The Columbus weekly dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-21

ing a picturesque entertainment
was the colonial tea given by the
Calloway-Orr Literary Society.
Since his return from Eng
land, where he was the distin-
guished counsel for the United |
States before the Alaskan Boun-
Diary Tribunal, Judge j. M.
Dickinson, loved and claimed as
a COlum bian, has been the guest
of honor at many banquet
board around which were as
sem bled leading Americans to
praise his splendid work. A re-
cent compliment to him was the |
elaborate dinner given by the |
Chicago Bar Association on the |
night of December the nineteenth
at the Auditorium hotel. Emil
nent lawyers and statesmen met
to do him honor and testify to
his achievements, none of which
have been more far reaching
than that which has brought him
international fame in connection
with the Boundary Commission.
President Roosevelt, though un-
able to attend the dinner, sent a
letter of regret and in according
credit where credit is due says:
No cause of like importance was
ever summed up in more mas
terly manner than our cause was
summedIup by Judge Dickinson, "
commentator that is particular
~ gratifying to countless friends
here.
Anticipated in the pleasures
of the week before US are num-
Der of events that bring joyous
promise. Tuesday evening, at
the Gilmer Hotel, the Daughters
of the Confederacy will celebrate
Lees birthday by giving a recep-
ton to the Veterans and their
wives, the Sons of Veterans, the
Rifemen and the members of
the Monumental Association;
| Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Helen
r. Garner entertains at recep-
ton, having as the attractive
honorees Miss Nance, Miss Nc
! Nelly, Miss HairstOn and Miss
| Garner; Thursday afternoon
Mrs. Mamie Taylor Franklin
will be the hostess of the Tues
day Whist Club.
The Mite Meetings of the
Ladies Aid Society of st. Paul's
church in the past reached a de-
/ gree of excellence that makes
the announcement Of their re-
vival one of general interest. On
Friday evening, at the Parish
House, the first meeting of the
season was held, and the days of
auld lang syne were, as if by
magic, transferred to the pres
ent in the songs and stories that
were features of the programme.
Ante bellum times, in all that
renders them dear, were re-
viewed and seemed to live again
SO admirably were they pre-
scented.
Miss L. Graham Crozier is re-
memhered most pleasantly by
many ia Columbus, who are glad
to note her continued and pro
nounced success as a lecturer
In New York Miss Crozier re-
Gently delivered a series of lee
lures upon the much discussed
| "Parsifal. her criticisms and
explanatory outline being re-
ceived with great favor by the
music lovers of the Metropolis.
In noting the success of Col
um bians elsewhere, the name of
! Mr.. Charles Dobbs has often
been mentioned, and his ability
as journalist recognized with
pride. His appointment as man
aging editor of Wilshire's Maya
zine is another step upward.
marred only by the regret that
it necessitates his leaving the
Southland to make his home in
New York.
The Reading Circle met with
Mrs. J. T. Sanford yesterday.
THE Rise of the Free Cities, Z"
Venice, It's Growth and Pow
er, !" and a reading from Othello
formed the subjects of clever ar
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