The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
Heard and Seen
in Public Places

7 TON. HOWELL g. tssATrIERsToS,
] gates from campsell county anl
hise .!s Is at Murphy's. having Or,
1 rsyed las last night to look after somi
was in his usual fine spirits when seea
N his room by representative OF rib
Times Dispatcf.. but he declared thai
would greatly interest the public. Nj
Eeatherston will remain here until
tT I've, Ia, II; arrnanging the business matt
Will then lcave for the Dismal swamp mp
ing with His friends s and ie aYs aS.
Of Caroline. and Hon. Carl Il. Noiti M
OF Louisa. Mr.. Featherston was teii.
Ing some friends last night OF storm
ne ne and party Of his Legislative col
trip lust after the Legislature adjourn.
ed THE wind blew a Turkish cigar.
cite out ?f Davy Powers's mouth" he
a 81 far IS y os hs
ton with the storm was concerned.Y
ne ,rn. continued, red I'm going 70 tell .tlie
tIata ar,nk W w N the act Of taking
age to brave the terrors OF the storm.
It was about to be blown out Of nv
s nana' ,t when swallowed 1T down to
!, Messrs, Powers and Noting. will ioiE
Mr. Foatherston here on Monday night.
pearcc.. OF Norfolk. are registered at
the Jefferson.
Don't tell me that the notions and
fancies of women haven't bearing
1 upon the affairs of public service cor.
porations,' said q gentleman to a fel-
hghtp ast after on two s ases car
the latest style of spring hats. had
tried In vain to occupy the same seat
Just ahead of hims The brirns OF these
they required separate seat S for e sna,
of the wearers. "Of course We have
to let the fair ones do as they please.i
he went on, but Il these are the styles
mean that the number Of cars will
have to be materially Increased IN
order to haul the. passengers"
4 gentleman who was doing the talk
!! ing, went to straw hats for men, and
It developed that lie was a hat drum
styles for the '' male ali Contingent would Would
be much, narrower than Install. and that
the average street car seat would eas-
l ny {, s afford -, room for one of each seq
compromise the discussion ended.
Mr. IA, Aug; Wright, Of Petersburg, is
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Lee, who
4 We're married in Lynchburg a few days
ago. are spending their honeymoon lin
Il the. city. and are registered at the
Richmond They will return and make
their home In the Hill City, where
they both resided before their mar
u riase.
We are. doing pretty we'll. consider.
ling, that this is looked upon as rather
j a dull season in the hotel business"
: said Manager P. M. Fry. OF the Jeffer-
!. son, last night. we are getting n
good deal of the Florida travel. vast
number OF the tourists who go back
and forth from North to South stop
Z ping over to see tho sights OF Rich
!. mond. We expect the conventions and
! other public gatherings scheduled to
meet here in the near future to help
: the hotel trade. and 1t is also fact
. that commercial travel Is looking up
to some extent Our particular hotel
: has no right to complain. though I
cannot speak for the others In the city.
We are registering on an average of
i three or four pages n day"
All the ether city hostelries appear
to be doing we'll, and their managers
are hopeful concerning the summer
trade.