The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-11
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL
Natures Love Story

u We may laugh at love 70 names
s. NJ 4 M may scott at truths they bear
~ r,,,t when the sunshine glances
on The fields of green out tnerei
when Inc tunefu birds are singing
In their pientitnde OF chetr
And The moments all are bringing
sn,,sthing sweet TO bless us here,
i ,rhv,5 tbe,,'s the time that clearly
one word comes from abovei
The best Of life is merely
The old, sweet tale OF love.
Wien She Comes.
sYs 1T a pink bloom dress the reauty w '.a
Or md. or green, or is it fleecy whto u
All Of these colors make her shs i = :
rare, ,,,ht
she stands beside the 'le"'' oA"'ne
And throws cloud OF leaves upoi, each
And some have wells Of shesn ana some
OF mist.
All! fair dream, speak to the worla 'l''o
me-
W TIN, woods look through tiielr fingers ~
Tho sky smiles down warm and lremb-
ling thing. t,,.,x,,.
Who is this vision! sops
..1oy,n she shouts, fl;neng vide her
i$ arms-"Thc Spring.
Edi,h Livingston Smith. II the Del,hea-
tor.
At the Won1a11's Club.
jn1;se NIadee Freedley read q arer q
.Benmtiful italy at the Wo;nnn's Glup
Monday afternoon. Miss Freedley's mos,
attractive theme was dereateiy anu ,l
charmingly handled her deiishtlui Y
scriptions of italian scenery, Delns N.Y. NY
4 snersed with poetic quotations from u s.le
T.rowninEs. Byron and other poets. me
Italian cities and their traditions ana
/, rends were touched upon, and the whoie
IF Miss Freedlcy's travel talk was
bright entertaining and Instructive
& At tho reception Mrs. &. Il. Wingo pour
eu cold tea and Mrs. Thomas 5. Arnl,s
tead was the hostess Of the coffee taplc'
e on Wednesday. afternoon. at O'Clock,
IN JrIIliam Trent, OF Columbia Collc5e,
New York, will give the ladies OF the
cl,b The pleasure OF talk on southern
II WRITERS ,f N8
c,haIrman's guests yesterday we're Mrs,
DaIlam Barksdale Mrs. Albert f. l1untt,
q dmiral Webster, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Freedley and Mrs. Nee!. OF Williamsburg,
Va
Observation-Disclosures.
a., engagement of much interestl.to
=, Ichmond people--that of Miss Champe
i 15nncure Robinson and Mr. George Pat
& terson Mordecai-has Just been announced
at a dinner party, given in the baltimore
+ country Club by Mr.. ]. c. NJ. Lucas.
miss Robinson is daughter Of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. John Moncure Robinson.
who had their home for years IN Rich
1nond She belongs to q family OF peau-
tiful sisters, and Is identified With the
most prominent social sol IN: Baltilnore,
The wedding will take place in June and
afteri the honeymoon. Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
decai will live in the Green Springs Val-
ley. Mr.. Mordecai Is member Of the
A. G. Afford Company, of Baltimore.
The Belmont Villa.
,rhe fact that Mr. o. II. p. Belmont
has purchased land at Hot Springs, Va.
md that villa, placed so as to COM
nnand a splendid view through Dunn's
Cap. Of the Allegheny Mountains, will
soon be in course Of erection for the Bel
,nonts, has caused quite a ripple Of IN
tcrest among the habitues of the Virginia
Spa.
Other villas to be erected will be tenant
ed by Mr.. George Gunton Of Washington,
and Mr.. Frank McCane. OF Spray, NJ c..
ak at EXCaVatlOnS.,
The members Of the Jamestown Com
rs r1,ittee from the national organization.
Daughters Of the American Revolution,
who visited Jamcstownzon Saturday last,
as the guests Of the Association for the
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities,
owed much of their pleasure while visit
ing the excavations on the Island to the
explanations given by Colonel 5. r..
Yonge who accompanied them and direct
ed their attention to all points of inter-
est, his remarks making perfectly clear
to the minds Of his listeners the relative
position, size ard ARCHITECTURE of the
ancient state. House. the country house
and the Ludwell houses. The visitors
were particularly attracted by the cellar
IN one Of the Ludwell houses, and the
old we'll that 1t contained.
Mrs. John B. Lghtfoot and Mrs z. v.
valentine, Mrs. Caskie Cabell and Mrs
George Bryan. Of the jamestown Com
1nittee, deserve the thanks of all who
accompanied the visitors on the trip, for
their great success in arranging for the
comfort and enjoyment OF their guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Guiaudeu, Captain John
Of. Mayer and the officials Of the Bran
don were most unt!ring in their efforts to
render the day a flawless one In the
pleasure 1t bestowed.
Jamestown looked its prettiest In honor
of those who came to visit itscshrine, the
flowers, shrubs and fruit trees being IN
full bloom. The visitors expressed them
selves as being greatly pleased, Miss
Comegys. vce-regent OF the Mount Yer
non Association from Delaware, and the
guest In Richmond OF Mrs. c. y. Ball
saying that she would be able on her
return to report what she had seen and
n known of the needs of jamestown.
The visitors had not agreed, before
leaving Richmond. as to the work that
the Daughters intend to do at the island
That matter will doubtless ba decided
however, before the meeting of the Con
tinental Congress, on April nth, or dur
ing Its sessions.
Mr.. Powell's Concert.
Mr.. John II. Powell viii leave Thurs
day to be the guest of Mrs, Junius i
Lynch. In Butte Street. Norfolk. Thurs
day evening he will give a concert IN th
M Masonic Temple Norfolk Patronesse
III of the evening viii be Mrs. Juniu
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