The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-18
THE SOCIAL WORLD. ]
Tc Morituri Salutatnus.

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TIE Morituri Salutatnus.
wild bnslea singing through a listening
land .,.,
High flutes and gallant drums win
Across n world where summer slept
content.
But yesterday, comes now reckless
band, ~,
Their bivouac fires a-flare OF, hill and
NJ fieht our ancient winter foe again.
Dreaming.
I picture her there In the quaint old
where the fading flre-light starts and
Alone If, the twilight's tender gloom,
With the shadows that dance on the
dm-lit walls.
Alone. while those faces look silently l.
From their antique frames in grim
Slight, scholarly Ralph, In his oxford
And staunch Sir Alan, who died for
Montrose.
There are gallants gay In crimson ana
gold.
There are smiling beauties with pow
dered hair.
Bin, she sits there. fairer a thousand fold
Leaning dreaniy back in her low arm
chair.
Ana the roseate shadows of fading light,
Softly clear. steal over the sweet young
face,
Where a woman's tenderness blends to-
with The suileless pride of a naughty
Her hands lie clasped in a listless way,
On the old romance--which she Mods
on her knee,
OF 1Tistram. the bravest OF kh'gnts III
the fray, s4
And 1seult, who waits b. the sounding
And her proud. dark eyes wear a soft
As she watches ,DH the dying embers fall;
Perhaps she dreams of the knight IN the the
Perhaps Of the pictures that smile on
the wall.
What fancies. wonder. are thronging
For her cheeks flush warm with a
crimson glow!
Perhaps-ah! i me, now foolish and vainA
But I'd give my life to believe It SO!
Well, whether 4 ever march home Rgain,
To offer my love and a stainless name,
Or whether die. at the head of my men
I'll be true to the end. all the same.
Written in Petersburg Trenches 1864
by w Gordon McCabe.
Exposition Parties.
The charming weather in late Sep.
temher and early October offers the most
alluring prospects Iii the way OF EHPosl-
ton parties. A
Miss Betty Ellyson and Mrs. Rahms
personally conducted party, for the ben
eft of the Retreat for the Sick, VIII pc
one Of the please for October me
ladies chapcroning 1t are most 7 a lVts
4 known for their success IN such AFFAIRS
81 and have made the fullest arrangements
for the comfort and pleasure of all who
accompany them. Gestlemen and chill
dren are included in their list of visitors
to the Exposition.
with Governor and Mrs. A. j. Montague
a. number Of friends. members Of the
Governors staff and their. wives being
in the car arranged for the gubernatoria
party. Judging from the present taste
b of Queens weather, Virginia Day will be
brilliantly and c,oudlessiy kept and the
Virginia building in the EXPOSITION
grounds will be the gathering place Of
truly representative Virginia gathering
to mark the State day with red letter,
Daughters Of Confederacy Day.
The United Daughters Of the Confed-
eracy will meet in St. Louis, october
4th, and continue in session until .Octo-
her Sth, the sixth OF. the month being the
Daughters Day at the Exposition,
Pleasant and reasonable accommoda-
a.tions have been secured at the liamilton
~ I&N, s1,n liant
of the Richmond chapter, for the eigh-
teen delegates who will - from the
Richmond chapter. who desire to take
advantage Of such arrangements. Ihc
Jefferson Davis Monument Association
will also meet in st. Louis Just prior to
the Daughters convention both orsa'li-
cations have business Of Importance on
hand. and their assembling is looked for
ward TO with IN Ssh interest
City Filling Up Again.
The return OF sojourners from summer
outings have caused Richmond centers
4 of life TO take on a lively aspect within
the past few weeks
The large houses on Franklin Street,
Mrs Duval's. No. :Nl East Franklin.
Street; the Mount Vernon; Miss Pitzers
house, al the corner of Second and Frank
lin and the Chesterfield are all having
an influx OF guests. who are establishing
Indications point TO an early and gay sea-
son. beginning about the first OF October
The stay-at-lIome Whist Club meets
tomorrow evening with Mrs, G. w. r..
Brock.
Studio Opening.
The new studio. No. 9o3 East Franklin
Street taken by Miss Golfer and MISS
Burnett for the coming winter, was
opened Yesterday afternoon for the or
ganizution of classes, and presented "A
most attractive appearance, The walls
being hung with Roman draperies, copies
Of famous paintings and photographs OF
eminent musicians, collected by Misses
Burnett and Cofer while abroad.
A unique feature Of studio teas for this
year Is that they will be given by the
pupils, who will also present the must
cal programme
Tribute to Miss Glasgow.
A recent issue of Das Ilterarlsche
Echo OF Berlin, the leading bi-weekiy
publication of modern literary Germany,
contains an article by A. Won Ende, OF
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