Gertrude Bruce Simpson, to Mr..
William Scott Brown, of Ashland, Va.
The ceremony will take place at Calvary
h Baptist Church, in this city, on the oath
81 of October, at 4 p M.
sss Owing to the recent death Of Mr..
"a Browns mother. the occasion will be
III simple III all its details, and only the
I friends Of the contracting parties will be
& present to witness the ceremony.
DR.. Pitt. of this city, and Bishop Gran
& berry, Of Ashland. will oftlciate.
Miss Simpson is a. kinswoman of Or.
Vrginus Harrison. of this city, and is
great favorite in a social circle of this
city. Mr.. Brown is secretary and treas
II urer of Randoph-N College at Ash
J. land and Is the youngest son of the late
Rev.. DR.. Alexander G. Brown, of the
Methodist Church.
Brown Simpson.
Invitations have been issued by Mrs.
Thomas Oswald Iieesee for the mar
@riage Of her niece, Niss Gertrude Bruceq|
& Simpson, to MI. William Scott Brown.
5.the ceremony to- AXE place Monday af-3J
ternoon, October o5th, at o'clock. in Cal.
vary Baptist Church.
Silver Wedding Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert; Healy Pitt have
invited their friends to help them keep
4 the twenty-ffth anniversary OF their
marriage on Friday evening, October
18th, from toll o'clock, at No. POS
i Lamb Avenue. Barton Heights.
Informal Musicale.
Mrs Matte B. Thomas was the charm-
& Ing hostess at an informal musicale at
her home, on West Avenue, last Thurs
day evening. Mrs Thomas. Miss Mabel
+ McBain and Mr.. Douglass Gordon all
sang delightfully."-, while the instruments
tal numbers by Miss zelle Minor and
6 Mr.. Weitzel most enjoyably varied the
programme. Among the interested lis
teners were: Miss Jane Rutherfoord Mr.
and Mrs. Ragland. Mrs. S. B. Wilson.
Miss Daisy Wilson. Mrs. Hamberlin, Miss
Jane Minor. Mrs. Flint. Mrs. Pritchel
and Mrs. Hickey, of sDanvIlle. and Messrs
II Wilson and Reynolds.
Out-of-To own Society.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page who
were. during the summer and early au-
tumn, at their home on the Maine coast,
spent lew days IN Washington, D. c.,
Wnen they returned. and are now at Hot
Springs, Va. They have with them Mrs.
ages daughter Miss Florence Field,
81 and her guest Miss Lindsay, Of Boston.
AL the launching of the battleshlp
Georgia.. scheduled for this afternoon at
l:lo in the shipyard at Bath. Maine, Miss
ntclla< Iate. Of Georgia. will name the
ship. The Georgia delegation is enter
tanned by Mr.. John II. Hyde, vice-presi-
dent Of the Bath Iron Works. Those who
accompanied Miss Tate are Governor and
Mrs. Joseph NJ. Terrell. Congressman and
Mrs. f. G. Tate: Judge Hamilton Nc
III NNhorten Mrs. McWhorten and Miss Ca
mllla McWhortcn
The warm weather presented an oppor-
tunity for the display OF white gowns,
white hats. fluffy white parnsols and laces
at a tea given on the club house lawn at
"A Hot Springs. Va. Monday afternoon last
by Misses Annabelle and Elizabeth Lat.
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