The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-07
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SOCIAL AND 4
PERSONAL I
The Old Sedan Chair.

The Old Sedan Chair.
sSs,t ats stands IN tho stable-yard, under tl't
s}Fsss INK II caves,
Il 1,roppcd up by a broonstick, and covered
II with Leaves;
81 IT once was the pride of tie gay anc
sSSl n s33s the fair,
Ss53 Blt now It's d ruin--that old Sedan chnlf
81 II Is battered and tnttercd-it little avails
5 THAT once II was lacduercd and glistcheo
s;gk with nails:
isg For It's leather Is cracked into lozenEe
ss8{g i . and square,
s8 Ikea canvas by Wlkie-that OLD SEDAN
at85'f chair!
rs See--herc came the bcnrnE-traps; mere
Az were the holes,
#B For the coles Of the bearers-wherc once
there were poles.
g&R III was cushioned with silk, 1t was waddcd
Esstl5 IA. with hair
Es As the birds have discovered-'hat oId
SsS Sedan chair!
3s s'Nhere's Troy" says the poet! Look,
I'LL under the scat,
MI dssa nest witt, four eggs-'tis the favored
ks III retreat
IA 81 the Aruscovy hen, who has latched
isS l dare swear,
ii Quite an army of chicks in that old Sedan
I chair!
III And yet--cant you fancy face in tho
VII frame
8s$ Of tho wintow-some hgh-hcaded damsel
n 3f5 W or DAME
II despatched and be-powdered, Just set by
#5Yslas tho stair,
SMILE they raise up the lid OF that old
Sedan chair?
@ Can't you fancy Sir Plume rs. beside ner
he stands,
his rufrlos adroop on his delicate
hands,
with his cinnamon coat, with his laced
SIX solitaire,
II4s335As he iifts her out light from that old
Sedan chair?
Then he swings away slowly. Ah many
league
55StIt has trotted twixt sturdy legged Ter
IL ST. ence and league:
III Stout fcllows!--but prone, on question
~. 49, Of fare,
4 TO brandish the poles of that old SEDAN
g3s chair!
\. 1t has waited by portals where Garrck
has played;
Il 1t has waited by Icidcggers Grand
Ii Masquerade:
8a For my Lady CodliIc, LOT lhE i-'ius
& Bellair,
" II has waited, and waited. that old Sedan
:s1:iE chair
NJ Oh, the scandals it knows! Oh. the tales
sit could tell
AZ Dr Drum and Ridotto. OF Rake ana OF
Belle
& rcocknght and lcvee, and (scarcely
$s::or fete days at Tyburn, that old Sedan
ssS chair!
$$..kt,IIeu! quantum mutata." say ms go,
a II deserves better fate than stable-yard,
though:
I'VE must furbis, it UP and dispatch It,
'.With Care"
no a Fne Art Muscum-that old Sedan
49, chair!
5S33ii Austin Dobson.
y, Miss Carr Sponsor.
~snff. w. w. Old. Jr.. commander Of the
Virginia Division OF the Sons of Veterans.
H has appointed Miss Anna Deanc Carr, OF
SRthis city, sponsor for virginia 10 me
81 New Orleans Reunion. to be held April
y 25th-27th.
sssiAIiss sAnola Gillespie. OF Tazewell, Va.
will be maid Of honor to Miss Carr.
SiseA1iss Carr is the daughter of Mrs. Dab
Y hey, Jefferson Carr, first vice-president.
Richmond Chapter, United Daughters or
tile Confederacy. Her father and her
Ii fathers family were devoted adherents
Il Of the Confederacy; her grandfather. DR..
lerancis Deane, was !, a surgeon In the
N iHu,fe1erate army, and her uncle, Mr..
4 Francis Deane, n Confederate soldier.
y Miss Carr Is graceful and cultured, pos
4 sessing all the charm Of person and man
y nor for which Southern girls are noted:
n She will make a splendid State represent
#tative.
e Miss Gillespie is OF distinguished Con-
q federate ancestry. and is most attractive
in every way. Southwest Virginia is as
famous for the charm Of It's beautiful
young women as for the progressiveness
(which has brought. it so well to the
front !. 81.
Bivins-Fisher.
SiE1nyitations have been issued to the
N marriage of Miss Carmen f, Fisher
n daughter of Mrs. Ida L. Fisher, OF No. SIS
a North Twen,y-f'urth Street, to Mr.. Luth
y er r. Bvins. The ceremony will be per-
4 formed in the home of the brides mother
"Wednesday evening, April llth at 6
b:clock.
4 !. After a wedding trip to Norfolk and
ind Newport News. Mr.. Bivns and his
\ bride will be at home to their friends,
Vat No. SIS North Twenty-fourth Street
Guests at Jefferson.
b General and Mrs. Herman stump, of
sjaiaryland, are guests at the 5e1Terson
IIotel, on their way from Cuba and old
Point.
II General Stump was Commissoner-fen-
eral OF Immigration under president
cleveland. With his wife, no called yes
terday on Governor and Mrs Swanson,