The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-13
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL
Sweet Girl Graduate.

OsAAnse>essas as'sssz -
Sweet Girl Graduate.
White as a lily TINT upiifts its face
Frcm some iinsunned retreat,
She tnkcs US captive with o, witobing
3@ grace
IIalf-hesi,ant, all sweet.
And though It's passing strange that one
fair head
Can prison such a store
OF knowledge--gleancd by sagcs ages
dead
OF deep and classic lore,
Yet let us drem her fit interpreter
OF problems intricate,
\ And with glad voices cry: "All hull to
her,
The sweet girl GRADUATED"
With modest mlen and fearing, faltefing
feet,
She seeks the lighted stage.
And reads in accents TREMENDOUSLY sweet
Her essays cencd page;
She tells OF tasks performed, of duties
done,
And of that ardent flame
Which prompts tho soul to win to goals
unwon
Far on the heights of Fame;
she claims, though school-timc studies
now are DER,
That lessons new await
Dim down the misty meads that stretch
before
The, sweet girl graduate.
Al. grant her hopeful heart may never
know
The beat OF sorrows rain!
That she may drain no bitter cup OF woe,
Nor tread red thorns of pain!
God grant hcnceforth that her footsteps
fare
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Down paths of Deacefulness where DOS
SONS rare
Make redolent her days!
That Times harsh finger touch each
cllnging tress
With smoothings delicate!
That Fate may bless and Fortunes smiles
caress
The sweet girl graduate!
Wedding Announced.
Invitations have been received in Rich
I mond from Mr.. William 7. {. Ward
&, well for the marriage of his DAUGHTER,
Elizabeth UZelle. to Mr.. John Taylor
Lewis, the marriage to take place on the
afternoon of June 2sth, at half-past three
O'Clock. in ST. Michaol's Church. Bristol.
Rhode Island.
Miss NNardwnll Is tho daughter OF
0ormer Northumberland Wardwei
Of Rhode Island, and is @ young lady Of
accomplishments and great personal
charm
Mr.. Taylor was deputy United States
y II consul general to Rio de Janiero, Brazil,
q from 1893 to 1899. AS commissioner for
the Worlds Fair at St. Louis, he made
q foreign tour OF two and half years.
He now resides at n large stock farm
on Roanoke River, near Clarksville. Va.
Mr.. Lewis belongs to the well known and
prominent Virginia family Of his name.
Much interest is felt in Richmond and
throughout the State, IN the announce
ment.
Guests of Mrs. Coleman.
Of william mn u Hsciat.oFneI in williams
burg, Va, last, Wednesday, the party
going down, for nj snnYeiling ceremonial,
Including Mrs. Herbert "A Claiborne Miss
Louisa Claiborne, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Aston Cabell. and Miss Mao Burnct
Claiborne of Petersburg. were tho guests
during their stay of Mrs. Charles Wash
incto.l Coleman ana Miss Elizabeth Cole
man.
With the addition of the Hon. John
Goode. Of Virginia. the whole party were
entertained at luncheon by President and
Mrs. Lyon G. Tyler. of William and
Mary College. and at afternoon tea by
miss Edith Smith. Of Bassett Hall.
,st 1t seems most appropriate that the
I
been termed tho first Of four great Vir-
ginia rebels--the other three being Ma
thaniel Bacon. George Washington and
Robert =. Lee-shoud adorn the walls
of William and Mary, the early colonial
college as fe was very prominent In coll
onial history, and was tho first to con-
tend for the integrity OF Virginia terri
tory in the Kent Island dispute with
Maryland
The presentation was made in very
happy and interesting, manner in tho
name OF Mrs. ''ClHfb6rnc. by her brother.
Hon. j. Aston Cabell. and the unwilling
was gracefully effected by Miss Mary
Burnct Claiborne,
The Hon. John Goodc, OF Virginia, so
pleasantly remembered by his residence in
Richmond, MS president OF the Consttu-
tional Convention. responded in accept
ing the portrait for the college In most
moving and striking terms. Mr.. Goode
had tho degree OF LII. D. conferred on
him by tho college,
Closing School Exercises.
The closing exercises of Miss Daviss
school took place on Monday evening
last in the school building, No. OILS Floyd
Avenue
The occasion was most delightful
one to all present. The spacious rooms
were thrown into one. which was beau
t!fully decorated with cut flowers and
growing plants.
The Rev ]. H. Dickinson. rector Of
the Church of tho Holy Comforter. de-
lvered the honors. certificates of pro-
iciency and diplomas to the deserving
pupils. after which he delivered most
pleasing and eloquent address, highly
eulogistio of the management of the
school and full OF commentator of the
pupils and OF good advice 10 thom.
After the address, an informal reccp-