The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-17
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL
a Last Talk.

ID .
And ,he world is fair as night in
juno, -
Ia, mo hold Your hand, rs used to doi
This is the last, last tine. you know.
~ sto.,uo,4ow a mooer comes to. WOO,
And to win you, though love you SO.
You aie pale, or is it the mooniisht
geain,
THAT gives to your face that sorrow
ul5look
We must wake at last from our summer
dreams.
E book
Love the poet, has written we'll;
l1o has won our hears by his poems
And now, al the end, We mus, say fare
we'll
All, but the summer was fair and fleet
DO YOU remember the night we met!
Vol, wore a rose in your yellow mari
Closing my eyes can see you yer,
u Just ms you stood on the toplnost SUR
flu,ter OF white from head to feet,
a cluster of hudS on your breast. an
But The vision was never half so sweet,
AS It is tonight in my memory.
1Jore tho viols cry, and the deep bassoon.
Seems Spttl,ng out in Its undertonc,
some so,rowful memory. The tune
Is the saddest one l have ever known.
NJ Or is 1t because we must part to-nisht,
Tho music seems so sad? All, me!
You are weeping, Love, and your lips are
white
The ways OF life are mystery
1 love YOU. Love. with q love so true.
q That In coming years shall not forget
The beautiful face and the dream knew,
And memory always will hold regret.
shall stand by the sea as we stand to-
night,
And think of the summer whose bios
When the frosts Of fate fell chill AMI
white
On the faircst flower OF the summer
tide.
They are calling you. Must let you
Must say goodbye, and go my way?
IS II we must part, it is better So
Good-bye's such a sorrowful word to
say:
Give me. my darling, one last, sweet
kiss
So we kiss our dear ones, and see them
e But death holds in parting 50 sad as
this:
God HESS you and keep you-and 50
goodbye.
James Lindsay Gordon.
Cornell Musical Clubs.
II is n rar.. thing, indeed, to come
across person who does not enjoy a
college club concert. for It offers a
widersrangc of musical selections than al
most any other form of entertainment
aIhs Cornell! Musical Clubs, for example.
which are to appear at the Academy OF
Music under the patronage Of the Asso-
8ciation for the Preservation OF virginia
ANTIQUITIES on Thursday evening, Deem
her 25th, are perfectly at home IN every
class Of music from the Faust" selcr.
lions rendered with rare technique by the
Mandolin Club to the rollicking g-time
ditties of the Glcc Club vOcalists. The
organization comprises sixty musicians,
selected as tho cream of 4 student body
numbering more than 5000, and the mem
bcrs are drilled and drilled until their
rendition Of the, most difficult pieces is
such as to please the experienced and cx
acting critic.
Southern melodies occur DIN profuson on
the programme Of the Cornell Musical
Cubs this season. Those who have heard
The Cilcc Club sing Dixie" say that
every last man in the club puts his soul
into the words as II he were himself
son or the South. and the familiar song
was full of tender memories for him.
The Mandolin Club plays with splendid
effect medley Of Southern pieces, in
which My Old Kentucky Home" stands
out as The particular gem. There are
enough Of these favorite songs to give n
decided atmosphere to the OCCASION; and
then there are In the .repeNoire of the
clubs scores Of OTTER pieces, serious and
comic. popular and classic lending spice
and endless variety to their entertain
ments.
Yacht Party.
The Newport News Daily Press of yes
terday says:
party composed Of DR.. Ebert w.
Blakesec, DR.. and Mrs w. r. Blakes-
lee and Miss e. NJ Blakeslee. of this
city. ana DR.. y. C. Ainey and wife, OF
Milford. Pa, will leave Hampton Ronds
about January LIST. on a cruise to Palm
Beach. Fla. in DR.. T. w. Blakesees
thirty nine foot gasoline yacht Rosa
81 lind" now being constructed at the plant
Of the Hampton Roads bodybuilding Com
pany.
Dir. B!akeslee and his party will not
return to this city until the first of
May as they Will spend some time NJ
Palm Beach and VIII stop at severa
points along the route on the return
trip
The "Rosalind" will be launched in the
next few days at tic Hampton Roads
plant and Will be completed shortly afte
Christmas.
DR., AIney, who Will be member o
the cruising party, is well known ply
s!c!an Of Milford. and an old time fricn'
OF DR., Elbert 2lakcslee
The Orphanage Box
Persons making contributions for tn
orphanage box at Salem, Va, are re
atics,ed TO send the same to the FRS
Baptis, Church this morning. Ladies' Wi
be there to receive things sent.
The ladies Of Centenary Methods
Church are giving a Polar tea thi
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