The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-31
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL

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Spring Goes A.Wooing.
April beloved, come. just say the word
To me-
What's this hear? Not old Winter pre-
IA ferred to me?
s All, you sweet wretch. but that taie rs
absurd to he-
I'm your dss,yoted, your true lover
Spring!
Come. little sweetheart, / fain would be
lovering--ati ..,.,
"a Why do You flout me? Ihose rosu ls =
peen sa through your fingers your rosy
n mouth covering,
Glancirg and dancing like birds on the
wing!
When you first came there was just
white drift of you
Winter had fashioned the snowy white
= shift OF YOU
ROW my heart longed for the EXQUISITE
gift Of you
Dainty, reluctant, allurins ana shy!
Eyes like two pools IN the suli s1nL NC
Hair like Yourself. in the chance breezcs
differing,
Lips like two birds round the heart-nest
a-twittering,
ylDuT teS
April. love you-comc, yield to my
Gls wooing:
4 Tho sun and the rain love-podon are
Come, Let your eyes then b. volets
NJ oh, sweet, to be loved you have but
Long have worshipped you, wooed you.
and plead with you, -
Praying the while that loves mage DC
sped with you;
Now 4 the time Nature Wills that wed
with YOU 49, -
Come! Let me weave you drte o.
Edna Kingsley wallace, in the April
Critic.
Spring Flowers A-Blooming.
The lover Of flowers can enjoy to the
fun their daintiness, purity and afrag-
rance whenever a walk abroad is taken AIKEN
at this season OF the year.
III OF the three things left untouched 70
man, In the fall Of ton. the beauty
4, az flowers Is one and its realization IS
brought to mind when one stands, as one
NAV do, In Richmond. and look at tne
@trir1nphs Of the florists skill and arr
IN his lavish display of blossoms. sucn
+ 1,eaps Of them! Such good1y perfumes
such OSCILLATIONS and limitations OF DE-
5giHonn does not know what to long for
most--tfe sprays Of lily of the valley ana
mignonette; the crimson white ana PINK PINK
roses; the swaying khyacinths the SPICY
n "a rnntions: the brilliant tulips and jon
n,,,ls ar the stately white Easter INES,
the drIfted snow Of bridal wreath and the
m,npent sweetness OF the yellow pelled
Southern Jasmine, ,,r +,,a
q The presence of the flowers marks inc
advent of the Easter MONTH ana no ni1n .ss
~, \, 1T f1nQ no
fttcra offering lay upon the altar OF q
5risen@I ord than the roses and lilies %hica
q he 70 current season Of HIS resurrecttlloli
calls once more into being.
Miss Fairbanks's Wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. William Deforrest FAIR
8 Ranks IF Mansfield. Ill. have announces
h he marriage Of their daughter, Lula la
Mae to Mr.. William ilthaft Bride' ttoi
gl3Washin gton, p. c., the son OF Nr. any flNl
Ak Mrs Golfer T. Bride w
The bride is a niece Of Vice-Presloen en-
FAIRBANKS, says the Washington Post'
& which states further that the marriage,
,yhich took place on March IA, has Just
been announced. The young couple met
at "a house party in Illinois All fhey con- con-
%tinued their acquaintance during WISH
made by Miss Fairbanks to Washington
for the inauguration. The reason for
5keepinr the marriage secret was because
Miss Fairbanks was a Protestant and the
groom belongs to the Catholic faith.
The young people are both we'll known
n. and popular in Washington society.
Baltimore Daughters Success.
It'll The Baltimore Chapter. Daughters Of
the American Revolution gave q comedy
in Iehmarn's Hall Wednesday evening,
for the Maryland column in Continental
Hall that was literally patronized by
Baltimore society. and was a brilliant
S success.
Mrs Warfield, wife OF Governor War
field, Miss Margaret Warneld. his niece
and Mrs Marion Hopes, of Philadelphia,
his sister, vera am6ng the beautiful wo-
mon present. The cast did their parts
admirably and the scenic effects were
artistic in the highest degree.
Continental Hall. now being built In
washington, at a cost of $4,000, is to
e be of white marble. The building will
serve as headquarters for the national
organization and as q repository for the
relics and records collected by the So
clety.
Engagement Announced.
The engagement has been announced
Of Miss Elizabeth Hoggnrd, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Horatio Comick Hoggard,
Of Norfolk. to Mr.. Mathew Kemp Gwyn.
OF the United States Marine Hospital
service. The wedding will occur on Tues
f Gay evening", April SotIl, az b.dO O CLOCK IN
Christ Episcopal Church, Norfolk The
Rev. Carl L. Grammer will perform the
ceremony, Miss Mary Lou Hoggam will
be the maid Of honor. and Mr.. Sengston
,Gwyn. of Baltimore, brother OF the
groom to-be, the best man. Miss Grace
Branham Of Baltimore; Miss Loule
Snead, of Staunton; Miss Alice Hog
gard, Miss Charlotte Herbert, Miss Ellen
Bell, Miss Louie Sharp, Miss Frances
@ Wilson, Miss Alice Old. Miss Virginia Nc
Blair and Miss Urth N. Green, Of Nor
folk, will be the bridesmaids.