The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-23
.VVllL PRESENT
DANES ! silver Il. I. B.
5sS S-----r - /,
Service Given BY Virginia Co
lonial Danes to Take Place
"Wednesday.
MANY RlCHM0ND / WILL I | y. GO I
Special Excursion to Newport
News Over G. & @.
Railroad.
MANY. RICHMOND Will GO

| on the afternoon Of wednesday next
| the silver selected by the Society OF
Colonial Danes Iii this State to the ba t.
tleship Virginia will DO formally pres
sonted in tho Pors t1no,lth navy yard,
Hon. James Aston Cabell and Hon. j.
Lawrence Cabell representing the society
| In tho presentation. & u ia
The president Of the Virginia society,
who Is now In North Carolina. Mrs. WY
liam Rufin Cox. yAlll return to Richmond
and accompany then Danes to Newport
News on wednesday,. All the Virginia
Danes arc invited to be present, espe-
citlly those having their homes In New
port News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, VIII
lian,sburg and Hampton Va.
The train for the Richmond party will
leave the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
station at 0 o'clock A. NJ, and II the
number Of those going amounts to fifty
tho railroad officials will only charge
half faro for the round trip. 35
Tho occasion is naturally one OF great
interest to the Virginia Danes, aa the
connection Of the society with the bat
tleship dates back to tho period when
tho president, Mrs. Cox. nnd commit.
tee from the society, accompanied by
former Governor ]: Hogo Tyler, Captain
John Lamb and other prominent 'vir-
ginians, went to Washington, D. G., saw
nresldent Mckinley and obtained his
promise that one Of the battHships to
be subsequently, built for the United
States government should be named vir-
ginin. a
Now that the battleship Is finished
and ready for service, the Danes are
likewise ready with O gift that Is truly.
expressive Of the patriotic pride they
have In the vessel that 10 to be vIrginia's,
namesake. f. IS
Of Colonial Design.
The silver that they have chosen Is
and is in three pieces, tho centerpicce
taking the form OF an oval -shaped bowl
or epergne. and the side pieces being
electric candelabra. i
The epergne rests on block of ebony
with q silver base, and has triple use,
having adjustable parts for cut flowers
ferns and fruits. On the front OF the,
i block q silver tablet bears the inscrip-
ton: Presented by the Society Of Coz
Virginia. 1eO6.'.' ia sa3 3
Thy name gives warrant Of heroic
DEEDS, 3ss 5i g5S5 IS
Applied IN relief on ono side Of the.
bowl is the seal OF Virginia and on the
other the United States Navy Depart
ment seal. 53 s43 a n .ts fs3
On the side of the base opposite rhe
inscription is the Colonial DANES seal.
sS The candelabra have each six electric
candles. They are mounted on square
ebony blocks with silver bases. On each
side OF the blocks are the seals OF the
Navy Department. the Colonial DANES
and the same Inscription as that, on tho
epergne. 5at sii3 5esA3 5,:9
The keel Of the battleship Virginia was
laid at the Newport News shipyard on
May q, 1902: ~ he vessel was launched
April s. 1904, In the presence Of the 1
greatest throngi Of people that ever Wit
messed a launching In this State
y While the crowd next " ednesday may
not be 80 great, It is safe to Spredict that
the occasion will be one Of the most
memorable In the history OF the ship,
and that the ceremonies attendant upon
the presentatio lion Will be Impressive and
interesting to degree.