The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-24
SOCIAL AND
PERSONAL
The Compact.

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XII The Compact.
VI III on.y I were Il nan. elic said.
nWhnt wonderful deeds Id do!
4 with Il generals plume and II cunt OF red
III ia harry my foes till my foes fell dead,
S3 q Ana ia travel the wide world through.
sword III hand, I'd traverse the land
trsow hate this ivory fan)
Hearts should ache, and hearts shoulo
break,
II orig werc mani"
II III only were n girl" he said.
,How pleasant this life might be-
Lovely dresses OF indian red
4 Beautiful bon,1cts and caps on my heau!
Beautiful men to tent
IS How would f1irt, ut dinner. dessert
8 (Head-dress Of ruby and peari!--
That would be brave. What n time
VT would have,
II only were Il grill
They looked at each other. and laughed
outright;
I Brown eyes laughed Into the gray.
Thon no said, And why should the dream
8 take flight? a6
Marry me. darling, and we'll unite
our powers--thc world we'll sway
IA GRAY ewes smiled back their "Ycs" to the
brown
55 (And she played With The hated FAM
81 think that I'm glad I'm gir she
snid
Nov I'm loved by n love Of mani"
George Barlow.
MISUNDERSTANDING
The Charlotte Observer, published In
lG Charlotte, n. CT, in its issue OF Sunday
X April 22d, had tho following mention Of
decided interest TO Richmond people
4 " Dr.. Dr. and MRS Gill wylie. Of New
York, announce the engagement Of their
niece. Miss Edna Harris Mcclure, to
x Mr.. Thomas Branch McAdnms. Inc wcu-
ding will be celebrated next October, M
the present home Of Miss Mcclure, Char
lotte, N. c.
Miss Louise McAdams is at this time
the guest OF Mr.. and Mrs George II.
Brockcnbrough, Of South Tryon Street,
n Charlotte, and Miss BrockenbrouGh en-
tertained at euchre Tuesday evenings
April oath, in honor Of Miss McAdams
x and Miss Mcclure.
Mason-Tucker.
The engagement has been announced
OF Miss Rosa Johnston Tucker to MIR.
silas Boxley Mason. Of FRANKFORT, KY,
the wedding to take place ehrly In June.
Miss Tucker Is the daughter OF the
+ granddaughter Of the late John Randolph
! tucker, of Virginia. Through her mother,
she is the granddaughter OF the late
Colonel William Preston Johnston, pres-
dent OF Tulane University, and great
granddaughter OF the distinguished con-
federate general, Albert Sidney john
ston. Her father is president OF the
& Jamestown Exposition
Mr.. Mason is a graduate Of Washins-
ton and Lee University In Lexington,
Va. He Is a son Of Mr.. Horace Peasants
a Mason, and n grandson Of Claiborne
r. Mason who had his home In
Augusta county Va, not far from
staunton, and was prominently asso-
4 ciated with tho history and Develop
mcnt Of the Chesapeake and ONO Kali
II way, Both Mr. Mason and Miss Tucker
have large number Of friends and
relatives In Richmond.
/. Mr.. Valentine at Club
Mr.. b. b. Valentine, delighted members
OF tho Womnn's Club who heard him read
last afternoon, his poem under the title
OF "a Southern symphony"
Tho poem, written In Mr.. Valentines
usual fine style. gave delightful &C..
scrption of Southern homc-life prior TO
the war between the States. during Tint
war, and since then. Of Inter day South
ern society. Mr.. Valentine concluded
with eulogy on the Southern people
as regards them ethically and ncsthct-
cally. 1t was. throughout, symphony.
making the highest appeal to the heart,
as we'll as tho mind of the nearer, the
beauty Of the subject finding full and
adequate expression through the cX-
uusite sympathy and broad comprehen-s
sion Of the composer.
Special guests Of the afternoon were
Miss l.. b. @. Jones, Mrs. u. p. Nalen-
tine, Mrs Taylor McCue, Miss lnslee.
OF New York; Miss Gillian Brown. of
Alabama: Mrs. John Richardson, of Bal
timore and Mrs. Meredith Montague, OF
New York.
and coffee BY Mrs. Cadwalladcr 1redel!
and Mrs. Larkin Glnzebrook.
Tho Literary Round Table OF the club
VIM meet Wednesday, afternoon to discuss
''On the Face OF the Waters" by Flora
Anna Steel. Friday evening, at $40
o'clock, the whist tournament will be
q played,
Mrs. Cox in North Carolina.
Mrs. William Ruilln Cox, after do
lIghtfll visit to Old Point and Norfolk,
Va. attended the unvciling Of monu.
ment by the North Carolina Society OF
Colonial DANES on April 90 and accom-
panied the DANES on their annual pill
e ertmage to Old st. Philips Church, on
Cape Fear River.
She will return to Raleigh from VIII
# m,ngton and will come to Richmond be-
fore tho time for the biennial connci.of
It the National Society OF Danes, assenb-
ling In Washington. D. G.. early In May.
Shakespeare Burlesquc.
Under the direction Of Mrs. Charles G..
Walker, the Shakespeare burlesaue. given
during the winter and repeated at Wo-
mans Club with such brilliant success,
will be presented tonight at 0 o'clock. on
the third floor OF Masonic Temple. for the
benefit of the Presbyterian booth at the
Floral Carnival.
The burlesque Is as bright and spark
ling as possible. and the members OF the
cast will guarantee the httractiveness
OF the programme highly humorous and
crispy entertaining as 1t is.
Mrs. Walker will impersonnte the char
aeter Of J'ortia, Miss Rebecca Walker
,rili anncar as OnhnlIa Mrs. Horny Is