The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-21
SOCIAL AND
PERSO NALS
Humble Heroes.

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Humble Heroes.
\, ,,,,rh, not be SO disfcult TO lead the
,yb,, Inn army checred behind volt, ai, itl
8gssl515t Tho 5firee ana bugles played; * yl3
y might be rather easy. with the war
IT, Shrek In your ears, 1, s I. \.
M forget tho bite OF bullets and tile l ts'
,3l III blood and tears, NH.
But to be a scrubwornail, VIII l ooAl 81
ib5] Babies or more, /
3. ar,,srv f1ay. every day setting your BACK
II On the rack ,..
y 81 ANA all your reward forever not qu 1'te III
6s9ss3 54 i5 fB "A full bite # 4. AZ. T. 3, q
3i az bread FOR your ha hies. SnS! #
81 . IA 55 In tho hcat Of the day
4 y II, no;rht be ID hero to head a bi igaae,
y But a. hero llle her? I'm AFRAID al 5S ~
j afraid!
lit might be very feasible 70 force q s sreas
~ saddle I public passion and to ride upon
the storm; III
II fIt@1night be somewhat simple 10 'stoo -"
q the roar of wrath,
1,eca,,sc a second shout broke out 10 cheer
X IA Il you on your path. 4, -
y But he Who alone and unknown, IS 5 - tr ''
Fs
Unswerved by the crush OF the lll ls1l;Ap'3a
n I'LL proved
Batting crowd, d . i3
E1Jnwon By the flabby- drained, blinking
ss5&5 XII " which he sees # n
& II Throned and anointed. Say IN
Il n At the height of the fray,
x ;Yo,, might be the chosen to captain the
throng, /, y.
nut to stand all alone? How lt' " long TOW 'S'
n q "a n,,,nd Vance Cooke. in philadelphia
K Saturday Evening Post.
Miss Harrison's. Story.
@ 3 ea5crs Of The March number OF "rhe
smart Set, will set down as one OF US ~
inst contributions story entitled = :.
yenial Offense,', written By Miss Norvell3
4 Harrison. OF this city. . {3, 4,
81 TO tie most casual, as we'll as TO the
most critical reader. it is at once APP
Karen; that the story Is wholly removed .3
from the realm OF the ordinary ana the
,,orn n7onplace, II is expressed N clea u
y % rous English Of faultless construc-
y ,,sr.,, .5Tlthe situations are as interesting
,s,ssy are renla rkable, and lead natural-
"a A III, 10 the conclusion, as TO climax
5ir IA series Of surprises. A young Wo-
yysan. clever ambitious and hardWorKlns,.
es her bow to the reader in MISS ttar-
-.spuHs opening paragraphs. She has Just
arrived at summer boa riding place-lo-
e TED one infers, somewhere in the neigh
boz hood of New York citS-and finds. az
1y7ost on ne moment of arrival, that she
has lost her hand bag containing every
cent OF. the money necessary for her daily
and weekly expenses. Being a resourceiul
Young person. she RECEIVERS from her 1lrst
dismay35to consider the situation help
fully. and decides, with the help Of her
landlord, to give a lecture as the nest
means Of repairing her loss and Scontinu-
ing her holiday. In the hurry OF prePara-
ton the only lecture materials at her
81 command are drawn from some short
hand notes taken down by her, when
She attended lecture some years pre-
srious, during an European outing She
a arranges these notes to her satisfaction
and begins to consider her initial effort
M as a lecturer, a success, until, in the midst
M OF her audlence, looking at her with puz-
zled Interest and curiosity. she discovers
the man whose lecture she has als>ro-
1,riated, and is delivering for her own
NG benefit and profit
4S The rest Of the story embodys the de-
@tyelopment Of a suggestive romance, In
a relating how the embarrassing position In
which the heroine found herself, was ex-
5s plained away. and how, in the SO doing,
the lecturers also found themselves mu-
III tually attracted, the one toward the
other.
a8g One reads the concluding word Of an
NJ episode in which all this Is SO well pro-
n sented with an .Oliver Twist desire for
Is MORE, even while the realization is
borne in upon the mind that author has
done exceedingly we'll in ringing the cur
6,taln down while her literary audience
lbs still in the full flush Of interest and
g enthusiasm.
Probably Miss Harrison will crafty
Il those who have enjoyed IA venial Of
Tense" by later stories, published at a
later date, Certain itfis that she will
have to do extremely well, to go beyond
the standard shelias established for her.
y self in the beginning. SEE}8
Cooper-Knight.
Many friends Of the contracting parties
# are interested in the marriage of Miss
g Elizabeth Knight, daughter of Mr.. Wruy
Thomas Knight, 10 Mr., George Cooper,
Jr., the son Of the Rev. DR.. George
Cooper and Mrs. Cooper. OF Media, Pa,
"A to be celebrated quietly at 4 o'clock this
afternoon in the home OF the bride, the
Rev. DR.. Cooper officiating.
Miss Louise Talbot Knight will nt-
tend her sister as maid OF honor, and
Mr.. Homer Cooper, the brother OF the
groom, will be best man. Other members
of the bridal party will include Mr.. vii.
liam z, Crawford, Mr.. Harry T. Talbot
Mr.. Julien Gunn, of Richmond, and Mr.
Joseph E. Yenablc, or Petersburg. Va.
At the Woman's Club
Nothing daunted by the bad weather
a large and brilliant audience assembled
at the Womans Club last afternoon. te
hear Judge l., l.. Lewls's fine address or
" the Virginia Signers of the Declaration
M OF Independence" and TO enjoy the re
ception afterward.
#E& The address was splenddly conceived
and splenddly executed, Judge Lewis hav