The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-16

RICHMOND, VA, TUESDA.'
return to Richmond last autumn, has
won unstlrtcd praise from those who
have heard her sing. She Will have
two numbers this evening and viii
be accompanied by Miss Mabel Sims
This is a regular club entertainment
and members arc entitled to bring cs
corts. The recital Will begin at $3.50
O'clock
DR.. Whitfield's Talk.
Or. James M. whitfield addressed the
Woman's Club yesterday afternoon In
q very delightful manner. his subject
being Some Interesting Facts About
Glass"
DR.. Whitfield Is Il practical chemist,
as we'll as an attractive lecturer Be-
fore an audience that was thoroughly !,
Interested in learning of some import
ant facts about substance which |
contributes 80 largely to mans pleas
ure and comfort he told the history !
or glass and described its inanufac- |
turc. DR.. Whitfield exhibited spcci-
mems OF several kinds of glass and |
used them effectively to illustrate his !
lecture.
Guests OF tho afternoon wore: Mrs. |,
L. r. Hamberlin. Mrs. S. b. Wilson
ana Miss Mary u Poppenheim, Of
Charleston, s. c.
rho last meeting of the Literar,
Round Table this season will be held
TO- morrow AFTERNOON ut o'clock, when
"Tl,c Opening Of Th!bet," by Pcrcival
= Ip torn low n =
direction of Miss Annie S. Winston.
Out-of-Town Engagements.
At beautiful reception rendered
the Entire Nous Club, OF Bucna Vista.
va, Thursday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs.
Il. L. Embrce. OF that city, announced
the engagement OF their daughter,
Pauline, to Mr.. Donogan Dean Towers,
Of Macon, Ga.
Rev. and Mrs. Thomas c. shucr, of
Bristol, va.-Tcnn., announce the en-
gagement and approaching marriage
of their daughter, Mary Hope, to Mr..
Osborne j. Watkins of Knoxville
Tenn. The ceremony will be quietly
solemnizcd at the home of the brides
parents No GAG Goodson Street, Bris-
tol, Thursday morning. May 10th.
MIR. and Mrs. y. -. Mailoie, " WI
| folk. have Issued invitations for the
marriage Of their daughter. Erna Dab
new to Mr.. James Chester Bibb, the
ceremony to be solemnizcd at tho
residence of the brides parents, in Nor
folk, on the 18th INST.
Mrs. Katherine Hudgins, Of PARK
| View Portsmouth. has issued invita-
| lions to the marriage of her daughter
| Nancy Lovejoy, to Mr. William her
! yey King. Jr The wedding will take
| nlace on April 25th, at o'clock, in
Xii Saints Episcopal Church, Park
View.
"Rhoda Gaines. M. A."
The May Smart Set contains snort
story by Henry Sydnor Harrison, oetter
known to his Richmond friends as tnc
genial rhymist of The Times-Dispatch,
ever the signature of III. S. H."
Mr.. Harrison's publishers consider
that In his story he exploits n type
OF humor that is oil too rare" Certain
IA. Is that his literary tid-bit, we'll
spiced and pungently favored. will be
all the more appreciated because OF
it's rarity.
Mr. Harrison has, in the first per-
son, caricatured certain phases of mod
crn American and social life, but his
fagellation is delicately intuitive, not
I. caustic. He proves to his own anc
his readers satisfaction thaI. as in
1.-THE case of "Rhoda Gaines, NJ. a." O
woman can be college-bred. delicately
pretty, and allur!ngly attractive at
the same time
In his demonstration of his point
his mistake as, to the Identity of thu
young woman measuring up to III!
matrimonial specifications proves thu
Ifallibility-not to say gullibility-ol
the masculine bent Of mind and thu
necessity of mans being entirely
certain in taking hls.initiatory plung,
along the matrimonial line.
Some readers OF the story pretend
to discover strong points of likeness
between "Rhoda Gaines. NJ A." and
Richmond prototype. Perhaps whe1
+ this charming heroine is more univer
sally known, consensus Of opinion
may be reached.
Personal Mention.
Mrs. Barnes Penn and little Mis-
:. Elizabeth Penn have returned to thei
home in Danville Va, after VISITING
: Mrs. Carroll Montague.
Mrs. John P. Yancey. formerly 0
Richmond. now of Washington, ha
: taken a cottage at Blue Ridge Sunni
I for the summer
L Miss Hattie Drummond, who ha
: been spending some time at her home
in Brunswick county. on account c
illness, has recovered sufficiently t
resume her work at Massey Bushes
College, this city.
The Williamsburg Chapter. Daugl
tiers of tho Confedcracy, will unve
their monument to the Confederate so
diers of King William and James Cit
counties on May 9Th.
Mr. Frederick G. Pollard. OF the IN
versity of Virginia, has been spent
ing several days with friends here,
Mrs. G. c. Moss, of Newport New
is spending some time With her parcn
in this city.
Mrs. e. Tayloe Gwathmcy, who Ii,
. -. + a.