The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04
BRIGHT WEEK IN
SOCIETY CIRCLES.
aDebutantcs Eagerly Looking!
Forward TO Opening Gcr- Il
man OF Monday Club. is
LINES INSPIRED BY A WOMAN
James Lindsay Gordon's Bonny.
Lorraine 1'raccdS,o 70
mantle Origin.

n The carly death of a virgintan noted
\, for ,he versatility and brilliancy Of his
fssta,t,nt recalls tie fact that James Limo
.a. Gordon was, in Ills early life. a poet.
N OF promise.
1'hp following lines arc believed to have
y. been inspired by IL woman, who, IN her
II maturity. was a great beauty and social
NSsleader in Richmond, She was stlldcnt,
u at; EdEehi Albcmarlc county. Miss Ran
ss,iolph's famous school, when MIN Cor
z ..lon attended tho University OF Virginia
land 1t was then that their acquaintance
Is began, Tho lady was at That time Miss
Mhiinnie Anderson of Savannah, Ga. She
~ .fterwnrds married MI. Willihm Alleli,
s.s.of this state. and now lives in New York.
ss.rl,o pocm is entitled "l;onny lorraine
sand reads:
Bonny Lorraine.
d Bonny Lorraine. have YOU forgot
II, n 1'hc day We walked tho lrornins lea?
VI still keep the blue forget-mc-not
MI Tint you took from your hair and gave
to me.
Would sou like to walk those ways again,
SSsS3 With INC 1T your side iii the morning
time? - ~
S#loo YOU eve, think Of your youths sweet,
prime,
M And your young boy lover, Benny lAo or.
rainc?
81 Ah,5wcll / remember The time We stood
@s BY the CHANGING river, when the Cay VAS.
d And tho whispering trees in the dim Old
9 Turned crimson and gold in the setting
sun:
When Your heart and your lips and Your
eyes were fair,
no cling TO nc then as your lifcs one
DO you remember it, Bonny Lorraine?
\ surely your heart can never forget
The night told you that last fare-
8 well; Ell
y Your long soft lashes with tears were
4 And your anguish more than your lips
could tell.
And you kissed me then, as / stood in
I, tile rain.
And held HE fast as YOU bid me go
With your desolate golden head bowed
Ii. know you remember it, Bonny Lor-H
raine l
Across tile street where the music swclls.
YOU glide thro' tho throng in the
shadowy dance; ag 4. XII 6 ~
III your ears the chime OF your marriage
bells; I'll
See You, gimncc1r. across tic. pane,
Tho jewels fublaze in your shining hair,
And the form Of another about yot,
there;
But i do not envy him now. Lorraine.
.sI.et him how down low 1t your royal
feet,
II And sing loves song If it gives him
joy:
U sang it once nd. found;,it sweet u
4 In the days when YOU charmed ma-
n foolish boy. "a
fBut I nc,er shall awaken the old refrain,
It's beautiful music is almost hushcd
!. My heart was touched but it was not
crushed, sfE
And II. loves you no longer. Bonny Lor-
raine. x
Dance on willie the music throhs end
VAL beats,
Drink memory TO. death iii, your we'd
ding wine;
4#lIe knows not your life, whose quick
The false, sweet light in your eyes d.
4 j g. /, 8
II can look on you now with never a
pain
!. & On your proud, fair face and your splen-
did eyes:
t-And lbcn. looking up TO YOU starlit
j skies,
Thank God tia, / lost YOU Honny Lor-
4 r;tinc,
The Monday German.
if& Dobntantcs and pretty society girls arc
! Looking forward with pleasure to the
1 opening dance Of tho Monday German
1 Einb. that will be given III tho Masonic
ElIen1plc, December 18th
Tho Monday Is the senior and leading
4 german club Of the citg., ana The series
! si dances which'lt gives are carried gu;
fwith the utmost elegance of detail Tho
1 debutantes arc usually brought ont for
| inally AT tho opening enterlainmcnt Tho
/ LIST this Year Is a rernarkably pretty one
4 and includes Miss Martha Rohlnson. Miss
Colytcnay Crump, Miss Louise McAdams,
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